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

SF 123: Relating to funding of approved local preschool programs and including applicability provisions

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

What it does

The amount of state funding for each school district’s approved local program under Code chapter 256C is determined using a preschool budget enrollment that is equal to percent of the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district on October of the base year. This bill changes the preschool budget enrollment used to determine funding to an amount equal to 100 percent of the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district on October of the base year. The bill also modifies the funding calculation for the initial school year for which a school district is approved to participate in the program. The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 28, 2025

Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 7 for, 0 against

For: Common Good Iowa; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa State Education Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

January 23, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
January 28, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink and Winckler