Bill Text: IA HF2351 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing the Iowa imagination library program within the department of administrative services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-07 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 211. [HF2351 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2351-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2351
BY
GAINES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
Iowa
imagination
library
program
within
1
the
department
of
administrative
services.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8A.202,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
n.
Administer
the
Iowa
imagination
library
3
program
established
pursuant
to
section
8A.202A.
4
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
8A.202A
Iowa
imagination
library
5
program.
6
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
7
a.
“County-based
affiliate
program”
means
a
local
affiliate
8
of
the
program
that
operates
within
a
county
or
city
in
this
9
state.
10
b.
“Eligible
child”
means
a
person
residing
in
this
state
11
who
is
five
years
of
age
or
younger.
12
c.
“National
nonprofit
foundation”
means
a
national
13
nonprofit
foundation
that
exists
for
the
sole
purpose
of
14
working
with
local
persons
to
identify
eligible
children
15
and
mail
to
those
eligible
children
age-appropriate
and
16
high-quality
books
each
month
at
no
cost
to
an
eligible
child
17
or
the
eligible
child’s
family.
18
d.
“Program”
means
the
Iowa
imagination
library
program
19
created
pursuant
to
this
section.
20
2.
Subject
to
an
appropriation
of
funds
by
the
general
21
assembly
for
this
purpose,
the
program
is
created
and
shall
be
22
administered
by
the
department.
The
program
shall
authorize
23
the
state
librarian
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
a
nonprofit
24
entity
that
shall
operate
the
program.
The
agreement
shall
25
require
the
nonprofit
entity
to
do
all
of
the
following:
26
a.
Exist
for
the
sole
purpose
of
creating
and
operating
the
27
program.
28
b.
Manage
the
daily
operations
of
the
program,
including
29
establishing
county-based
affiliate
programs
in
all
counties
30
and
cities
in
this
state
and
advancing
and
strengthening
the
31
county-based
affiliate
programs
to
ensure
increased
enrollment
32
in
the
program.
33
c.
Develop,
promote,
and
coordinate
a
public
awareness
34
campaign
to
make
donors
aware
of
the
opportunity
to
donate
to
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county-based
affiliate
programs
and
make
the
public
aware
of
1
the
opportunity
to
register
eligible
children
to
receive
books
2
through
the
program.
3
d.
Contract
with
a
national
nonprofit
foundation
to
provide
4
eligible
children
with
age-appropriate
and
high-quality
books
5
each
month
at
no
cost
to
an
eligible
child
or
the
eligible
6
child’s
family.
7
e.
Pay
to
the
national
nonprofit
foundation
fifty
percent
of
8
the
costs
the
national
nonprofit
foundation
incurs
providing
9
books
to
eligible
children
under
the
program,
as
determined
by
10
the
national
nonprofit
foundation.
11
3.
The
county-based
affiliate
programs
shall
pay
to
the
12
nonprofit
entity
that
is
responsible
for
the
operation
of
the
13
program
a
combined
fifty
percent
of
the
costs
the
national
14
nonprofit
foundation
incurs
providing
books
to
eligible
15
children
under
the
program,
as
determined
by
the
national
16
nonprofit
foundation.
The
amount
that
each
county-based
17
affiliate
program
pays
shall
be
prorated
to
the
number
of
18
eligible
children
the
county-based
affiliate
program
has
19
enrolled
under
the
program.
20
4.
The
department
shall
develop
a
strategy
for
attracting
21
additional
financial
resources
for
the
program
from
other
22
sources,
which
may
include
the
private
sector
and
local,
state,
23
and
federal
government
funding
sources.
24
5.
On
or
before
July
1
the
year
after
the
state
librarian
25
and
nonprofit
entity
enter
into
an
agreement
pursuant
to
26
subsection
2,
and
annually
after
that
date
on
July
1,
the
27
nonprofit
entity
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
department
that
28
includes
information
related
to
the
total
number
of
eligible
29
children
residing
in
each
county
and
city
in
this
state
and
30
the
total
number
of
eligible
children
who
are
enrolled
in
the
31
program
in
each
county
and
city
in
this
state.
The
department
32
shall
submit
the
report
to
the
general
assembly,
along
with
any
33
other
information
related
to
the
program
that
the
department
34
deems
pertinent.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
establishes
the
Iowa
imagination
library
program
4
within
the
department
of
administrative
services
(department).
5
The
bill
provides
that,
subject
to
an
appropriation
of
6
funds
by
the
general
assembly,
the
Iowa
imagination
library
7
program
is
created
and
shall
be
administered
by
the
department.
8
The
program
facilitates
the
mailing
of
age-appropriate
and
9
high-quality
books
each
month
to
eligible
children
at
no
cost
10
to
an
eligible
child
or
the
eligible
child’s
family.
Under
the
11
program,
an
“eligible
child”
is
a
person
residing
in
this
state
12
who
is
five
years
of
age
or
younger.
13
The
program
authorizes
the
state
librarian
to
enter
into
14
an
agreement
with
a
nonprofit
entity
that
shall
operate
the
15
program.
The
bill
establishes
that
the
agreement
shall
require
16
the
nonprofit
entity
to
exist
for
the
purpose
of
operating
17
the
program;
managing
the
daily
operations
of
the
program,
18
including
establishing
county-based
affiliate
programs;
19
developing
and
coordinating
a
public
awareness
campaign
to
20
make
donors
aware
of
the
opportunity
to
donate
to
county-based
21
affiliate
programs
and
make
the
public
aware
of
the
opportunity
22
to
register
eligible
children
to
receive
books
through
the
23
program;
contracting
with
a
national
nonprofit
foundation
to
24
provide
eligible
children
with
books
each
month
at
no
cost;
and
25
paying
to
the
national
nonprofit
foundation
50
percent
of
the
26
costs
the
national
nonprofit
foundation
incurs
providing
books
27
to
eligible
children
under
the
program.
28
The
bill
requires
county-based
affiliate
programs
to
pay
to
29
the
nonprofit
entity
that
is
responsible
for
the
operation
of
30
the
program
a
combined
50
percent
of
the
costs
the
national
31
nonprofit
foundation
incurs
providing
books
to
eligible
32
children
under
the
program.
The
bill
provides
that
the
amount
33
that
each
county-based
affiliate
program
pays
shall
be
prorated
34
to
the
number
of
eligible
children
the
county-based
affiliate
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program
has
enrolled
under
the
program.
1
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
develop
a
strategy
for
2
attracting
additional
financial
resources
for
the
program
from
3
other
sources.
4
The
bill
requires
the
nonprofit
entity
to
submit
a
report
to
5
the
department
that
includes
information
related
to
the
total
6
number
of
eligible
children
residing
in
each
county
and
city
in
7
this
state
and
the
total
number
of
eligible
children
who
are
8
enrolled
in
the
program
in
each
county
and
city
in
this
state.
9
The
bill
also
requires
the
department
to
submit
this
report
to
10
the
general
assembly,
along
with
any
other
information
related
11
to
the
program
that
the
department
deems
pertinent.
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