Meeting Public Comments

Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:

A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, financing programs for charter schools and nonpublic schools administered by the Iowa finance authority, the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children, education savings accounts, the school start date, independent accrediting agencies, teacher training and licensure, and making appropriations, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2713.)

Subcommittee members: Wheeler-CH, Ehlert, Stone

Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Time: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Location: RM 103

Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.

Comments Submitted:

02-17-2026

David Anderson

To prepare Iowa's children for the 21st century economy, we need to shore up our public schools, not offload their duties to charter schools which will inevitably do a worse job at greater expense, especially with the provisions in this bill. No on HSB 735.