Historical Analysis of Iowa's State Aid to Education, known as
Allowable Growth.                         
                       
Fiscal Year     Growth %
1973                4.93%
1974                5.00%
1975                8.00%
1976                10.70%
1977                9.83%
1978                7.84%
1979                9.42%
1980                9.48%
1981                13.59%
1982                5.00%
1983                7.00%
1984                6.10%
1985                2.54%
1986                5.33%
1987                3.84%
1988                3.47%
1989                3.59%
1990                3.53%
1991                7.18%
1992                4.21%
1993                4.15%
1994                2.10%
1995                2.85%
1996                3.50%
1997                3.30%
1998                3.50%
1999                3.50%
2000                3.00%
2001                4.00%
2002                4.00%
2003                1.00%
2004                2.00%
2005                2.00%
2006                4.00%

 2007                4.00%
2008                4.00%
2009                4.00%
2010                4.00%
2011                2.00%
2012                0.00% (not set)
2013                2.00%
2014                2.00% (plus $57.1 million  or another  2%  in one-time funding)
2015                4.00%
2016                1.25% (Gov vetoed additional one-time $56 million or 1.375%
funding)
2017                2.25%
FY18 – should have been set during the 2016 session.  Senate Democrats voted
for 4% for FY18, Senate Rʼs voted against it and House never took up bill.