256C.6 - PHASE-IN -- APPROPRIATIONS.
256C.6 PHASE-IN -- APPROPRIATIONS.
1. Phase-in. For the initial fiscal year in which a school
district participates in the preschool program pursuant to an
appropriation provided in subsection 2, the department shall apply a
modified set of the requirements of the provisions of this chapter
relating to preschool program implementation, preschool enrollment
reporting, and distribution of funding as necessary to begin the
distribution in that fiscal year and additional program
implementation in the next fiscal year.
2. Appropriations for initial years.
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of education for the designated fiscal years the
following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for
the initial year preschool foundation aid payments to school
districts approved to participate in the preschool program and
administrative costs:
(1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
30, 2009, fifteen million dollars.
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June
30, 2010, fifteen million dollars.
(3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June
30, 2011, sixteen million one hundred sixty-two thousand five hundred
dollars.
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
succeeding fiscal year.
3. Insufficient funding. For the fiscal years in the period
beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2011, if the number of
requests from school districts for initial participation in the
preschool program exceeds the funding made available for the
preschool program, the department shall utilize all of the following
selection criteria in selecting the school districts that will be
approved to participate in the preschool program:
a. Priority shall be given to school districts that do not
have existing preschool programming within the school district
boundaries.
b. Priority shall be given to school districts that have a
high percentage of children in poverty and such children shall
receive first priority for the programs.
c. Consideration shall be given to the size of school
districts in large, medium, and small categories in order for there
to be equitable statewide distribution of preschool program services.
d. Consideration shall be given to school districts with
established, high-quality, community partnerships for the delivery of
preschool programming that are seeking to expand access.
4. Repeal. This section is repealed July 1, 2011. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 148, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1181, §70, 71, 74
Referred to in § 256C.5