House Journal: Page 1895: Wednesday, April 26, 2000
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1 For use as state matching funds for federal
2 programs that shall be disbursed according to federal
3 regulations, including salaries, support, maintenance,
4 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
5 following full-time equivalent positions:
6 $ 2,716,119
7 FTEs 14.00
8 10. IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND
9 For deposit in the school ready children grants
10 account of the Iowa empowerment fund created in
11 section 28.9:
12 $ 15,600,000
13 a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready
14 children grants account for the fiscal year beginning
15 July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, not more than
16 $200,000 is allocated for the community empowerment
17 office and other technical assistance activities. It
18 is the intent of the general assembly that regional
19 technical assistance teams will be established and
20 will include staff from various agencies, as
21 appropriate, including the area education agencies,
22 community colleges, and the Iowa state university of
23 science and technology cooperative extension service
24 in agriculture and home economics. The state
25 empowerment board shall direct staff to work with the
26 advisory council to inventory technical assistance
27 needs. Funds allocated under this lettered paragraph
28 may be used by the state empowerment board for the
29 purpose of skills development and support for ongoing
30 training of the regional technical assistance teams.
31 However, funds shall not be used for additional staff
32 or for the reimbursement of staff.
33 As a condition of receiving funding appropriated in
34 this subsection, each local empowerment board shall
35 report to the state empowerment board progress on each
36 of the state indicators approved by the state board,
37 as well as progress on local indicators.
38 School ready children grants account funds shall be
39 distributed through a grant application process.
40 Grant awards shall be contingent upon the availability
41 of funds. The deadline for applications for school
42 ready children grants in the fiscal year beginning
43 July 1, 2000, shall be August 31, 2000, with grant
44 awards to be made on or about October 2, 2000.
45 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, in
46 awarding grants and establishing grant amounts for all
47 designated community empowerment areas that have never
48 been awarded a school ready children grant, the Iowa
49 empowerment board shall give consideration to the
50 future implementation of a funding formula for
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