First Substitute H.B. 330

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Representative LaWanna Lou Shurtliff proposes the following substitute bill:

1 STATE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR HEAD
2 START
3 2008 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: LaWanna Lou Shurtliff
6 Senate Sponsor: Gregory S. Bell
7
8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill establishes state supplemental funding for Head Start programs in Utah.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . appropriates money to the State Board of Education; and
14 . directs the board to provide:
15 . grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide
16 school readiness services to economically disadvantaged children and families
17 in accordance with federal Head Start program performance standards; and
18 . supplemental funding to Head Start programs in Utah that are currently funded
19 by the federal government.
20 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
21 This bill appropriates:
22 . as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, S. [ $700,000 ] $100,000 .S from the
23 Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of Education.
24 Other Special Clauses:
25 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.

26 Uncodified Material Affected:
27 ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL
28
29 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
30 Section 1. Appropriation.
31 (1) As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, there is
32 appropriated from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09, S. [ $700,000 ] $100,000 .S to the
32a State
33 Board of Education.
34 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the appropriation under Subsection (1) shall
35 be:
36 (a) used to provide grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies
37 that:
38 (i) provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged
39 children and families, with a special focus on early childhood education and school readiness;
40 and
41 (ii) comply with program performance standards as provided in:
42 (A) the federal Head Start Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.; and
43 (B) regulations that govern the activities of the Head Start program, 45 C.F.R. Parts
44 1301 through 1311;
45 (b) supplemental funding to Head Start programs in Utah that are currently funded by
46 the federal government; and
47 (c) distributed to agencies at a per child rate based on a statewide average of the federal
48 per child rate, resulting in S. [ 100 ] .S additional children receiving the comprehensive child
49 development services.
50 Section 2. Effective date.
51 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.