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type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act to legalize the participation in the instructional support program by the Bennett community school district, and providing an effective date. WHEREAS, section 257.18 authorizes a school district to participate in the instructional support program, if the board of directors of the school district takes action by adopting a resolution to participate in the program and after twenty-eight days following the boards action, the secretary of the board does not receive a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the boards action be submitted to the voters of the school district; and WHEREAS, on April 9, 2018, the board of directors of the Bennett community school district duly adopted a resolution to participate in the instructional support program in compliance with section 257.18; and WHEREAS, on April 12, 2018, the action of the board of directors of the Bennett community school district was certified to the department of management; and WHEREAS, the certification of the boards action was in error since it did not comply with the twenty-eight-day requirement; and WHEREAS, the secretary of the board has not received a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the boards action be submitted to the voters of the school district; NOW THEREFORE, Effective 5-9-19."
description: "A bill for an act to legalize the participation in the instructional support program by the Bennett community school district, and providing an effective date. WHEREAS, section 257.18 authorizes a school district to participate in the instructional support program, if the board of directors of the school district takes action by adopting a resolution to participate in the program and after twenty-eight days following the boards action, the secretary of the board does not receive a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the boards action be submitted to the voters of the school district; and WHEREAS, on April 9, 2018, the board of directors of the Bennett community school district duly adopted a resolution to participate in the instructional support program in compliance with section 257.18; and WHEREAS, on April 12, 2018, the action of the board of directors of the Bennett community school district was certified to the department of management; and WHEREAS, the certification of the boards action was in error since it did not comply with the twenty-eight-day requirement; and WHEREAS, the secretary of the board has not received a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the boards action be submitted to the voters of the school district; NOW THEREFORE, Effective 5-9-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 609"
citation: "Iowa HF 609 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["legalizing acts", "property taxes", "school districts", "school finance", "tax levies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e725e76-4f4b-4f10-9cf3-d0cf75bca75d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 609&ga=88"
source_hash: "d2c22e9deec84359469c2d34c2382580d15d04accee5422af51bdf1990e7f1b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---
# Iowa HF 609 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act to legalize the participation in the instructional support program by the Bennett community school district, and providing an effective date. WHEREAS, section 257.18 authorizes a school district to participate in the instructional support program, if the board of directors of the school district takes action by adopting a resolution to participate in the program and after twenty-eight days following the boards action, the secretary of the board does not receive a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the boards action be submitted to the voters of the school district; and WHEREAS, on April 9, 2018, the board of directors of the Bennett community school district duly adopted a resolution to participate in the instructional support program in compliance with section 257.18; and WHEREAS, on April 12, 2018, the action of the board of directors of the Bennett community school district was certified to the department of management; and WHEREAS, the certification of the boards action was in error since it did not comply with the twenty-eight-day requirement; and WHEREAS, the secretary of the board has not received a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the boards action be submitted to the voters of the school district; NOW THEREFORE, Effective 5-9-19.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/88/attachments/HF609.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF609.html)
## Votes
- Shall the bill pass? — **480** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **961** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-04** Introduced, referred to Education. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Subcommittee: Dolecheck, James and Kerr.
- **2019-03-04** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2019 8:00AM RM 102, Sup. Ct. Consult.
- **2019-03-04** Proof of publication certified.
- **2019-03-05** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2019-03-05** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2019-04-17** Passed House, yeas 96 nays 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Explanation of vote.
- **2019-04-17** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-17** Message from House.
- **2019-04-17** Read first time, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach.
- **2019-04-26** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-26** Message from Senate.
- **2019-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e725e76-4f4b-4f10-9cf3-d0cf75bca75d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).