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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 439, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 3, by striking lines 22 and 23 and 1 4 inserting the following: 1 5 "The Iowa board shall designate aA community 1 6 empowerment assistance team or teams of state agency 1 7staffrepresentatives shall be designated to provide". 1 8 #2. Page 3, line 26, by striking the word "staff" 1 9 and inserting the following: "representatives". 1 10 #3. Page 4, by inserting after line 23 the 1 11 following: 1 12 "Sec. . Section 7I.3, subsection 9, Code 1999, 1 13 is amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 14 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. Core functions for home 1 15 visitation, parent support, and preschool services 1 16 provided under a school ready children grant." 1 17 #4. Page 4, line 35, by inserting after the word 1 18 "cost." the following: "Moneys expended by a 1 19 community empowerment area board to acquire necessary 1 20 insurance or other liability coverage shall be 1 21 considered an administrative cost and implementation 1 22 expense." 1 23 #5. Page 5, by striking lines 31 and 32 and 1 24 inserting the following: "boards and the 1 25 administrators shall annually submit a report 1 26 concerning such efforts to the community empowerment 1 27 office. If a community empowerment area is receiving 1 28 a school ready children grant, this report shall be an 1 29 addendum to the annual report required under section 1 30 7I.7. The state community empowerment facilitator 1 31 shall compile and summarize the reports which shall be 1 32 submitted to the governor, general assembly, and Iowa 1 33 board." 1 34 #6. Page 6, by striking lines 20 through 25 and 1 35 inserting the following: "board. A majority of the 1 36 members of a community board shall be elected 1 37 officials and members of the public who are not 1 38 employed by a provider of services to or for the 1 39 community board. At least one". 1 40 #7. Page 6, line 28, by striking the words "three 1 41 years" and inserting the following: "not more than 1 42 three years and the terms shall be staggered". 1 43 #8. Page 8, by inserting after line 11 the 1 44 following: 1 45 "Sec. . Section 7I.8, subsection 3, Code 1999, 1 46 is amended to read as follows: 1 47 3. An early childhood programs grant account is 1 48 created in the Iowa empowerment fund under the 1 49 authority of the director of human services. Moneys 1 50 credited to the account shall be distributed by the 2 1 department of human services in the form of grants to 2 2 community empowerment areas pursuant to criteria 2 3 established by the Iowa board in accordance with law. 2 4 The criteria shall include but are not limited to a 2 5 requirement that a community empowerment area must be 2 6eligible to receive a school ready children grant2 7 designated by the Iowa board in accordance with 2 8 section 7I.4, in order to be eligible to receive an 2 9 early childhood programs grant." 2 10 #9. Page 8, line 14, by striking the word "Unless" 2 11 and inserting the following: "Beginning July 1, 1999, 2 12 unless". 2 13 #10. Page 8, line 16, by inserting before the word 2 14 "moneys" the following: "school ready children 2 15 grant". 2 16 #11. Page 8, by inserting after line 26 the 2 17 following: 2 18 "Sec. 100. 1999 Iowa Acts, House File 760, section 2 19 2, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b, if enacted, are 2 20 amended to read as follows: 2 21 a. The area must beapproveddesignated as a 2 22 community empowerment area by the Iowa empowerment 2 23 board in accordance with section 7I.4. 2 24 b. The maximum funding amount a designated 2 25 community empowerment area is eligible to receive 2 26 shall be determined by applying the area's percentage 2 27 of the state's average monthly family investment 2 28 program population in the preceding fiscal year to the 2 29 total amount appropriated in this section for fiscal 2 30 year 1999-2000. Ifthea community empowerment 2 31 board's request forfundingofficial designation is 2 32 received by the Iowa empowerment board on or after 2 33AugustSeptember 1, 1999, upon designation, the 2 34 maximum funding amount shall be prorated for the 2 35 fiscal year and rounded up to the nearest full month. 2 36 The department of human services may adopt emergency 2 37 rules to implement the provisions of this paragraph 2 38 and the amendment in 1999 Iowa Acts, Senate File 439, 2 39 to section 7I.8, subsection 3, if enacted." 2 40 #12. Page 9, line 17, by inserting after the 2 41 figure "2001" the following: ", and the duration of 2 42 such grants and of grants initially awarded prior to 2 43 the effective date of this Act shall be adjusted to 2 44 annualize the distribution of funding to grantees as 2 45 follows: 2 46 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, the 2 47 duration of the second year of school ready children 2 48 grants that were initially funded in the previous 2 49 fiscal year shall be shortened to end on June 30, 2 50 2000, and the amount of the grant paid out in the 3 1 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, shall be prorated 3 2 accordingly. However, in the fiscal year beginning 3 3 July 1, 1999, the three school ready children grant 3 4 applications submitted in the December 1998 grant 3 5 cycle which were recognized by the Iowa empowerment 3 6 board for showing a high degree of readiness, received 3 7 community empowerment area designation, and received 3 8 partial funding in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 3 9 1998, shall each receive during the fiscal year 3 10 beginning July 1, 1999, the annual amount applied for 3 11 as adjusted by subtracting half of the amount of the 3 12 partial funding received in the previous fiscal year. 3 13 For those three grantees this adjusted amount shall 3 14 apply to the entire 1999-2000 fiscal year and shall be 3 15 considered to be the second year of grant funding. 3 16 All grantees described in this lettered paragraph 3 17 shall be eligible to receive the full annual amount 3 18 applied for and approved, in the fiscal year beginning 3 19 July 1, 2000. 3 20 b. The total amount that may be distributed in the 3 21 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, to designated 3 22 community empowerment areas for new school ready 3 23 children grants initially awarded in that fiscal year 3 24 shall not exceed $3,750,000, the first-year funding 3 25 period for those grants in that fiscal year shall 3 26 commence October 1, 1999, and end June 30, 2000, and 3 27 the annual amount applied for and approved shall be 3 28 prorated accordingly. Those grantees shall be 3 29 eligible to receive the full annual amount applied for 3 30 and approved, in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 3 31 2000. 3 32 c. Of the funding appropriated for school ready 3 33 children grants for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 3 34 1999, not more than $200,000 is allocated for the 3 35 community empowerment office and other technical 3 36 assistance activities." 3 37 #13. Page 9, by striking lines 18 through 24 and 3 38 inserting the following: 3 39 "3. The deadline for applications for school ready 3 40 children grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 3 41 1999, shall be August 31, 1999, with grant awards to 3 42 be made on October 1, 1999. 3 43 4. The percentage of school ready children grant 3 44 funding committed to home visitation and parent 3 45 support services that is designed for families with 3 46 newborns and infants by the designated community 3 47 empowerment areas awarded grants in the fiscal year 3 48 beginning July 1, 1998, is approximately 60 percent. 3 49 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, based upon 3 50 the need identified in the community needs assessment 4 1 performed by an applicant community empowerment area, 4 2 the applicant community empowerment area shall strive 4 3 to commit an equivalent percentage of any approved 4 4 school ready children grant funding to such services. 4 5 5. If unobligated school ready children grant 4 6 funding can be identified by the Iowa empowerment 4 7 board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, the 4 8 board may authorize a school ready children grant 4 9 supplement for partial assistance to those designated 4 10 community empowerment areas for which the costs of 4 11 necessary insurance or other liability coverage 4 12 consumes a majority or other substantial portion of 4 13 such areas' school ready children and early childhood 4 14 grant moneys that may be used for administrative and 4 15 other implementation expenses. The Iowa empowerment 4 16 board shall determine procedures and other 4 17 requirements to ensure the need for the assistance and 4 18 to contain the total supplementation within the amount 4 19 identified." 4 20 #14. Page 9, by striking lines 31 and 32 and 4 21 inserting the following: 4 22 "1. Except for the provisions of this Act listed 4 23 in this subsection, this Act, being deemed of 4 24 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 4 25 The following provisions of this Act take effect July 4 26 1, 1999: 4 27 a. Section 6, amending section 7I.2, subsection 6. 4 28 b. Section 12, amending section 7I.7, subsection 4 29 5. 4 30 c. Section 13, enacting 7I.8, subsection 4. 4 31 d. Section 100, amending 1999 Iowa Acts, House 4 32 File 760, section 2." 4 33 #15. Page 10, by inserting after line 5 the 4 34 following: 4 35 "3. The Iowa empowerment board shall obtain 4 36 extensive community input and involvement in adopting 4 37 the administrative rules to implement the provisions 4 38 of section 7I.3, subsection 9, paragraph "c", as 4 39 enacted by this Act, to be applicable to grants 4 40 initially awarded or renewed on or after the effective 4 41 date of this Act. The Iowa empowerment board may 4 42 adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 4 43 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to 4 44 implement the provisions of section 7I.3, subsection 4 45 9, paragraph "c", as enacted by this Act, on or before 4 46 August 31, 1999, and the rules shall be effective 4 47 immediately upon filing unless the effective date is 4 48 delayed by the administrative rules review committee, 4 49 notwithstanding section 17A.4, subsection 5, and 4 50 section 17A.8, subsection 9, or a later date is 5 1 specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in 5 2 accordance with this subsection shall not take effect 5 3 before the rules are reviewed by the administrative 5 4 rules review committee. Any rules adopted in 5 5 accordance with this subsection shall also be 5 6 published as a notice of intended action as provided 5 7 in section 17A.4. 5 8 4. The advisory council of representatives from 5 9 community empowerment areas shall be used by the Iowa 5 10 empowerment board to revise the application and the 5 11 application process for school ready children grants 5 12 for the grant cycle immediately following the 5 13 effective date of this Act." 5 14 #16. Title page, line 2, by striking the words "an 5 15 effective date" and inserting the following: 5 16 "effective dates". 5 17 #17. By renumbering as necessary. 5 18 5 19 5 20 5 21 FOEGE of Linn 5 22 5 23 5 24 5 25 HOUSER of Pottawattamie 5 26 5 27 5 28 5 29 GRUNDBERG of Polk 5 30 SF 439.304 78 5 31 jp/cf
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