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