Senate
File
189
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
189
BY
MATHIS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
funding
for
the
statewide
preschool
program
1
for
four-year-old
children
and
including
effective
date
and
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256C.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
A
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
children
3
is
established.
The
purpose
of
the
preschool
program
is
to
4
provide
an
opportunity
for
all
young
children
in
the
state
to
5
enter
school
ready
to
learn
by
expanding
voluntary
access
to
6
quality
preschool
curricula
for
all
children
who
are
four
years
7
old.
The
preschool
program
also
seeks
to
achieve
the
goal
of
8
providing
access
to
full-day
preschool
for
all
children
who
are
9
four
years
old.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
11
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
c.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
means
the
figure
that
is
13
equal
to
fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
14
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
15
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
16
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
17
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
18
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
19
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
20
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
21
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021.
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
Code
chapter
256C,
preschool
foundation
aid
is
26
calculated
by
multiplying
the
school
district’s
preschool
27
budget
enrollment
by
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
28
pupil
for
the
budget
year.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
is
29
defined
as
the
figure
that
is
equal
to
50
percent
of
the
actual
30
enrollment
of
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
31
provided
by
a
school
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
32
preschool
program
on
October
1
of
the
base
year.
This
bill
33
modifies
the
definition
to
provide
that
the
preschool
budget
34
enrollment
is
equal
to
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
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students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
1
district.
2
The
bill
specifies
that
the
preschool
program
under
Code
3
chapter
256C
also
seeks
to
achieve
the
goal
of
providing
access
4
to
full-day
preschool
for
all
children
who
are
four
years
old.
5
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
school
6
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021.
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