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House Journal: Page 1055: Monday, March 30, 1998

44   before October 1 of each fiscal year.  The Iowa
45   empowerment board may grant an extension from the
46   award date and any application deadlines based upon
47   the award date, to allow for a later implementation
48   date in the initial year in which a community board
49   submits a comprehensive school ready grant plan to the
50   Iowa empowerment board.  However, receipt of continued

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 1   funding is subject to submission of the required
 2   annual report.
 3     b.  The Iowa empowerment board shall distribute
 4   school ready children grant moneys to community boards
 5   with approved comprehensive school ready children
 6   grant plans based upon the degree of readiness of the
 7   community empowerment area to effectively utilize the
 8   moneys, with the grant moneys being adjusted for other
 9   federal and state grant moneys to be received by the
10   area for services to children from birth through five
11   years of age.
12     c.  A community board's degree of readiness shall
13   be ascertained by evidence of successful collaboration
14   between education, human services, or public health
15   interests or a documented program design evincing a
16   strong likelihood of leading to a successful
17   collaboration between these interests.  Other criteria
18   which may be used by the Iowa board to ascertain
19   degree of readiness and to determine funding amounts
20   include one or more of the following:
21     (1)  Experience or other evidence of capacity to
22   successfully implement the services in the plan.
23     (2)  Local funding and other resources committed to
24   implementation of the plan.
25     6.  The highest priority for school ready children
26   grant funds shall be to provide preschool services on
27   a voluntary basis to four-year-old children deemed at
28   risk of not succeeding in elementary school and parent
29   education programs on a voluntary basis to parents of
30   children from birth through five years of age.
31   Remaining funds may be used to provide other services
32   to children from birth through five years of age as
33   specified in the comprehensive school ready children
34   grant plan.
35     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  7I.8  IOWA EMPOWERMENT
36   FUND.
37     1.  An Iowa empowerment fund is created in the
38   state treasury under the authority of the Iowa
39   empowerment board.  The moneys in the Iowa empowerment
40   fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be
41   transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or
42   otherwise encumbered except as provided by law.
43   Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest

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