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. (Formerly SSB 1135 .)
Recorded floor votes
| Date | Chamber | Result | Yea | Nay | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/23/2025 | Senate | 33 | 14 |
Who lobbied this bill
14 for
1 against
For (14)
- Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates · earlier: no side
- Governor's Office
- Greater Des Moines Partnership
- Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education
- Iowa Alliance of YMCA's · earlier: no side
- 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
- Iowa Department of Education
- National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
- Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce
Against (1)
- Common Good Iowa · earlier: no side
No side declared (15)
- Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
- Des Moines Public Schools
- Easterseals Iowa
- Iowa Community Action Association
- Iowa Head Start Association
- Iowa State Education Association
- League of Women Voters of Iowa
- MH/DS of East Central Region
- Professional Educators of Iowa
- Rural School Advocates of Iowa
- Save the Children Action Network
- School Administrators of Iowa
- United Way of Central Iowa
- United Ways of Iowa
- Urban Education Network of Iowa