House File 728 - Introduced



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  H. MILLER, MERTZ, WIENCEK,
                                        FREVERT, UPMEYER, ABDUL-SAMAD,
                                        D. OLSON, MAY, DAVITT, and
                                        BERRY


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to support efforts to strengthen education and enrichment
  2    programming for youth using the arts and making an
  3    appropriation.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2542HH 82
  6 kh/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS == YOUTH ART
  1  2 EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT == APPROPRIATION.  There is
  1  3 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  1  4 department of cultural affairs for the fiscal year beginning
  1  5 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount,
  1  6 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  1  7 designated:
  1  8    For efforts to strengthen education and enrichment
  1  9 programming for youth using the arts:
  1 10 .................................................. $    100,000
  1 11    Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used
  1 12 by the department to employ on a part=time basis an arts
  1 13 education specialist, organize a professional development
  1 14 network to provide intensive professional development
  1 15 opportunities to child care providers, youth camps, parents,
  1 16 teachers, individuals providing competent private instruction,
  1 17 and teaching artists throughout the state, initiate ongoing
  1 18 research on best practices, engage in partnering opportunities
  1 19 with other state agencies, and to provide grants to support
  1 20 development of arts=based after school programming models for
  1 21 students at any grade level or at various grade levels from
  1 22 prekindergarten through high school.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill appropriates $100,000 from the state general fund
  1 25 for FY 2007=2008 to the department of cultural affairs for
  1 26 efforts to strengthen education and enrichment programming for
  1 27 youth using the arts.  The bill directs the department to use
  1 28 the funds to employ an arts education specialist, organize a
  1 29 professional development network to provide intensive
  1 30 professional development opportunities to child care
  1 31 providers, youth camps, parents, teachers, individuals
  1 32 providing competent private instruction, and teaching artists
  1 33 throughout the state, initiate ongoing research on best
  1 34 practices, engage in partnering opportunities with other state
  1 35 agencies, and to provide grants to support development of
  2  1 arts=based after school programming models for students at any
  2  2 grade level or at various grade levels from prekindergarten
  2  3 through high school.
  2  4 LSB 2542HH 82
  2  5 kh:sc/es/88.1