House File 656 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  REICHERT


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing an appropriation for a pilot project to
  2    implement a child care center that operates twenty=four hours
  3    per day, seven days per week.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2474HH 82
  6 jp/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  24=7 CHILD CARE PILOT PROJECT.
  1  2    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1  3 state to the department of human services for the fiscal year
  1  4 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
  1  5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  1  6 used for the purposes designated:
  1  7    For a grant for a pilot project in accordance with this
  1  8 section for a child care center to make child care services
  1  9 available twenty=four hours per day, seven days per week:
  1 10 .................................................. $    250,000
  1 11    2.  The department shall utilize a request for proposals
  1 12 process to select a vendor for the pilot project.  The purpose
  1 13 of the pilot project is to provide safe, high=quality child
  1 14 care twenty=four hours per day, seven days per week to
  1 15 accommodate a wide variety of work schedules.  The pilot
  1 16 project must serve children living in both rural and urban
  1 17 areas.
  1 18    3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  1 19 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
  1 20 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
  1 21 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  1 22 the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill provides an appropriation to the department of
  1 25 human services for a pilot project to implement a child care
  1 26 center that operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
  1 27 The purpose of the pilot project is to provide safe,
  1 28 high=quality care at all times to accommodate a wide variety
  1 29 of work schedules.  The pilot project is required to serve
  1 30 children living in both rural and urban areas.  A nonreversion
  1 31 clause authorizes money remaining unexpended at the close of
  1 32 the fiscal year to carry forward for expenditure in the
  1 33 succeeding fiscal year.
  1 34 LSB 2474HH 82
  1 35 jp:nh/es/88