Text: HSB00654 Text: HSB00656 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 279.51, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as 1 3 follows: 1 4 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to 1 5 the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1 6 1,19982000, and each succeeding fiscal year, the sum of 1 7 fifteen millionthreenine hundred sixty thousand dollars. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 9 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 10 c. For each of the fiscal years during the fiscal period 1 11 beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30,20002004,two1 12 three millioneightfour hundred thousand dollars of the funds 1 13 appropriated shall be allocated for the school-based youth 1 14 services education program established in subsection 3. For 1 15 each of the fiscal years during the fiscal period beginning 1 16 July 1, 1994, and ending June 30,20002004, twenty thousand 1 17 dollars of the funds allocated in this paragraph shall be 1 18 expended for staff development, research, and the development 1 19 of strategies for coordination with community-based youth 1 20 organizations and agencies. A school that received a grant 1 21 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1993, or July 1, 1 22 1997, is ineligible to receive a grant under this paragraph. 1 23 Subject to the approval of the state board of education, the 1 24 allocation made in this paragraph may be renewed for 1 25 additional four-year periods of time. 1 26 Sec. 3. Section 279.51, subsection 1, Code Supplement 1 27 1999, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs: 1 28 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. From the moneys allocated in paragraph 1 29 "c", for each fiscal year in which moneys are allocated, the 1 30 sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars shall be used to 1 31 support the family resource center demonstration program 1 32 established under chapter 256C. 1 33 NEW PARAGRAPH. h. From the moneys allocated in paragraph 1 34 "c", for each fiscal year in which moneys are allocated, the 1 35 sum of four hundred eighty thousand dollars shall be used to 2 1 support the extended learning opportunities demonstration 2 2 grant program. The extended learning opportunities 2 3 demonstration grant program is established in the department 2 4 of education as a four-year demonstration grant program. The 2 5 department shall administer the program and provide grants to 2 6 establish at least one model program in a school district with 2 7 an enrollment of less than one thousand two hundred, in a 2 8 school district with an enrollment of at least one thousand 2 9 two hundred and not more than four thousand nine hundred 2 10 ninety-nine, and in a school district with an enrollment of at 2 11 least five thousand. "Extended learning opportunity" means 2 12 any service provided outside the hours of a normal school day 2 13 or beyond the required school year and which is designed to 2 14 maximize student and family success. Extended learning 2 15 opportunities include but are not limited to extending the 2 16 school year, the school day, or other school-based programs 2 17 for students and families. Services may include but are not 2 18 limited to counseling, mentoring, cultural arts, community 2 19 service, clubs, computer access homework assistance, and 2 20 parenting skills. The model programs should establish a 2 21 continuum of academic and personal support for students and 2 22 their families. 2 23 From the sum allocated for use in accordance with this 2 24 paragraph, one hundred twenty-one thousand dollars shall be 2 25 used to support americorps volunteers in each year for which 2 26 the americorps program receives federal funding. 2 27 Sec. 4. Section 279.51, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 2 28 1, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 29 A school-based youth services education program is 2 30 established. The department of education, in consultation 2 31 with the department of human services, the department of 2 32 workforce development, the Iowa department of public health, 2 33 the division of criminal and juvenile justice planning of the 2 34 department of human rights, institutions of higher learning 2 35 with applicable programs, and the division of job training and 3 1 entrepreneurship assistance of the department of economic 3 2 development, shall develop a four-year demonstration grant 3 3 program that commences in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 3 4 1994. The department shall provide grants to individual or 3 5 consortiums of elementary, middle, or high schools to 3 6 establish school-based youth services programs, in conjunction 3 7 with local agencies and community organizations, based upon 3 8 program plans filed by the board of directors of the school 3 9 district. Grant recipients shall be prepared to offer 3 10 extended learning opportunities as defined in subsection 1, 3 11 paragraph "h", by July 1, 2001. The department shall provide 3 12 grants to establish model programs in at least the following 3 13 three size categories: 3 14 EXPLANATION 3 15 This bill increases the standing, limited appropriation 3 16 from the general fund of the state to the department of 3 17 education for purposes of programs for at-risk children. The 3 18 increase is allocated for the school-based youth services 3 19 education program to provide funding for the family resource 3 20 center demonstration program and a new program, the extended 3 21 learning opportunities demonstration grant program. 3 22 The extended learning opportunities demonstration grant 3 23 program is a four-year program which the department will 3 24 administer to provide grants to establish at least one model 3 25 program in a small, medium, and large-sized school district. 3 26 The term "extended learning opportunity" is defined in the 3 27 bill to mean any service provided outside the hours of a 3 28 normal school day or beyond the required school year and which 3 29 is designed to maximize student and family success. Examples 3 30 of extended learning opportunities identified by the bill 3 31 include extending the school year, the school day, or other 3 32 school-based programs for students and families. The model 3 33 programs should establish a continuum of academic and personal 3 34 support for students and their families. The bill requires 3 35 recipients of school-based youth services grants to be 4 1 prepared to offer extended learning opportunities by July 1, 4 2 2001. 4 3 The bill provides for the annual distribution of $121,000 4 4 of the extended learning opportunities grant allocation to 4 5 support americorps volunteers. 4 6 LSB 5437XL 78 4 7 kh/cf/24.1
Text: HSB00654 Text: HSB00656 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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