Bill Text: IA SF2383 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to statewide voluntary preschool program students whose household income is below a certain amount, minimum hours required to be offered, and funding calculations.(Formerly SF 2075.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-04 - Fiscal note. [SF2383 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2383-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2075)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
statewide
voluntary
preschool
program
1
students
whose
household
income
is
below
a
certain
2
amount,
minimum
hours
required
to
be
offered,
and
funding
3
calculations.
4
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
by
striking
the
paragraph
and
inserting
in
2
lieu
thereof
the
following:
3
f.
(1)
The
following
minimum
hours
per
week
of
instruction,
4
as
chosen
by
the
school
district
at
the
beginning
of
the
school
5
year,
delivered
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
included
in
the
6
student
learning
standards
developed
for
the
preschool
program:
7
(a)
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
either
of
8
the
following:
9
(i)
Ten
hours
per
week
of
instruction
for
each
student.
10
(ii)
(A)
Ten
hours
per
week
of
instruction
for
students
not
11
described
in
subparagraph
part
(B).
12
(B)
For
eligible
students
whose
household
income
is
less
13
than
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
14
level
applicable
to
the
family’s
size,
fifteen
hours
per
week
15
of
instruction.
16
(b)
For
school
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2025,
17
either
of
the
following:
18
(i)
Ten
hours
per
week
of
instruction
for
each
student.
19
(ii)
(A)
Ten
hours
per
week
of
instruction
for
students
not
20
described
in
subparagraph
part
(B).
21
(B)
For
eligible
students
whose
household
income
is
less
22
than
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
23
level
applicable
to
the
family’s
size,
twenty
hours
per
week
24
of
instruction.
25
(2)
If
a
school
district
chooses
to
satisfy
the
minimum
26
hour
requirements
for
a
school
year
under
subparagraph
(1),
27
subparagraph
division
(a),
subparagraph
subdivision
(ii),
28
families
of
eligible
children
whose
household
income
is
less
29
than
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
30
level
applicable
to
the
family’s
size
may
choose
between
ten
31
hours
of
instruction
per
week
or
fifteen
hours
of
instruction
32
per
week.
33
(3)
If
a
school
district
chooses
to
satisfy
the
minimum
34
hour
requirements
for
a
school
year
under
subparagraph
(1),
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subparagraph
division
(b),
subparagraph
subdivision
(ii),
1
families
of
eligible
children
whose
household
income
is
less
2
than
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
3
level
applicable
to
the
family’s
size
may
choose
between
ten
4
hours
of
instruction
per
week
or
twenty
hours
of
instruction
5
per
week.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
7
2024,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph
and
inserting
in
8
lieu
thereof
the
following:
9
c.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
means
either
of
the
10
following
figures
as
applicable
to
the
school
district
based
on
11
the
numbers
of
eligible
students
approved
to
participate
and
12
enrolled
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
the
school
13
district
on
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
14
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday:
15
(1)
For
a
school
district
providing
minimum
required
school
16
hours
as
set
under
section
256C.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
17
“f”
,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a),
subparagraph
18
subdivision
(i),
or
section
256C.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
19
“f”
,subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(b),
subparagraph
20
subdivision
(i),
fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
21
eligible
students.
22
(2)
For
a
school
district
providing
minimum
required
school
23
hours
as
set
under
section
256C.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
24
“f”
,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a),
subparagraph
25
subdivision
(ii),
the
sum
of
all
of
the
following:
26
(a)
Fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
27
students
not
described
in
subparagraph
division
(b).
28
(b)
Seventy-five
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
29
eligible
students
who
receive
a
minimum
of
fifteen
hours
of
30
instruction
per
week
and
whose
household
income
is
less
than
31
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
32
applicable
to
the
family’s
size.
33
(3)
For
a
school
district
providing
minimum
required
school
34
hours
as
set
under
section
256C.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
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“f”
,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(b),
subparagraph
1
subdivision
(ii),
the
sum
of
all
of
the
following:
2
(a)
Fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
3
students
not
described
in
subparagraph
division
(b).
4
(b)
The
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
students
who
receive
5
a
minimum
of
twenty
hours
of
instruction
per
week
and
whose
6
household
income
is
less
than
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
7
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family’s
size.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
statewide
voluntary
preschool
program
12
(SVPP)
students
whose
household
income
is
below
a
certain
13
amount,
minimum
hours
required
to
be
offered,
and
funding
14
calculations.
15
The
bill
allows
each
school
district
to
choose
at
the
16
beginning
of
each
school
year
between
the
currently
required
17
minimum
10
hours
of
instruction
per
week
for
an
enrolled
child,
18
or
a
heightened
required
amount
of
hours
for
enrolled
children
19
whose
household
family
income
is
below
185
percent
of
the
20
federal
poverty
level
(FPL)
and
a
required
10
hours
per
week
21
of
instruction
for
all
other
children.
For
FY
2024-2025,
the
22
heightened
requirement
is
a
minimum
of
15
hours
per
week
of
23
instruction,
and
for
FY
2025-2026,
and
each
succeeding
school
24
year,
the
heightened
requirement
is
a
minimum
of
20
hours
per
25
week
of
instruction.
26
The
bill
requires
school
districts
to
allow
families
of
27
children
whose
household
income
is
below
185
percent
of
the
28
FPL
applicable
to
the
family’s
size
to
choose
between
10
hours
29
of
instruction
per
week
or
the
minimum
hours
of
instruction
30
established
for
children
of
families
with
income
below
185
31
percent
of
the
FPL
applicable
to
the
family’s
size
for
the
32
child.
33
A
school
district
with
an
approved
SVPP
is
funded
in
part
by
34
preschool
foundation
aid
payments.
The
preschool
foundation
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aid
is
calculated
by
multiplying
the
regular
program
state
cost
1
per
pupil
by
the
school
district’s
preschool
budget
enrollment.
2
Currently,
the
preschool
budget
enrollment
for
a
given
year
3
is
calculated
by
multiplying
the
number
of
eligible
students
4
enrolled
in
the
preschool
program
by
50
percent.
5
The
bill
changes
the
calculation
for
preschool
budget
6
enrollment
for
school
districts
that
choose
to
follow
the
7
heightened
hours
of
instruction
requirement
for
children
whose
8
household
income
is
below
185
percent
of
the
FPL
to
the
sum
9
of
the
following
number
of
eligible
students:
(1)
for
the
10
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
75
percent
of
eligible
11
students
who
receive
15
hours
per
week
of
instruction
and
whose
12
household
income
is
less
than
185
percent
of
the
FPL
plus
50
13
percent
of
all
other
eligible
students;
and
(2)
for
school
14
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2025,
the
actual
number
of
15
eligible
students
who
receive
20
hours
per
week
of
instruction
16
and
whose
household
income
is
less
than
185
percent
of
the
FPL
17
plus
50
percent
of
all
other
eligible
students.
Calculations
18
for
preschool
budget
enrollment
for
school
districts
that
19
continue
to
follow
currently
required
minimum
hours
of
20
instruction
remain
unchanged.
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