A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents; requiring the state board of regents to conduct a study and prepare a report related to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and efforts; providing for responsibilities of the workforce development board; establishing the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program; requiring the department of education to convene a task force to study issues related to programs for at-risk students and dropout prevention programs; modifying provisions related to the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program, the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program, the education savings account program, the gap tuition assistance program, the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program, career and technical education programs, the fine arts beginning teacher mentoring program, the equipment replacement and program-sharing property tax levy, and the posting of education-related job openings; and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Apr 4, 2023
Signed Jun 1, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 3, 2023 · House May 3, 2023
How they voted
30–16
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 48
May 3, 2023
D
Democratic16
100% Nay
R
Republican32
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Amendments
3
Jun 1, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 59, nays 33.
lower
May 3, 2023
Introduced
Amendment H-1362, yeas 35, nays 58, filed, lost.
lower
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 16.
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-3222 adopted, as amended.
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-3224 to S-3222 filed, adopted.
upper
May 3, 2023
Introduced
Amendment S-3222 filed.
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Introduced
Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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