House Amendment 1662
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the amendment, H=1645, to the Senate
1 2 amendment, H=1635, to House File 816, as amended,
1 3 passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 4 #1. Page 24, by inserting after line 44, the
1 5 following:
1 6 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 257.51 BEFORE AND AFTER
1 7 SCHOOL PROGRAMS == ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE GROWTH.
1 8 1. The general assembly finds and declares that
1 9 quality before and after school programs provide safe,
1 10 engaging environments that complement the school day
1 11 by promoting learning to improve student outcomes.
1 12 While there is no one single formula for success in
1 13 before and after school programs, the general assembly
1 14 encourages communities to invest local resources in
1 15 before and after school programs. The general
1 16 assembly finds that effective programs combine
1 17 academic, enrichment, cultural, and recreational
1 18 activities to guide learning and engage children and
1 19 youth in year=round age=appropriate activities. The
1 20 best programs develop activities to meet the
1 21 particular needs and interests of the children and
1 22 youth they serve, whether they are provided by a year=
1 23 round school=based program or by a school program
1 24 linked to community=based, faith=based, or nonprofit
1 25 organizations. The types of activities supported by
1 26 the best before and after school programs include, but
1 27 are not limited to, the following:
1 28 a. Tutoring and supplementing instruction in basic
1 29 skills, such as reading, math, and science.
1 30 b. Drug and violence prevention curricula and
1 31 counseling.
1 32 c. Youth leadership activities.
1 33 d. Volunteer and service learning opportunities.
1 34 e. Career and vocational awareness and
1 35 preparation.
1 36 f. Courses and enrichment in arts and culture.
1 37 g. Computer instruction.
1 38 h. Character development and civic participation.
1 39 i. Language instruction, including English as a
1 40 second language.
1 41 j. Mentoring.
1 42 k. Positive interaction with law enforcement.
1 43 l. Supervised recreation programs.
1 44 m. Health and nutrition programs.
1 45 2. Boards of directors of school districts,
1 46 individually or jointly with other boards of directors
1 47 of school districts, requesting to use additional
1 48 allowable growth for before and after school programs
1 49 shall annually submit an application for additional
1 50 allowable growth that includes a program budget to the
2 1 department of education as provided in this chapter.
2 2 The school district shall incorporate a program plan
2 3 for its before and after school program into its
2 4 comprehensive school improvement plan required under
2 5 section 256.7, subsection 21.
2 6 3. The school district's comprehensive school
2 7 improvement plan shall identify the parts of the
2 8 program that will be implemented first upon approval
2 9 of the application. A district may charge a fee for
2 10 participation in the before and after school program,
2 11 but shall make every reasonable effort to remove
2 12 financial barriers that prevent families from
2 13 utilizing the before and after school program. The
2 14 program plans may provide for a school=based program
2 15 or school=linked program to community=based, faith=
2 16 based, and nonprofit organizations in the community.
2 17 4. The state board of education shall adopt rules
2 18 under chapter 17A relating to the administration of
2 19 this section. The rules shall prescribe the
2 20 components of the program plans to be addressed in the
2 21 school district's comprehensive school improvement
2 22 plan under this section.
2 23 5. For purposes of this section, "before and after
2 24 school program" means a school=based or school=linked
2 25 program that is offered before and after school,
2 26 before school, after school, during the summer, or at
2 27 other times school is not in session.
2 28 6. The board of directors of a school district
2 29 requesting to use additional allowable growth for
2 30 before and after school programs shall submit
2 31 applications for approval of the programs to the
2 32 department of education not later than November 1
2 33 preceding the budget year during which the programs
2 34 will be offered. The department of education shall
2 35 review the application and shall, prior to January 15,
2 36 either grant approval for the programs or return the
2 37 request for approval with comments of the department
2 38 of education included. An unapproved application may
2 39 be resubmitted with modifications to the department of
2 40 education no later than February 1. No later than
2 41 February 15, the department of education shall notify
2 42 the department of management and the school budget
2 43 review committee of the names of the school districts
2 44 for which programs using additional allowable growth
2 45 for funding have been approved and the approved budget
2 46 of each program listed separately for each school
2 47 district having an approved program.
2 48 7. The budget of an approved before and after
2 49 school program for a school district shall be funded
2 50 annually on a basis of at least one=fourth or more
3 1 from user fees, grants, subsidies, and other locally
3 2 generated sources and up to three=fourths by an
3 3 increase in allowable growth as defined in section
3 4 257.8. Annually, the department of management shall
3 5 establish a modified allowable growth for each
3 6 district equal to the difference between the approved
3 7 budget for the before and after school programs for
3 8 that district and the portion of the budget funded
3 9 from user fees, grants, subsidies, and other locally
3 10 generated sources for that purpose. The maximum
3 11 dollar amount of allowable growth for a program shall
3 12 not exceed five percent times the budget enrollment
3 13 times the district cost per pupil less the amount
3 14 available from user fees, grants, subsidies, and other
3 15 locally generated sources for the program.
3 16 8. If any portion of the before and after school
3 17 program budget remains unexpended at the end of the
3 18 budget year, the remainder shall be carried over to
3 19 the subsequent budget year and added to the before and
3 20 after school program budget as a locally generated
3 21 source of funding for that year.>
3 22 #2. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting
3 23 internal references as necessary.
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3 27 BERRY of Black Hawk
3 28 HF 816.332 81
3 29 kh/cf/2478
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