House File 472 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ABDUL=SAMAD Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring a consultant in the department of education to 2 coordinate programs for at=risk children and youth, and 3 providing an appropriation. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2322HH 82 6 ak/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.10B CONSULTANT == AT=RISK 1 2 YOUTH. 1 3 The department of education shall create a full=time 1 4 consultant position to manage funding and program development 1 5 for at=risk children and youth. The consultant's duties shall 1 6 include the following: 1 7 1. Manage program development for dropouts and dropout 1 8 prevention. 1 9 2. Manage the funding process in section 257.38. 1 10 3. Organize staff development in regard to at=risk 1 11 programs with area education agencies. 1 12 4. Provide website development for immediate access to 1 13 information about at=risk programs, including alternative 1 14 schools. 1 15 5. Oversee the creation and improvement of alternative 1 16 schools and programs. 1 17 6. Coordinate multiagency efforts to serve at=risk 1 18 populations. 1 19 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the 1 20 general fund of the state to the department of education for 1 21 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 1 22 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 1 23 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 1 24 For an at=risk consultant position as provided in section 1 25 256.10B, as enacted in this Act: 1 26 .................................................. $ 150,000 1 27 In addition, the moneys appropriated in this section may be 1 28 used for staff development and website development related to 1 29 at=risk children and youth. 1 30 EXPLANATION 1 31 This bill provides that the department of education shall 1 32 create a full=time consultant position to manage funding and 1 33 program development for at=risk children and youth. 1 34 The consultant's duties shall include managing the program 1 35 development for dropouts and dropout programs; managing the 2 1 funding process in Code section 257.38; organizing staff 2 2 development about at=risk programs with area education 2 3 agencies; providing website development for immediate access 2 4 to information about at=risk programs, including alternative 2 5 schools; overseeing the creation and improvement of 2 6 alternative schools and programs; and coordinating multiagency 2 7 efforts to serve at=risk populations. 2 8 The bill provides a $150,000 appropriation from the general 2 9 fund of the state to pay for the at=risk youth consultant and 2 10 to pay for staff development and website development related 2 11 to at=risk children and youth. 2 12 LSB 2322HH 82 2 13 ak:nh/je/5