Bill Text: IA HF367 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requesting the establishment of a legislative interim study committee to create a plan to provide universal learning and child care centers and programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-18 - Subcommittee: Hanusa, Fry and Gaines. H.J. 306. [HF367 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF367-Introduced.html
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BY
MASCHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requesting
the
establishment
of
a
legislative
interim
1
study
committee
to
create
a
plan
to
provide
universal
2
learning
and
child
care
centers
and
programs.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
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IOWA:
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Section
1.
LEGISLATIVE
INTERIM
STUDY
COMMITTEE
——
UNIVERSAL
1
LEARNING
AND
CARE
CENTER
PROGRAMS.
2
1.
The
legislative
council
is
requested
to
establish
an
3
interim
study
committee
to
create
a
plan
to
provide
universal
4
comprehensive
learning
and
child
care
centers
and
programs
for
5
children
from
zero
to
age
five.
6
2.
The
study
committee
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
7
a.
Address
the
optimal
group
sizes
for
infants
and
toddlers
8
and
optimal
ratios
for
caregiver
to
infant
and
teacher
to
9
toddler,
quality
of
physical
environment,
primary
caregiving
10
assignments
and
the
appropriate
preparation
needed
for
an
11
assignment,
continuity
and
seamless
transition
to
next
levels
12
of
care
and
learning,
cultural
and
familial
continuity
and
13
optimal
levels
of
participation,
and
measures
for
meeting
the
14
needs
of
the
individual
within
the
group
context.
15
b.
Examine
the
feasibility
of
combining
center-based
16
care
and
home-based
care
arrangements
to
realize
the
17
cognitive
benefits
child
care
centers
are
known
for
with
the
18
socioemotional
benefits
home-based
arrangements
often
achieve.
19
c.
Develop
and
make
recommendations
for
sharing
and
other
20
arrangements
for
center
and
program
sites
when
the
local
school
21
district
lacks
capacity.
22
d.
Identify
and
make
recommendations
for
resolution
of
23
transportation
issues
and
the
associated
costs
of
transporting
24
children
enrolled
in
universal
comprehensive
learning
and
child
25
care
centers
and
programs.
26
e.
Examine
the
feasibility
of
providing
regional
incentives
27
to
increase
collaborative
efforts
or
provide
funding
for
28
renovation
and
other
facility
costs
in
areas
experiencing
29
learning
and
child
care
center
and
program
scarcity.
30
f.
Review
and
recommend
best
practices
for
outreach
to
31
ensure
that
parents
are
aware
of
local
options
for
learning
and
32
child
care
centers
and
programs.
33
3.
The
study
committee
shall
submit
its
plan,
findings,
and
34
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
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EXPLANATION
2
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
3
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
4
This
bill
requests
that
the
legislative
council
establish
an
5
interim
study
committee
to
create
a
plan
to
provide
universal
6
comprehensive
learning
and
child
care
centers
and
programs
for
7
children
from
zero
to
age
five.
8
The
study
committee
shall
address
the
optimal
group
sizes
9
and
adult-to-child
ratios,
quality
of
physical
environment,
10
primary
caregiving
assignments
and
preparation,
continuity
11
and
seamless
transition
to
next
levels,
cultural
and
familial
12
continuity
and
optimal
levels
of
participation,
and
measures
13
for
meeting
the
needs
of
the
individual
within
the
group
14
context;
examine
the
feasibility
of
combining
center-based
15
care
and
home-based
care
arrangements;
develop
and
make
16
recommendations
for
sharing
and
other
arrangements
when
17
the
local
school
district
lacks
capacity;
identify
and
make
18
recommendations
for
resolution
of
related
transportation
19
issues;
examine
the
feasibility
of
providing
regional
20
incentives
to
increase
collaborative
efforts;
and
review
and
21
recommend
best
practices
for
outreach.
22
The
study
committee
shall
submit
its
plan,
findings,
and
23
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
24
20,
2019.
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