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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2383: Relating to statewide voluntary preschool program students whose household income is below a certain amount, minimum hours required to be offered, and funding calculations

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to statewide voluntary preschool program (SVPP) students whose household income is below a certain amount, minimum hours required to be offered, and funding calculations. The bill allows each school district to choose at the beginning of each school year between the currently required minimum hours of instruction per week for an enrolled child, or a heightened required amount of hours for enrolled children whose household family income is below 185 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and a required hours per week of instruction for all other children.

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

Cost: up to $1,909

Senate File 2383 will have an unknown fiscal impact since the future decisions of school districts and families cannot be known. 5 million (6,530 × $1,909) compared to estimated FY 2025.

Lobbying · 13 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Area Education Agencies of Iowa; Common Good Iowa; Des Moines Public Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa State Education Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Professional Educators of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; United Way of Central Iowa; and 1 more

In plain words

  1. February 15, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 15, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 4, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF2383