Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Proposed Bill

SSB 1135: A bill for an act 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.

In committee Last action February 25, 2025: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 445.

Plain-language summary

SSB 1135 is a proposed bill introduced in the Iowa Senate on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act 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. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2025): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 445.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.