Iowa-2017-HF25-Introduced
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:
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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 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 used to
1 20 build the approved local program's preschool program capacity
1 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 to fifty the 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.
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