First Substitute H.B. 330

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
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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, $700,000 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
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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, $700,000 to the 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 100 additional children receiving the comprehensive child
49 development services.
50 Section 2. Effective date.
51 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.