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House File 2764 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2764 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 768) (As Amended and Passed by the House April 20, 2026) A BILL FOR An Act relating to school district budgeting by modifying provisions relating to proposed property tax amounts.
House File 2764 H-8382 Amend House File 2764 as follows:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Page 1, by striking lines 10 and 11 and inserting <prior to March 5, the percents of growth used to determine the school district’s proposed budget shall not exceed> ______________________________ C.
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JOHNSON of Buchanan HF 2764.4088 (1) 91 -1- mb/md 1/1
Section 24.2A, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (3), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
(3) The combined amount of the proposed property tax dollars to be certified for all of the political subdivision’s levies for the budget year and the proposed combined property tax rate per one thousand dollars for such levies.
If the political subdivision is a school district and the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the applicable school budget year have not been established by law prior to March 5, the percents of growth used to determine the school district’s proposed budget shall not exceed percents of growth equal to those applicable to the immediately preceding school budget year.
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Section 24.2A, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
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Each political subdivision shall set a time and place for a public hearing on the political subdivision’s proposed property tax amount for the budget year and the political subdivision’s information included in the statements under subsection 2.
The proposed property tax hearing shall be set on a date on or after March 20 of the budget year immediately preceding the budget year for which the tax is being proposed.
At the hearing, the governing body of the political subdivision shall receive oral or written testimony from any resident or property owner of the political subdivision.
This public hearing shall be separate from any other meeting of the governing body of the political subdivision, including any other meeting or public hearing relating to the political subdivision’s budget, and other business of the political subdivision that is not related to the proposed property tax amounts and the information in the statements shall not be conducted at the public hearing.
After all testimony has been received and considered, the governing body may decrease, but not increase, the proposed property tax amount to be included in the political subdivision’s budget.
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2764 if the political subdivision is a school district, due to the timing of enrollment determinations and enactment of legislation affecting school district budgets during the budget process, the school district may, subject to other limitations established by law, increase the proposed property tax amount to be included in the school district’s budget.
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