From Penny Milburn, Early Childhood Consultant, Iowa Department of Education
Kevin Fangman, acting director of the Iowa Department of Education, requested that I clarify the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program Application. Some districts may believe they do not have to apply for the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program but will be able to count their four-year-old children in EASEIR for the October 2011 count. This is not the case under the current law. Only those districts that have applied and are approved will generate the preschool funding formula in future October counts.
The DE encourages all districts to apply this year, the final year. It is important for Iowa’s four-year olds to have access to quality preschool.
