SSB 3110: Relating to statewide voluntary preschool program students whose household income is below a certain amount, minimum hours required to be offered, and funding calculations

What it does

This bill relates to statewide voluntary preschool program (SVPP) students whose household income is below a certain amount, minimum hours required to be offered, and funding calculations. The bill allows each school district to choose at the beginning of each school year between the currently required minimum hours of instruction per week for an enrolled child, or a heightened required amount of hours for enrolled children whose household family income is below 185 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and a required hours per week of instruction for all other children.

Senate subcommittee · named February 3, 2026

• Sen. Lynn Evans (R) · lynn.evans@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Pike (R) · mike.pike@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Association of School Boards; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 3, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. February 3, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Evans, Pike and Quirmbach