Bill Text: IA SF379 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to funding amounts for the statewide preschool program and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-23 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach. S.J. 410. [SF379 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF379-Introduced.html
Senate
File
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Introduced
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FILE
379
BY
QUIRMBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
funding
amounts
for
the
statewide
preschool
1
program
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
c.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
means
:
3
(1)
For
school
districts
providing
ten
or
more
hours,
but
4
less
than
fifteen
hours,
per
week
of
instruction,
the
figure
5
that
is
equal
to
fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
6
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
7
a
school
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
8
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
9
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
10
(2)
For
school
districts
providing
fifteen
or
more
hours,
11
but
less
than
twenty
hours,
per
week
of
instruction,
the
figure
12
that
is
equal
to
seventy
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
13
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
14
a
school
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
15
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
16
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
17
(3)
For
school
districts
providing
twenty
or
more
hours,
18
but
less
than
twenty-five
hours,
per
week
of
instruction,
the
19
figure
that
is
equal
to
eighty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
20
of
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
21
a
school
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
22
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
23
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
24
(4)
For
school
districts
providing
twenty-five
or
more
25
hours,
but
less
than
thirty
hours,
per
week
of
instruction,
the
26
figure
that
is
equal
to
ninety
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
27
of
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
28
a
school
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
29
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
30
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
31
(5)
For
school
districts
providing
thirty
or
more
hours
per
32
week
of
instruction,
the
figure
that
is
equal
to
the
actual
33
enrollment
of
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
34
provided
by
a
school
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
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preschool
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
1
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
2
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
3
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2024.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
Under
Code
chapter
256C,
preschool
foundation
aid
is
8
calculated
by
multiplying
the
school
district’s
preschool
9
budget
enrollment
by
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
10
pupil
for
the
budget
year.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
is
11
defined
as
the
figure
that
is
equal
to
50
percent
of
the
actual
12
enrollment
of
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
13
provided
by
a
school
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
14
preschool
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
year.
15
This
bill
modifies
the
percentage
used
to
calculate
16
“preschool
budget
enrollment”
based
on
the
number
of
hours
of
17
instruction
provided.
For
school
districts
providing
10
or
18
more
hours,
but
less
than
15
hours,
per
week
of
instruction,
19
the
percentage
remains
at
50
percent.
For
school
districts
20
providing
15
or
more
hours,
but
less
than
20
hours,
per
week
21
of
instruction,
the
percentage
is
70
percent.
For
school
22
districts
providing
20
or
more
hours,
but
less
than
25
hours,
23
per
week
of
instruction,
the
percentage
is
80
percent.
For
24
school
districts
providing
25
or
more
hours,
but
less
than
30
25
hours,
per
week
of
instruction,
the
percentage
is
90
percent.
26
For
school
districts
providing
30
or
more
hours
per
week
of
27
instruction,
the
percentage
is
100
percent.
28
The
bill
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
29
July
1,
2024.
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