Relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, and establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2025
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 25, 2025
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. –
   Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
6. ✓
   Done: Passes the SenateApril 23, 202533–14
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 6

1 adopted · 4 failed · 1 never voted on. Newest first.

• H-1297Strike everything · filed May 9, 2025 by

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and focuses only on the statewide preschool program. It establishes rules for how community-based providers can directly participate in the program and receive state funding.

  Amends this HF 623 to CONFORM to SF 445
  Never voted on
• S-3136 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Cindy Winckler (D)

  AI summary This amendment adds a new child care solutions fund that provides state matching money to communities to help increase the wages of child care workers. The state will provide two dollars for every one dollar of private investment a community obtains for this purpose.
  Failed
  April 23, 2025
• S-3135 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Janet Petersen (D)

  AI summary This amendment increases the income limits for families to qualify for state child care assistance over several years and makes children automatically eligible if at least one parent is under eighteen. It also adds a rule for temporary enrollment in the program for children who have a sibling already enrolled and a provider willing to care for them.
  Failed
  April 23, 2025
• S-3134 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Janet Petersen (D)

  AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for the Department of Education to create a working group to study whether the state's early childhood Iowa areas should be combined. The group must report its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly by January 1, 2026.
  Failed
  April 23, 2025
• S-3133 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Molly Donahue (D)

  AI summary This amendment adds a requirement that preschool programs provide at least thirty hours of instruction per week based on student learning standards. It also changes how preschool foundation aid is calculated for school districts and specifies that certain parts of the bill will apply to school budget years starting on or after July 1, 2026.
  Failed
  April 23, 2025
• S-3132 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Lynn Evans (R)

  AI summary This amendment lowers several funding amounts for early childhood programs and changes the fiscal year start date for certain appropriations. It also adds a requirement that the department implement specific evidence-based services and prohibits using certain funds to replace existing programs or to pay for child care assistance for people already eligible for the state assistance program. Additionally, it updates the rules and funding details for the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program and adds monthly reporting requirements for early childhood Iowa area boards.
  Adopted
  April 23, 2025