Senate
File
467
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
467
BY
KNOX
and
TRONE
GARRIOTT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
criteria
for
and
funding
of
approved
local
1
preschool
programs
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256C.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
f,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
f.
A
minimum
of
ten
thirty
hours
per
week
of
instruction
3
delivered
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
included
in
the
student
4
learning
standards
developed
for
the
preschool
program.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
6
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
c.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
means
the
figure
that
is
8
equal
to
fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
9
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
10
district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
on
11
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
12
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
13
Sec.
3.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
14
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
a.
For
the
initial
school
year
for
which
a
school
district
16
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
receives
that
17
approval
and
implements
the
preschool
program,
the
funding
for
18
the
preschool
foundation
aid
payable
to
that
school
district
19
shall
be
paid
from
the
appropriation
made
for
that
school
year
20
in
section
256C.6
,
Code
2011,
or
in
another
appropriation
21
made
for
purposes
of
this
chapter
.
For
that
school
year,
the
22
preschool
foundation
aid
payable
to
the
school
district
is
23
the
product
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
24
the
school
year
multiplied
by
sixty
percent
of
the
school
25
district’s
eligible
student
enrollment
on
the
date
in
the
26
school
year
determined
by
rule.
27
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
28
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2024.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
The
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old
children
33
under
Code
chapter
256C
imposes
requirements
for
approved
local
34
preschool
programs
including
a
minimum
of
10
hours
per
week
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of
instruction
delivered
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
included
1
in
the
student
learning
standards
developed
for
the
preschool
2
program.
This
bill
increases
the
minimum
number
of
hours
of
3
instruction
from
10
to
30
per
week.
4
The
amount
of
state
funding
for
each
school
district’s
5
approved
local
program
is
determined
using
a
preschool
budget
6
enrollment
that
is
equal
to
50
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
7
of
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
8
a
school
district
on
October
1
of
the
base
year.
The
bill
9
changes
the
preschool
budget
enrollment
used
to
determine
10
funding
to
an
amount
equal
to
100
percent
of
the
actual
11
enrollment
of
eligible
students
in
the
preschool
programming
12
provided
by
a
school
district
on
October
1
of
the
base
13
year.
The
bill
also
modifies
the
funding
calculation
for
the
14
initial
school
year
for
which
a
school
district
is
approved
to
15
participate
in
the
program.
16
The
bill
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
17
July
1,
2024.
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