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Relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying certain funding provisions and including applicability provisions
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 23, 2023
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa is changing how it calculates the number of students used to decide how much money school districts get for preschool programs. Instead of using one single formula, the state will now count students from higher-income families and lower-income families differently when determining the budget. This change affects how much funding school districts receive for their preschool services.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the statewide preschool program under Code chapter 256C. Under Code chapter 256C, preschool foundation aid is calculated by multiplying the school district’s preschool budget enrollment by the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year. “Preschool budget enrollment” is defined as the figure that is equal to percent of the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district approved to participate in the preschool program on October of the base year. The bill modifies the calculation of “preschool budget enrollment” to be the sum of percent of the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district whose household income is 200 percent or greater of the federal poverty level plus the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district whose household income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill applies July 1, 2024, for school budget years beginning on or after that date.
House subcommittee
Named February 23, 2023. On February 28, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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