Senate
File
69
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
69
BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
determination
of
preschool
budget
1
enrollment
for
purposes
of
the
statewide
preschool
program
2
for
four-year-old
children
and
including
effective
date
and
3
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
1
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
c.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
means
the
figure
that
is
3
equal
to
fifty
the
sum
of
the
following:
4
(1)
Fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
5
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
6
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
7
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
8
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
9
(2)
Fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
10
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
11
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
12
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
13
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
whose
family
income
is
14
at
or
below
two
hundred
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
as
15
defined
by
the
most
recently
revised
poverty
income
guidelines
16
published
by
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
17
services.
18
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
19
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
20
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
21
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
Under
current
law,
the
preschool
budget
enrollment
figure
26
used
to
calculate
the
amount
of
preschool
foundation
aid
27
paid
to
a
school
district
participating
in
the
statewide
28
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
children
is
equal
to
50
29
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
students
in
the
30
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
district
approved
to
31
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
32
year.
33
This
bill
modifies
the
method
of
calculating
the
preschool
34
budget
enrollment
by
adding
to
the
current
calculation
an
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amount
equal
to
50
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
1
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
2
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
3
October
1
of
the
base
year,
whose
family
income
is
at
or
below
4
200
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
as
defined
by
the
most
5
recently
revised
poverty
income
guidelines
published
by
the
6
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
services.
7
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
school
8
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
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