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Senate File 310 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to funding of approved local preschool programs
2and including applicability provisions.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 256C.5, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
22023, is amended to read as follows:
3c. “Preschool budget enrollment” means the figure that is
4equal to fifty percent of the actual enrollment of eligible
5students in the preschool programming provided by a school
6district approved to participate in the preschool program on
7October 1 of the base year, or the first Monday in October if
8October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
9 Sec. 2. Section 256C.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
102023, is amended to read as follows:
11a. For the initial school year for which a school district
12approved to participate in the preschool program receives that
13approval and implements the preschool program, the funding for
14the preschool foundation aid payable to that school district
15shall be paid from the appropriation made for that school year
16in section 256C.6, Code 2011, or in another appropriation
17made for purposes of this chapter. For that school year, the
18preschool foundation aid payable to the school district is
19the product of the regular program state cost per pupil for
20the school year multiplied by sixty percent of the school
21district’s eligible student enrollment on the date in the
22school year determined by rule.
23 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget
24years beginning on or after July 1, 2024.
25EXPLANATION
26The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
27the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
28The amount of state funding for each school district’s
29approved local program under Code chapter 256C is determined
30using a preschool budget enrollment that is equal to 50 percent
31of the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool
32programming provided by a school district on October 1 of the
33base year. This bill changes the preschool budget enrollment
34used to determine funding to an amount equal to 100 percent of
35the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool
-1-1programming provided by a school district on October 1 of the
2base year. The bill also modifies the funding calculation for
3the initial school year for which a school district is approved
4to participate in the program.
5The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after
6July 1, 2024.
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2and including applicability provisions.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 256C.5, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
22023, is amended to read as follows:
3c. “Preschool budget enrollment” means the figure that is
4equal to fifty percent of the actual enrollment of eligible
5students in the preschool programming provided by a school
6district approved to participate in the preschool program on
7October 1 of the base year, or the first Monday in October if
8October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
9 Sec. 2. Section 256C.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
102023, is amended to read as follows:
11a. For the initial school year for which a school district
12approved to participate in the preschool program receives that
13approval and implements the preschool program, the funding for
14the preschool foundation aid payable to that school district
15shall be paid from the appropriation made for that school year
16in section 256C.6, Code 2011, or in another appropriation
17made for purposes of this chapter. For that school year, the
18preschool foundation aid payable to the school district is
19the product of the regular program state cost per pupil for
20the school year multiplied by sixty percent of the school
21district’s eligible student enrollment on the date in the
22school year determined by rule.
23 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget
24years beginning on or after July 1, 2024.
25EXPLANATION
26The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
27the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
28The amount of state funding for each school district’s
29approved local program under Code chapter 256C is determined
30using a preschool budget enrollment that is equal to 50 percent
31of the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool
32programming provided by a school district on October 1 of the
33base year. This bill changes the preschool budget enrollment
34used to determine funding to an amount equal to 100 percent of
35the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool
-1-1programming provided by a school district on October 1 of the
2base year. The bill also modifies the funding calculation for
3the initial school year for which a school district is approved
4to participate in the program.
5The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after
6July 1, 2024.
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