Iowa HF 2450: A bill for an act relating to DNA profiling of certain criminal offenders. (Formerly HSB 581.)

Bill Text

House
File
2450
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
2450

BY
BLOM

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
statewide
preschool
program
by
modifying
1

provisions
relating
to
eligibility,
funding,
and
compulsory
2

attendance
and
including
applicability
provisions.
3

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4

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Section
1.
Section
256C.1,
subsections
1
and
4,
Code
2026,
1

are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2

1.
“Approved
local
program”
means
a
school
district’s
3

program
for
four-year-old

young
children
approved
by
the
4

department
of
education
to
provide
high
quality
preschool
5

instruction.
6

4.
“Preschool
program”
means
the
statewide
preschool
program
7

for
four-year-old
young
children
created
in
accordance
with
8

this
chapter
.
9

Sec.
2.
Section
256C.2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
10

follows:
11

256C.2
Statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old

young
12

children
——
purpose.
13

1.
A
statewide
preschool
program
for
four-year-old

young
14

children
is
established.
The
purpose
of
the
preschool
program
15

is
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
all
young
children
in
the
16

state
to
enter
school
ready
to
learn
by
expanding
voluntary
17

access
to
quality
preschool
curricula
for
all
children
who
are

18

four
years
old

.
19

2.
The
state
board
shall
adopt
rules
in
accordance
with
20

chapter
17A
as
necessary
to
implement
the
preschool
program
as
21

provided
in
this
chapter
.
22

Sec.
3.
Section
256C.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
23

to
read
as
follows:
24

1.
Eligible
children.
25

a.
A
child
who
is
a
resident
of
Iowa
and
who

is
four
years
26

of
age
on
or
before
September
15
of
a
school
year
shall
be
27

eligible
to
enroll
in
the
preschool
program
under
this
chapter
.
28

If
such
a
child
is
enrolled
under
this
chapter
,
the
child
shall
29

be
considered
to
be
of
compulsory
attendance
age
as
provided
in
30

section
299.1A,
subsection
3
.
31

b.

A
child
who
is
a
resident
of
Iowa
and
who
is
five
years
32

of
age
on
or
after
June
1
but
on
or
before
September
15
of
the
33

calendar
year
during
which
the
school
year
begins
shall
be

34

eligible
to
enroll
in
the
preschool
program
under
this
chapter.
35

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If
such
a
child
is
enrolled
under
this
chapter,
the
child
shall
1

be
considered
to
be
of
compulsory
attendance
age
as
provided

2

in
section
299.1A,
subsection
3.
A
child
who
is
enrolled
as
a
3

four-year-old
may
enroll
again
as
a
five-year-old.
However,
4

if
insufficient
space
is
available
in
a
preschool
program
for

5

all
eligible
children,
priority
for
enrollment
shall
be
given

6

to
children
who
are
eligible
under
paragraph
“a”
.
If
a
child
7

enrolled
in
the
preschool
program
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
8

has
been
counted
for
state
funding
purposes
under
this
chapter

9

for
a
prior
school
year,
the
child
shall
not
be
counted
for
10

state
funding
purposes.

11

b.
c.
If
space
and
funding
are
available,
including
12

funding
from
another
school
district
account
or
fund
from
which
13

preschool
program
expenditures
are
authorized
by
law,
a
school
14

district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program
15

may
enroll
and
pay
the
cost
of
attendance
for
a
younger
or

16

older
child
in
the
preschool
program
who
does
not
satisfy
the
17

requirements
under
paragraph

“a”
or
“b”
;
however,
the
child
18

shall
not
be
counted
for
state
funding
purposes.
19

Sec.
4.
Section
256C.3,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
Code
20

2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21

b.
Subject
to
implementation
of
chapter
28E
agreements
22

between
a
school
district
and
community-based
providers
of
23

services
to
four-year-old
children
and
eligible
five-year-old

24

children
,
a
four-year-old
child
or
eligible
five-year-old
child
25

who
is
enrolled
in
a
child
care
center
or
child
development
26

home
licensed
or
registered
under
chapter
237A
,
or
in
an
27

existing
public
or
private
preschool
program,
shall
be
eligible
28

for
services
provided
by
the
school
district’s
local
preschool
29

program.
30

Sec.
5.
Section
256C.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
31

to
read
as
follows:
32

2.
Eligible
student
enrollment.
33

a.
To
be
included
as
an
eligible
student
in
the
enrollment
34

count
of
the
preschool
programming
provided
by
a
school
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district
approved
to
participate
in
the
preschool
program,
a
1

child
must
be
four
years
of

satisfy
the
age
by
September
15
2

requirements
of
section
256C.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
or
3

“b”
,
in
the
base
year
and
be
attending
the
school
district’s
4

approved
local
program.
5

b.
The
enrollment
count
of
eligible
students
shall
not
6

include
a
child
who
is
included
in
the
enrollment
count
7

determined
under
section
257.6
or
a
child
who
is
served
by
8

a
program
already
receiving
state
or
federal
funds
for
the
9

purpose
of
the
provision
of
four-year-old
or
five-year-old

10

preschool
programming
while
the
child
is
being
serv