House File 275 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1establishing appropriations to accounts within the early
2childhood Iowa fund.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1   Section 1.  Section 256I.11, subsection 2, Code 2019, is
2amended by adding the following new paragraph:
3   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0a.  For each fiscal year beginning on or
4after July 1, 2019, there is appropriated from the general fund
5of the state to the department of education for deposit in the
6school ready children grants account the sum of the following:
   7(1)  The amount appropriated to the school ready children
8grants account for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
   9(2)  The product of the amount determined under subparagraph
10(1) multiplied by the state percent of growth under section
11257.8, subsection 1, for the budget year beginning on the same
12date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made.
13   Sec. 2.  Section 256I.11, subsection 4, Code 2019, is amended
14by adding the following new paragraph:
15   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0b.  For each fiscal year beginning on or
16after July 1, 2019, there is appropriated from the general fund
17of the state to the department of human services for deposit
18in the early childhood programs grant account the sum of the
19following:
   20(1)  The amount appropriated to the early childhood programs
21grant account for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
   22(2)  The product of the amount determined under subparagraph
23(1) multiplied by the state percent of growth under section
24257.8, subsection 1, for the budget year beginning on the same
25date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made.
26EXPLANATION
27The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
28the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   29The early childhood Iowa fund under Code section 256I.11
30includes a school ready children grants account under the
31authority of the director of the department of education and an
32early childhood programs grant account under the authority of
33the director of the department of human services.
   34This bill establishes appropriations to each of those two
35accounts within the early childhood Iowa fund for fiscal years
-1-1beginning on or after July 1, 2019. The appropriation to
2each account for each fiscal year is the sum of the amount
3appropriated to such account for the immediately preceding
4fiscal year plus the product of the amount appropriated for
5the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by the state
6percent of growth under Code section 257.8 for the fiscal year.
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