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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2406 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 CREATING AND RELATING TO AN IOWA EMPOWERMENT BOARD, 1 5 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AREAS, AND COMMUNITY EMPOWER- 1 6 MENT AREA BOARDS, AND PROVIDING AND EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to create 1 11 a partnership between communities and state government by 1 12 gradually implementing a statewide system of community 1 13 empowerment areas. An important initial emphasis of the 1 14 community empowerment areas is to improve the well-being of 1 15 families with young children. An additional emphasis is to 1 16 reduce duplicative bureaucratic requirements that are barriers 1 17 to community efforts to improve the efficiency and 1 18 effectiveness of local education, health, and human services 1 19 programs. 1 20 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 7I.1 DEFINITIONS. 1 21 For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context 1 22 otherwise requires: 1 23 1. "Community empowerment area" means a geographic area 1 24 designated in accordance with this chapter. 1 25 2. "Community empowerment area board" or "community board" 1 26 means the board for a community empowerment area created in 1 27 accordance with this chapter. 1 28 3. "Decategorization project" means a decategorization of 1 29 child welfare and juvenile justice funding project operated 1 30 under section 232.188. 1 31 4. "Innovation zone" means a local jurisdiction 1 32 implementing an innovation zone plan in accordance with 1 33 section 8A.2, Code 1997. 1 34 5. "Iowa empowerment board" or "Iowa board" means the Iowa 1 35 empowerment board created in this chapter. 2 1 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 7I.2 IOWA EMPOWERMENT BOARD 2 2 CREATED. 2 3 1. An Iowa empowerment board is created to oversee state 2 4 and community efforts involving community empowerment areas, 2 5 including strategic planning, funding identification, and 2 6 guidance, and to promote collaboration among state and local 2 7 education, health, and human services programs. 2 8 2. The Iowa board shall consist of eleven voting members 2 9 with eight citizen members and three state agency members. 2 10 The three state agency members shall be the directors of the 2 11 following departments: education, human services, and public 2 12 health. The citizen members shall be appointed by the 2 13 governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. The 2 14 appointments of citizen members shall be made in a manner so 2 15 that all of the state's congressional districts are 2 16 represented along with the ethnic, cultural, social, and 2 17 economic diversity of the state. In making appointments, 2 18 preference shall be given to citizens participating on a 2 19 community empowerment area board. At least one of the citizen 2 20 members shall be a service consumer or the parent of a service 2 21 consumer. Terms of office of citizen members are three years. 2 22 3. Citizen members shall be reimbursed for actual and 2 23 necessary expenses incurred in performance of their duties. 2 24 Members shall be paid a per diem as specified in section 7E.6. 2 25 4. In addition to the eleven voting members, the Iowa 2 26 board shall include six members of the general assembly with 2 27 not more than two members from each chamber being from the 2 28 same political party. The three senators shall be appointed 2 29 by the majority leader of the senate after consultation with 2 30 the president of the senate and the minority leader of the 2 31 senate. The three representatives shall be appointed by the 2 32 speaker of the house of representatives after consultation 2 33 with the majority and minority leaders of the house of 2 34 representatives. Legislative members shall serve in an ex 2 35 officio, nonvoting capacity. A legislative member is eligible 3 1 for per diem and expenses as provided in section 2.10. 3 2 5. The Iowa board shall designate a community empowerment 3 3 assistance team or teams of state agency staff to provide 3 4 technical assistance and other support to community 3 5 empowerment areas. The technical assistance shall be 3 6 available in at least three levels of support as follows: 3 7 a. Support to areas experienced in operating an innovation 3 8 zone or decategorization project with an extensive record of 3 9 success in collaboration between education, health, or human 3 10 services interests. 3 11 b. Support to areas experienced in operating an innovation 3 12 zone or decategorization project. 3 13 c. Support to areas forming an initial community 3 14 empowerment area with no previous experience operating an 3 15 innovation zone or decategorization project. 3 16 6. Staffing services to the Iowa board shall be provided 3 17 by the state agencies which are represented on the Iowa board 3 18 and by other state agencies making staffing available to the 3 19 board. 3 20 7. The Iowa board may designate an advisory council 3 21 consisting of representatives from community empowerment area 3 22 boards. 3 23 8. The Iowa board shall elect a chairperson from among the 3 24 citizen board members and may select other officers from among 3 25 the citizen board members as determined to be necessary by the 3 26 board. The board shall meet regularly as determined by the 3 27 board, upon the call of the board's chairperson, or upon the 3 28 call of a majority of voting members. 3 29 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 7I.3 IOWA EMPOWERMENT BOARD DUTIES. 3 30 The Iowa board shall perform the following duties: 3 31 1. Perform duties relating to community empowerment areas. 3 32 2. Oversee the provision of grant funding and other moneys 3 33 made available to community empowerment areas by combining all 3 34 or portions of appropriations or other revenues as authorized 3 35 by law. 4 1 3. Develop advanced community empowerment area 4 2 arrangements for those community empowerment areas which were 4 3 formed in transition from an innovation zone or from a 4 4 decategorization governance board or which otherwise provide 4 5 evidence of extensive successful experience in managing 4 6 services and funding with high levels of community support and 4 7 input. 4 8 4. Identify boards, commissions, committees, and other 4 9 bodies in state government with overlapping and similar 4 10 purposes which contribute to redundancy and fragmentation in 4 11 education, health, and human services programs provided to the 4 12 public. The board shall also make recommendations to the 4 13 governor and general assembly as appropriate for increasing 4 14 coordination between these bodies, for eliminating 4 15 bureaucratic duplication, for consolidation where appropriate, 4 16 and for integration of functions to achieve improved results. 4 17 5. Assist with the linkage of child welfare and juvenile 4 18 justice decategorization projects with community empowerment 4 19 areas. 4 20 6. Integrate the duties relating to innovation zones in 4 21 the place of the innovation zone board created in section 4 22 8A.2, Code 1997, until the Iowa board determines the 4 23 innovation zones have been replaced with community empowerment 4 24 areas. 4 25 7. Coordinate and respond to any requests from a community 4 26 board relating to any of the following: 4 27 a. Waiver of existing rules, federal regulation, or 4 28 amendment of state law, or removal of other barriers. 4 29 b. Pooling and redirecting of existing federal, state, or 4 30 other public or private funds. 4 31 c. Seeking of federal waivers. 4 32 d. Consolidating community-level committees, planning 4 33 groups, and other bodies with common memberships formed in 4 34 response to state requirements. 4 35 In coordinating and responding to the requests, the Iowa 5 1 board shall work with state agencies and submit proposals to 5 2 the governor and general assembly as necessary to fulfill 5 3 requests deemed appropriate by the Iowa board. 5 4 8. Provide for maximum flexibility and creativity in the 5 5 designation and administration of the responsibilities and 5 6 authority of community empowerment areas. 5 7 9. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary for 5 8 the designation, governance, and oversight of community 5 9 empowerment areas and the administration of this chapter. The 5 10 Iowa board shall provide for community board input in the 5 11 rules adoption process. The rules shall include but are not 5 12 limited to the following: 5 13 a. Performance indicators for community empowerment areas, 5 14 community boards, and the services provided under the auspices 5 15 of the community boards. The performance indicators shall be 5 16 developed with input from community boards and shall build 5 17 upon the core indicators of performance for the school ready 5 18 grant program, as described in section 7I.7. 5 19 b. Minimum standards to further the provision of equal 5 20 access to services subject to the authority of community 5 21 boards. 5 22 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 7I.4 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AREAS. 5 23 1. The purpose of a community empowerment area is to 5 24 enable local citizens to lead collaborative efforts involving 5 25 education, health, and human services programs on behalf of 5 26 the children, families, and other citizens residing in the 5 27 area. Leadership functions may include but are not limited to 5 28 strategic planning for and oversight and managing of such 5 29 programs and the funding made available to the community 5 30 empowerment area for such programs from federal, state, local, 5 31 and private sources. The initial focus of the purpose is to 5 32 improve results for families with young children. 5 33 2. Each county and school district in the state shall have 5 34 the option of participating in a community empowerment area. 5 35 A community empowerment area shall be designated by using 6 1 existing school district and county boundaries to the extent 6 2 possible. 6 3 3. The designation of a community empowerment area and the 6 4 creation of a community empowerment area board are subject to 6 5 the approval of the Iowa empowerment board. Criteria used by 6 6 the Iowa empowerment board in approving the designation of a 6 7 community empowerment area shall include but are not limited 6 8 to the existence of a large enough geographic area and 6 9 population to efficiently and effectively administer the 6 10 responsibilities and authority of the community empowerment 6 11 area. The Iowa empowerment board shall adopt rules pursuant 6 12 to chapter 17A providing procedures for the initial 6 13 designation of community empowerment areas and for later 6 14 changing the initially designated areas. 6 15 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 7I.5 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AREA 6 16 BOARDS CREATED. 6 17 1. A community empowerment area shall be governed by a 6 18 community empowerment area board. A majority of the members 6 19 of a community board shall be citizens and elected officials 6 20 and the remaining members may be employees of or paid for 6 21 representing any of the entities listed in this subsection. 6 22 At least one member shall be a service consumer or the parent 6 23 of a service consumer. Terms of office of community board 6 24 members shall be three years. The members of a community 6 25 empowerment area board may include one or more representatives 6 26 of any of the following entities: 6 27 a. A school district. 6 28 b. A county. 6 29 c. A local board of health. 6 30 d. A hospital. 6 31 e. A charitable funding group. 6 32 f. The department of human services. 6 33 g. A religious institution. 6 34 h. An area education agency. 6 35 i. Juvenile court services. 7 1 j. An area substance abuse agency. 7 2 k. A community action program. 7 3 l. A city. 7 4 m. A business organization. 7 5 n. A labor organization. 7 6 o. A service club. 7 7 p. A business. 7 8 q. Consumers. 7 9 r. A private community-based organization. 7 10 s. A neighborhood association. 7 11 t. A child day care resource and referral service. 7 12 u. A library. 7 13 v. Others as determined by the community board. 7 14 2. A community board may designate representatives of 7 15 service providers or public agency staff to provide technical 7 16 assistance to the community board. 7 17 3. A community board may designate a professional advisory 7 18 council consisting of persons employed by or otherwise paid to 7 19 represent an entity listed in subsection 1 or other provider 7 20 of service. 7 21 4. The community board shall elect a chairperson from 7 22 among the members who are citizens, elected officials, or 7 23 volunteers. 7 24 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 7I.6 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AREA 7 25 BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY. 7 26 1. A community empowerment area board shall do the 7 27 following: 7 28 a. Designate a public agency of this state, as defined in 7 29 section 28E.2, to be the fiscal agent for grant moneys and for 7 30 other moneys administered by the community board. 7 31 b. Administer community empowerment grant moneys available 7 32 from the state to the community board as provided by law and 7 33 other federal, state, local, and private moneys made available 7 34 to the community board. Eligibility for receipt of community 7 35 empowerment grant moneys shall be limited to those community 8 1 boards that have developed an approved school ready children 8 2 grant plan in accordance with this chapter. A community board 8 3 may apply to the Iowa empowerment board to receive as a 8 4 community empowerment grant those moneys which would otherwise 8 5 only be available within the geographic area through 8 6 categorical funding sources or programs. 8 7 c. If a community empowerment area includes a 8 8 decategorization project, coordinate planning and budgeting 8 9 with the decategorization governing board. By mutual 8 10 agreement between the community board and the decategorization 8 11 governance board, the community board may assume the duties of 8 12 the decategorization governance board or the decategorization 8 13 governance board may continue as a committee of the community 8 14 board. 8 15 d. Assume other responsibilities established by law or 8 16 administrative rule. 8 17 2. A community board may do any of the following: 8 18 a. Designate one or more committees for oversight of grant 8 19 moneys awarded to the community empowerment area. 8 20 b. Function as a coordinating body for services offered by 8 21 different entities directed to similar purposes within the 8 22 community empowerment area. 8 23 c. Develop neighborhood bodies for community-level input 8 24 to the community board and implementation of services. 8 25 Sec. 8. NEW SECTION. 7I.7 SCHOOL READY CHILDREN GRANT 8 26 PROGRAM – ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 8 27 1. The departments of education, human services, and 8 28 public health shall jointly develop and promote a school ready 8 29 children grant program which shall provide for all of the 8 30 following components: 8 31 a. Identify the core indicators of performance that will 8 32 be used to assess the effectiveness of the school ready 8 33 children grants, including encouraging early intellectual 8 34 stimulation of very young children, increasing the basic skill 8 35 levels of students entering school, increasing the health 9 1 status of children, reducing the incidence of child abuse and 9 2 neglect, increasing the access of children to an adult mentor, 9 3 increasing parental involvement with their children, and 9 4 increasing the quality and accessibility of child day care. 9 5 b. Identify guidelines and a process to be used for 9 6 determining the readiness of a community empowerment area for 9 7 administering school ready children grants. 9 8 c. Provide for technical assistance concerning funding 9 9 sources, program design, and other pertinent areas. 9 10 2. The program developed and components identified under 9 11 subsection 1 are subject to approval by the Iowa empowerment 9 12 board. The Iowa empowerment board shall provide maximum 9 13 flexibility to grantees for the use of the grant moneys 9 14 included in a school ready children grant. 9 15 3. A school ready children grant shall, at a minimum, be 9 16 used to provide the following: 9 17 a. Preschool services provided on a voluntary basis to 9 18 children deemed at risk of not succeeding in elementary school 9 19 as determined by the community board and specified in the 9 20 grant plan developed in accordance with this section. 9 21 b. Parent support and education programs promoted to 9 22 parents of children from birth through five years of age. 9 23 Parent support and education programs shall be offered in a 9 24 flexible manner to accommodate the varying schedules, meeting 9 25 place requirements, and other needs of working parents. 9 26 c. A comprehensive school ready children grant plan 9 27 developed by a community board for providing services for 9 28 children from birth through five years of age including but 9 29 not limited to child development services, child day care 9 30 services, training child day care providers to encourage early 9 31 intellectual stimulation of very young children, children's 9 32 health and safety services, assessment services to identify 9 33 chemically exposed infants and children, and parent support 9 34 and education services. At a minimum, the plan shall do all 9 35 of the following: 10 1 (1) Describe community needs for children from birth 10 2 through five years of age as identified through ongoing 10 3 assessments. 10 4 (2) Describe the current and desired levels of community 10 5 coordination of services for children from birth through five 10 6 years of age, including the involvement and specific 10 7 responsibilities of all related organizations and entities. 10 8 (3) Identify all federal, state, local, and private 10 9 funding sources available in the community empowerment area 10 10 that will be used to provide services to children from birth 10 11 through five years of age. 10 12 (4) Describe how funding sources will be used 10 13 collaboratively and the degree to which the moneys can be 10 14 combined to provide necessary services to children. 10 15 (5) Identify the results the community board expects to 10 16 achieve through implementation of the school ready children 10 17 grant program, and identify community-specific quantifiable 10 18 performance indicators to be reported in the annual report. 10 19 4. The community board shall submit an annual report on 10 20 the effectiveness of the grant program in addressing school 10 21 readiness and children's health and safety needs to the Iowa 10 22 empowerment board and to the local governing bodies. The 10 23 annual report shall indicate the effectiveness of the 10 24 community board in achieving state and locally determined 10 25 goals. 10 26 5. a. A school ready children grant shall be awarded to a 10 27 community board for a three-year period, with annual payments 10 28 made to the community board. The Iowa empowerment board may 10 29 grant an extension from the award date and any application 10 30 deadlines based upon the award date, to allow for a later 10 31 implementation date in the initial year in which a community 10 32 board submits a comprehensive school ready grant plan to the 10 33 Iowa empowerment board. However, receipt of continued funding 10 34 is subject to submission of the required annual report and the 10 35 Iowa board's determination that the community board is 11 1 measuring, through the use of performance indicators developed 11 2 by the Iowa board with input from community boards, progress 11 3 toward and is achieving the desired results identified in the 11 4 grant plan. If progress is not measured through the use of 11 5 performance indicators toward achieving the identified 11 6 results, the Iowa board may request a plan of corrective 11 7 action or may withdraw grant funding. 11 8 b. The Iowa empowerment board shall distribute school 11 9 ready children grant moneys to community boards with approved 11 10 comprehensive school ready children grant plans based upon the 11 11 degree of readiness of the community empowerment area to 11 12 effectively utilize the moneys, with the grant moneys being 11 13 adjusted for other federal and state grant moneys to be 11 14 received by the area for services to children from birth 11 15 through five years of age. 11 16 c. A community board's degree of readiness shall be 11 17 ascertained by evidence of successful collaboration among 11 18 public or private education, human services, or health 11 19 interests or a documented program design evincing a strong 11 20 likelihood of leading to a successful collaboration between 11 21 these interests. Other criteria which may be used by the Iowa 11 22 board to ascertain degree of readiness and to determine 11 23 funding amounts include one or more of the following: 11 24 (1) Experience or other evidence of capacity to 11 25 successfully implement the services in the plan. 11 26 (2) Local funding and other resources committed to 11 27 implementation of the plan. 11 28 (3) Adequacy of plans for commitment of local funding and 11 29 other resources for implementation of the plan. 11 30 d. The Iowa board's provisions for distribution of school 11 31 ready grant moneys shall take into account contingencies for 11 32 possible increases and decreases in the provision of state and 11 33 local funding in future fiscal years which may be used for 11 34 purposes of school ready children grants and for early 11 35 childhood programs grants and for differences in local 12 1 capacity for program implementation and provision of local 12 2 funding. In developing these provisions, the Iowa board shall 12 3 consider equity concerns; options for making capacity 12 4 adjustments by restricting grant amounts based on service 12 5 population size groupings to accommodate small, medium, and 12 6 large population groupings; and options for making adjustments 12 7 to accommodate varying amounts of time and assistance needed 12 8 for implementation, such as extending the grant period to more 12 9 than one year. 12 10 6. The priorities for school ready children grant funds 12 11 shall include providing preschool services on a voluntary 12 12 basis to children deemed at risk of not succeeding in 12 13 elementary school, training child day care providers and 12 14 others to encourage early intellectual stimulation of very 12 15 young children, and offering parent support and education 12 16 programs on a voluntary basis to parents of children from 12 17 birth through five years of age. The grant funds also may be 12 18 used to provide other services to children from birth through 12 19 five years of age as specified in the comprehensive school 12 20 ready children grant plan. 12 21 Sec. 9. NEW SECTION. 7I.8 IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND. 12 22 1. An Iowa empowerment fund is created in the state 12 23 treasury. The moneys in the Iowa empowerment fund are not 12 24 subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, 12 25 obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as 12 26 provided by law. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, 12 27 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the Iowa 12 28 empowerment fund shall be credited to the fund. 12 29 2. A school ready children grants account is created in 12 30 the Iowa empowerment fund under the authority of the director 12 31 of the department of education. Moneys credited to the 12 32 account shall be distributed by the department of education in 12 33 the form of grants to community empowerment areas pursuant to 12 34 criteria established by the Iowa board in accordance with law. 12 35 3. An early childhood programs grant account is created in 13 1 the Iowa empowerment fund under the authority of the director 13 2 of human services. Moneys credited to the account shall be 13 3 distributed by the department of human services in the form of 13 4 grants to community empowerment areas pursuant to criteria 13 5 established by the Iowa board in accordance with law. The 13 6 criteria shall include but are not limited to a requirement 13 7 that a community empowerment area must be eligible to receive 13 8 a school ready children grant in order to receive an early 13 9 childhood programs grant. 13 10 Sec. 10. Section 135.106, subsection 3, Code Supplement 13 11 1997, is amended to read as follows: 13 12 3. It is the intent of the general assembly to provide 13 13 communities with the discretion and authority to redesign 13 14 existing local programs and services targeted at and assisting 13 15 families expecting babies and families with children who are 13 16 newborn through five years of age. The Iowa department of 13 17 public health, department of human services, department of 13 18 education, and other state agencies and programs, as 13 19 appropriate, shall provide technical assistance and support to 13 20 communities desiring to redesign their local programs and 13 21 shall facilitate the consolidation of existing state funding 13 22 appropriated and made available to the community for family 13 23 support services. Funds which are consolidated in accordance 13 24 with this subsection shall be used to support the redesigned 13 25 service delivery system. In redesigning services, communities 13 26 are encouraged to implement a single uniform family risk 13 27 assessment mechanism and shall demonstrate the potential for 13 28 improved outcomes for children and families. Requests by 13 29 local communities for the redesigning of services shall be 13 30 submitted toand subject to joint approval ofthe Iowa 13 31 department of public health, department of human services, and 13 32 department of education, and are subject to the approval of 13 33 the Iowa empowerment board in consultation with the 13 34 departments, based on the innovationzoneszone principles 13 35 established in section 8A.2, Code 1997. 14 1 Sec. 11. Section 232.188, subsection 7, Code 1997, is 14 2 amended to read as follows: 14 3 7. The annual child welfare services plan developed by a 14 4 decategorization governance board pursuant to subsection 2 14 5 shall be submitted to the department and thestatewide14 6decategorization and family preservation committeeIowa 14 7 empowerment board. In addition, the decategorization 14 8 governance board shall submit an annual progress report to the 14 9 department and thecommitteeIowa empowerment board which 14 10 summarizes the progress made toward attaining the objectives 14 11 contained in the plan. The progress report shall serve as an 14 12 opportunity for information sharing and feedback. 14 13 Sec. 12. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT. 14 14 1. The general assembly recognizes the significant 14 15 findings of brain research indicating that early intellectual 14 16 stimulation at a very young age increases the learning ability 14 17 of a child. In order for children to be ready for school by 14 18 age five, it is the intent of the general assembly that 14 19 implementation of the provisions of this Act will accomplish 14 20 the following: 14 21 a. Foster collaboration among state agencies which shall 14 22 initially include the departments of human services, 14 23 education, and public health, and allow the blending of these 14 24 agencies' funding and other resources. 14 25 b. Establish community empowerment areas with broad 14 26 community representation with the goal of providing services 14 27 collaboratively to children from birth through five years of 14 28 age for the purpose of improving the quality of these 14 29 children's lives. 14 30 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that over time 14 31 community empowerment areas will be developed in every part of 14 32 the state. It is anticipated that as local empowerment areas 14 33 evolve and most effectively implement the provisions of this 14 34 Act in their areas, the initial structure for community 14 35 empowerment areas provided in this Act will be revised by the 15 1 Iowa empowerment board and by the general assembly in order to 15 2 best promote collaboration among state and local education, 15 3 health, and human services programs. 15 4 3. It is the intent of the general assembly that the 15 5 duties of child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization 15 6 projects and innovation zones will eventually be assumed by 15 7 community empowerment areas. 15 8 Sec. 13. IOWA EMPOWERMENT BOARD. The Iowa empowerment 15 9 board shall adopt rules, arrange for technical assistance, 15 10 provide guidance, and take other actions needed to assist the 15 11 designation of community empowerment areas and creation of 15 12 community empowerment boards and to enable the community 15 13 empowerment area boards to submit school ready children grant 15 14 plans in a timely manner for the initial grants to be awarded 15 15 and grant moneys to be paid. For the initial grants, plans 15 16 shall be submitted by September 1, 1998, or by January 1, 15 17 1999, in accordance with criteria established by the board. 15 18 The Iowa board shall submit to the governor and the general 15 19 assembly a proposed funding formula for distribution of school 15 20 ready children grant moneys as necessary for statewide 15 21 implementation of the grant program for the fiscal year 15 22 beginning July 1, 1999, and subsequent fiscal years. 15 23 Sec. 14. INITIAL COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AREAS AND BOARDS. 15 24 1. Notwithstanding section 7I.5, as enacted by this Act, 15 25 providing for the creation of community empowerment area 15 26 boards, for an area in which the initial community empowerment 15 27 area is an innovation zone, one or more school districts, or a 15 28 decategorization project, the initial community empowerment 15 29 board shall be the innovation zone board, representatives of 15 30 the school board or boards, or the decategorization governing 15 31 board, as determined to be appropriate by the Iowa empowerment 15 32 board. In addition to any members of the innovation zone 15 33 board, representatives of the school board or boards, or 15 34 decategorization governance board, the initial community 15 35 empowerment board shall include at a minimum, representatives 16 1 of school districts, county boards of supervisors, cities, 16 2 juvenile court services, public health and human services 16 3 administrators in the community empowerment area, and parents 16 4 of children living in the area. For an area which does not 16 5 encompass an innovation zone or decategorization project, the 16 6 chairperson of the county board of supervisors may work with 16 7 the local school district or districts in initiating a process 16 8 to designate an initial community empowerment area and board. 16 9 If the composition of the initial board does not comply with 16 10 the composition requirements of section 7I.5, the board shall 16 11 comply with the composition requirements on or before June 30, 16 12 1999. 16 13 2. For an area which is not included in an innovation zone 16 14 or a decategorization project or for an area desiring to be 16 15 included in a different zone or project, the area may by 16 16 mutual agreement be included in a community empowerment area 16 17 created from an innovation zone or a decategorization project. 16 18 Otherwise, the area shall comply with requirements for 16 19 designation of a community empowerment area adopted for this 16 20 purpose by the Iowa empowerment board. 16 21 3. An area designated as an innovation zone in accordance 16 22 with section 8A.2, Code 1997, as of June 30, 1998, may 16 23 continue to develop the area's plans to achieve the results 16 24 identified in the area's innovation zone application. An 16 25 innovation zone transitioning to become a designated community 16 26 empowerment area shall continue to receive technical 16 27 assistance and guidance from the appropriate state agencies. 16 28 A transitioning innovation zone may continue to pursue waivers 16 29 and the reallocation of funds to achieve the identified 16 30 results. A transitioning innovation zone may amend the zone's 16 31 previously approved plan to include the provisions identified 16 32 in section 7I.7, as enacted by this Act, as necessary to be 16 33 eligible for receipt of a school ready children grant. 16 34 Sec. 15. TRANSITION BOARD. For the period beginning on 16 35 the effective date of this Act and ending December 1, 1998, 17 1 when the governor shall have completed the appointments to the 17 2 Iowa empowerment board, the duties of the Iowa empowerment 17 3 board under section 7I.3, as enacted by this Act, shall be 17 4 performed by a transition board consisting of the directors of 17 5 the departments of human services, education, and public 17 6 health, citizen members of the innovation zone board created 17 7 in section 8A.2, Code 1997, and the six ex officio, nonvoting 17 8 legislative members of the board. 17 9 Sec. 16. EMERGENCY RULES. The transition Iowa empowerment 17 10 board, as established by this Act, may adopt emergency rules 17 11 under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5, 17 12 subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of 17 13 this Act and the rules shall be effective immediately upon 17 14 filing unless a later date is specified in the rules. Any 17 15 rules adopted in accordance with this section shall also be 17 16 published as a notice of intended action as provided in 17 17 section 17A.4. 17 18 Sec. 17. FUNDING AUTHORIZATION. For the fiscal year 17 19 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the Iowa 17 20 empowerment board may determine amounts of appropriations and 17 21 categorical program funding for the programs listed in this 17 22 section which can be attributed to community empowerment areas 17 23 and may recommend that the appropriate department reallocate 17 24 the attributable portions to the community empowerment areas 17 25 which have applied for and are determined to be eligible to 17 26 receive the funding in the form of a community empowerment 17 27 grant. Eligibility shall be limited to those community 17 28 empowerment areas determined by the Iowa empowerment board 17 29 under section 7I.3, as enacted by this Act, to be eligible for 17 30 an advanced community empowerment area arrangement. Subject 17 31 to any federal limitations, the programs for which funding may 17 32 be reallocated under this section are as follows: 17 33 1. Child day care. 17 34 2. At-risk programs for preschool children. 17 35 3. Head start programs. 18 1 4. Parent education programs. 18 2 5. Children's health programs. 18 3 6. Substance abuse assessment and referral. 18 4 Sec. 18. INITIAL APPOINTMENTS. The governor shall make 18 5 the initial citizen appointments to the Iowa empowerment board 18 6 created in section 7I.2, as enacted in this Act, as follows: 18 7 1. Two members to a one-year term. 18 8 2. Three members to a two-year term. 18 9 3. Three members to a three-year term. 18 10 Sec. 19. Sections 8A.2 and 217.9A, Code 1997, are repealed 18 11 effective June 30, 1998. 18 12 Sec. 20. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 18 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 18 14 18 15 18 16 18 17 MARY E. KRAMER 18 18 President of the Senate 18 19 18 20 18 21 18 22 RON J. CORBETT 18 23 Speaker of the House 18 24 18 25 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 18 26 is known as Senate File 2406, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 18 27 18 28 18 29 18 30 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 18 31 Secretary of the Senate 18 32 Approved , 1998 18 33 18 34 18 35 19 1 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 19 2 Governor
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