Bill Text: IA SF2075 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to statewide voluntary preschool program students whose household income is below a certain amount, minimum hours required to be offered, and funding calculations.(See SF 2383.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-15 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2383. S.J. 313. [SF2075 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2075-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2075
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2075
BY
EVANS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
statewide
voluntary
preschool
program
1
students
whose
household
income
is
below
a
certain
2
amount,
minimum
hours
required
to
be
offered,
and
funding
3
calculations.
4
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
2024,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph
and
inserting
in
2
lieu
thereof
the
following:
3
f.
(1)
Either
of
the
following
as
chosen
by
the
school
4
district
at
the
beginning
of
each
school
year:
5
(a)
A
minimum
of
ten
hours
per
week
of
instruction
delivered
6
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
included
in
the
student
learning
7
standards
developed
for
the
preschool
program.
8
(b)
(i)
A
minimum
of
ten
hours
per
week
of
instruction
9
delivered
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
included
in
the
student
10
learning
standards
developed
for
the
preschool
program
to
11
students
not
described
in
subparagraph
subdivision
(ii).
12
(ii)
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
for
13
eligible
students
whose
household
income
is
less
than
one
14
hundred
eighty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
15
applicable
to
the
family’s
size,
a
minimum
of
fifteen
hours
16
per
week
of
instruction
delivered
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
17
included
in
the
student
learning
standards
developed
for
the
18
preschool
program.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
19
and
each
succeeding
school
year,
for
eligible
students
whose
20
household
income
is
less
than
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
21
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family’s
size,
22
a
minimum
of
twenty
hours
per
week
of
instruction
delivered
23
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
included
in
the
student
learning
24
standards
developed
for
the
preschool
program.
25
(2)
If
a
school
district
chooses
to
satisfy
the
minimum
26
hour
requirements
for
a
school
year
under
subparagraph
(1),
27
subparagraph
division
(b),
families
of
eligible
children
whose
28
household
income
is
less
than
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
29
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family’s
size
30
may
choose
between
ten
hours
of
instruction
per
week
or
the
31
minimum
hours
of
instruction
established
in
subparagraph
(1),
32
subparagraph
division
(b),
subparagraph
subdivision
(ii),
for
33
the
eligible
child.
34
Sec.
2.
Section
256C.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
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2024,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph
and
inserting
in
1
lieu
thereof
the
following:
2
c.
“Preschool
budget
enrollment”
means
either
of
the
3
following
figures
as
applicable
to
the
school
district
based
on
4
the
numbers
of
eligible
students
approved
to
participate
and
5
enrolled
in
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
the
school
6
district
on
October
1
of
the
base
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
7
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday:
8
(1)
For
a
school
district
providing
minimum
required
school
9
hours
as
set
under
section
256C.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
“f”
,
10
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a),
fifty
percent
of
11
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
students.
12
(2)
(a)
For
a
school
district
providing
minimum
required
13
school
hours
as
set
under
section
256C.3,
subsection
3,
14
paragraph
“f”
,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(b),
15
fifty
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
students
not
16
described
in
subparagraph
division
(b).
17
(b)
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
seventy-five
18
percent
of
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
students
who
19
receive
a
minimum
of
fifteen
hours
of
instruction
per
week
and
20
whose
household
income
is
less
than
one
hundred
eighty-five
21
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family’s
22
size.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
each
23
succeeding
school
year,
the
actual
enrollment
of
eligible
24
students
who
receive
a
minimum
of
twenty
hours
of
instruction
25
per
week
and
whose
household
income
is
less
than
one
hundred
26
eighty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
27
the
family’s
size.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
relates
to
statewide
voluntary
preschool
program
32
(SVPP)
students
whose
household
income
is
below
a
certain
33
amount,
minimum
hours
required
to
be
offered,
and
funding
34
calculations.
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The
bill
allows
each
school
district
to
choose
at
the
1
beginning
of
each
school
year
between
the
currently
required
2
minimum
10
hours
of
instruction
per
week
for
an
enrolled
child,
3
or
a
heightened
required
amount
of
hours
for
enrolled
children
4
whose
household
family
income
is
below
185
percent
of
the
5
federal
poverty
level
(FPL)
and
a
required
10
hours
per
week
6
of
instruction
for
all
other
children.
For
FY
2024-2025,
the
7
heightened
requirement
is
a
minimum
of
15
hours
per
week
of
8
instruction,
and
for
FY
2025-2026,
and
each
succeeding
school
9
year,
the
heightened
requirement
is
a
minimum
of
20
hours
per
10
week
of
instruction.
11
The
bill
requires
school
districts
to
allow
families
of
12
children
whose
household
income
is
below
185
percent
of
the
13
FPL
applicable
to
the
family’s
size
to
choose
between
10
hours
14
of
instruction
per
week
or
the
minimum
hours
of
instruction
15
established
for
children
of
families
with
income
below
185
16
percent
of
the
FPL
applicable
to
the
family’s
size
for
the
17
child.
18
A
school
district
with
an
approved
SVPP
is
funded
in
part
by
19
preschool
foundation
aid
payments.
The
preschool
foundation
20
aid
is
calculated
by
multiplying
the
regular
program
state
cost
21
per
pupil
by
the
school
district’s
preschool
budget
enrollment.
22
Currently,
the
preschool
budget
enrollment
for
a
given
year
23
is
calculated
by
multiplying
the
number
of
eligible
students
24
enrolled
in
the
preschool
program
by
50
percent.
25
The
bill
changes
the
calculation
for
preschool
budget
26
enrollment
for
school
districts
that
choose
to
follow
the
27
heightened
hours
of
instruction
requirement
for
children
whose
28
household
income
is
below
185
percent
of
the
FPL
to
the
sum
29
of
the
following
number
of
eligible
students:
(1)
for
the
30
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
75
percent
of
eligible
31
students
who
receive
15
hours
per
week
of
instruction
and
whose
32
household
income
is
less
than
185
percent
of
the
FPL
plus
50
33
percent
of
all
other
eligible
students;
and
(2)
for
school
34
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2025,
the
actual
number
of
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eligible
students
who
receive
20
hours
per
week
of
instruction
1
and
whose
household
income
is
less
than
185
percent
of
the
FPL
2
plus
50
percent
of
all
other
eligible
students.
Calculations
3
for
preschool
budget
enrollment
for
school
districts
that
4
continue
to
follow
currently
required
minimum
hours
of
5
instruction
remain
unchanged.
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