Bill Text: IA HF2048 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and including applicability provisions. (See HF 2460, HF 2621.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 296. [HF2048 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2048-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
BRINK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
statewide
preschool
program
by
modifying
1
provisions
relating
to
eligibility,
funding,
and
compulsory
2
attendance
and
including
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135.173A,
subsection
4,
paragraph
p,
1
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
p.
One
person
who
is
part
of
a
local
program
implementing
3
the
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
young
4
children
under
chapter
256C
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
135.173A,
subsection
6,
paragraph
f,
Code
6
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
f.
Make
recommendations
for
improving
collaborations
8
between
the
child
care
programs
involving
the
department
of
9
human
services
and
programs
supporting
the
education
and
10
development
of
young
children
including
but
not
limited
to
the
11
federal
head
start
program;
the
statewide
preschool
program
12
for
four-year-old
young
children;
and
the
early
childhood,
13
at-risk,
and
other
early
education
programs
administered
by
the
14
department
of
education.
15
Sec.
3.
Section
256C.1,
subsections
1
and
4,
Code
2020,
are
16
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17
1.
“Approved
local
program”
means
a
school
district’s
18
program
for
four-year-old
young
children
approved
by
the
19
department
of
education
to
provide
high
quality
preschool
20
instruction.
21
4.
“Preschool
program”
means
the
statewide
preschool
program
22
for
four-year-old
young
children
created
in
accordance
with
23
this
chapter
.
24
Sec.
4.
Section
256C.1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
25
following
new
subsection:
26
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
“Young
children”
means
children
who
are
27
four
years
of
age
or
who
are
five
years
of
age
on
specified
28
dates
as
provided
in
section
256C.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
29
“a”
.
30
Sec.
5.
Section
256C.2,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
31
follows:
32
256C.2
Statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
young
33
children
——
purpose.
34
1.
A
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
young
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children
is
established.
The
purpose
of
the
preschool
program
1
is
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
all
young
children
in
the
2
state
to
enter
school
ready
to
learn
by
expanding
voluntary
3
access
to
quality
preschool
curricula
for
all
children
who
are
4
four
years
old
.
5
2.
The
state
board
shall
adopt
rules
in
accordance
with
6
chapter
17A
as
necessary
to
implement
the
preschool
program
as
7
provided
in
this
chapter
.
8
Sec.
6.
Section
256C.3,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
9
Code
2020,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
a.
A
child
who
is
a
resident
of
Iowa
and
who
is
either
four
11
years
of
age
on
or
before
September
15
of
a
school
year
or
who
12
reaches
five
years
of
age
on
or
after
March
15
but
on
or
before
13
September
15
of
the
calendar
year
during
which
the
school
year
14
begins
shall
be
eligible
to
enroll
in
the
preschool
program
15
under
this
chapter
.
If
such
a
child
is
enrolled
under
this
16
chapter
,
the
child
shall
be
considered
to
be
of
compulsory
17
attendance
age
as
provided
in
section
299.1A,
subsection
3
.
18
b.
If
space
and
funding
are
available,
including
funding
19
from
another
school
district
account
or
fund
from
which
20
preschool
program
expenditures
are
authorized
by
law,
a
school
21
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
22
may
enroll
and
pay
the
cost
of
attendance
for
a
younger
or
23
older
child
in
the
preschool
program
who
does
not
satisfy
the
24
requirements
under
paragraph
“a”
;
however,
the
child
shall
not
25
be
counted
for
state
funding
purposes.
26
Sec.
7.
Section
256C.3,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
Code
27
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
28
b.
Subject
to
implementation
of
chapter
28E
agreements
29
between
a
school
district
and
community-based
providers
of
30
services
to
four-year-old
children
and
eligible
five-year-old
31
children
,
a
four-year-old
child
or
eligible
five-year-old
child
32
who
is
enrolled
in
a
child
care
center
or
child
development
33
home
licensed
or
registered
under
chapter
237A
,
or
in
an
34
existing
public
or
private
preschool
program,
shall
be
eligible
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for
services
provided
by
the
school
district’s
local
preschool
1
program.
2
Sec.
8.
Section
256C.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2020,
is
amended
3
to
read
as
follows:
4
2.
Eligible
student
enrollment.
5
a.
To
be
included
as
an
eligible
student
in
the
enrollment
6
count
of
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
7
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program,
a
8
child
must
be
four
years
of
satisfy
the
age
by
September
15
9
requirements
of
section
256C.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
in
10
the
base
year
and
be
attending
the
school
district’s
approved
11
local
program.
12
b.
The
enrollment
count
of
eligible
students
shall
not
13
include
a
child
who
is
included
in
the
enrollment
count
14
determined
under
section
257.6
or
a
child
who
is
served
by
15
a
program
already
receiving
state
or
federal
funds
for
the
16
purpose
of
the
provision
of
four-year-old
or
five-year-old
17
preschool
programming
while
the
child
is
being
served
by
the
18
program.
Such
preschool
programming
includes
but
is
not
19
limited
to
child
development
assistance
programs
provided
under
20
chapter
256A
,
special
education
programs
provided
under
section
21
256B.9
,
school
ready
children
grant
programs
and
other
programs
22
provided
under
chapter
256I
,
and
federal
head
start
programs
23
and
the
services
funded
by
Tit.
I
of
the
federal
Elementary
and
24
Secondary
Education
Act
of
1965.
25
Sec.
9.
Section
298A.2,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
26
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
(1)
An
approved
local
program
under
the
statewide
preschool
28
program
for
four-year-old
young
children
under
chapter
256C
.
29
Sec.
10.
Section
298A.2,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
30
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
(1)
Start-up
costs
for
an
approved
local
program
under
the
32
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
young
children
33
under
chapter
256C
.
34
Sec.
11.
Section
299.1A,
subsection
3,
Code
2020,
is
amended
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to
read
as
follows:
1
3.
A
child
who
has
reached
the
age
of
four
by
September
15
2
or
five
and
who
is
enrolled
in
the
statewide
preschool
program
3
under
chapter
256C
shall
be
considered
to
be
of
compulsory
4
attendance
age
unless
the
parent
or
guardian
of
the
child
5
submits
written
notice
to
the
school
district
implementing
the
6
program
of
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
intent
to
remove
the
7
child
from
enrollment
in
the
preschool
program.
8
Sec.
12.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
9
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
The
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
children
14
under
Code
chapter
256C
provides
that
a
child
who
is
a
resident
15
of
Iowa
and
is
four
years
of
age
on
or
before
September
15
of
16
a
school
year
shall
be
eligible
to
enroll
in
the
preschool
17
program.
Additionally,
to
be
included
as
an
eligible
student
18
in
the
enrollment
count
of
the
preschool
programming
for
19
state
funding
purposes,
a
child
must
be
four
years
of
age
20
by
September
15
in
the
base
year
and
attending
the
school
21
district’s
approved
local
program.
22
This
bill
expands
the
eligibility
and
state
funding
23
provisions
of
the
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
24
children
under
Code
chapter
256C
to
also
include
five-year-old
25
children
who
reach
the
age
of
five
on
or
after
March
15
but
on
26
or
before
September
15
of
the
calendar
year
during
which
the
27
school
year
begins.
28
References
to
four-year-old
children
in
the
program
named
in
29
Code
chapter
256C
and
in
related
Code
provisions
are
changed
30
to
“young
children”
or
expanded
to
also
refer
to
eligible
31
five-year-old
children
and
Code
section
299.1A
relating
to
32
compulsory
education
is
also
modified
to
reflect
changes
made
33
in
the
bill.
34
The
bill
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
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