256A.2 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL ESTABLISHED.

        256A.2  CHILD DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL
      ESTABLISHED.
         1.  A child development coordinating council is established to
      promote the provision of child development services to at-risk
      three-year-old and four-year-old children.  The council shall consist
      of the following members:
         a.  The administrator of the division of child and family
      services of the department of human services or the administrator's
      designee.
         b.  The director of the department of education or the
      director's designee.
         c.  The director of human services or the director's designee.

         d.  The director of the department of public health or the
      director's designee.
         e.  An early childhood specialist of an area education agency
      selected by the area education agency administrators.
         f.  The dean of the college of family and consumer sciences at
      Iowa state university of science and technology or the dean's
      designee.
         g.  The dean of the college of education from the university
      of northern Iowa or the dean's designee.
         h.  The professor and head of the department of pediatrics at
      the university of Iowa or the professor's designee.
         i.  A resident of this state who is a parent of a child who is
      or has been served by a federal head start program.
         2.  Staff assistance for the council shall be provided by the
      department of education.  Members of the council shall be reimbursed
      for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in their
      official duties and shall receive per diem compensation at the level
      authorized under section 7E.6, subsection 1, paragraph "a".  
        &p;Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1130, § 3; 89 Acts, ch 206, § 7; 91 Acts, ch 109, §5,
      6; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §58