Bill Text: IA HF2390 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certain costs under the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2119)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Boettger, and Schoenjahn. S.J. 584. [HF2390 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-HF2390-Introduced.html
House File 2390 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2390 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2119) A BILL FOR An Act relating to certain costs under the statewide preschool 1 program for four-year-old children and including effective 2 date and retroactive applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6001HV (2) 85 jp/sc
H.F. 2390 Section 1. Section 256C.3, subsection 3, paragraph h, Code 1 2014, is amended to read as follows: 2 h. Provision for ensuring that children receiving care from 3 other child care arrangements can participate in the preschool 4 program with minimal disruption due to transportation and 5 movement from one site to another. The children participating 6 in the preschool program may be transported by the school 7 district to activities associated with the program along with 8 other children. 9 Sec. 2. Section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraphs g and h, 10 Code 2014, are amended to read as follows: 11 g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 2013 , and 12 each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool 13 foundation aid received by a school district for a fiscal year 14 in accordance with section 257.16 , not more than five ten 15 percent may be used by the school district for administering 16 the district’s approved local program. Outreach activities 17 and rent for facilities not owned by the school district are 18 permissive uses of the administrative funds. 19 h. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 2013 , and 20 each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool 21 foundation aid received by a school district for a fiscal year 22 in accordance with section 257.16 , not less than ninety-five 23 ninety percent of the per pupil amount shall be passed through 24 to a community-based provider for each pupil enrolled in 25 the district’s approved local program. For the fiscal year 26 beginning July 1, 2011 2013 , and each succeeding fiscal year, 27 not more than five ten percent of the amount of preschool 28 foundation aid passed through to a community-based provider 29 may be used by the community-based provider for administrative 30 costs. The costs of outreach activities and rent for 31 facilities not owned by the school district are permissive 32 administrative costs. The costs of transportation involving 33 children participating in the preschool program and other 34 children may be prorated. 35 -1- LSB 6001HV (2) 85 jp/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 2390 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 1 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 Sec. 4. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 3 retroactively to July 1, 2013. 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 This bill relates to the amount of administrative costs 8 allowed under the statewide preschool program for four-year-old 9 children. 10 Under current law, for both a school district and a community 11 provider under the program, the administrative costs allowed 12 to be paid from state preschool foundation aid is limited to 5 13 percent. The bill increases the limit to 10 percent. 14 In addition, certain cost elements are addressed by the 15 bill. Authorization is provided for children participating 16 in the preschool program to be transported to activities 17 associated with the program along with other children and the 18 costs may be prorated. The costs of outreach activities and 19 rent for facilities not owned by the school district are to be 20 considered as permissive administrative costs. 21 The bill takes effect upon enactment and the provisions of 22 the bill apply retroactively to July 1, 2013. 23 -2- LSB 6001HV (2) 85 jp/sc 2/ 2
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