SSA Update for UEN Members – April 7, 2025

The Iowa Senate amended the House of Representatives’ SSA amendment to SF 167 this afternoon, sending it back to the House. Details of the Senate Amendment follow.

S-3067 to S-3004 was adopted primarily on party lines, with one Republican joining the Democrats in a no vote and includes these specifics:

2% SSA (House proposal was 2.25%)

• Increases the lowest District Cost per Pupil by $5 to close the equity gap (House proposal was $10 per pupil).
• Increases the appropriation to the transportation equity fund by 5% (slightly lower than the House's concept of enough funding to get all districts' transportation expenditures down to the state average).
• Increases the operational sharing cap from 21 students to 25 students.

The Senate did not include any one-time supplemental funding (the House amendment included $22.6 million).

The House will have to agree to the Senate Amendment in order to send it to the Governor. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes known, and we will keep you posted on next developments.