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SF 189Died when the session ended · January 28, 2021

Relating to funding for the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children and including effective date and applicability provisions

Topics:K–12 education

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 1, 2021
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Iowa school districts currently receive preschool funding based on a specific percentage of their eligible students. This change would instead base that funding on the actual number of eligible students enrolled in preschool programs. The goal of this update is to help make full-day preschool available to all four-year-old children.1

Read the official explanation

Under Code chapter 256C, preschool foundation aid is calculated by multiplying the school district’s preschool budget enrollment by the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year. “Preschool budget enrollment” is defined as the figure that is equal to percent of the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district approved to participate in the preschool program on October of the base year. This bill modifies the definition to provide that the preschool budget enrollment is equal to the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district. The bill specifies that the preschool program under Code chapter 256C also seeks to achieve the goal of providing access to full-day preschool for all children who are four years old. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2021.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named February 1, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§256C.2§256C.5

How the Code works3

Lobbying

5 for · 0 against · 0 undecided · Who →