House Amendment 8096
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the amendment, H=8045, to Senate File 2088,
1 2 as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. Page 18, by striking lines 44 through 47 and
1 5 inserting: #___.
1 6 Page 167, line 23, by striking <and school
1 7 district> #___.
1 8 Page 168, line 23, after <department.>
1 9 by inserting <The state council or subunit of the
1 10 council shall also serve as the Iowa head start
1 11 program advisory board, as authorized by the federal
1 12 government. For purposes of the head start advisory
1 13 board function, the membership shall comply with
1 14 federal requirements but the majority of the members
1 15 shall be citizen members.> #___.
1 16 Page 168, by striking lines 24 through 35 and
1 17 inserting:
1 18 <2. a. The state council shall consist of fifteen
1 19 voting members with eight citizen members and seven
1 20 agency members. A citizen member shall not be an
1 21 elected official, public employee, or paid staff
1 22 member of an agency receiving funding through an
1 23 early childhood initiative stakeholder. The state
1 24 agency members shall be the director or administrator
1 25 of the following state agencies or units, or their
1 26 designees: the departments of economic development,
1 27 education, human services, public health, and workforce
1 28 development, and the head start collaboration office.
1 29 The state agency designees shall be selected on an
1 30 annual basis. The citizen members shall be appointed
1 31 by the governor, subject to confirmation by the
1 32 senate. The citizen member appointees shall include
1 33 representatives of institutions of higher education in
1 34 the state, local providers of early childhood services,
1 35 and head start program agencies. >#___.
1 36 Page 169, by striking line 23 and inserting:
1 37 <5. The state council shall select a chairperson
1 38 from the state >#___.
1 39 Page 172, after line 2 by inserting:
1 40 <___. Promote evidence=based practices and
1 41 programs, continuous improvement, and accountability.
1 42 ___. Create advisory bodies of stakeholders to
1 43 address general or specific purposes. >#___.
1 44 Page 172, line 3, by striking <Bureau> and
1 45 inserting <Early childhood Iowa administrative home ==
1 46 bureau >#___.
1 47 Page 172, by striking lines 5 through 8 and
1 48 inserting:
1 49 <The department shall serve as the administrative
1 50 home for the early childhood Iowa initiative and shall
2 1 establish a bureau of early childhood services to
2 2 perform various departmental functions relating to the
2 3 initiative. The functions, which shall be performed
2 4 by the bureau in collaboration with the state agencies
2 5 participating in the initiative, the state council, and
2 6 early childhood Iowa areas, shall include but are not
2 7 limited to all of the following: >>
2 8 #2. Page 19, after line 11 by inserting: #___.
2 9 Page 178, line 16, after <five.> by inserting
2 10 <The plan shall be submitted to the state council for
2 11 recommendation to the state board regarding approval of
2 12 the plan.>>
2 13 #3. Page 19, after line 27 by inserting: #___.
2 14 Page 180, line 30, after <department> by
2 15 inserting <, in collaboration with the state council,> #___.
2 16 Page 180, line 31, after <programs> by
2 17 inserting <offered by school districts. The state
2 18 council shall develop guidelines and adopt rules for
2 19 family support programs offered by early childhood Iowa
2 20 areas>>
2 21 #4. Page 19, after line 36 by inserting: #___.
2 22 By striking page 185, line 35, through page
2 23 186, line 1, and inserting <areas pursuant to criteria
2 24 established by the department of human services in
2 25 accordance with state and federal law. The criteria
2 26 shall include but are not>>
2 27 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
WINCKLER of Scott
WENDT of Woodbury
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