Bill Text: IA HF2488 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a child care workforce state matching grants program and fund administered by the early childhood Iowa state board to award matching state grants to eligible communities and making an appropriation. (Formerly HF 2171; See HF 2600.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-09 - Withdrawn. H.J. 532. [HF2488 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2488-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2171)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
child
care
workforce
state
matching
1
grants
program
and
fund
administered
by
the
early
childhood
2
Iowa
state
board
to
award
matching
state
grants
to
eligible
3
communities
and
making
an
appropriation.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256I.4,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20.
Establish
and
administer
the
child
care
3
workforce
state
matching
grants
program
and
fund
pursuant
to
4
section
256I.14.
5
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
256I.14
Child
care
workforce
state
6
matching
grants
program
and
fund.
7
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
8
requires:
9
a.
“Fund”
means
the
child
care
workforce
state
matching
10
grants
fund.
11
b.
“Program”
means
the
child
care
workforce
state
matching
12
grants
program.
13
2.
a.
A
child
care
workforce
state
matching
grants
fund
14
is
created
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
15
state
board
and
consists
of
any
moneys
appropriated
by
the
16
general
assembly
and
any
other
moneys
available
and
obtained
17
or
accepted
by
the
state
board
for
placement
in
the
fund.
The
18
fund
shall
be
used
to
provide
matching
state
grants
to
eligible
19
communities
under
the
program.
The
state
board
shall
use
any
20
moneys
specifically
appropriated
for
purposes
of
this
section
21
only
for
the
purposes
of
this
section.
22
b.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
23
end
of
each
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
to
any
other
fund
24
but
shall
remain
in
the
fund
for
expenditures
for
subsequent
25
fiscal
years.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
26
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
accrue
to
the
27
state
board
and
shall
be
used
for
purposes
of
this
section.
28
All
repayments,
payments
of
interest,
or
recaptures
of
grants
29
provided
under
this
section
shall
accrue
to
the
state
board
and
30
shall
be
used
for
purposes
of
this
section.
31
c.
The
state
board
shall
use
not
more
than
five
percent
of
32
the
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year
for
33
purposes
of
administrative
costs,
marketing,
and
other
program
34
support.
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3.
The
state
board
shall
establish
a
child
care
workforce
1
state
matching
grants
program
to
provide
matching
state
grants,
2
on
a
dollar-for-dollar
basis,
to
eligible
communities
that
3
provide
funding
for
the
child
care
WAGE$
Iowa
program,
the
4
teacher
education
and
compensation
helps
scholarship
program,
5
or
other
child
care
workforce
strategies.
6
4.
A
community
seeking
a
matching
state
grant
under
the
7
program
shall
apply
to
the
state
board
pursuant
to
rules
8
adopted
by
the
department
and
the
state
board.
9
5.
The
department
and
the
state
board
shall
adopt
rules
10
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
and
administer
this
11
section.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
establishes
a
child
care
workforce
state
matching
16
grants
program
and
fund
administered
by
the
early
childhood
17
Iowa
state
board
to
award
matching
state
grants
to
eligible
18
communities.
19
A
child
care
workforce
state
matching
grants
fund
(fund)
20
is
created
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
21
early
childhood
Iowa
state
board
(board)
and
consists
of
any
22
moneys
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
and
any
other
23
moneys
available
and
obtained
or
accepted
by
the
board
for
24
placement
in
the
fund.
The
fund
is
to
be
used
to
provide
25
matching
state
grants
under
the
child
care
workforce
state
26
matching
grants
program
(program)
to
communities
that
provide
27
funding
for
the
child
care
WAGE$
Iowa
program,
the
teacher
28
education
and
compensation
helps
scholarship
program,
or
other
29
child
care
workforce
strategies.
The
board
must
use
any
moneys
30
specifically
appropriated
for
the
program
only
for
the
purposes
31
of
the
program.
32
Moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
end
of
each
fiscal
year
do
33
not
revert
to
any
other
fund
but
remain
in
the
fund
for
34
expenditures
for
subsequent
fiscal
years.
Interest
or
earnings
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on
moneys
in
the
fund
accrue
to
the
board
to
be
used
for
1
purposes
of
the
program.
All
repayments,
payments
of
interest,
2
or
recaptures
of
grants
provided
under
the
program
accrue
to
3
the
board
and
must
be
used
for
purposes
of
the
program.
4
The
board
cannot
use
more
than
5
percent
of
the
moneys
in
5
the
fund
at
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year
for
purposes
of
6
administrative
costs,
marketing,
and
other
program
support.
7
A
community
seeking
a
matching
state
grant
under
the
program
8
must
apply
to
the
board
pursuant
to
rules
adopted
by
the
9
department
of
management
and
the
board.
The
bill
directs
10
the
department
of
management
and
the
board
to
adopt
rules
to
11
implement
and
administer
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
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