Relating to community-based providers in the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2026
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to community-based providers in the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children. The bill authorizes school districts to enter into a Code chapter 28E agreement with a community-based provider allowing the community-based provider to provide instruction as part of the approved local program, and the bill requires school districts to enter into such an agreement upon the request of a community-based provider. Additionally, the bill prohibits such Code chapter 28E agreements from limiting the number of eligible students who may receive instruction from a community-based provider as part of the approved local program.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named January 21, 2026. On February 4, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Brooke Boden REmail
• Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert DEmail
• Rep. Samantha Fett REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§256C.3

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works