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44     a.  A school district.
45     b.  A county.
46     c.  A local board of health.
47     d.  A hospital.
48     e.  A charitable funding group.
49     f.  The department of human services.
50     g.  A religious institution.

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 1     h.  An area education agency.
 2      i.  Juvenile court services.
 3      j.  An area substance abuse agency.
 4     k.  A community action program.
 5      l.   A city.
 6     m. A business organization.
 7      n. A labor organization.
 8      o.  A service club.
 9      p.  A business.
10    q.  Consumers.
11    r.   Others as determined by the community board.
12    2. A community board may designate representatives
13   of service providers or public agency staff to provide
14   technical assistance to the community board.
15     3.  A community board may designate a professional
16   advisory council consisting of persons employed by or
17   otherwise paid to represent an entity listed in
18   subsection 1 or other provider of service.
19     4.  The community board shall elect a chairperson
20   from among the members who are citizens, elected
21   officials, or volunteers.
22     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  7I.6  COMMUNITY
23   EMPOWERMENT AREA BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY.
24     1.  A community empowerment area board shall do the
25   following:
26     a.  Designate a public agency of this state, as
27   defined in section 28E.2, to be the fiscal agent for
28   grant moneys and for other moneys administered by the
29   community board.
30     b.  Administer community empowerment grant moneys
31   available from the state to the community board as
32   provided by law and other federal, state, local, and
33   private moneys made available to the community board.
34   Eligibility for receipt of community empowerment grant
35   moneys shall be limited to those community boards that
36   have developed an approved school ready children grant
37   plan in accordance with this chapter.  A community
38   board may apply to the Iowa empowerment board to
39   receive as a community empowerment grant those moneys
40   which would otherwise only be available within the
41   geographic area through categorical funding sources or
42   programs.
43     c.  If a community empowerment area includes a

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