House
File
297
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
297
BY
INGELS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
statewide
preschool
program
by
modifying
1
certain
funding
provisions
and
including
applicability
2
provisions.
3
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
2023,
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
,
but
excluding
students
9
under
subparagraph
(2)
.
10
(2)
The
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
students
in
the
11
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
district
approved
12
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
October
1
of
the
13
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
14
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
whose
household
income
is
less
than
two
15
hundred
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
according
to
the
16
most
recently
revised
poverty
income
guidelines
published
by
17
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
services.
18
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
July
1,
2024,
for
19
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
that
date.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
relates
to
the
statewide
preschool
program
under
24
Code
chapter
256C.
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.
The
bill
33
modifies
the
calculation
of
“preschool
budget
enrollment”
to
34
be
the
sum
of
50
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
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students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
1
district
whose
household
income
is
200
percent
or
greater
2
of
the
federal
poverty
level
plus
the
actual
enrollment
of
3
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
4
school
district
whose
household
income
is
less
than
200
percent
5
of
the
federal
poverty
level.
6
The
bill
applies
July
1,
2024,
for
school
budget
years
7
beginning
on
or
after
that
date.
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