Bill Text: IA HF482 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the membership requirements for early childhood Iowa area boards. (Formerly HF 256)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF482 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF482-Introduced.html
House
File
482
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
482
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
256)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
membership
requirements
for
early
1
childhood
Iowa
area
boards.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256I.7,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
early
childhood
Iowa
functions
for
an
area
shall
be
3
performed
under
the
authority
of
an
early
childhood
Iowa
area
4
board.
The
initial
members
of
an
area
board
shall
be
elected
5
officials
or
members
of
the
public
who
are
not
employed
by
a
6
provider
of
services
to
or
for
the
area
board.
In
addition,
7
the
However,
for
subsequent
members,
an
area
board’s
bylaws
8
may
provide
that
not
more
than
twenty
percent
of
the
area
9
board’s
voting
membership
may
consist
of
persons
who
are
10
employed
by
a
public
agency
provider
of
services
to
or
for
the
11
area
board.
The
bylaws
shall
include
provisions
to
reduce
12
the
potential
for
conflicts
of
interest
among
such
members.
13
The
membership
of
an
area
board
shall
include
representation
14
from
early
care,
education,
health,
human
services,
business,
15
and
faith
interests,
and
at
least
one
parent,
grandparent,
16
or
guardian
of
a
child
from
zero
through
age
five.
For
the
17
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
“public
agency”
means
any
agency
of
18
state
government
or
a
city,
county,
school
district,
or
other
19
political
subdivision
of
this
state.
20
EXPLANATION
21
This
bill
relates
to
the
membership
requirements
for
early
22
childhood
Iowa
area
boards.
Under
current
law,
membership
is
23
limited
to
persons
who
are
either
elected
officials
or
members
24
of
the
public
who
are
not
employed
by
a
provider
of
services
to
25
or
for
the
area
board.
26
The
bill
provides
that
the
limitation
applies
to
the
initial
27
members
of
an
area
board,
and
for
subsequent
members
the
28
board’s
bylaws
may
provide
for
up
to
20
percent
of
the
voting
29
members
to
be
employed
by
a
public
agency
provider
of
services
30
to
or
for
the
area
board.
The
bylaws
shall
include
provisions
31
to
reduce
the
potential
for
conflicts
of
interest
among
such
32
members.
The
term
“public
agency”
is
defined
to
mean
any
33
agency
of
state
government
or
a
city,
county,
school
district,
34
or
other
political
subdivision
of
this
state.
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