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.

SSB 1135 modifies Iowa's early childhood education system by expanding access to preschool programs and creating new support structures. It establishes a new category for community-based child care centers approved to directly operate preschool programs (rather than partnering with school districts), adds requirements for transportation continuity between care settings, and clarifies funding rules to ensure state preschool aid supplements - rather than replaces - existing local funding. The bill also creates a pilot program for "child care continuum partnership grants" within the Department of Health and Human Services to connect early care providers with school-based programs. These changes directly affect school districts, community child care centers, and children enrolled in Iowa's preschool and early care programs.