HF 367: Requesting the establishment of a legislative interim study committee to create a plan to provide universal learning and child care centers and programs

What it does

This bill requests that the legislative council establish an interim study committee to create a plan to provide universal comprehensive learning and child care centers and programs for children from zero to age five. The study committee shall address the optimal group sizes and adult-to-child ratios, quality of physical environment, primary caregiving assignments and preparation, continuity and seamless transition to next levels, cultural and familial continuity and optimal levels of participation, and measures for meeting the needs of the individual within the group context; examine the feasibility of combining center-based care and home-based care arrangements; develop and make recommendations for sharing and other arrangements when the local school district lacks capacity; identify and make recommendations for resolution of related transportation issues; examine the feasibility of providing regional incentives to increase collaborative efforts; and review and recommend best practices for outreach.

House subcommittee · named February 18, 2019

• Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa (R)
• Rep. Joel Fry (R)
• Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D) · ruth.ann.gaines@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

1. February 13, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
2. February 18, 2019House subcommittee named: Hanusa, Fry and Gaines