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House Journal: Page 1655: Wednesday, April 15, 1998

28     7.  Page 7, line 33, by inserting after the word
29   "Parent" the following:  "support and".
30     8.  Page 7, line 41, by striking the words "care
31   services" and inserting the following:  "day care
32   services, training child day care providers to
33   encourage early intellectual stimulation of very young
34   children,".
35     9.  Page 7, line 43, by inserting after the word
36   "parent" the following:  "support and".
37     10.  Page 8, line 1, by inserting after word "age"
38   the following:  ", including the involvement and
39   specific responsibilities of all related organizations
40   and entities".
41     11.  Page 8, lines 23 and 24, by striking the
42   words "on or before October 1 of each fiscal year".
43     12.  Page 9, by inserting after line 12 the
44   following:
45     "(3)  Adequacy of plans for commitment of local
46   funding and other resources for implementation of the
47   plan.
48     d.  The Iowa board's provisions for distribution of
49   school ready grant moneys shall take into account
50   contingencies for possible increases and decreases in

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 1   the provision of state and local funding in future
 2   fiscal years which may be used for purposes of school
 3   ready children grants and for early childhood programs
 4   grants and for differences in local capacity for
 5   program implementation and provision of local funding.
 6   In developing these provisions, the Iowa board shall
 7   consider equity concerns; options for making capacity
 8   adjustments by restricting grant amounts based on
 9   service population size groupings to accommodate
10   small, medium, and large population groupings; and
11   options for making adjustments to accommodate varying
12   amounts of time and assistance needed for
13   implementation, such as extending the grant period to
14   more than one year."
15     13.  Page 9, by striking lines 13 and 14 and
16   inserting the following:
17     "6.  The priorities for school ready children grant
18   funds shall include providing preschool services on".
19     14.  Page 9, line 15, by striking the words "four-
20   year-old".
21     15.  Page 9, line 16, by striking the words "and
22   parent" and inserting the following:  ", training
23   child day care providers and others to encourage early
24   intellectual stimulation of very young children, and
25   offering parent support and".
26     16.  Page 9, line 19, by striking the words
27   "Remaining funds" and inserting the following:  "The

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