Bill Text: IA SF440 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 440 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to authorized expenditures for preschool programs under the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1136.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-18 - Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. [SF440 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF440-Introduced.html


Senate File 440 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1136)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to authorized expenditures for preschool
  2    programs under the statewide preschool program for
  3    four=year=old children and including effective date
  4    provisions.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
  1  2 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    e.  Preschool foundation aid funding shall not be used for
  1  4 the costs of constructing a facility in connection with an
  1  5 approved local program. Preschool foundation aid funding may
  1  6 be used by approved local programs and community providers
  1  7 for professional development for preschool teachers, for
  1  8 instructional equipment, for personal health and hygiene items,
  1  9 for safety equipment, for material and equipment designed to
  1 10 develop pupils' large and small motor skills, and for other
  1 11 direct costs.  "Personal health and hygiene items" include
  1 12 but are not limited to toilet tissue, facial tissue, towels,
  1 13 soap, cleaning supplies, dispensers for such items, and other
  1 14 items used for personal hygiene and health by students in the
  1 15 preschool program and shall not be considered administrative
  1 16 costs. "Safety equipment" includes items for placement or
  1 17 installation in a classroom or gymnasium, or on or around a
  1 18 playground, to protect the health or safety of students in the
  1 19 preschool program and shall not be considered administrative
  1 20 costs. Preschool foundation aid funding may be used by
  1 21 approved local programs for the costs of transportation
  1 22 involving children participating in the preschool program.
  1 23 The costs of transporting other children associated with the
  1 24 preschool program or transported as provided in section 256C.3,
  1 25 subsection 3, paragraph "h", may be prorated by the school
  1 26 district. Preschool foundation aid funding received by an
  1 27 approved local program that remain unexpended or unobligated
  1 28 at the end of a fiscal year shall be used to build the approved
  1 29 local program's preschool program capacity in the next
  1 30 succeeding fiscal year.
  1 31    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 32 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 35 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  1 This bill specifies that preschool foundation aid funding
  2  2 may be used by approved local programs and community providers
  2  3 for personal health and hygiene items and safety equipment and
  2  4 specifies that such items and equipment are not considered to
  2  5 be administrative costs. Current law imposes limitations on
  2  6 the amount of preschool foundation aid that may be used for
  2  7 administrative costs. The bill defines "personal health and
  2  8 hygiene items" and "safety equipment".
  2  9    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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