Bill Text: IA HF25 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children by modifying provisions for calculating preschool budget enrollment, providing for adjustments to preschool foundation aid amounts, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-01 - NOBA: Graybook [HF25 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF25-Introduced.html
House File 25 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY KOESTER A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the statewide preschool program for 2 four=year=old children by modifying provisions for 3 calculating preschool budget enrollment, providing for 4 adjustments to preschool foundation aid amounts, and 5 including effective date and applicability provisions. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1669YH (2) 87 md/sc PAG LIN 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 material and equipment designed 1 9 to develop pupils' large and small motor skills, and for other 1 10 direct costs. Preschool foundation aid funding may be used 1 11 by approved local programs for the costs of transportation 1 12 involving children participating in the preschool program. 1 13 The costs of transporting other children associated with the 1 14 preschool program or transported as provided in section 256C.3, 1 15 subsection 3, paragraph "h", may be prorated by the school 1 16 district. Preschool foundation aid funding received by an 1 17 approved local program that remain unexpended or unobligated at 1 18 the end of a fiscal year shall be accounted for in accordance 1 19 with section 256C.5, subsection 1, paragraph "d", and usedto 1 20 build the approved local program's preschool program capacity1 21 in the next succeeding fiscal year. 1 22 Sec. 2. Section 256C.5, subsection 1, paragraphs c and d, 1 23 Code 2017, are amended to read as follows: 1 24 c. "Preschool budget enrollment" means the figure that is 1 25 equal tofiftythe sum of the following: 1 26 (1) Fifty percent of the actual enrollment of eligible 1 27 students in the preschool programming provided by a school 1 28 district approved to participate in the preschool program on 1 29 October 1 of the base year, or the first Monday in October if 1 30 October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday. 1 31 (2) Fifty percent of the actual enrollment of eligible 1 32 students in the preschool programming provided by a school 1 33 district approved to participate in the preschool program on 1 34 October 1 of the base year, or the first Monday in October if 1 35 October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, whose family income is 2 1 at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level as 2 2 defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines 2 3 published by the United States department of health and human 2 4 services. 2 5 d. "Preschool foundation aid" means the product of the 2 6 regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year 2 7 multiplied by the school district's preschool budget enrollment 2 8 minus the amount of preschool foundation aid received 2 9 during all previous budget years that remains unexpended and 2 10 unobligated at the end of the base year. 2 11 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 2 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 13 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 2 14 years beginning on or after July 1, 2017. 2 15 EXPLANATION 2 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 18 Under current law, the preschool budget enrollment used 2 19 to calculate the amount of preschool foundation aid paid to 2 20 a school district participating in the statewide preschool 2 21 program for four=year=old children is equal to 50 percent of 2 22 the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool 2 23 programming provided by a school district approved to 2 24 participate in the preschool program on October 1 of the base 2 25 year. 2 26 This bill modifies the method of calculating the preschool 2 27 budget enrollment by adding to the current calculation an 2 28 amount equal to 50 percent of the actual enrollment of eligible 2 29 students in the preschool programming provided by a school 2 30 district approved to participate in the preschool program on 2 31 October 1 of the base year, whose family income is at or below 2 32 200 percent of the federal poverty level as defined by the most 2 33 recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the 2 34 United States department of health and human services. 2 35 Under current law, the preschool foundation aid is 3 1 calculated to mean the product of the regular program state 3 2 cost per pupil for the budget year multiplied by the school 3 3 district's preschool budget enrollment. The bill requires that 3 4 the preschool foundation aid amount payable to school districts 3 5 be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of preschool 3 6 foundation aid received during all previous budget years that 3 7 remains unexpended and unobligated at the end of the base 3 8 year. The bill also amends provisions relating to the use of 3 9 preschool foundation aid that remains unexpended or unobligated 3 10 at the end of a fiscal year. 3 11 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 3 12 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2017. LSB 1669YH (2) 87 md/sc
