88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
SF 317: Relating to the state preschool program by establishing a preschool expansion incentive, authorizing state aid for the incentive, and addressing program costs
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 relates to the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children by establishing a preschool program expansion incentive and authorizing state aid for the incentive. The bill also addresses costs allowed under the program.3, relating to preschool program requirements, is amended to require each school district to implement a plan for the school district’s preschool program to have sufficient capacity to operate without a waiting list for school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2023.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 21, 2019
- Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 9 for, 0 against
For: Des Moines Public Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; United Way of Central Iowa; United Ways of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa
In plain words
- February 19, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
- February 21, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Quirmbach and Sweeney
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/SF317