House File 472 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ABDUL=SAMAD


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 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

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  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