H-8274

   Amend Senate File 2347, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 37, after line 13 by inserting: 

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STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM PROVISIONS
   Sec. ___.  Section 256C.3, subsection 3, paragraph h, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   h.  Provision for ensuring that children receiving care from other child care arrangements can participate in the preschool program with minimal disruption due to transportation and movement from one site to another.  The children participating in the preschool program may be transported by the school district to activities associated with the program along with other children.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256C.3, subsection 3, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  A requirement that children with a family income at or below one hundred thirty percent of the federal poverty level, as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services, shall not be subject to additional tuition, fees, or other charges for added preschool time or other preschool-related services provided in addition to the minimum hours of instruction provided in accordance with paragraph “f”.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256C.3, subsection 4, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Development and implementation of a plan for the school district’s preschool program to have sufficient capacity to operate without a waiting list for school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2017.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraphs g and h, Code 2014, are amended to read as follows:
   g.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 2014, and each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool foundation aid received by a school district for a fiscal year in accordance with section 257.16, not more than five percent may be used by the school district for administering the district’s approved local program.  Outreach activities and rent for facilities not owned by the school district are permissive uses of the administrative funds. 
   h.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 2014, and each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool foundation aid received by a school district for a fiscal year in accordance with section 257.16, not less than ninety-five percent of the per pupil amount shall be passed through to a community-based provider for each pupil enrolled in the district’s approved local program. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 2014, and each succeeding fiscal year, not more than five ten percent of the amount of preschool foundation aid passed through to a community-based provider may be used by the community-based provider for administrative costs.  The costs of outreach activities and rent for facilities not owned by the school district are permissive administrative costs. The costs of transportation involving children participating in the preschool program and other children may be prorated.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256C.4, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The enrollment count of eligible students shall not include a child who is included in the enrollment count determined under section 257.6 or a child who is served by a an existing preschool program already receiving state or federal funds for the purpose of the provision of providing four-year-old preschool programming while the child is being served by the existing program. Such preschool programming However, the enrollment count of eligible students may include a child being served by an existing preschool program if the preschool programming in the existing program has been enhanced as a result of preschool program expansion incentive state aid provided under section 256C.7. For the purposes of this chapter an “existing preschool program” includes but is not limited to shared visions and other child development assistance programs provided under chapter 256A and section 279.51, special education programs provided under section 256B.9, school ready children grant programs and other programs provided under chapter 256I, and federal head start programs and the services funded by Tit. I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256C.5, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:

   For the purposes of this section and section 256C.4

chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  256C.7  Preschool program expansion incentive.
   1.  For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
   a.  “Base incentive enrollment” means the average of the actual enrollments of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district on October 1, 2011, October 1, 2012, and October 1, 2013.
   b.  “Incentive period” means the budget years beginning July 1, 2015, July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017.
   c.  “Incentive enrollment” means the amount by which the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district on October 1 of the base year exceeds the school district’s base incentive enrollment.
   d.  “Incentive state aid” means the product of twenty percent of the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year multiplied by the school district’s incentive enrollment in the base year.
   2.  a.  A preschool program expansion incentive is established in accordance with this section. In order to be eligible for the incentive, a school district must develop and implement a preschool program expansion plan, approved by the department, to expand enrollment of eligible students in the school district’s preschool programming. In addition, the school district shall work with existing preschool program providers to expand hours and otherwise enhance the preschool programming available to the children participating in the programs. The plan’s goal shall be that by the end of the incentive period the district’s preschool programming will be available without a waiting list to each child wanting to enroll in the programming. After completion of the incentive period, the department shall analyze the growth in access to the preschool program and enhancements made in preschool programming as a result of the incentive, including in the programs provided directly by school districts and in those offered in partnership with community providers. The department shall submit a report to the general assembly that shall include identification of progress made toward the incentive program’s goals and documentation of collaboration efforts made with input from participating families, early care providers, and community partners.
   b.  The elements addressed in the preschool program expansion plan shall include but are not limited to the following:
   (1)  How the school district will work in collaboration with participating families, early care providers, and community partners, as described in section 256C.3, subsection 3, to provide the preschool programming in as convenient and cost-effective a manner as possible for the families of the four-year-old children who are eligible for the programming.
   (2)  A specification of the roles of the early care providers and community partners in support of the expansion plan.
   (3)  A delineation of the specific steps for expanding hours and otherwise enhancing the preschool programming available to the children participating in the existing preschool programs located in the school district.
   (4)  Identification of specific outcomes and progress measures for the expansion plan. 
   (5)  Detailed plans for contacting and soliciting enrollment of eligible students, particularly from low-income families, non-English speaking families, and families from ethnic and racial groups underrepresented in the district’s preschool program enrollment.
   3.  The department of education shall provide required elements and recommend best practices for outreach and program expansion under the incentive, including expansion plan models that school districts may consider in developing their local expansion plans, and including but not limited to submission provisions, annual updates, and documentation of collaboration efforts with and input from participating families, early care providers, and community partners.
   4.  During the incentive period, in addition to the regular preschool foundation aid based on the preschool budget enrollment, the school district implementing a preschool expansion plan approved by the department shall receive incentive state aid based on the district’s incentive enrollment. The incentive state aid shall be paid as part of the state aid payments made to school districts in accordance with section 257.16.
   5.  A school district shall utilize its incentive state aid to defray increases in costs in connection with the school district’s preschool program expansion plan. Such costs shall include but are not limited to renovation and other facility costs connected with expansion, outreach, one-time expenses, and other costs identified as eligible by the department.
   Sec. ___.  Section 257.16, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  For the fiscal years in which the preschool program expansion incentive applies in accordance with section 256C.7, the appropriation made in subsection 1 shall include the amount necessary to pay incentive state aid in accordance with section 256C.7. This subsection is repealed on July 1, 2018.
   Sec. ___.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring compliance with any state mandate included in this division of this Act shall be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid received by the school district under section 257.16. This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of this division of this Act by and enforcement of this division of this Act against all affected school districts.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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STECKMAN of Cerro Gordo

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ABDUL-SAMAD of Polk

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ANDERSON of Polk

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BEARINGER of Fayette

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BERRY of Black Hawk

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COHOON of Des Moines

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DAWSON of Woodbury

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DUNKEL of Dubuque

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GASKILL of Wapello

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HALL of Woodbury

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HANSON of Jefferson

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HUNTER of Polk

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ISENHART of Dubuque

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KEARNS of Lee

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KELLEY of Jasper

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KRESSIG of Black Hawk

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LUNDBY of Linn

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LYKAM of Scott

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MUHLBAUER of Crawford

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MURPHY of Dubuque

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 OLDSON of Polk

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 OURTH of Warren

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 PRICHARD of Floyd

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 RUFF of Clayton

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 M. SMITH of Marshall

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 STAED of Linn

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 STUTSMAN of Johnson

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 THEDE of Scott

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 WINCKLER of Scott

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 WOLFE of Clinton

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 WOOD of Scott