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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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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 board’s action, the secretary of the board does not receive a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the board’s 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 board’s 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 board’s action be submitted to the voters of the school district; NOW THEREFORE, Effective 5-9-19."
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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 board’s action, the secretary of the board does not receive a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the board’s 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 board’s 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 board’s action be submitted to the voters of the school district; NOW THEREFORE, Effective 5-9-19."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
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legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "HF 609"
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citation: "Iowa HF 609 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["legalizing acts", "property taxes", "school districts", "school finance", "tax levies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-04"
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last_action: "2019-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e725e76-4f4b-4f10-9cf3-d0cf75bca75d"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 609&ga=88"
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source_hash: "d2c22e9deec84359469c2d34c2382580d15d04accee5422af51bdf1990e7f1b5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
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---
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# 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 board’s action, the secretary of the board does not receive a petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove the board’s 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 board’s 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 board’s action be submitted to the voters of the school district; NOW THEREFORE, Effective 5-9-19.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/88/attachments/HF609.html)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF609.html)
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## Votes
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- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Shall the bill pass? — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-04** Introduced, referred to Education. `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-05** Subcommittee: Dolecheck, James and Kerr.
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- **2019-03-04** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2019 8:00AM RM 102, Sup. Ct. Consult.
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- **2019-03-04** Proof of publication certified.
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- **2019-03-05** Subcommittee recommends passage.
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- **2019-03-05** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
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- **2019-04-17** Passed House, yeas 96 nays 1. `passage`
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- **2019-04-24** Explanation of vote.
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- **2019-04-17** Immediate message.
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- **2019-04-17** Message from House.
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- **2019-04-17** Read first time, referred to Education. `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-22** Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach.
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- **2019-04-26** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-26** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
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- **2019-04-26** Immediate message.
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- **2019-04-26** Message from Senate.
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- **2019-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
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- **2019-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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