House File 207 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 207 BY RUFF , STECKMAN , DAWSON , GAINES , HUNTER , FORBES , FINKENAUER , OLDSON , COHOON , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , KRESSIG , HEDDENS , BEARINGER , ABDUL-SAMAD , and HALL A BILL FOR An Act increasing the minimum number of instruction hours for 1 an approved local program for purposes of the statewide 2 preschool program and including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1683HH (3) 86 md/sc

H.F. 207 Section 1. Section 256C.3, subsection 3, paragraph f, Code 1 2015, is amended to read as follows: 2 f. A minimum of ten fifteen hours per week of instruction 3 delivered on the skills and knowledge included in the student 4 learning standards developed for the preschool program. 5 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 6 years beginning on or after July 1, 2016. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 Code chapter 256C, defines preschool program requirements 11 that are used to determine whether or not a local program 12 implemented by a school district approved to participate in 13 the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children 14 qualifies as an approved local program. Current law requires a 15 minimum of 10 hours per week of instruction delivered on the 16 skills and knowledge included in the student learning standards 17 developed for the preschool program. This bill increases the 18 minimum number of hours from 10 to 15. 19 The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after 20 July 1, 2016. 21 -1- LSB 1683HH (3) 86 md/sc 1/ 1