HF 2052 (LSB 5280YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2052

BY  FETT and WILLIAMS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to community-based providers in the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256C.3, subsection 4, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  (1)  A school district may enter into a chapter 28E agreement with a community-based provider to allow the community-based provider to provide high-quality instruction as part of the approved local program.
   (2)  Upon the request of a community-based provider, a school district shall enter into a chapter 28E agreement with a community-based provider to allow the community-based provider to provide high-quality instruction as part of the approved local program.
   (3)  A chapter 28E agreement entered into pursuant to this paragraph shall not limit the number of eligible students who may receive high-quality instruction from a community-based provider as part of the approved local program.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to community-based providers in the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children. The bill authorizes school districts to enter into a Code chapter 28E agreement with a community-based provider allowing the community-based provider to provide instruction as part of the approved local program, and the bill requires school districts to enter into such an agreement upon the request of a community-based provider. Additionally, the bill prohibits such Code chapter 28E agreements from limiting the number of eligible students who may receive instruction from a community-based provider as part of the approved local program.