House
File
2037
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2037
BY
RUFF
(COMPANION
TO
SF
2009
BY
HART)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
expanding
the
statewide
preschool
program
to
include
1
certain
five-year-old
children
and
including
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
135.173A,
subsection
4,
paragraph
p,
1
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
p.
One
person
who
is
part
of
a
local
program
implementing
3
the
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
young
4
children
under
chapter
256C
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
135.173A,
subsection
6,
paragraph
f,
Code
6
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
f.
Make
recommendations
for
improving
collaborations
8
between
the
child
care
programs
involving
the
department
of
9
human
services
and
programs
supporting
the
education
and
10
development
of
young
children
including
but
not
limited
to
the
11
federal
head
start
program;
the
statewide
preschool
program
12
for
four-year-old
young
children;
and
the
early
childhood,
13
at-risk,
and
other
early
education
programs
administered
by
the
14
department
of
education.
15
Sec.
3.
Section
256C.1,
subsections
1
and
4,
Code
2016,
are
16
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17
1.
“Approved
local
program”
means
a
school
district’s
18
program
for
four-year-old
young
children
approved
by
the
19
department
of
education
to
provide
high
quality
preschool
20
instruction.
21
4.
“Preschool
program”
means
the
statewide
preschool
program
22
for
four-year-old
young
children
created
in
accordance
with
23
this
chapter
.
24
Sec.
4.
Section
256C.1,
Code
2016,
is
amended
by
adding
the
25
following
new
subsection:
26
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
“Young
children”
means
children
who
are
27
four
years
of
age
or
who
are
five
years
of
age
and
have
not
28
previously
enrolled
in
a
preschool
program.
29
Sec.
5.
Section
256C.2,
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
30
follows:
31
256C.2
Statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
young
32
children
——
purpose.
33
1.
A
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
young
34
children
is
established.
The
purpose
of
the
preschool
program
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is
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
all
young
children
in
the
1
state
to
enter
school
ready
to
learn
by
expanding
voluntary
2
access
to
quality
preschool
curricula
for
all
children
who
3
are
four
years
old
or
who
are
five
years
old
and
have
not
4
previously
enrolled
in
a
preschool
program
.
5
2.
The
state
board
shall
adopt
rules
in
accordance
with
6
chapter
17A
as
necessary
to
implement
the
preschool
program
as
7
provided
in
this
chapter
.
8
Sec.
6.
Section
256C.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
9
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
a.
A
child
who
is
a
resident
of
Iowa
and
is
four
years
of
11
age
on
or
before
September
15
of
a
school
year
or
who
is
five
12
years
of
age
on
or
before
September
15
of
a
school
year
and
13
has
not
previously
enrolled
in
a
preschool
program
shall
be
14
eligible
to
enroll
in
the
preschool
program
under
this
chapter
.
15
If
such
a
child
is
enrolled
under
this
chapter
,
the
child
shall
16
be
considered
to
be
of
compulsory
attendance
age
as
provided
in
17
section
299.1A,
subsection
3
.
18
Sec.
7.
Section
256C.3,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
Code
19
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
b.
Subject
to
implementation
of
chapter
28E
agreements
21
between
a
school
district
and
community-based
providers
of
22
services
to
four-year-old
children
and
five-year-old
children
,
23
a
four-year-old
child
or
eligible
five-year-old
child
who
is
24
enrolled
in
a
child
care
center
or
child
development
home
25
licensed
or
registered
under
chapter
237A
,
or
in
an
existing
26
public
or
private
preschool
program,
shall
be
eligible
for
27
services
provided
by
the
school
district’s
local
preschool
28
program.
29
Sec.
8.
Section
256C.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2016,
is
amended
30
to
read
as
follows:
31
2.
Eligible
student
enrollment.
32
a.
To
be
included
as
an
eligible
student
in
the
enrollment
33
count
of
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
34
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program,
a
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child
must
be
four
years
of
age
by
September
15
or
be
five
years
1
of
age
and
meet
the
criteria
under
section
256C.3,
subsection
2
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
in
the
base
year
and
attending
the
school
3
district’s
approved
local
program.
4
b.
The
enrollment
count
of
eligible
students
shall
not
5
include
a
child
who
is
included
in
the
enrollment
count
6
determined
under
section
257.6
or
a
child
who
is
served
by
7
a
program
already
receiving
state
or
federal
funds
for
the
8
purpose
of
the
provision
of
four-year-old
or
five-year-old
9
preschool
programming
while
the
child
is
being
served
by
the
10
program.
Such
preschool
programming
includes
but
is
not
11
limited
to
child
development
assistance
programs
provided
under
12
chapter
256A
,
special
education
programs
provided
under
section
13
256B.9
,
school
ready
children
grant
programs
and
other
programs
14
provided
under
chapter
256I
,
and
federal
head
start
programs
15
and
the
services
funded
by
Tit.
I
of
the
federal
Elementary
and
16
Secondary
Education
Act
of
1965.
17
Sec.
9.
Section
299.1A,
subsection
3,
Code
2016,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
3.
A
child
who
has
reached
the
age
of
four
by
September
15
20
or
who
has
reached
the
age
of
five
by
September
15
and
who
is
21
enrolled
in
the
statewide
preschool
program
under
chapter
256C
22
shall
be
considered
to
be
of
compulsory
attendance
age
unless
23
the
parent
or
guardian
of
the
child
submits
written
notice
to
24
the
school
district
implementing
the
program
of
the
parent’s
or
25
guardian’s
intent
to
remove
the
child
from
enrollment
in
the
26
preschool
program.
27
Sec.
10.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
28
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
expands
the
statewide
preschool
program
for
33
four-year-old
children
under
Code
chapter
256C
to
also
include
34
five-year-old
children
who
have
not
previously
enrolled
in
a
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preschool
program
under
that
Code
chapter.
The
program
is
1
administered
by
local
school
districts
subject
to
rules
adopted
2
by
the
state
board
of
education
and
receives
funding
through
3
the
school
aid
formula.
4
References
to
four-year-old
children
in
the
program
named
in
5
Code
chapter
256C
and
in
related
Code
provisions
are
changed
6
to
“young
children”
or
expanded
to
also
refer
to
five-year-old
7
children
who
have
not
previously
enrolled
in
a
preschool
8
program
under
Code
chapter
256C.
9
The
bill
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
10
July
1,
2017.
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