Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
187
BY
DANIELSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
the
use
of
school
district
cash
reserve
1
funds
for
initial
year
preschool
program
funding
and
2
including
effective
date
and
applicability
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
For
the
initial
school
year
for
which
a
school
district
3
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
receives
that
4
approval
and
implements
the
preschool
program,
the
funding
for
5
the
preschool
foundation
aid
payable
to
that
school
district
6
shall
be
paid
from
the
appropriation
made
for
that
school
year
7
in
section
256C.6
,
Code
2011,
or
in
another
appropriation
8
made
for
purposes
of
this
chapter
.
For
that
school
year,
the
9
preschool
foundation
aid
payable
to
the
school
district
is
10
the
product
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
11
the
school
year
multiplied
by
sixty
percent
of
the
school
12
district’s
eligible
student
enrollment
on
the
date
in
the
13
school
year
determined
by
rule.
In
addition
to
the
amount
of
14
preschool
foundation
aid
payable
to
the
school
district
for
15
the
initial
year
of
implementation,
the
school
district
may
16
authorize
the
expenditure
of
funds
from
the
school
district’s
17
cash
reserve
in
order
to
meet
the
program’s
funding
needs
in
18
the
initial
year
of
implementation
if
the
amount
needed
by
the
19
school
district
exceeds
the
amount
of
preschool
foundation
20
aid
received
by
the
school
district
for
that
initial
year
of
21
implementation.
22
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
23
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
24
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
25
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
Code
section
256C.5
establishes
requirements
for
the
funding
30
of
a
school
district’s
approved
preschool
program
during
the
31
program’s
initial
year
of
implementation.
For
the
initial
32
school
year
for
which
a
school
district
approved
to
participate
33
in
the
preschool
program
receives
that
approval
and
implements
34
the
preschool
program,
the
funding
for
the
preschool
foundation
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aid
payable
to
that
school
district
shall
be
paid
from
the
1
appropriation
made
for
that
school
year
in
Code
section
256C.6,
2
Code
2011
(appropriations
ended
with
FY
2011),
or
in
another
3
appropriation
made
for
purposes
of
Code
chapter
256C.
4
This
bill
provides
that
in
addition
to
the
amount
of
5
preschool
foundation
aid
payable
to
the
school
district
for
6
the
initial
year
of
implementation,
a
school
district
may
7
authorize
the
expenditure
of
funds
from
the
school
district’s
8
cash
reserve
in
order
to
meet
the
program’s
funding
needs
in
9
the
initial
year
of
implementation
if
the
amount
needed
by
the
10
school
district
exceeds
the
amount
of
preschool
foundation
11
aid
received
by
the
school
district
for
that
initial
year
of
12
implementation.
13
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
school
14
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
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