Senate File 85 SENATE FILE BY CONNOLLY Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the approval and administration of pilot 2 community education programs, and making an appropriation. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2173SS 80 5 kh/cl/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 276.4, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 276.4 STATE CONSULTANT. 1 4 1. The state consultant of community education shall serve 1 5 district and local advisory councils in accordance with rules 1 6promulgatedadopted by the director of the department of 1 7 education and in compliance with Pub. L. No. 93=380. 1 8 2. The state consultant shall study and evaluate pilot 1 9 programs established pursuant to section 276.6, and shall 1 10 annually submit a summary of pilot project activities to the 1 11 director of the department of education. The summary shall 1 12 highlight and briefly describe innovative and successful uses 1 13 of pilot project funds that have had a positive effect on the 1 14 students, citizens, schools, and communities participating in 1 15 the pilot project. The department shall annually offer the 1 16 summary to school districts. 1 17 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 276.6 PILOT GRANT PROGRAM. 1 18 1. A community education pilot program is established to 1 19 be administered by the department of education to encourage 1 20 schools and communities to work together to provide for 1 21 citizen participation in identifying the wants, needs, and 1 22 concerns of the neighborhood community and to coordinate all 1 23 educational, recreational, and cultural opportunities within 1 24 the community in accordance with this chapter. The program 1 25 shall provide for the establishment of community education 1 26 pilot projects by the school year commencing July 1, 2004, 1 27 which shall be located in at least fifteen public schools, 1 28 five located in large school districts, five located in 1 29 medium=sized school districts, and five located in small 1 30 school districts. For purposes of this section, a large 1 31 school district is a district with an actual enrollment of 1 32 five thousand or more pupils; a medium=sized school district 1 33 is a district with an actual enrollment that is greater than 1 34 one thousand one hundred ninety=nine pupils, but less than 1 35 five thousand pupils; and a small school district is a 2 1 district with an actual enrollment of one thousand one hundred 2 2 ninety=nine or fewer pupils. 2 3 2. The department shall develop the criteria and process 2 4 to be used in selecting school district grant recipients, and 2 5 a pilot project evaluation process. Selection criteria shall 2 6 include a method for prioritizing grant applications based on 2 7 illustrated efforts to meet the community's wants, needs, and 2 8 concerns regarding community education. A school district 2 9 that submits a grant application to the department, in a 2 10 format prescribed by the department, shall agree to provide 2 11 financial support in accordance with section 276.10, in a one= 2 12 to=one match of grant funding, for a community education pilot 2 13 project. 2 14 3. Up to five percent of any funds appropriated by the 2 15 general assembly for the purposes of this section may be used 2 16 for staffing, evaluation, and administration of the program. 2 17 4. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 2 18 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal year for 2 19 which the funds were appropriated shall not revert but shall 2 20 be available for expenditure for the following fiscal year for 2 21 the purposes of this section. 2 22 5. There is appropriated for each fiscal year from the 2 23 general fund of the state to the department of education the 2 24 sum of five hundred thousand dollars for purposes of the 2 25 community education pilot program. 2 26 Sec. 3. Section 276.10, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 2 27 amended to read as follows: 2 28 1. The board of directors of a local school district may 2 29 establish a community education program for schools in the 2 30 district and provide for the general supervision of the 2 31 program. Financial support for the program shall be provided 2 32 from funds raised pursuant to chapter 300 and from any private 2 33 funds and any federal funds made available for the purpose of 2 34 implementing this chapter, or in accordance with the 2 35 provisions of section 276.6 if the program is a pilot project. 3 1 The program, which recognizes that the schools belong to the 3 2 people and which shall be centered in the schools, may include 3 3 but shall not be limited to the use of the school facilities 3 4 day and night, year round, including weekends and regular 3 5 school vacation periods, for educational, recreational, 3 6 cultural, and other community services and programs for all 3 7 age, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups residing in the 3 8 community. 3 9 EXPLANATION 3 10 This bill establishes a community education pilot program 3 11 to be administered by the department of education and 3 12 appropriates $500,000 annually to the program. The program is 3 13 created to encourage schools and communities to work together 3 14 to provide for citizen participation in identifying the wants, 3 15 needs, and concerns of the neighborhood community and to 3 16 coordinate all educational, recreational, and cultural 3 17 opportunities within the community. 3 18 The program shall provide for the establishment of 3 19 community education pilot projects in at least 15 public 3 20 schools by July 1, 2004. The bill requires that five projects 3 21 be located in public schools in school districts with 5,000 or 3 22 more pupils, five projects in public schools within school 3 23 districts with 1,200 to 4,999 pupils, and five projects in 3 24 public schools located in school districts with 1,199 or fewer 3 25 pupils. 3 26 The department is directed to develop the criteria and 3 27 process, and a method for prioritizing grant applications. A 3 28 school district that submits a grant application must agree to 3 29 provide a one=to=one match of grant funding. Under Code 3 30 chapter 276, financial support for a community education 3 31 program is to be provided from the imposition of an 3 32 educational and recreational tax levy, and from any private 3 33 and federal funds made available for community education. 3 34 The state consultant of community education is directed to 3 35 study and evaluate pilot programs, and to annually submit a 4 1 summary of pilot project activities to the director of the 4 2 department of education. The department shall annually offer 4 3 the summary to school districts. 4 4 LSB 2173SS 80 4 5 kh/cl/14