S-3134

   Amend Senate File 445 as follows:
   1.  By striking page 18, line 6, through page 19, line 26, and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— WORKING GROUP —— EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA AREAS.
   1.  The department of education shall convene and provide administrative support to a working group that shall study whether and to what extent the early childhood Iowa areas throughout the state should be consolidated, and what impacts such consolidation might have on children, families, and other citizens.
   2.  Any expense incurred by a member of the working group shall be the responsibility of the individual member or the respective entity the member represents.
   3.  The working group shall submit its findings and recommendations to the general assembly, and to the governor, on or before January 1, 2026.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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JANET PETERSEN