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

SF 445: 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, establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services, making appropriations and reducing appropriations, and including effective date 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

This bill relates 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 (DE), 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 (HHS). DIVISION I —— STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

1 million. 5 million annually, which the HHS anticipates will be funded by current CCA funds.

Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

  • Sen. Lynn Evans (R) · lynn.evans@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mike Zimmer (D) · mike.zimmer@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 16 for, 2 against

For: Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates; Easterseals Iowa; Governor's Office; Greater Des Moines Partnership; Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education; Iowa Alliance of YMCA's; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Business Council; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Chamber Alliance; Iowa Coalition for Public Charter Schools; and 4 more

Against: Common Good Iowa; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee · as SSB 1135
  2. February 18, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Evans, Shipley and Zimmer · as SSB 1135
  3. February 19, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as SSB 1135
  4. February 25, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 445 · as SSB 1135
  5. February 26, 2025Filed in the Senate
  6. February 26, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  7. April 22, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. April 23, 2025Passed the Senate, 33–14
  9. April 23, 2025Cost 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/91/SF445