House File 275 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 275 BY MASCHER A BILL FOR An Act establishing appropriations to accounts within the early 1 childhood Iowa fund. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2173YH (2) 88 md/jh
H.F. 275 Section 1. Section 256I.11, subsection 2, Code 2019, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0a. For each fiscal year beginning on or 3 after July 1, 2019, there is appropriated from the general fund 4 of the state to the department of education for deposit in the 5 school ready children grants account the sum of the following: 6 (1) The amount appropriated to the school ready children 7 grants account for the immediately preceding fiscal year. 8 (2) The product of the amount determined under subparagraph 9 (1) multiplied by the state percent of growth under section 10 257.8, subsection 1, for the budget year beginning on the same 11 date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. 12 Sec. 2. Section 256I.11, subsection 4, Code 2019, is amended 13 by adding the following new paragraph: 14 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0b. For each fiscal year beginning on or 15 after July 1, 2019, there is appropriated from the general fund 16 of the state to the department of human services for deposit 17 in the early childhood programs grant account the sum of the 18 following: 19 (1) The amount appropriated to the early childhood programs 20 grant account for the immediately preceding fiscal year. 21 (2) The product of the amount determined under subparagraph 22 (1) multiplied by the state percent of growth under section 23 257.8, subsection 1, for the budget year beginning on the same 24 date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 The early childhood Iowa fund under Code section 256I.11 29 includes a school ready children grants account under the 30 authority of the director of the department of education and an 31 early childhood programs grant account under the authority of 32 the director of the department of human services. 33 This bill establishes appropriations to each of those two 34 accounts within the early childhood Iowa fund for fiscal years 35 -1- LSB 2173YH (2) 88 md/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 275 beginning on or after July 1, 2019. The appropriation to 1 each account for each fiscal year is the sum of the amount 2 appropriated to such account for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal year plus the product of the amount appropriated for 4 the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by the state 5 percent of growth under Code section 257.8 for the fiscal year. 6 -2- LSB 2173YH (2) 88 md/jh 2/ 2