House
File
347
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
347
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
9)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
17,
2015
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
licensure
of
child
care
programs
1
operated
or
contracted
for
by
a
school
district
or
2
accredited
nonpublic
school
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
237A.1,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2015,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
279.49,
subsection
1,
Code
2015,
is
amended
3
by
striking
the
subsection.
4
Sec.
3.
Section
279.49,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2015,
are
5
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
corporation
may
7
operate
or
contract
for
the
operation
of
a
program
to
provide
8
child
care
to
children
not
enrolled
in
school
or
to
students
9
enrolled
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six
before
and
after
10
school,
or
to
both.
Programs
operated
or
contracted
by
a
11
board
shall
either
meet
standards
for
child
care
programs
12
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
education
or
shall
be
licensed
13
by
the
department
of
human
services
under
chapter
237A
as
a
14
child
care
center
unless
the
program
is
exempt
from
licensure
15
under
chapter
237A
.
A
program
operated
by
a
board
under
16
contract
which
is
not
located
on
property
owned
or
leased
17
by
the
board
must
be
licensed
by
the
department
of
human
18
services.
Notwithstanding
requirements
of
the
department
of
19
human
services
regarding
space
allocated
to
child
care
centers
20
licensed
under
chapter
237A,
a
program
operated
or
contracted
21
by
a
board
which
is
located
on
school
grounds
may
define
22
alternative
spaces,
in
policy
and
procedures,
appropriate
to
23
meet
the
needs
of
children
in
the
program
if
the
primary
space
24
is
required
for
another
use.
25
3.
a.
The
person
employed
to
be
responsible
for
a
program
26
operated
or
contracted
by
a
board
that
is
not
licensed
by
the
27
department
of
human
services
shall
be
an
appropriately
licensed
28
teacher
under
chapter
272
or
shall
meet
other
standards
adopted
29
by
the
state
board
of
education
collaborate
with
that
board
in
30
the
operation
of
that
program
.
31
b.
An
employee
of
a
program
operated
or
contracted
by
a
32
board
shall
be
subject
to
a
background
investigation
at
least
33
once
every
five
years
after
the
employee’s
initial
date
of
34
hire.
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Sec.
4.
Section
280.3A,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
280.3A
Accredited
nonpublic
school
child
care
programs.
3
Authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
schools
4
school
may
operate
or
contract
for
the
operation
of
a
child
5
care
programs,
as
defined
program,
as
described
in
section
6
279.49
,
subsection
1
.
The
provisions
of
section
279.49
as
7
they
relate
to
child
care
programs
of
a
school
corporation
and
8
its
board
of
directors
apply
to
the
child
care
programs
of
the
9
accredited
nonpublic
school
and
the
authority
in
charge.
10
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
IMPLEMENTATION.
This
Act
takes
11
effect
January
1,
2016,
except
that
the
department
of
human
12
services
may
begin
implementation
prior
to
January
1,
2016,
to
13
the
extent
necessary
to
transition
to
full
implementation
of
14
the
provisions
of
this
Act.
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