Senate File 294 - Introduced SENATE FILE 294 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1078) (COMPANION TO HF 388 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the duties of the child development 1 coordinating council. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1424SV (3) 89 kh/jh

S.F. 294 Section 1. Section 256A.3, subsections 4 and 7, Code 2021, 1 are amended by striking the subsections. 2 EXPLANATION 3 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 4 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 5 This bill strikes two of the child development 6 coordinating council’s statutory duties: 1) the duty to 7 make recommendations to the department of education and the 8 general assembly regarding early elementary curricula, staff 9 qualifications, and training; child development programs; an 10 at-risk definition; and before and after school child care 11 programs, and 2) the duty to encourage the establishment of 12 regional councils designed to facilitate the development 13 on a regional basis of programs for at-risk three-year and 14 four-year-old children. 15 -1- LSB 1424SV (3) 89 kh/jh 1/ 1