House File 4
HOUSE FILE
BY WISE, MASCHER, BUKTA, MYERS,
D. OLSON, QUIRK, PETERSEN, FORD,
MILLER, STEVENS, LENSING,
WINCKLER, COHOON, MERTZ, WENDT,
FREVERT, BERRY, GASKILL, JOCHUM,
SWAIM, HOGG, WHITAKER, CHIODO,
CONNORS, KUHN, GREIMANN, FOEGE,
OSTERHAUS, STRUYK, REASONER, SMITH,
MURPHY, OLDSON, WHITEAD, LYKAM,
THOMAS, and DANDEKAR
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act making an appropriation for and extending the existence of
2 the Iowa early intervention block grant program, and providing
3 an effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1394HH 80
6 kh/pj/5
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256D.4, subsection 2, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 For each fiscal year in the fiscal period beginning July 1,
1 4 2001, and ending June 30, 2003 2005, moneys appropriated
1 5 pursuant to section 256D.5, subsection 3, shall be allocated
1 6 to school districts as follows:
1 7 Sec. 2. Section 256D.4, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
1 8 amended to read as follows:
1 9 3. For each year in which an appropriation is made to the
1 10 Iowa early intervention block grant program, the department of
1 11 education shall notify the department of revenue and finance
1 12 of the amount of the allocation to be paid to each school
1 13 district as provided in subsections 1 and subsection 2. The
1 14 allocation to each school district shall be made in one
1 15 payment on or about October 15 of the fiscal year for which
1 16 the appropriation is made, taking into consideration the
1 17 relative budget and cash position of the state resources.
1 18 Moneys received under this section shall not be commingled
1 19 with state aid payments made under section 257.16 to a school
1 20 district and shall be accounted for by the local school
1 21 district separately from state aid payments. Payments made to
1 22 school districts under this section are miscellaneous income
1 23 for purposes of chapter 257. A school district shall maintain
1 24 a separate listing within its budget for payments received and
1 25 expenditures made pursuant to this section. A school district
1 26 shall certify to the department of education that moneys
1 27 received under this section were used to supplement, not
1 28 supplant, moneys otherwise received and used by the school
1 29 district.
1 30 Sec. 3. Section 256D.5, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
1 31 amended to read as follows:
1 32 3. For each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
1 33 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2003 2005, the sum of thirty
1 34 million dollars.
1 35 Sec. 4. Section 256D.9, Code 2003, is amended to read as
2 1 follows:
2 2 256D.9 FUTURE REPEAL.
2 3 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2003 2005.
2 4 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 5 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 6 EXPLANATION
2 7 This bill extends until FY 2004=2005 the standing $30
2 8 million general fund appropriation to the department of
2 9 education for purposes of the Iowa early intervention block
2 10 grant program, and delays until July 1, 2005, the repeal of
2 11 the chapter that creates the program.
2 12 Under the current Code, the funding for the program ends
2 13 June 30, 2003, and the chapter is repealed effective July 1,
2 14 2003.
2 15 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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