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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 28.3, subsection 2, Code Supplement 1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. The Iowa board shall consist offifteenseventeen 1 4 voting members withtwelvethirteen citizen members andthree1 5 four state agency members. Thethreefour state agency 1 6 members shall be the directors of the following departments: 1 7 education, human rights, human services, and public health. 1 8 Thetwelvethirteen citizen members shall be appointed by the 1 9 governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. The 1 10 governor's appointments of citizen members shall be made in a 1 11 manner so that each of the state's congressional districts is 1 12 represented by two citizen members and so that all the 1 13 appointments as a whole reflect the ethnic, cultural, social, 1 14 and economic diversity of the state. The governor's 1 15 appointees shall be selected from individuals nominated by 1 16 community empowerment area boards. The nominations shall 1 17 reflect the range of interests represented on the community 1 18 boards so that the governor is able to appoint one or more 1 19 members each for education, health, human services, business, 1 20 faith, and public interests. At least one of the citizen 1 21 members shall be a service consumer or the parent of a service 1 22 consumer. Terms of office of all citizen members are three 1 23 years. A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same 1 24 manner as the original appointment for the balance of the 1 25 unexpired term. 1 26 Sec. 2. Section 28.4, subsection 12, paragraph d, 1 27 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to 1 28 read as follows: 1 29 The Iowa empowerment board shall regularly make information 1 30 available identifying community empowerment funding and 1 31 funding distributed through the funding streams listed under 1 32 this paragraph "d" to communities. It is the intent of the 1 33 general assembly that the community empowerment area boards 1 34 and the administrators of the programs located within the 1 35 community empowerment areas that are supported by the listed 2 1 funding streams shall fully cooperate with one another on or 2 2 before the indicated fiscal years, in order to avoid 2 3 duplication, enhance efforts, combine planning, and take other 2 4 steps to best utilize the funding to meet the needs of the 2 5 families in the areas. The agencies involved with the 2 6 programs shall work with the community empowerment areas and 2 7 the local entities providing the programs to outline the 2 8 efforts for full cooperation in a written agreement. The 2 9 community empowerment area boards and the administrators shall 2 10 annually submit a report concerning such efforts and a copy of 2 11 the written agreement to the community empowerment office. If 2 12 a community empowerment area is receiving a school ready 2 13 children grant, this report shall be an addendum to the annual 2 14 report required under section 28.8. The state community 2 15 empowerment facilitator shall compile and summarize the 2 16 reports which shall be submitted to the governor, general 2 17 assembly, and Iowa board. The funding streams shall include 2 18 all of the following: 2 19 Sec. 3. Section 28.8, subsection 4, Code Supplement 1999, 2 20 is amended to read as follows: 2 21 4. The community board shall submit an annual report on 2 22 the effectiveness of the grant program in addressing school 2 23 readiness and children's health and safety needs to the Iowa 2 24 empowerment board and to the local governing bodies. The 2 25 annual report shallindicatedescribe the effectiveness of the 2 26 community board in achieving state and locally determined 2 27 goals by reporting the community empowerment area's status 2 28 with the statewide indicators established by the Iowa board 2 29 and with the community-specific performance indicators 2 30 submitted in the grant plan. 2 31 Sec. 4. Section 28.8, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 2 32 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 33 a. A school ready children grant shall be awarded to a 2 34 community boardfor a three-year period, with annual payments2 35made to the community boardon an annual basis. The Iowa 3 1 empowerment board may grant an extension from the award date 3 2 and any application deadlines based upon the award date, to 3 3 allow for a later implementation date in theinitialyear in 3 4 which a community board submits a comprehensive school ready 3 5 grant plan to the Iowa empowerment board. However, receipt of 3 6 continued funding is subject to submission of the required 3 7 annual report and the Iowa board's determination that the 3 8 community board is measuring, through the use of performance 3 9 indicators developed by the Iowa board with input from 3 10 community boards, progress toward and is achieving the desired 3 11 results identified in the grant plan. If progress is not 3 12 measured through the use of performance indicators toward 3 13 achieving the identified results, the Iowa board may request a 3 14 plan of corrective action or may withdraw grant funding. 3 15 Sec. 5. Section 28.8, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 3 16 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 17 b. The Iowa board shall distribute school ready children 3 18 grant moneys to community boards with approved comprehensive 3 19 school ready children grant plans based upon a determination 3 20 of readiness of the community empowerment area to effectively 3 21 utilize the moneys, with the grant moneys being adjusted for3 22other federal and state grant moneys to be received by the3 23area for services to children from birth through five years of3 24age. 3 25 Sec. 6. Section 28.8, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code 3 26 Supplement 1999, is amended by striking the paragraph. 3 27 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 28.8A SCHOOL READY CHILDREN GRANT 3 28 FUNDING FORMULA. 3 29 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the context 3 30 otherwise requires, "federal poverty level" means the federal 3 31 poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty 3 32 income guidelines published by the United States department of 3 33 health and human services. 3 34 2. A distribution formula is established for allocation of 3 35 school ready children grant funding appropriated for a fiscal 4 1 year. The distribution formula factors shall be applied to 4 2 all counties in the state and the resulting individual county 4 3 amounts shall be combined to conform with the county area or 4 4 areas participating in a community empowerment area. 4 5 3. A community empowerment area must have an official 4 6 designation in good standing from the Iowa empowerment board 4 7 and comply with other requirements applicable to community 4 8 empowerment areas and school ready children grant funding in 4 9 order to maintain eligibility for the area's allocation. 4 10 4. A county's allocation from the amount available for 4 11 grant funding distribution in a fiscal year shall be 4 12 equivalent to the sum of the amounts determined pursuant to 4 13 following three percentage factors: 4 14 a. Forty-five percent based upon the proportion that the 4 15 county's population of children from birth through age five 4 16 whose family income is equal to or less than one hundred 4 17 eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level bears to the 4 18 state's population of children in that same age group and 4 19 income level. 4 20 b. Thirty-five percent based upon the proportion that the 4 21 county's population of children from birth through age five 4 22 bears to the state's general population of children in that 4 23 age group. 4 24 c. An amount determined by equally dividing among all 4 25 counties twenty percent of the amount available for 4 26 distribution in that fiscal year. 4 27 5. The formula allocation in this section shall be 4 28 implemented in phases for a community empowerment area 4 29 receiving a school ready children grant as of June 30, 2000. 4 30 If the amount available for distribution for a particular 4 31 fiscal year is insufficient for full funding of all 4 32 allocations for that phase, the shortfall shall be distributed 4 33 by reductions in the allocations to all community empowerment 4 34 areas in the proportion that an individual allocation bears to 4 35 the total amount of allocations for that phase. The 5 1 implementation phases shall be as follows: 5 2 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, the 5 3 community empowerment area's allocation shall be the greater 5 4 of the formula allocation or seventy-five percent of the 5 5 annual amount received by the area in the fiscal year 5 6 beginning July 1, 2000. 5 7 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, the 5 8 community empowerment area's allocation shall be the greater 5 9 of the formula allocation or fifty percent of the annual 5 10 amount received by the area in the fiscal year beginning July 5 11 1, 2000. 5 12 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, the 5 13 community empowerment area's allocation shall be the greater 5 14 of the formula allocation or twenty-five percent of the annual 5 15 amount received by the area in the fiscal year beginning July 5 16 1, 2000. 5 17 d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, and 5 18 subsequent fiscal years, the community empowerment area shall 5 19 be eligible to receive the formula allocation. 5 20 6. It is the intent of the general assembly to implement a 5 21 practice of appropriating for school ready children grant 5 22 funding during the fiscal year that occurs two years in 5 23 advance of the fiscal year to which the appropriation applies. 5 24 Sec. 8. FUNDING FORMULA – FISCAL YEAR 2000-2001. 5 25 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, the 5 26 department of management shall apply the funding formula 5 27 described in section 28.8A, as enacted by this Act, to the 5 28 entire amount available in that fiscal year for distribution 5 29 for school ready children grants. However, the formula shall 5 30 only be used to establish an allocation amount for those 5 31 community empowerment areas that have never been awarded a 5 32 school ready children grant as of June 30, 2000. 5 33 2. For designated community empowerment areas that have 5 34 never been awarded a school ready children grant as of June 5 35 30, 2000, the maximum amount that may be awarded for the 6 1 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, to those areas, shall be 6 2 50 percent of the amount that would be allocated to the areas 6 3 under the formula and the grant period shall be January 1, 6 4 2001, through June 30, 2001. If the amount available for 6 5 distribution to all such areas is not sufficient to fully fund 6 6 the total of the allocations for the areas, the shortfall 6 7 shall be distributed by reductions in the allocations of those 6 8 areas in the proportion that an individual allocation bears to 6 9 the total of the allocations for those areas. 6 10 Sec. 9. IOWA EMPOWERMENT BOARD NOMINEES. Community 6 11 empowerment boards are encouraged to act expeditiously to 6 12 submit nominees for the governor's appointment of citizen 6 13 members to the Iowa empowerment board in order to fulfill the 6 14 requirements under section 28.3 for the board to include 6 15 representatives of business, faith, and other interests. 6 16 Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 9 of this Act, relating 6 17 to Iowa empowerment board nominees, being deemed of immediate 6 18 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 6 19 EXPLANATION 6 20 This bill relates to community empowerment areas by adding 6 21 members to the Iowa empowerment board, by establishing a 6 22 formula for distribution of school ready children grant 6 23 funding, and including other provisions involving the grants. 6 24 The bill amends Code section 28.3, relating to the 6 25 membership of the Iowa empowerment board, by adding the 6 26 director of the department of human rights as a voting member 6 27 of the board and an additional citizen member. Under current 6 28 law, the board consists of 15 voting members with 12 citizen 6 29 members and three state agency directors. Under the bill, 6 30 this total would increase to 17 members. Current law requires 6 31 the agencies represented on the board to provide staffing 6 32 services to the board and for local representatives of the 6 33 agencies to be part of a technical assistance system developed 6 34 for community empowerment areas. 6 35 Code section 28.4, relating to the Iowa empowerment board 7 1 duties, is amended to require agencies that administer certain 7 2 locally operated early childhood programs to work with 7 3 community empowerment areas and the local programs to outline 7 4 in writing the efforts for full cooperation between the 7 5 programs. The written agreement is to be included in the 7 6 annual report of the empowerment area. 7 7 The bill includes a number of amendments to Code section 7 8 28.8, the major statutory provision for the grants. The 7 9 annual report is to include specific reporting on the 7 10 empowerment area's status with statewide indicators and those 7 11 submitted in the area's grant plan. The bill changes the 7 12 grant period from three years to one year. The bill strikes 7 13 language for adjusting the grant amount for federal and state 7 14 moneys to be received by the area for services to children 7 15 from birth through age five. The bill strikes language 7 16 authorizing the Iowa empowerment board to adjust grant amounts 7 17 based upon population, existence of other funding, local 7 18 capacity to generate funding, and other factors. 7 19 New Code section 28.8A establishes a school ready grant 7 20 program funding formula. Only community empowerment areas 7 21 designated by the Iowa empowerment board are eligible to 7 22 receive an allocation. The formula uses counties as basic 7 23 allocation units with these amounts to be combined to 7 24 establish an allocation amount for a community empowerment 7 25 area. The formula establishes allocations using the following 7 26 factors: proportion of general population of children from 7 27 birth through age five, proportion of population of children 7 28 from birth through age five whose family income is equal to or 7 29 less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level, and a base 7 30 amount for each county. The formula is to be implemented in 7 31 phases with allocations adjusted to address prior annual grant 7 32 levels. 7 33 The bill includes a temporary provision for allocations in 7 34 fiscal year 2000-2001 to those designated community 7 35 empowerment areas that have never received a school ready 8 1 children grant. 8 2 The bill includes language encouraging the community 8 3 empowerment board to act expeditiously in submitting nominees 8 4 for the governor's appointment of citizen members to the Iowa 8 5 empowerment board representing business, faith, and other 8 6 interests. This section takes effect upon enactment. 8 7 LSB 6005SC 78 8 8 jp/cf/24
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