House File 2136 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  TJEPKES


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of education to conduct a study,
  2    in consultation with the department of human services, of the
  3    financial and educational relationship between school
  4    districts and juvenile facilities.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 5776YH 81
  7 kh/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION JUVENILE FACILITIES
  1  2 FUNDING STUDY.  The department of education, in consultation
  1  3 with the department of human services, shall conduct a study
  1  4 of the financial and educational relationship between school
  1  5 districts and juvenile facilities administered or funded by
  1  6 the department of human services.  The study shall include,
  1  7 but not be limited to, a review of the funding for educational
  1  8 programs provided for children living in a psychiatric unit of
  1  9 a hospital licensed under chapter 135B or a psychiatric
  1 10 medical institution for children licensed under chapter 135H,
  1 11 or in an approved or licensed shelter care home as defined in
  1 12 section 232.2, subsection 34, or in an approved juvenile
  1 13 detention home as defined in section 232.2, subsection 32, or
  1 14 in a foster care facility licensed under chapter 237.  The
  1 15 recommendations developed shall include but not be limited to
  1 16 the funding structure and source of funding.  The department
  1 17 shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to
  1 18 the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
  1 19 appropriations subcommittees on education and on health and
  1 20 human services and the chairpersons and ranking members of the
  1 21 standing committees on education by January 1, 2007.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill requires the department of education, in
  1 24 consultation with the department of human services, to conduct
  1 25 a study of the financial and educational relationship between
  1 26 school districts and juvenile facilities administered by the
  1 27 department of human services.  The study shall include, but
  1 28 not be limited to, a review of the funding for educational
  1 29 programs provided for children living in a psychiatric unit of
  1 30 a hospital licensed under Code chapter 135B, a psychiatric
  1 31 medical institution for children licensed under Code chapter
  1 32 135H, an approved or licensed shelter care home, an approved
  1 33 juvenile detention home, or a foster care facility.  The
  1 34 recommendations developed shall include but not be limited to
  1 35 the funding structure and source of funding.  The department
  2  1 shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to
  2  2 the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
  2  3 appropriations subcommittees on education and on health and
  2  4 human services and the chairpersons and ranking members of the
  2  5 standing committees on education by January 1, 2007.
  2  6 LSB 5776YH 81
  2  7 kh:jp/gg/14