Bill Text: IA HF156 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certain costs under the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 38)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Subcommittee, Quirmbach, Dvorsky, and Sinclair. S.J. 326. [HF156 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF156-Introduced.html
House File 156 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 38) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to certain costs under the statewide preschool 2 program for four=year=old children and including effective 3 date and retroactive applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1541HV (1) 86 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256C.3, subsection 3, paragraph h, Code 1 2 2015, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 h. Provision for ensuring that children receiving care from 1 4 other child care arrangements can participate in the preschool 1 5 program with minimal disruption due to transportation and 1 6 movement from one site to another. The children participating 1 7 in the preschool program may be transported by the school 1 8 district to activities associated with the program along with 1 9 other children. 1 10 Sec. 2. Section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraphs g and h, 1 11 Code 2015, are amended to read as follows: 1 12 g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,20112014, and each 1 13 succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool foundation 1 14 aid received by a school district for a fiscal year in 1 15 accordance with section 257.16, not more than five percent may 1 16 be used by the school district for administering the district's 1 17 approved local program. Outreach activities and rent for 1 18 facilities not owned by the school district are permissive uses 1 19 of the administrative funds. 1 20 h. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,20122014, and 1 21 each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool 1 22 foundation aid received by a school district for a fiscal year 1 23 in accordance with section 257.16, not less than ninety=five 1 24 percent of the per pupil amount shall be passed through to 1 25 a community=based provider for each pupil enrolled in the 1 26 district's approved local program. For the fiscal year 1 27 beginning July 1,20112014, and each succeeding fiscal year, 1 28 not more thanfiveten percent of the amount of preschool 1 29 foundation aid passed through to a community=based provider 1 30 may be used by the community=based provider for administrative 1 31 costs. The costs of outreach activities and rent for 1 32 facilities not owned by the school district are permissive 1 33 administrative costs. The costs of transportation involving 1 34 children participating in the preschool program and other 1 35 children may be prorated. 2 1 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 2 2 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 3 Sec. 4. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 2 4 retroactively to July 1, 2014. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 8 This bill authorizes children participating in the preschool 2 9 program to be transported by the school district to activities 2 10 associated with the program along with other children. The 2 11 bill specifies that for community=based providers the costs 2 12 of transportation involving children participating in the 2 13 preschool program and other children may be prorated. 2 14 Under current law, a community provider under the 2 15 program is authorized to use not more than 5 percent of the 2 16 preschool foundation aid passed through to the provider for 2 17 administrative costs. The bill increases that amount to 10 2 18 percent. 2 19 The bill also provides that the costs of outreach activities 2 20 and rent for facilities not owned by the school district are 2 21 considered permissive use of administrative funds. 2 22 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies 2 23 retroactively to July 1, 2014. LSB 1541HV (1) 86 md/sc