House File 868 H-1459 Amend House File 868 as follows: 1 1. Page 26, after line 35 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM 4 Sec. ___. Section 135.173A, subsection 4, paragraph p, Code 5 2021, is amended to read as follows: 6 p. One person who is part of a local program implementing 7 the statewide preschool program for four-year-old young 8 children under chapter 256C . 9 Sec. ___. Section 135.173A, subsection 6, paragraph f, Code 10 2021, is amended to read as follows: 11 f. Make recommendations for improving collaborations 12 between the child care programs involving the department of 13 human services and programs supporting the education and 14 development of young children including but not limited to the 15 federal head start program; the statewide preschool program 16 for four-year-old young children; and the early childhood, 17 at-risk, and other early education programs administered by the 18 department of education. 19 Sec. ___. Section 256C.1, subsections 1 and 4, Code 2021, 20 are amended to read as follows: 21 1. “Approved local program” means a school district’s 22 program for four-year-old young children approved by the 23 department of education to provide high quality preschool 24 instruction. 25 4. “Preschool program” means the statewide preschool program 26 for four-year-old young children created in accordance with 27 this chapter . 28 Sec. ___. Section 256C.2, Code 2021, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 256C.2 Statewide preschool program for four-year-old young 31 children —— purpose. 32 1. A statewide preschool program for four-year-old young 33 children is established. The purpose of the preschool program 34 is to provide an opportunity for all young children in the 35 -1- HF 868.2089 (1) 89 kh/tm 1/ 5 #1.

state to enter school ready to learn by expanding voluntary 1 access to quality preschool curricula for all children who are 2 four years old . 3 2. The state board shall adopt rules in accordance with 4 chapter 17A as necessary to implement the preschool program as 5 provided in this chapter . 6 Sec. ___. Section 256C.3, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b, 7 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 8 a. A child who is a resident of Iowa and who is four 9 years of age on or before September 15 of a school year shall 10 be eligible to enroll in the preschool program under this 11 chapter . For school budget years beginning July 1, 2022, July 12 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, a child who is a resident of Iowa 13 and who reaches five years of age on or after March 15 but on 14 or before September 15 of the calendar year during which the 15 school year begins shall be eligible to enroll in the preschool 16 program under this chapter if the school district elects to 17 enroll children who are five years of age for the three-year 18 period. For school districts that elect to enroll children 19 who are five years of age during such three-year period, a 20 child who enrolled as a four-year-old may enroll again as a 21 five-year-old. However, if insufficient space is available in 22 a preschool program for all eligible children, priority for 23 enrollment shall be given to children who are four years of age 24 on or before September 15 of a school year. If such a child is 25 enrolled under this chapter , the child shall be considered to 26 be of compulsory attendance age as provided in section 299.1A, 27 subsection 3 . 28 b. If space and funding are available, including funding 29 from another school district account or fund from which 30 preschool program expenditures are authorized by law, a school 31 district approved to participate in the preschool program 32 may enroll and pay the cost of attendance for a younger or 33 older child in the preschool program who does not satisfy the 34 requirements under paragraph “a” ; however, the child shall not 35 -2- HF 868.2089 (1) 89 kh/tm 2/ 5

be counted for state funding purposes. 1 Sec. ___. Section 256C.3, subsection 4, paragraphs b and c, 2 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 3 b. Subject to implementation of chapter 28E agreements 4 between a school district and community-based providers of 5 services to four-year-old children and eligible five-year-old 6 children , a four-year-old child or eligible five-year-old child 7 who is enrolled in a child care center or child development 8 home licensed or registered under chapter 237A , or in an 9 existing public or private preschool program, shall be eligible 10 for services provided by the school district’s local preschool 11 program. 12 c. A school district shall participate in data collection 13 and performance measurement processes and reporting as defined 14 by rule. In addition to preschool program data collection, 15 the school district data collected by the department shall 16 include data related to the number and birth month and year 17 of pupils who enroll in kindergarten, including all-day, 18 half-day, or transitional kindergarten programs, for more 19 than one school year and whether those pupils previously or 20 concurrently enrolled in the school district’s approved local 21 program. To the extent feasible, the data reporting relating 22 to kindergarten program enrollment shall be done in a manner 23 so as to avoid duplication of individual pupil data within 24 multiple categories. 25 Sec. ___. Section 256C.3, subsection 4, Code 2021, is 26 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 27 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. For budget years beginning on or after 28 July 1, 2022, each approved local program shall provide 29 consultation services for parents or guardians of children 30 enrolled in the approved local program and parents or guardians 31 of children eligible to enroll in the approved local program to 32 assist parents or guardians in assessing the child’s readiness 33 for enrollment in kindergarten or in a preschool program, as 34 applicable. 35 -3- HF 868.2089 (1) 89 kh/tm 3/ 5

Sec. ___. Section 256C.4, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Eligible student enrollment. 3 a. To be included as an eligible student in the enrollment 4 count of the preschool programming provided by a school 5 district approved to participate in the preschool program, a 6 child must be four years of satisfy the age by September 15 7 requirements of section 256C.3, subsection 1, paragraph “a” , in 8 the base year and be attending the school district’s approved 9 local program. 10 b. The enrollment count of eligible students shall not 11 include a child who is included in the enrollment count 12 determined under section 257.6 or a child who is served by 13 a program already receiving state or federal funds for the 14 purpose of the provision of four-year-old or five-year-old 15 preschool programming while the child is being served by the 16 program. Such preschool programming includes but is not 17 limited to child development assistance programs provided under 18 chapter 256A , special education programs provided under section 19 256B.9 , school ready children grant programs and other programs 20 provided under chapter 256I , and federal head start programs 21 and the services funded by Tit. I of the federal Elementary and 22 Secondary Education Act of 1965. 23 Sec. ___. Section 298A.2, subsection 2, paragraph a, 24 subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 25 (1) An approved local program under the statewide preschool 26 program for four-year-old young children under chapter 256C . 27 Sec. ___. Section 298A.2, subsection 2, paragraph c, 28 subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 29 (1) Start-up costs for an approved local program under the 30 statewide preschool program for four-year-old young children 31 under chapter 256C . 32 Sec. ___. Section 299.1A, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 33 amended to read as follows: 34 3. A child who has reached the age of four by September 15 35 -4- HF 868.2089 (1) 89 kh/tm 4/ 5

or five and who is enrolled in the statewide preschool program 1 under chapter 256C shall be considered to be of compulsory 2 attendance age unless the parent or guardian of the child 3 submits written notice to the school district implementing the 4 program of the parent’s or guardian’s intent to remove the 5 child from enrollment in the preschool program. 6 Sec. ___. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies 7 to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022. > 8 2. Title page, line 5, after < matters > by inserting < , 9 including statewide preschool program > 10 3. Title page, line 6, by striking < retroactive > 11 4. By renumbering as necessary. 12 ______________________________ MASCHER of Johnson -5- HF 868.2089 (1) 89 kh/tm 5/ 5 #2. #3. #4.