Senate File 2351 S-5149 Amend Senate File 2351 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. NEW SECTION . 256C.7 Preschool 4 scholarship program. 5 1. a. For the purposes of this section, unless 6 the context otherwise requires, “scholarship preschool 7 provider” means a public or private provider of 8 preschool services in this state that is not providing 9 the preschool services under an approved local program 10 and has the capacity to provide all of the following to 11 children receiving a preschool scholarship: 12 (1) Instruction from a teacher who is appropriately 13 licensed under chapter 272 and meets requirements under 14 chapter 284. The teacher shall possess a bachelor’s 15 or graduate degree from an accredited college or 16 university with a major in early childhood education 17 or other appropriate major identified in rule by the 18 department. 19 (2) A set of services operating in compliance 20 with rules adopted by the state board for scholarship 21 preschool providers relating to all of the following 22 requirements: 23 (a) Maximum and minimum teacher-to-child ratios and 24 class sizes. 25 (b) Applicable state and federal program standards. 26 (c) Student learning standards. 27 (d) A minimum of ten hours per week of instruction 28 delivered on the skills and knowledge included in the 29 student learning standards developed for scholarship 30 preschool providers. 31 (e) Parental involvement in the scholarship 32 preschool program. 33 (f) Compliance with data collection and performance 34 measurement processes and reporting as defined by the 35 department by rule. 36 b. Children eligible to enroll in an approved 37 local program implemented by a school district in 38 accordance with this chapter but who choose to utilize 39 a scholarship preschool provider for preschool shall 40 be eligible to receive a preschool scholarship in 41 the manner provided in this section for school years 42 beginning on or after July 1, 2014. 43 2. By July 31 of the school year for which a 44 preschool scholarship is requested, the parent or 45 guardian of the pupil requesting to receive the 46 preschool scholarship shall submit an application to 47 the department of management, on application forms 48 developed by the department, indicating that the parent 49 or guardian intends to enroll the child in preschool 50 -1- SF2351.3998 (4) 85 jp/sc 1/ 4 #1.

services offered by a scholarship preschool provider. 1 3. a. The department of management shall assign 2 each pupil a preschool scholarship in an amount not to 3 exceed the lesser of the following: 4 (1) The regular amount charged for full-time 5 enrollment in the preschool services offered by 6 the scholarship preschool provider to children not 7 participating in the preschool scholarship program. 8 (2) Twenty-five percent of the regular program 9 state cost per pupil during the school year in which 10 the child participates in the preschool scholarship 11 program. 12 b. The department of management shall on October 13 1 following the determination of the amount of the 14 preschool scholarship for each approved child remit 15 that amount to the scholarship preschool provider for 16 the approved child. 17 4. A preschool scholarship fund is created in the 18 state treasury under the control of the department 19 of management consisting of moneys appropriated to 20 the department for the purpose of providing preschool 21 scholarships under this section. For the fiscal 22 year commencing July 1, 2014, and each succeeding 23 fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general 24 fund of the state to the department of management to 25 be credited to the fund the amount necessary to pay 26 all preschool scholarships approved for that fiscal 27 year. The director of the department of management has 28 all powers necessary to carry out and effectuate the 29 purposes, objectives, and provisions of this section 30 pertaining to the fund, including the power to do all 31 of the following: 32 a. Make and enter into contracts necessary for the 33 administration of the fund. 34 b. Procure insurance against any loss in connection 35 with the assets of the fund or require a surety bond. 36 c. Contract with a private financial management 37 firm to manage the fund, in collaboration with the 38 treasurer of state. 39 d. Conduct audits or other review necessary to 40 properly administer the program. 41 e. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the 42 administration of the fund and accounts within the 43 fund. > 44 2. Title page, by striking lines 2 through 4 and 45 inserting < four-year-old children by establishing 46 a preschool scholarship program to defray the 47 costs for children to receive preschool services 48 through a scholarship preschool provider and making 49 appropriations. > 50 -2- SF2351.3998 (4) 85 jp/sc 2/ 4

______________________________ MARK CHELGREN ______________________________ JACK WHITVER ______________________________ JERRY BEHN ______________________________ BILL DIX ______________________________ KEN ROZENBOOM ______________________________ AMY SINCLAIR ______________________________ MICHAEL BREITBACH ______________________________ DAN ZUMBACH ______________________________ TIM L. KAPUCIAN ______________________________ JULIAN B.GARRETT ______________________________ MARK SEGEBART ______________________________ DAVID JOHNSON ______________________________ DENNIS GUTH -3- SF2351.3998 (4) 85 jp/sc 3/ 4

______________________________ BRAD ZAUN ______________________________ SANDRA H. GREINER ______________________________ NANCY J. BOETTGER ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN ______________________________ CHARLES SCHNEIDER ______________________________ JONI ERNST ______________________________ BILL ANDERSON ______________________________ RICK BERTRAND ______________________________ ROBY SMITH -4- SF2351.3998 (4) 85 jp/sc 4/ 4