House Amendment 1510
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 848 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 2, by inserting before line 5 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 257.51 BEFORE AND AFTER
1 5 SCHOOL PROGRAMS == ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE GROWTH.
1 6 1. The general assembly finds and declares that
1 7 quality before and after school programs provide safe,
1 8 engaging environments that complement the school day
1 9 by promoting learning to improve student outcomes.
1 10 While there is no one single formula for success in
1 11 before and after school programs, the general assembly
1 12 encourages communities to invest local resources in
1 13 before and after school programs. The general
1 14 assembly finds that effective programs combine
1 15 academic, enrichment, cultural, and recreational
1 16 activities to guide learning and engage children and
1 17 youth in year=round age=appropriate activities. The
1 18 best programs develop activities to meet the
1 19 particular needs and interests of the children and
1 20 youth they serve, whether they are provided by a year=
1 21 round school=based program or by a school program
1 22 linked to community=based, faith=based, or nonprofit
1 23 organizations. The types of activities supported by
1 24 the best before and after school programs include, but
1 25 are not limited to, the following:
1 26 a. Tutoring and supplementing instruction in basic
1 27 skills, such as reading, math, and science.
1 28 b. Drug and violence prevention curricula and
1 29 counseling.
1 30 c. Youth leadership activities.
1 31 d. Volunteer and service learning opportunities.
1 32 e. Career and vocational awareness and
1 33 preparation.
1 34 f. Courses and enrichment in arts and culture.
1 35 g. Computer instruction.
1 36 h. Character development and civic participation.
1 37 i. Language instruction, including English as a
1 38 second language.
1 39 j. Mentoring.
1 40 k. Positive interaction with law enforcement.
1 41 l. Supervised recreation programs.
1 42 m. Health and nutrition programs.
1 43 2. Boards of directors of school districts,
1 44 individually or jointly with other boards of directors
1 45 of school districts, requesting to use additional
1 46 allowable growth for before and after school programs
1 47 shall annually submit an application for additional
1 48 allowable growth that includes a program budget to the
1 49 department of education as provided in this chapter.
1 50 The school district shall incorporate a program plan
2 1 for its before and after school program into its
2 2 comprehensive school improvement plan required under
2 3 section 256.7, subsection 21.
2 4 3. The school district's comprehensive school
2 5 improvement plan shall identify the parts of the
2 6 program that will be implemented first upon approval
2 7 of the application. A district may charge a fee for
2 8 participation in the before and after school program,
2 9 but shall make every reasonable effort to remove
2 10 financial barriers that prevent families from
2 11 utilizing the before and after school program. The
2 12 program plans may provide for a school=based program
2 13 or school=linked program to community=based, faith=
2 14 based, and nonprofit organizations in the community.
2 15 4. The state board of education shall adopt rules
2 16 under chapter 17A relating to the administration of
2 17 this section. The rules shall prescribe the
2 18 components of the program plans to be addressed in the
2 19 school district's comprehensive school improvement
2 20 plan under this section.
2 21 5. For purposes of this section, "before and after
2 22 school program" means a school=based or school=linked
2 23 program that is offered before and after school,
2 24 before school, after school, during the summer, or at
2 25 other times school is not in session.
2 26 6. The board of directors of a school district
2 27 requesting to use additional allowable growth for
2 28 before and after school programs shall submit
2 29 applications for approval of the programs to the
2 30 department of education not later than November 1
2 31 preceding the budget year during which the programs
2 32 will be offered. The department of education shall
2 33 review the application and shall, prior to January 15,
2 34 either grant approval for the programs or return the
2 35 request for approval with comments of the department
2 36 of education included. An unapproved application may
2 37 be resubmitted with modifications to the department of
2 38 education no later than February 1. No later than
2 39 February 15, the department of education shall notify
2 40 the department of management and the school budget
2 41 review committee of the names of the school districts
2 42 for which programs using additional allowable growth
2 43 for funding have been approved and the approved budget
2 44 of each program listed separately for each school
2 45 district having an approved program.
2 46 7. The budget of an approved before and after
2 47 school program for a school district shall be funded
2 48 annually on a basis of at least one=fourth or more
2 49 from user fees, grants, subsidies, and other locally
2 50 generated sources and up to three=fourths by an
3 1 increase in allowable growth as defined in section
3 2 257.8. Annually, the department of management shall
3 3 establish a modified allowable growth for each
3 4 district equal to the difference between the approved
3 5 budget for the before and after school programs for
3 6 that district and the portion of the budget funded
3 7 from user fees, grants, subsidies, and other locally
3 8 generated sources for that purpose. The maximum
3 9 dollar amount of allowable growth for a program shall
3 10 not exceed five percent times the budget enrollment
3 11 times the district cost per pupil less the amount
3 12 available from user fees, grants, subsidies, and other
3 13 locally generated sources for the program.
3 14 8. If any portion of the before and after school
3 15 program budget remains unexpended at the end of the
3 16 budget year, the remainder shall be carried over to
3 17 the subsequent budget year and added to the before and
3 18 after school program budget as a locally generated
3 19 source of funding for that year.>
3 20 #2. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
3 21 word <levy,> the following: <allowing school
3 22 districts to request additional allowable growth for
3 23 before and after school programs,>.
3 24
3 25
3 26
3 27 BERRY of Black Hawk
3 28
3 29
3 30
3 31 FORD of Polk
3 32
3 33
3 34
3 35 HOGG of Linn
3 36
3 37
3 38
3 39 JOCHUM of Dubuque
3 40
3 41
3 42
3 43 LYKAM of Scott
3 44
3 45
3 46
3 47 MILLER of Webster
3 48
3 49
3 50
4 1 HEDDENS of Story
4 2
4 3
4 4
4 5 HUNTER of Polk
4 6
4 7
4 8
4 9 KRESSIG of Black Hawk
4 10
4 11
4 12
4 13 LENSING of Johnson
4 14
4 15
4 16
4 17 SCHUELLER of Jackson
4 18
4 19
4 20
4 21 WENDT of Woodbury
4 22
4 23
4 24
4 25 WINCKLER of Scott
4 26
4 27
4 28
4 29 THOMAS of Clayton
4 30
4 31
4 32
4 33 WESSEL-KROESCHELL of Story
4 34 HF 848.306 81
4 35 rn/cf/2108
-1-