91st General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2493: Relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and including applicability provisions

Signed into law

What it does

The statewide preschool program for four-year-old children under Code chapter 256C provides that a child who is a resident of Iowa and is four years of age on or before September of a school year shall be eligible to enroll in the preschool program. Additionally, to be included as an eligible student in the enrollment count of the preschool programming for state funding purposes, a child must be four years of age by September in the base year and attending the school district’s approved local program.

Cost

Cost: up to $949,000

The fiscal impact for HF 2493 for each new pupil participating in the SWVPP will be an additional cost to the General Fund of $4,074. In FY 2028, if 233 new pupils were enrolled in the SWVPP, the estimated maximum cost would be $949,000 paid through the school…

Senate subcommittee · named March 9, 2026

Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 1 against

For: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Iowa Association of Christian Schools; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done

In plain words

February 16, 2026Filed in the House
February 24, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
February 26, 2026Passed the House, 88–2
March 2, 2026Arrived in the Senate
March 9, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Kraayenbrink, Shipley and Winckler
March 11, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
March 12, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
May 2, 2026Passed the Senate, 46–0
May 13, 2026Sent to the Governor
May 28, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
June 2, 2026Signed into law