Bill Text: IA SF2068 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing school districts to use funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund for certain preschool program costs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-23 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Behn, and J. Smith. S.J. 138. [SF2068 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF2068-Introduced.html
Senate File 2068 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2068 BY MATHIS , CELSI , RAGAN , JOCHUM , T. TAYLOR , PETERSEN , J. SMITH , WAHLS , and GIDDENS A BILL FOR An Act authorizing school districts to use funding from the 1 secure an advanced vision for education fund for certain 2 preschool program costs. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5602XS (3) 88 md/jh
S.F. 2068 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 256C.6 Start-up and expansion 1 funding —— secure an advanced vision for education funds. 2 1. For school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 3 2021, a school district may as part of the application for 4 participation in the preschool program or separately under 5 the application process established in this section, request 6 approval from the department to adopt a resolution and revenue 7 purpose statement under section 423F.3, subsection 3, paragraph 8 “b” , subparagraph (2), to use a portion of the funds received 9 under chapter 423F for up to three consecutive school budget 10 years for costs associated with the school district’s initial 11 school year participating in the statewide preschool program 12 or costs associated with expansion of the school district’s 13 approved local program, including preschool infrastructure 14 costs. 15 2. Prior to the department approving a school district 16 to use funding received under chapter 423F for the purposes 17 specified in subsection 1, the school district shall, in 18 addition to other relevant requirements established by the 19 department by rule, demonstrate an insufficient capacity of 20 public or private preschool programs within the school district 21 boundaries and satisfy one or more of the following: 22 a. A percentage of students in the school district who are 23 limited English proficient exceeds the statewide average. 24 b. A percentage of students in the school district who are 25 eligible for free and reduced price meals under the federal 26 National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act 27 of 1966, 42 U.S.C. §1751-1785, that exceeds the statewide 28 average. 29 c. More than fifteen percent of one or more attendance 30 center’s students are not reading proficiently and are 31 persistently at risk in reading by the end of third grade. 32 3. Funding received under chapter 423F that is approved and 33 used for the purposes of this section shall supplement, not 34 supplant, existing public funding for preschool programming, 35 -1- LSB 5602XS (3) 88 md/jh 1/ 4
S.F. 2068 shall not reduce or affect the amount of preschool foundation 1 aid received by a school district under section 256C.5, and 2 shall not be transferred to the school district’s flexibility 3 account under section 298A.2, subsection 2. 4 4. The department shall adopt rules relating to the 5 application procedures for the approval of the use of funds 6 available under this section, both as part of the application 7 for participation in the preschool program and separately for 8 school districts with an approved local program. 9 Sec. 2. Section 423F.3, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 10 2020, is amended to read as follows: 11 a. (1) If the board of directors adopts a resolution to 12 use funds received under the operation of this chapter solely 13 for providing property tax relief by reducing indebtedness from 14 the levies specified under section 298.2 or 298.18 , the board 15 of directors may approve a revenue purpose statement for that 16 purpose without submitting the revenue purpose statement to a 17 vote of the electors. 18 (2) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2021, 19 in addition to the purposes under subparagraph (1), if the 20 board of directors, following approval by the department of 21 education under section 256C.6, adopts a resolution to use 22 a portion of the funds received under the operation of this 23 chapter for up to three consecutive school budget years for 24 costs associated with the school district’s initial school 25 year participating in the statewide preschool program under 26 chapter 256C or costs associated with expansion of the school 27 district’s approved local program under chapter 256C, including 28 preschool infrastructure costs, the board of directors may 29 approve a revenue purpose statement for that purpose without 30 submitting the revenue purpose statement to a vote of the 31 electors. The aggregate amount of funds received under this 32 chapter that may be approved for the uses specified under this 33 subparagraph is limited to an amount equal to the total amount 34 of funds received by the school district under this chapter for 35 -2- LSB 5602XS (3) 88 md/jh 2/ 4
S.F. 2068 the first fiscal year for which such use is approved. Funds 1 approved for use under this subparagraph shall not relieve the 2 school district of funding use requirements established in the 3 school district’s voter-approved revenue purpose statement, if 4 applicable. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 For school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2021, 9 this bill authorizes a school district to request approval from 10 the department of education to adopt a resolution and a revenue 11 purpose statement under Code chapter 423F to use a portion 12 of the funds received from the secure an advanced vision for 13 education (SAVE) fund for up to three consecutive school budget 14 years for costs associated with the school district’s initial 15 school year participating in the statewide preschool program 16 under Code chapter 256C or costs associated with expansion of 17 the school district’s approved local program under Code chapter 18 256C, including preschool infrastructure costs. 19 School districts approved to use SAVE funds for the 20 purposes specified in the bill, in addition to other relevant 21 requirements established by the department of education by 22 rule, shall demonstrate an insufficient capacity of public 23 or private preschool programs within the school district 24 boundaries and satisfy one or more of the following: (1) 25 a percentage of students in the school district who are 26 limited English proficient exceeds the statewide average; 27 (2) a percentage of students in the school district who are 28 eligible for free and reduced price meals that exceeds the 29 statewide average; and (3) more than 15 percent of one or more 30 attendance center’s students are not reading proficiently and 31 are persistently at risk in reading by the end of third grade. 32 If the department of education approves the school 33 district’s use of SAVE funds for such preschool program 34 purposes, the school board may approve a revenue purpose 35 -3- LSB 5602XS (3) 88 md/jh 3/ 4
S.F. 2068 statement for that purpose without submitting the revenue 1 purpose statement to a vote of the electors. The aggregate 2 amount of SAVE funds that may be approved for the uses in 3 the bill is limited to an amount equal to the total amount 4 of SAVE funds received by the school district for the first 5 fiscal year for which such use is approved. Funds approved 6 for such uses shall not relieve the school district of 7 funding use requirements established in the school district’s 8 voter-approved revenue purpose statement, if applicable. 9 -4- LSB 5602XS (3) 88 md/jh 4/ 4
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