House Study Bill 18 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            MANAGEMENT BILL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act expanding the scope of services under an existing
  2    appropriation for the community empowerment initiative
  3    involving preschool services and providing effective date and
  4    applicability provisions.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1157, section 17,
  1  2 subsection 2, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  Of the amount appropriated in subsection 1, $5,500,000
  1  4 is allocated to increase the funding designated for
  1  5 distribution to community empowerment areas to assist
  1  6 low=income parents with tuition for preschool and other
  1  7 supportive services for children ages three, four, and five
  1  8 who are not attending kindergarten in order to increase the
  1  9 basic family income eligibility requirement to not more than
  1 10 200 percent of the federal poverty level.  In addition, if
  1 11 sufficient funding is available after addressing the needs of
  1 12 those who meet the basic income eligibility requirement, a
  1 13 community empowerment area board may provide for eligibility
  1 14 for those with a family income in excess of the basic income
  1 15 eligibility requirement through use of a sliding scale or
  1 16 other copayment provision.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE == RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This
  1 18 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  1 19 enactment, is retroactively applicable to July 1, 2006, and is
  1 20 applicable on and after that date.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill expands the scope of services under an existing
  1 23 appropriation for FY 2006=2007 made in 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter
  1 24 1157, for the community empowerment initiative involving
  1 25 preschool services.  The bill expands the services to be
  1 26 provided through the appropriation beyond preschool services
  1 27 to also include other supportive services.  The bill also
  1 28 expands the four=year=old and five=year=old age range
  1 29 addressed in the appropriation to also include three=year=old
  1 30 children.
  1 31    The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
  1 32 applicable to July 1, 2006.
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