Senate File 490 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1301)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

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

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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS == EDUCATION AND
  1  2 ENRICHMENT ARTS == APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from
  1  3 the general fund of the state to the department of cultural
  1  4 affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending
  1  5 June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  1  6 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  1  7    For efforts to strengthen education and enrichment
  1  8 programming using the arts:
  1  9 .................................................. $    100,000
  1 10    Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used
  1 11 by the department to employ on a part=time basis an arts
  1 12 education specialist, organize a professional development
  1 13 network to provide intensive professional development
  1 14 opportunities to child care providers, youth camps, youth
  1 15 development organizations, out=of=school programs, parents,
  1 16 teachers, individuals providing competent instruction, and
  1 17 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 education and enrichment programming
  1 21 models for students at any grade level or at various grade
  1 22 levels from 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
  1 27 using the arts.  The bill directs the department to use the
  1 28 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, youth development organizations,
  1 32 out=of=school programs, parents, teachers, individuals
  1 33 providing competent private instruction, and teaching artists
  1 34 throughout the state, initiate ongoing research on best
  1 35 practices, engage in partnering opportunities with other state
  2  1 agencies, and to provide grants to support development of
  2  2 arts=based education and enrichment programming models for
  2  3 students at any grade level or at various grade levels from
  2  4 prekindergarten through high school.
  2  5 LSB 2542SV 82
  2  6 kh:sc/es/88