Amend House File 215 as follows:
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STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

 —— PARTICIPATION AND EXPANSION
   Sec. ___.  Section 256C.5, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Preschool foundation aid district amount.
   a.  For the initial school year for which a school district approved to participate in the preschool program receives that approval and implements the preschool program, the funding for the preschool foundation aid payable to that school district shall be paid from the appropriation made for that school year in section 256C.6, Code 2011
 
256C.7, or in another appropriation made for purposes of this chapter. For that school year, the preschool foundation aid payable to the school district is the product of the regular program state cost per pupil for the school year multiplied by sixty percent of the school district’s eligible student enrollment on the date in the school year determined by rule.
   b.  For budget years subsequent to the initial school year for which a school district approved to participate in the preschool program receives that initial approval and implements the preschool program, the funding for the preschool foundation aid payable to that school district shall be paid from the appropriation made in section 257.16. Continuation of a school district’s participation in the preschool program for a second or subsequent budget year is subject to the approval of the department based upon the school district’s compliance with accountability provisions and the department’s on-site review of the school district’s implementation of the preschool program.
   c.
  (1)  For the initial school year for which a school district previously approved to participate in the preschool program receives expansion funding, the funding for the expansion funding preschool foundation aid payable to that school district shall be paid from the appropriation made for that school year in section 256C.7, or in another appropriation made for purposes of this chapter. For that school year, the expansion funding preschool foundation aid payable to the school district is the product of the regular program state cost per pupil for the school year multiplied by fifty percent of the school district’s enrollment of additional eligible students for whom the school district applied and who were approved by the department in accordance with section 256C.7 in the district’s approved local program on the date in the school year determined by rule.
   (2)  For budget years subsequent to the initial school year for which a school district approved to participate in the preschool program receives expansion funding, the funding for the preschool foundation aid payable for the number of eligible students initially paid for by the expansion funding provided to that school district shall be paid from the appropriation made in section 257.16.
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  256C.7  Phase-in and expansion —— appropriations.
   1.  Phase-in.  For the initial fiscal year in which a school district participates in the preschool program pursuant to an appropriation provided in subsection 3, the department shall apply a modified set of the requirements of the provisions of this chapter relating to preschool program implementation, preschool enrollment reporting, and distribution of funding as necessary to begin the distribution in that fiscal year and additional program implementation in the next fiscal year. For each month after September 1, in the initial fiscal year that a school district approved to participate in the preschool program begins programming, the department shall reduce the preschool foundation aid payable to the school district by one-tenth of the amount that would otherwise have been payable to the school district for the full school year.
   2.  Expansion funding.  If the anticipated enrollment count of the eligible students enrolled in the approved local program implemented by a school district exceeds the enrollment count used to calculate the preschool budget enrollment for the district’s approved local program for that budget year, the school district may apply to the department for approval of expansion funding to cover the additional enrollment. If the actual additional enrollment is less than anticipated, the preschool foundation aid payable to the school district in the subsequent budget year shall be offset by the excess amount. The expansion funding shall be paid from the appropriation made in subsection 3.
   3.  Appropriations.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the designated fiscal years the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the initial year and expansion funding preschool foundation aid payments to school districts approved to participate in the preschool program and for administrative costs:
   a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, twelve million five hundred thousand dollars.
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, twelve million five hundred thousand dollars.
   c.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, twelve million five hundred thousand dollars.
   d.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, twelve million five hundred thousand dollars.
   4.  Insufficient funding.  For the fiscal years in the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2017, if the number of requests from school districts for initial participation in the preschool program and for expansion funding exceeds the funding made available for the preschool program under this section, the department shall utilize all of the following selection criteria in selecting the school districts that will be approved to participate in the preschool program:
   a.  Priority shall be given to school districts that do not have existing preschool programming within the school district boundaries ahead of applications for expansion funding.
   b.  Priority shall be given to school districts that have a high percentage of children in poverty and such children shall receive first priority for the programs.
   c.  Consideration shall be given to the size of school districts in large, medium, and small categories in order for there to be equitable statewide distribution of preschool program services.
   d.  Consideration shall be given to school districts with established, high-quality, community partnerships for the delivery of preschool programming that are seeking to expand access.
   5.  Repeal.  This section is repealed July 1, 2017.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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STECKMAN of Cerro Gordo

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STAED of Linn