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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 303.16, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. a. The general assembly finds that 1 4 the country school that served Iowa's educational needs for 1 5 much of its history offered a unique opportunity to students 1 6 and communities, providing for multigenerational attendance, 1 7 high educational performance, a safe environment, a focus for 1 8 community support, and a caring, attentive environment. 1 9 b. A country schools historical resource preservation 1 10 grant program is therefore established to be administered by 1 11 the historical division for the preservation of one-room and 1 12 two-room buildings once used as country schools. In 1 13 developing grant approval criteria, the division shall place a 1 14 priority on the educational uses planned for the country 1 15 school building, which may include, but are not limited to, 1 16 historical interpretation and use as a teaching museum or as 1 17 an operational classroom accessible to a school district or 1 18 accredited nonpublic school for provisional instructional 1 19 purposes. 1 20 c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 1 21 the amount of a grant shall not exceed twenty-five thousand 1 22 dollars and applicants shall match grant funding on a dollar- 1 23 for-dollar basis, of which at least one-half of the local 1 24 match must be in cash. 1 25 d. Ten percent of the funds appropriated annually for 1 26 purposes of this section shall be allocated for purposes of 1 27 this subsection. 1 28 EXPLANATION 1 29 This bill establishes a country schools historical resource 1 30 preservation grant program to be administered by the 1 31 historical division for the preservation of one-room and two- 1 32 room buildings once used as country schools and provides 1 33 legislative intent. 1 34 In developing grant approval criteria, the division is 1 35 directed to place a priority on the educational uses planned 2 1 for the country school building, which may include, but are 2 2 not limited to, historical interpretation and use as a 2 3 teaching museum or as an operational classroom accessible to a 2 4 school district or accredited nonpublic school for provisional 2 5 instructional purposes. 2 6 Grants shall not exceed $25,000 and applicants shall match 2 7 grant funding on a $1-for-$1 basis, of which at least one-half 2 8 of the local match must be in cash. The bill allocates 10 2 9 percent of the historical resource development program's 2 10 annual appropriation to fund the country schools historical 2 11 resource preservation grant. 2 12 LSB 1747SV 78 2 13 kh/jw/5
Text: SF00411 Text: SF00413 Text: SF00400 - SF00499 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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