279.51 - PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN.
279.51 PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2007, and each succeeding fiscal year, the sum of twelve million six
hundred six thousand one hundred ninety-six dollars.
The moneys shall be allocated as follows:
a. Two hundred seventy-five thousand eight hundred sixty-four
dollars of the funds appropriated shall be allocated to the area
education agencies to assist school districts in developing program
plans and budgets under this section and to assist school districts
in meeting other responsibilities in early childhood education.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and for each
succeeding fiscal year, eight million five hundred thirty-six
thousand seven hundred forty dollars of the funds appropriated shall
be allocated to the child development coordinating council
established in chapter 256A for the purposes set out in subsection 2
of this section and section 256A.3.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, three million five hundred ten thousand nine
hundred ninety-two dollars of the funds appropriated shall be
allocated as grants to school districts that have elementary schools
that demonstrate the greatest need for programs for at-risk students
with preference given to innovative programs for the early elementary
school years. School districts receiving grants under this paragraph
shall at a minimum provide activities and materials designed to
encourage children's self-esteem, provide role modeling and mentoring
techniques in social competence and social skills, and discourage
inappropriate drug use. The grant allocations made in this paragraph
may be renewed for additional periods of time. Of the amount
allocated under this paragraph for each fiscal year, seventy-five
thousand dollars shall be allocated to school districts which have an
actual student population of ten thousand or less and have an actual
non-English speaking student population which represents greater than
five percent of the total actual student population for grants to
elementary schools in those districts.
d. Notwithstanding section 256A.3, subsection 6, of the
amount appropriated in this subsection for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2007, and for each succeeding fiscal year, up to two hundred
eighty-two thousand six hundred dollars may be used for
administrative costs.
2. Funds allocated under subsection 1, paragraph "b", shall
be used by the child development coordinating council for the
following:
a. To continue funding for programs previously funded by
grants awarded under section 256A.3 and to provide additional grants
under section 256A.3. The council shall seek to provide grants on
the basis of the location within the state of children meeting
at-risk definitions.
b. At the discretion of the child development coordinating
council, award grants for the following:
(1) To school districts to establish programs for three-year-old,
four-year-old, and five-year-old at-risk children which are a
combination of preschool and full-day kindergarten.
(2) To provide grants to provide educational support services to
parents of at-risk children age birth through three years.
3. The department shall seek assistance from foundations and
public and private agencies in the evaluation of the programs funded
under this section, and in the provision of support to school
districts in developing and implementing the programs funded under
this section.
4. The state board of education shall adopt rules under chapter
17A for the administration of this section. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 135, §76; 90 Acts, ch 1272, § 69, 70; 91 Acts, ch 267,
§239, 240; 92 Acts, ch 1227, § 21; 94 Acts, ch 1199, §47--49; 95
Acts, ch 209, §14; 96 Acts, ch 1186, § 23; 96 Acts, ch 1219, § 7--10;
97 Acts, ch 209, §17, 18; 98 Acts, ch 1133, § 1; 98 Acts, ch 1215, §
44; 98 Acts, ch 1223, § 24, 25; 99 Acts, ch 192, §33; 99 Acts, ch
195, §11, 12; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §32; 2000 Acts, ch 1198, §2--4, 6;
2007 Acts, ch 215, §62
Referred to in § 256A.3