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1 1 HOUSE FILE 662
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO IOWA'S COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE AND
1 5 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1 6
1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 8
1 9 Section 1. Section 28.4, subsection 12, Code 2001, is
1 10 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 11 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. It is the intent of the general
1 12 assembly to convene a summit meeting under the auspices of the
1 13 legislative council during the 2001 legislative interim to
1 14 consider the issues described in this paragraph "e". In
1 15 addition to members of the general assembly, those invited to
1 16 participate in the meeting may include members of the Iowa
1 17 empowerment board and community empowerment area boards,
1 18 representatives of the governor, persons participating in
1 19 community empowerment initiative services, representatives of
1 20 programs offered through the funding streams enumerated in
1 21 paragraph "d", and other persons involved in efforts to
1 22 achieve the desired results identified for the community
1 23 empowerment initiative. It is anticipated that those
1 24 participating in the summit meeting will produce a report with
1 25 findings and recommendations for consideration during the 2002
1 26 legislative session. The issues for consideration at the
1 27 summit meeting may include but are not limited to the
1 28 following:
1 29 (1) Assessing the status of the efforts to achieve full
1 30 cooperation between the programs offered through the funding
1 31 streams identified in paragraph "d" and community empowerment
1 32 area boards in order to avoid duplication, enhance efforts,
1 33 combine planning, and take other steps to best utilize public
1 34 funding to meet the needs of the families in the areas. In
1 35 addition, the summit participants shall make recommendations
2 1 as to removing barriers or other steps that may be taken so
2 2 that the programs and community empowerment area board efforts
2 3 may be more fully integrated.
2 4 (2) Implementing an approach to move toward a statewide
2 5 equalization of the public funding provided for community
2 6 empowerment initiative programs and other state funding
2 7 streams directed to similar purposes.
2 8 (3) Identifying other age groups or result areas that may
2 9 be incorporated within or supported by the community
2 10 empowerment initiative. In addition, consideration may be
2 11 given to opportunities identified by the governor for
2 12 expanding the role of the community empowerment initiative as
2 13 part of the governor's efforts to reorganize and redirect
2 14 state government.
2 15 (4) Considering other issues, concerns, and opportunities
2 16 for the community empowerment initiative identified at the
2 17 local and state levels.
2 18 Sec. 2. Section 28.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2 19 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2 20 a. Designate a public agency of this state, as defined in
2 21 section 28E.2, a community action agency as defined in section
2 22 216A.91, an area education agency established under section
2 23 273.2, or a nonprofit corporation, to be the fiscal agent for
2 24 grant moneys and for other moneys administered by the
2 25 community board.
2 26 Sec. 3. GRANT DISTRIBUTION DIRECTIVE. If an appropriation
2 27 of at least seventeen million nine hundred thousand dollars is
2 28 enacted for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, for
2 29 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
2 30 Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9, the Iowa
2 31 empowerment board shall authorize distribution of school ready
2 32 children grants to designated community empowerment areas in
2 33 accordance with this section. Those designated community
2 34 empowerment areas that first received a school ready grant in
2 35 fiscal year 2000-2001, shall be eligible to receive the school
3 1 ready children grant amounts provided to those areas in that
3 2 fiscal year, as annualized for a full fiscal year. All other
3 3 designated community empowerment areas are eligible to receive
3 4 a school ready children grant in the same amount as the areas
3 5 received in fiscal year 2000-2001. In order for the community
3 6 empowerment areas to receive the grant for which the areas are
3 7 eligible, the community empowerment area board must submit a
3 8 written plan amendment extending by one year the area's
3 9 comprehensive school ready children grant plan developed for
3 10 providing services for children from birth through five years
3 11 of age and provide other information specified by the Iowa
3 12 empowerment board. The amendment may also provide for changes
3 13 in the programs and services provided under the plan. The
3 14 Iowa empowerment board shall establish a submission deadline
3 15 for the plan amendment that allows a reasonable period of time
3 16 for preparation of the plan amendment and for review and
3 17 approval or request for modification of the plan amendment by
3 18 the Iowa empowerment board. In addition, the community
3 19 empowerment board must continue to comply with reporting
3 20 provisions and other requirements adopted by the Iowa
3 21 empowerment board in implementing section 28.8.
3 22 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 23 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 24
3 25
3 26
3 27 BRENT SIEGRIST
3 28 Speaker of the House
3 29
3 30
3 31
3 32 MARY E. KRAMER
3 33 President of the Senate
3 34
3 35 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
4 1 is known as House File 662, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
4 2
4 3
4 4
4 5 MARGARET THOMSON
4 6 Chief Clerk of the House
4 7 Approved , 2001
4 8
4 9
4 10
4 11 THOMAS J. VILSACK
4 12 Governor
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