Text: HSB00206 Text: HSB00208 Text: HSB00200 - HSB00299 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 28.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. Designate a public agency of this state, as defined in 1 4 section 28E.2, a community action agency as defined in section 1 5 216A.91, an area education agency established under section 1 6 273.2, or a nonprofit corporation, to be the fiscal agent for 1 7 grant moneys and for other moneys administered by the 1 8 community board. 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 28.7, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 10 following new subsection: 1 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. The following funding streams shall be 1 12 administered by designated community empowerment area boards 1 13 commencing in the indicated fiscal year: 1 14 a. Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, 1 15 child abuse prevention grant funding disbursed through the 1 16 department of human services. 1 17 b. Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, 1 18 pregnancy prevention grant funding disbursed through the 1 19 department of human services. 1 20 Sec. 3. GRANT DISTRIBUTION DIRECTIVE. If an appropriation 1 21 of at least seventeen million nine hundred thousand dollars is 1 22 enacted for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, for 1 23 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the 1 24 Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9, the Iowa 1 25 empowerment board shall authorize distribution of school ready 1 26 children grants to designated community empowerment areas in 1 27 accordance with this section. Those designated community 1 28 empowerment areas that first received a school ready grant in 1 29 fiscal year 2000-2001, shall be eligible to receive the school 1 30 ready children grant amounts provided to those areas in that 1 31 fiscal year, as annualized for a full fiscal year. All other 1 32 designated community empowerment areas are eligible to receive 1 33 a school ready children grant in the same amount as the areas 1 34 received in fiscal year 2000-2001. In order for the community 1 35 empowerment areas to receive the grant for which the areas are 2 1 eligible, the community empowerment area board must submit a 2 2 written plan amendment extending by one year the area's 2 3 comprehensive school ready children grant plan developed for 2 4 providing services for children from birth through five years 2 5 of age and provide other information specified by the Iowa 2 6 empowerment board. The amendment may also provide for changes 2 7 in the programs and services provided under the plan. The 2 8 Iowa empowerment board shall establish a submission deadline 2 9 for the plan amendment that allows a reasonable period of time 2 10 for preparation of the plan amendment and for review and 2 11 approval or request for modification of the plan amendment by 2 12 the Iowa empowerment board. In addition, the community 2 13 empowerment board must continue to comply with reporting 2 14 provisions and other requirements adopted by the Iowa 2 15 empowerment board in implementing section 28.8. 2 16 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 17 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 18 EXPLANATION 2 19 This bill relates to Iowa's community empowerment 2 20 initiative. 2 21 The bill amends Code section 28.7 to authorize an area 2 22 education agency to serve as fiscal agent for a community 2 23 empowerment area board. 2 24 Code section 28.7, relating to community empowerment area 2 25 board duties and responsibilities, is amended to provide that 2 26 commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, the 2 27 area boards are to administer child abuse prevention and 2 28 pregnancy prevention grant funding that is disbursed through 2 29 the department of human services. 2 30 The bill provides a directive to the Iowa empowerment board 2 31 in the event at least $17.9 million is appropriated for 2 32 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the 2 33 Iowa empowerment fund for fiscal year 2001-2002. Community 2 34 empowerment areas that first received a grant in fiscal year 2 35 2000-2001 are eligible to receive the same amount as that 3 1 first grant, as annualized for a full year of funding. All 3 2 other community empowerment areas are eligible to receive the 3 3 same grant amount as the areas received in fiscal year 2000- 3 4 2001. In order to receive the amount for which an area is 3 5 eligible, the area's board must submit a written amendment for 3 6 a one-year extension to the area's plan for the grant funding. 3 7 The amendment may provide for changes in the programs and 3 8 services provided under the plan. The Iowa empowerment board 3 9 is required to develop a submission deadline for a plan 3 10 amendment that allows reasonable time for preparation of the 3 11 plan amendment and for the amendment's review and approval or 3 12 request for modification by the Iowa empowerment board. 3 13 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 3 14 LSB 3241YC 79 3 15 jp/pj/5
Text: HSB00206 Text: HSB00208 Text: HSB00200 - HSB00299 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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