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 PAG LIN 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