Education Appropriations Subcommittee (J)

Committee Documents

Date	Location	Agenda	Public Comments	Documents
03/17/2026 11:00 AM Adjourned	RM 304	Tentative Agenda Agenda items may be considered out of order and may not be followed at the discretion of the Chairperson. Representative Gehlbach, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Presentation on Therapeutic Classrooms Legislative Services Agency: Serenity Lo, Fiscal Analyst Lora Vargason, Fiscal Analyst Winterset Community School District and Heartland AEA: Kendra Alexander, Special Education Director/Coordinator of Student Services for Winterset Community School District Dr. Susan Meade, Heartland AEA Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont School District: Scott Williamson, Superintendent Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Explore Academy Presentation Legislative Services Agency Therapeutic Classrooms Information Handout Supporting Students with Therapeutic Classrooms Presentation
03/12/2026 10:00 AM Adjourned	RM 304	Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Presentation by the Department for the Blind Stacy Cervenka, Director Sarah Willeford, Deputy Director Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Department for the Blind Education Appropriations Presentation FY 2027
03/09/2026 3:00 PM Cancelled	RM 304	This meeting has been cancelled	Comments
03/05/2026 10:00 AM Adjourned	RM 304	Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Presentation by the Department of Education McKenzie Snow, Director of the Department of Education Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Department of Education Appropriations Presentation FY 2026 Department of Education FY 2026 Legislative Slip
03/02/2026 3:00 PM Adjourned	RM 304	Tentative Agenda Agenda items may be considered out of order and may not be followed at the discretion of the Chairperson. Representative Gehlbach, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Presentation by Community Colleges for Iowa • Emily Shields, Executive Director of Community Colleges for Iowa • Matt Thompson, President of Indian Hills • Marshall Zeien, North Iowa Area Community College Student • Masa Pilcevic, Des Moines Area Community College Student • Allen Byrne, Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Student Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Community Colleges for Iowa 2026 House Education Appropriations Presentation
02/26/2026 10:00 AM Adjourned	RM 304	Approval of Minutes Presentation by Best Buddies Presenters: Ted Rives, State Director Sam Harrington, Roosevelt High Chapter President Additional Best Buddies Attendees: Nash Van Bibber, Program Manager Lisa Derx, Vice President of Government Relations Graham Cowan, Roosevelt High Buddy Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Best Buddies Iowa 2026 Presentation Best Buddies Iowa Handout
02/23/2026 3:00 PM Adjourned	RM 304	Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Presentation by Board of Regents Barbara J. Wilson, President of the University of Iowa Mark Nook, President of the University of Northern Iowa David Spalding, Interim President of Iowa State University Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Iowa State University FY 2027 Education Appropriations Subcommittee Presentation University of Northern Iowa FY 2027 Education Appropriations Subcommittee Presentation
02/09/2026 3:00 PM Adjourned	Off-Site Location	Re-publishing the Agenda to reflect that the tour will take place off-site at the location below 3:00 p.m. Tour of Iowa PBS 6450 Corporate Drive Johnston, IA 50131 4:30 p.m. Adjourn	Comments	Iowa PBS Capital Requests for FY 2027 and FY 2028 Iowa PBS General Fund Appropriation for FY 2026 Iowa PBS Handout Iowa PBS Statewide Impact Iowa PBS Statewide Network Map Iowa PBS Tour Itinerary
02/05/2026 10:00 AM Adjourned	RM 304	Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Presentation by Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates (iJAG) Wendy Mihm-Herold, President and CEO of iJAG Dr. Bradley Buck, Superintendent for Waukee Community School District Dan Jackson, Senior Vice President for Athene and leader for AOF Foundation Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	2025-2026 Map of iJAG Districts About iJAG iJAG 2026 Impact Fact Sheet iJAG Employer Engagement iJAG Presentation for Education Appropriations Subcommittee iJAG School Impact
01/29/2026 10:00 AM Adjourned	RM 304	Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Iowa Private Colleges Mark Putnam, Central College President. Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Map of Iowa's Private Colleges
01/26/2026 3:00 PM Adjourned	RM 304	Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval/Adoption of Committee Rules Introductions and Comments Review of the Governor’s FY 2027 Budget Recommendations by Michael Peters, Lora Vargason & Serenity Lo, Fiscal Services Division, Legislative Services Agency Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	FY 2027 Governor's Recommendations—Education Appropriations Subcommittee
04/30/2025 3:00 PM Adjourned	RM 304	Call to Order Roll Call Approval of minutes Consideration of bill: HSB 337 Other business Adjourn	Comments
03/17/2025 12:00 PM Adjourned	RM 103	Tentative Agenda Agenda items may be considered out of order and may not be followed at the discretion of the Chairperson. Representative Harris, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Introductions and Comments Presentation by Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa on the 3DE Program Nate Klein, Vice President of Education Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Presentation by Junior Achievement on the 3DE Program
03/03/2025 2:00 PM Adjourned	RM 305	Tentative Agenda Agenda items may be considered out of order and may not be followed at the discretion of the Chairperson. Representative Harris, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Introductions and Comments Presentation by EdChoice Joey Magaña, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy Marty Luken, Director of Fiscal Policy and Analysis Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	EdChoice - Fiscal Effects of School Choice through FY 2022 EdChoice Presentation
02/24/2025 3:30 PM Adjourned	RM 304	Agenda items may be considered out of order and may not be followed at the discretion of the Chairperson. Representative Harris, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Introductions and Comments Presentation by the Regents Universities: Barbara Wilson, University of Iowa Wendy Wintersteen, Iowa State University Mark Nook, University of Northern Iowa Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Iowa State University FY 2026 Budget Request Presentation University of Iowa 2025 Presidential Update Presentation University of Northern Iowa 2025 Presentation
02/17/2025 3:30 PM Adjourned	RM 304	Representative Harris, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Introductions and Comments Presentation by the Department of Education • McKenzie Snow, Director Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Iowa Coalition for Public Charter Schools Presentation Iowa Department of Education Presentation
02/10/2025 3:30 PM Cancelled	RM 304	.	Comments
02/03/2025 3:30 PM Adjourned	RM 304	Representative Harris, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Introductions and Comments Presentation by Community Colleges for Iowa Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	2025 Community Colleges Subcommittee Presentation
01/27/2025 3:30 PM Adjourned	RM 304	Representative Harris, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval of Minutes Introductions and Comments Presentation by Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates (iJAG) Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	iJAG 2024 Annual Report iJAG Presentation iJAG Presentation Materials
01/23/2025 10:00 AM Adjourned	RM 304	Representative Harris, Presiding Chairperson Call to Order, Roll Call, and Legislators Excused Approval/Adoption of Committee Rules Introductions and Comments Review of the Governor’s FY 2026 Budget Recommendations by Michael Peters, Ron Robinson & Lora Vargason, Fiscal Services Division, Legislative Services Agency Questions Any other business Adjourn	Comments	Education Appropriations Subcommittee - FY 2026 Governor's Recommendations Education Appropriations Subcommittee Rules for the 91st General Assembly