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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana House Bill 1219 expands state prekindergarten program funding, creates an expansion grant fund, and removes limited eligibility tiers
Last action · January 5, 2026: First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human AffairsSponsor: Kyle Miller
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1219 amends Indiana's prekindergarten program by repealing limited eligibility vouchers and child care employee categories, establishing a new prekindergarten expansion grant fund with multi-million dollar s, and providing a to the main prekindergarten program fund starting July 1, 2026.
Changes state funding streams and eligibility requirements for early education services, allocating $50 million for 2027 and $75 million for fiscal year 2028 to provider expansion grants while altering which children qualify for state-funded prekindergarten vouchers.
- Indiana operates a state-supported prekindergarten voucher program aimed at expanding access to early education for low-income families. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
potential and existing eligible providers
Eligible child care providers and schools can apply for grants from the newly established prekindergarten expansion grant fund, subject to compliance and reporting rules.
office of the secretary of family and social services
The office is responsible for administering the prekindergarten program, the expansion grant fund, determining program rules, and conducting random onsite inspections.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 5, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
- Jan 5, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Miller K
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Consolidation of Prekindergarten Categories
The bill removes specialized categories like limited eligibility children and child care employee children, streamlining the program structure while injecting significant expansion funds.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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