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House introduces several bills on education, prison infrastructure, tax credits and AED reporting
Summary
Clerk announced first-reading introductions of multiple bills including House Files 2752'1, 2754 on education and charter school financing, House File 2755 on state participation in federal tax-credit scholarship programs, Senate File 2470 on permitting for certain event-driven contracts, and Senate File 2474 directing an education department AED report.
The clerk read several first-reading bills and referred them to the appropriate counters and committees.
House File 2752 was introduced by the Committee on Appropriations as a bill "relating to Teach Iowa Scholar program including modifying eligibility provisions and establishing funding allocations." The clerk also announced House File 2753 concerning prison infrastructure and House File 2754 addressing multiple education provisions including charter schools, the statewide volunteer preschool program for 4-year-olds, education savings accounts, teacher training and licensure, and appropriations.
House File 2755 was announced by the Committee on Ways and Means concerning state participation in federal tax credit programs for individual contributions to scholarship-granting organizations. The clerk also read Senate File 2470 (ways and means) addressing event-driven contracts traded by dedicated contracts markets and proposing permitting, tax adjustments and fees, and Senate File 2474 requiring the Department of Education to prepare a report on cardiac emergency response plans and automated external defibrillators for schools.
The introductions were procedural; the clerk placed bills on the appropriations or ways and means counters and referred relevant measures to committees for review.
