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Read. Follow. Verify.Senate File 2403 Extends School District Reorganization and Whole Grade Sharing Incentives to 2031
Last action · March 2, 2026: Fiscal note .
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill extends financial incentives and programs for school district whole-grade sharing, , and dissolution from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2031. Participating school districts must certify actions to the Department of Education by January 1 of the effective year and submit study progress to the School Budget Review Committee to maintain eligibility.
School districts studying or executing consolidation before the new 2031 deadline remain eligible for multi-year supplementary funding weights and reduced uniform levies.
- Whole grade sharing and school district reorganization are mechanisms used in Iowa to encourage administrative efficiency and resource sharing among smaller or neighboring school districts. context
- Supplementary weighting provides additional state funding weight to districts engaging in collaborative educational programming or consolidation. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
school districts
Eligible for extended supplementary weighting and incentive programs through July 1, 2031.
Department of Education
Must receive certification notices of reorganization and dissolution dates from participating school districts.
School Budget Review Committee
Receives progress reports from districts seeking second and third years of supplementary weighting.
Key Facts
- The deadline for school districts to execute whole grade sharing agreements, reorganizations, or dissolutions under these incentive programs is extended from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2031.
- School districts that initiate reorganization or dissolution must certify the date and nature of the action to the Department of Education by January 1 of the effective year.
- Districts executing whole grade sharing and studying reorganization receive a supplementary weighting of one-tenth of the percentage of the school day students spend in another district or with shared teachers, for a maximum of three years.
- Continued receipt of supplementary weighting after the first year is conditioned on submitting study progress reports to the School Budget Review Committee.
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- Reorganized school districts may include supplementary weighting in their weighted enrollment for a period of three years following the effective date of reorganization.
- Reorganized districts must absorb at least thirty percent of the enrollment of the affected school district.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
8 actions- Mar 2, 2026Iowa LegislatureFiscal note .
- Feb 19, 2026SenateCommittee report, approving bill. S.J. 332 .
- Feb 19, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 328 .
- Feb 18, 2026Iowa LegislatureCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2403 .
- Feb 16, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
- Feb 11, 2026SenateSubcommittee Meeting: 02/16/2026 12:30PM Senate Lounge.
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- Feb 10, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee: Green, Shipley, and Trone Garriott.
- Feb 10, 2026Iowa LegislatureIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Education.
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Deadline Extension for School Consolidation
Extends expiring 2024 deadlines out to 2031 for school district whole grade sharing and reorganization incentives.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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