House Journal: Page 1764: Tuesday, April 27, 1999

 5   cycle which were recognized by the Iowa empowerment

 6   board for showing a high degree of readiness, received
 7   community empowerment area designation, and received
 8   partial funding in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 9   1998, shall each receive during the fiscal year
10   beginning July 1, 1999, the annual amount applied for
11   as adjusted by subtracting half of the amount of the
12   partial funding received in the previous fiscal year.
13   For those three grantees this adjusted amount shall
14   apply to the entire 1999-2000 fiscal year and shall be
15   considered to be the second year of grant funding.
16   All grantees described in this lettered paragraph
17   shall be eligible to receive the full annual amount
18   applied for and approved, in the fiscal year beginning
19   July 1, 2000.
20     b.  The total amount that may be distributed in the
21   fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, to designated
22   community empowerment areas for new school ready
23   children grants initially awarded in that fiscal year
24   shall not exceed $3,750,000, the first-year funding
25   period for those grants in that fiscal year shall
26   commence October 1, 1999, and end June 30, 2000, and
27   the annual amount applied for and approved shall be
28   prorated accordingly.  Those grantees shall be
29   eligible to receive the full annual amount applied for
30   and approved, in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
31   2000.
32     c.  Of the funding appropriated for school ready
33   children grants for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
34   1999, not more than $200,000 is allocated for the
35   community empowerment office and other technical
36   assistance activities."
37     13.  Page 9, by striking lines 18 through 24 and
38   inserting the following:
39     "3.  The deadline for applications for school ready
40   children grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
41   1999, shall be August 31, 1999, with grant awards to
42   be made on October 1, 1999.
43     4.  The percentage of school ready children grant
44   funding committed to home visitation and parent
45   support services that is designed for families with
46   newborns and infants by the designated community
47   empowerment areas awarded grants in the fiscal year
48   beginning July 1, 1998, is approximately 60 percent.
49   For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, based upon
50   the need identified in the community needs assessment
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 1   performed by an applicant community empowerment area,
 2   the applicant community empowerment area shall strive
 3   to commit an equivalent percentage of any approved

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