H.F. 2263 Section 1. Section 256C.3, subsection 4, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows: 2 Effective with the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, each 3 school district shall implement an approved local program 4 to provide preschool in accordance with this chapter. The 5 state board shall adopt rules to further define the following 6 requirements of school districts implementing the preschool 7 program: 8 Sec. 2. Section 256C.3, subsection 4, Code 2014, is amended 9 by adding the following new paragraph: 10 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. (1) A school district participating 11 in the preschool program shall utilize district information 12 and information accessed through the departmental data systems 13 to identify which children are receiving services under or 14 participating in a state-funded or district-funded preschool 15 program, the head start program, or other preschool program 16 reported by parents of the participating children. The 17 departmental data systems may include the unique student 18 identifier, the student reporting in Iowa system, or other 19 relevant data system. The school district and the early 20 childhood Iowa area governing board for any area encompassing 21 the school district shall review the information. The purpose 22 of the review is for the district and the area board to 23 implement action steps to assure that all of the eligible 24 children residing in the district and the area are aware of 25 and able to participate in publicly funded preschool programs. 26 The action steps shall focus on securing the participation of 27 children from low-income families. 28 (2) A school district participating in the preschool 29 program shall annually document how the district works 30 in collaboration with participating families, early care 31 providers, and community partners, as described in subsection 32 3, to expand the preschool programming to settings other than 33 the school district’s facilities in order to be as convenient 34 and cost effective as possible for the families of the children 35 -1- LSB 5703YH (2) 85 jp/sc 1/ 4

H.F. 2263 who are eligible for the programming. 1 (3) Each school district subject to this paragraph “e” 2 shall submit to the department an annual report describing the 3 reviews and action steps implemented pursuant to subparagraph 4 (1) and the information documented pursuant to subparagraph 5 (2). The report content, time frame, and other requirements 6 shall be determined by the department. The department shall 7 make the reports publicly available and shall summarize the 8 content of the reports submitted in the department’s annual 9 condition of education report. 10 Sec. 3. Section 279.51, Code 2014, is amended by adding the 11 following new subsection: 12 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. In addition to the amount allocated 13 under subsection 1, paragraph “b” , there is appropriated from 14 the general fund of the state to the department of education 15 for the following fiscal years, the following amounts for 16 allocation to the child development coordinating council 17 established in chapter 256A, to be used as additional funding 18 for the purposes set out in subsection 2 of this section and 19 section 256A.3: 20 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, fifteen 21 million dollars. 22 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, thirty 23 million dollars. 24 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, forty-five 25 million dollars. 26 d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and 27 succeeding fiscal years, sixty million dollars. 28 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 29 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 30 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 31 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 32 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 33 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 34 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 35 -2- LSB 5703YH (2) 85 jp/sc 2/ 4

H.F. 2263 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 1 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 2 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 3 districts. 4 EXPLANATION 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 7 This bill relates to publicly funded preschool and early 8 childhood programming and makes appropriations. 9 Code section 256C.3, relating to preschool program 10 requirements, is amended to require each school district to 11 provide a preschool program approved by the department of 12 education, effective with the school budget year beginning July 13 1, 2015. 14 In addition, Code section 256C.3 is amended to require 15 each school district participating in the preschool program 16 to review various data sources to identify the children in 17 the district participating in publicly funded preschool. The 18 school district and any early childhood Iowa area governing 19 board for the area encompassing the school district are 20 required to implement action steps to assure that all of the 21 eligible children residing in the district and the area are 22 aware of and able to participate in publicly funded preschool 23 programs. Also, a school district participating in the 24 preschool program must annually document how the district 25 works in collaboration with participating families, early care 26 providers, and community partners, to expand the preschool 27 programming to settings other than the school district’s 28 facilities in order to be as convenient and cost effective as 29 possible for the families of the children who are eligible for 30 the programming. Each school district subject to the two new 31 requirements must submit an annual report to the department of 32 education describing the reviews and action steps implemented 33 pursuant to, and the information on, collaboration. The 34 report content, time frame, and other requirements are to be 35 -3- LSB 5703YH (2) 85 jp/sc 3/ 4

H.F. 2263 determined by the department. The department is required 1 to make the reports publicly available and to summarize the 2 content of the reports submitted in the department’s annual 3 condition of education report. 4 A standing limited appropriation of $60 million is phased 5 in by the bill over a four-year period. The appropriation is 6 to be allocated to the child development coordinating council 7 to be used as additional funding for the council’s grants to 8 school districts to establish programs for three-year-old, 9 four-year-old, and five-year-old at-risk children, which 10 programs are a combination of preschool and full-day 11 kindergarten, and to provide educational support services to 12 parents of at-risk children from birth through three years of 13 age. 14 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 15 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 16 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 17 district from state school foundation aid received by the 18 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 19 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 20 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 21 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 22 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 23 mandates included in the bill. 24 -4- LSB 5703YH (2) 85 jp/sc 4/ 4