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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

HF 629: Relating to child-staff ratios at registered child development homes serving school-aged children under certain circumstances

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill directs the department of human services to adopt rules to provide registered child development homes serving school-aged children to exceed the child-staff ratio for school-aged children when a school-aged child’s school starts late, is dismissed early, or is canceled due to inclement weather or structural damage, provided the child is currently enrolled at the registered child development home and the registered child development home does not exceed the child development home’s licensed capacity.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named March 6, 2019

  • Rep. Joel Fry (R)
  • Rep. Tracy Ehlert (D) · tracy.ehlert@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. A. Meyer

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Common Good Iowa

In plain words

  1. March 6, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
  2. March 6, 2019House subcommittee named: Fry, Ehlert and A. Meyer

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF629