House File 2752 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2752 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2441) (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 648) (As Amended and Passed by the House April 8, 2026 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the teach Iowa scholar program, including 1 modifying eligibility provisions and establishing funding 2 allocations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 HF 2752 (2) 91 mb/jh/md

H.F. 2752 Section 1. Section 256.218, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2026, is amended by striking the paragraph. 2 Sec. 2. Section 256.218, Code 2026, is amended by adding the 3 following new subsection: 4 NEW SUBSECTION . 7. For each fiscal year beginning on or 5 after July 1, 2026, of the moneys awarded pursuant to the teach 6 Iowa scholar fund, all of the following shall apply: 7 a. Twenty percent shall be awarded to eligible classroom 8 teachers who provide special education instruction. 9 b. Fifty percent shall be awarded to eligible classroom 10 teachers who are employed by a rural school district. For 11 purposes of this paragraph, “rural school district” means a 12 school district with a certified enrollment of fewer than one 13 thousand students. 14 c. A recipient teacher shall not be included in the 15 numerator of the percent calculations under both paragraphs “a” 16 and “b” . If a teacher recipient meets the requirements for both 17 paragraphs “a” and “b” , the department shall determine under 18 which paragraph the applicant is included. 19 -1- HF 2752 (2) 91 mb/jh/md 1/ 1