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1 1 Amend Senate File 464, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 31, by inserting after line 24 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. . Section 303.16, Code 1999, is amended
1 6 by adding the following new subsection:
1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. a. The general assembly
1 8 finds that the country school that served Iowa's
1 9 educational needs for much of its history offered a
1 10 unique opportunity to students and communities,
1 11 providing for multigenerational attendance, high
1 12 educational performance, a safe environment, a focus
1 13 for community support, and a caring, attentive
1 14 environment.
1 15 b. A country schools historical resource
1 16 preservation grant program is therefore established to
1 17 be administered by the historical division for the
1 18 preservation of one-room and two-room buildings once
1 19 used as country schools. In developing grant approval
1 20 criteria, the division shall place a priority on the
1 21 educational uses planned for the country school
1 22 building, which may include, but are not limited to,
1 23 historical interpretation and use as a teaching museum
1 24 or as an operational classroom accessible to a school
1 25 district or accredited nonpublic school for
1 26 provisional instructional purposes.
1 27 c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
1 28 section, the amount of a grant shall not exceed
1 29 twenty-five thousand dollars and applicants shall
1 30 match grant funding on a dollar-for-dollar basis, of
1 31 which at least one-half of the local match must be in
1 32 cash.
1 33 d. Ten percent of the funds appropriated annually
1 34 for purposes of this section shall be allocated for
1 35 purposes of this subsection."
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1 39 SCHERRMAN of Dubuque
1 40 SF 464.512 78
1 41 kh/jw
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