HF2453 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to school district general fund flexibility accounts by expanding eligible uses to include costs to expand preschool programs.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: EHLERT, GOSA, RAMIREZ, MATSON, LEVIN and KURTH
Last action: 2026-02-16
Official status: Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 292 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to school district general fund flexibility accounts by expanding eligible uses to include costs to expand preschool programs.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to school district general fund flexibility accounts by expanding eligible uses to include costs to expand preschool programs.

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Bill History

2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 292 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to school district general fund flexibility accounts by expanding eligible uses to include costs to expand preschool programs.

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House

File

2453

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2453

BY

EHLERT

,

GOSA

,

RAMIREZ

,

MATSON

,

LEVIN

,

and

KURTH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

school

district

general

fund

flexibility

1

accounts

by

expanding

eligible

uses

to

include

costs

to

2

expand

preschool

programs.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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2453

Section

1.

Section

298A.2,

subsection

2,

paragraph

c,

1

subparagraph

(1),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

(1)

Start-up

costs

and

costs

to

expand

for

an

approved

local

3

program

under

the

statewide

preschool

program

for

four-year-old

4

children

under

chapter

256C

.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

relates

to

school

district

fund

flexibility

9

accounts.

The

bill

allows

school

districts

to

use

the

funds

in

10

general

fund

flexibility

accounts

for

the

purpose

of

expanding

11

eligible

preschool

programs.

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