to adopt the amendments to HB 5503.
Representative Slagh moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5503. The motion did not prevail 11-15-2: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Wilson. Pass: Reps. Skaggs, Snyder. Representative Beson offered the following amendments to HB 5503: 1. Amend page 152, line 11, after "section" by striking out "may" and inserting "shall". 2. Amend page 152, line 14, after "(4)" by striking out the period and "An" and inserting "for at least 30% of its total allocation. For the purposes of this 30% allocation, an intermediate district or consortium of intermediate districts may count children served by a Head Start grantee or delegate in a blended Head Start, GSRP extended program, and great start readiness school- day program. Children served in a program funded only through Head Start are not counted toward this 30% allocation. The". 3. Amend page 152, line 21, after "consortium" by striking out "that contracts with community-based providers". 4. Amend page 153, line 1, after "subrecipient." by inserting "If the intermediate district or consortium is not able to contract for at least 30% of its total allocation, the grant recipient shall notify the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential and, if the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential verifies that the intermediate district or consortium attempted to contract for at least 30% of its total allocation and was not able to do so, then the intermediate district or consortium may retain and use all of its allocation as provided under this section. To be able to use this exemption, the intermediate district or consortium shall demonstrate to the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential that the intermediate district or consortium increased the percentage of its total allocation for which it contracts with a community-based provider and the intermediate district or consortium shall submit evidence satisfactory to the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential, and the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential must be able to verify this evidence, demonstrating that the intermediate district or consortium took measures to contract for at least 30% of its total allocation as required under this subsection, including, but not limited to, at least all of the following measures: (a) The intermediate district or consortium notified each nonparticipating licensed child care center located in the service area of the intermediate district or consortium regarding the center's eligibility to participate, in a manner prescribed by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential. (b) The intermediate district or consortium provided to each nonparticipating licensed child care center located in the service area of the intermediate district or consortium information regarding great start readiness program requirements and a description of the application and selection process for community-based providers. (c) The intermediate district or consortium provided to the public and to participating families a list of community-based great start readiness program subrecipients with a great start to quality rating of at least, for 2022-2023, 3 stars, and, for 2023-2024, enhancing quality level. (14) If an intermediate district or consortium of intermediate districts receiving a grant under this section fails to submit satisfactory evidence to demonstrate its effort to contract for at least 30% of its total allocation, as required under subsection (13), the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall reduce the allocation to the intermediate district or consortium by a percentage equal to the difference between the percentage of an intermediate district's or consortium's total allocation awarded to community-based providers and 30% of its total allocation." and renumbering the remaining subsections. 5. Amend page 154, line 15, after "in" by striking out "contracting" and inserting "complying with the requirement to contract". 6. Amend page 154, line 16, after "providers," by inserting "for at least 30% of their total allocation,". 7. Amend page 158, line 11, after "subsection" by striking out "(18)," and inserting "(19),". 8. Amend page 161, line 4, after "must" by inserting "be paid in full to the entity operating the classroom and may". 9. Amend page 161, following line 19, by striking out all of subdivision (d) and releterring the remaining subdivisions.