House File 2104 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2104 BY STECKMAN , OLDSON , STAED , MURPHY , STUTSMAN , RUFF , HALL , DAWSON , LUNDBY , KELLEY , KAJTAZOVIC , PRICHARD , ABDUL-SAMAD , KEARNS , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , GAINES , THEDE , ANDERSON , WOLFE , OURTH , BEARINGER , T. TAYLOR , MASCHER , M. SMITH , HANSON , and RUNNING-MARQUARDT A BILL FOR An Act relating to the determination of preschool budget 1 enrollment for the statewide preschool program and including 2 effective date and applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5441YH (4) 85 md/sc
H.F. 2104 Section 1. Section 256C.5, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 2014, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. “Preschool budget enrollment” means the figure that 3 is equal to fifty sixty percent of the actual enrollment of 4 eligible students in the preschool programming provided by 5 a school district approved to participate in the preschool 6 program on October 1 of the base year, or the first Monday in 7 October if October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday. 8 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 9 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 10 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 11 years beginning on or after July 1, 2014. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 For purposes of determining the amount of preschool 16 foundation aid a school district may receive, current Code 17 section 256C.5 defines “preschool budget enrollment” to mean 18 the figure that is equal to 50 percent of the actual enrollment 19 of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by 20 the school district as of October 1 preceding the beginning of 21 the school year. This bill increases the percentage of actual 22 enrollment of eligible students from 50 percent to 60 percent. 23 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 24 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2014. 25 -1- LSB 5441YH (4) 85 md/sc 1/ 1