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Relating to community-based providers in the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children
Sponsored by Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Craig Steven Williams (R)
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2026
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- 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?
What’s in it
AI summary School districts must now partner with community-based providers if those providers ask to help teach four-year-olds in the state's preschool program. These agreements cannot limit how many students are allowed to learn from the community providers. This change allows more local organizations to work alongside schools to teach young children.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to community-based providers in the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children. The bill authorizes school districts to enter into a Code chapter 28E agreement with a community-based provider allowing the community-based provider to provide instruction as part of the approved local program, and the bill requires school districts to enter into such an agreement upon the request of a community-based provider. Additionally, the bill prohibits such Code chapter 28E agreements from limiting the number of eligible students who may receive instruction from a community-based provider as part of the approved local program.
House subcommittee
Named January 21, 2026. On February 4, 2026 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
4 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 4, 2026 (4) · on the Legislature’s site