Bill Text: IA HF2468 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to statewide voluntary preschool programs, including minimum hours of instruction and funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-12 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 243. [HF2468 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2468-Introduced.html
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BY
KURTH
,
CAHILL
,
WILBURN
,
JAMES
,
CROKEN
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
SRINIVAS
,
WILSON
,
STAED
,
AMOS
JR.
,
STECKMAN
,
KRESSIG
,
MADISON
,
EHLERT
,
GJERDE
,
BUCK
,
and
BROWN-POWERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
statewide
voluntary
preschool
programs,
1
including
minimum
hours
of
instruction
and
funding.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256C.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
f,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
f.
A
minimum
of
ten
twenty
hours
per
week
of
instruction
3
delivered
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
included
in
the
student
4
learning
standards
developed
for
the
preschool
program.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
c
and
d,
6
Code
2024,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
c.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
means
the
figure
that
is
8
equal
to
fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
9
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
10
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
11
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
12
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
13
d.
“Preschool
foundation
aid”
means
the
product
of
14
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
budget
15
year
multiplied
by
the
school
district’s
preschool
budget
16
enrollment
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
students
in
the
17
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
district
approved
to
18
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
19
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
20
Saturday
or
Sunday
.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
22
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
a.
For
the
initial
school
year
for
which
a
school
district
24
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
receives
that
25
approval
and
implements
the
preschool
program,
the
funding
for
26
the
preschool
foundation
aid
payable
to
that
school
district
27
shall
be
paid
from
the
appropriation
made
for
that
school
year
28
in
section
256C.6
,
Code
2011,
or
in
another
appropriation
29
made
for
purposes
of
this
chapter
.
For
that
school
year,
the
30
preschool
foundation
aid
payable
to
the
school
district
is
31
the
product
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
32
the
school
year
multiplied
by
sixty
percent
of
the
school
33
district’s
eligible
student
enrollment
on
the
date
in
the
34
school
year
determined
by
rule.
35
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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
relates
to
the
statewide
voluntary
preschool
4
program
(SVPP),
including
minimum
hours
of
instruction
and
5
funding.
6
The
bill
requires
each
SVPP
to
offer
a
minimum
of
20
hours
7
of
instruction
per
week
to
each
student.
Under
current
law,
8
SVPPs
only
need
to
offer
10
hours
of
instruction
per
week
to
9
each
student.
10
SVPP
funding
is
calculated
based
on
the
state
cost
per
pupil
11
multiplied
by
50
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
students
12
in
the
SVPP.
The
bill
changes
this
calculation
to
multiply
the
13
state
cost
per
pupil
by
the
actual
enrollment
of
students
in
14
the
SVPP.
15
Under
current
law,
in
an
SVPP’s
initial
year,
the
SVPP’s
16
funding
is
calculated
by
multiplying
the
state
cost
per
pupil
17
by
60
percent
of
the
eligible
enrollment
of
students
in
the
18
SVPP
on
a
date
determined
by
the
department
of
education
(DOE)
19
by
rule.
The
bill
makes
the
initial
year
funding
calculations
20
based
on
the
actual
number
of
eligible
students
enrolled
in
the
21
SVPP
on
a
date
determined
by
the
DOE
by
rule.
22
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