Bill Text: IA SF2347 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents, and providing for related matters. (Formerly SSB 3213.) Effective 7-1-14.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-30 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 930. [SF2347 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-SF2347-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2347
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF, THE OPERATION OF, AND APPROPRIATION
OF MONEYS TO THE COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION, THE
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
AND THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED
MATTERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2014-2015 APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 141, section 21, is
amended to read as follows:
SEC. 21. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department for the blind for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30,
2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,020,908
2,298,358
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 88.00
2. For costs associated with universal access to audio
information for blind and print handicapped Iowans:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 25,000
52,000

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COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 2. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 141, section 22, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 22. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 116,472
250,109
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 3.95
2. STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
For payments to students for the Iowa grant program
established in section 261.93 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 395,588
791,177
3. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.19 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,487
400,973
4. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For purposes of providing national guard educational
assistance under the program established in section 261.86 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,550,116
5,100,233
5. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.112 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 196,226
392,452
6. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER CARE GRANT PROGRAM
For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant
program established pursuant to section 261.6 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 277,029
554,057
7. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87 :

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,120,427
2,240,854
b. If the moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the
college student aid commission for fiscal year 2014-2015 for
purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program exceed
$250,000 $500,000 , “eligible institution” as defined in section
261.87 , shall, during fiscal year 2014-2015, include accredited
private institutions as defined in section 261.9, subsection 1 .
8. REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS
PROGRAM
For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan
forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.23 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,426
80,852
9. BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT
PROGRAM
For purposes of the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences
tuition grant program established pursuant to section 261.18 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,469
36,938
9A. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,300,000
10. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 800,000
1,600,000
11. RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.114 , if enacted :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000
400,000
Sec. 3. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 141, section 23, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 23. IOWA TUITION AND VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL GRANT
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2014-2015. Notwithstanding the standing
appropriations in the following designated sections for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015,
the amounts appropriated from the general fund of the state to

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the college student aid commission pursuant to these sections
for the following designated purposes shall not exceed the
following amounts:
1. For Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection
1 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23,256,724
48,413,448
2. For tuition grants for students attending for-profit
accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
261.25, subsection 2 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,250,000
1,975,000
3. For vocational-technical tuition grants under section
261.25, subsection 3 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,125,092
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 4. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 141, section 26, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 26. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,044,406
8,304,047
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 81.67
a. By January 15, 2015, the department shall submit
a written report to the general assembly detailing the
department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2014.
b. The department shall administer and distribute to school
districts and accredited nonpublic schools, without cost to the
school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, an early
warning assessment system that allows teachers to screen and
monitor student literacy skills from prekindergarten through
grade six.
2. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,

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and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 299,099
598,197
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 11.50
3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,556,584
5,911,200
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 255.00
For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
job placement and retention services for individuals with
significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
January 15, 2015, the division shall submit a written report to
the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
community rehabilitation program providers.
b. For matching funds for programs to enable persons
with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent position:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,564
89,128
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 72,768
145,535
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,147
90,294
4. STATE LIBRARY
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,357,532
2,715,063
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 29.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section

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256.57 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,262,114
2,574,228
5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,721,548
7,791,846
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 82.00
86.00
5A. REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
For state aid:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 992,913
a. The regional telecommunications councils established
in section 8D.5 shall use the moneys appropriated in this
subsection to provide technical assistance for network
classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area
networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support
activities.
b. Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall
be distributed by the department to the regional
telecommunications councils based upon usage by region.
6. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made
by secondary schools:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,315,067
2,630,134
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used
to reimburse school districts for vocational education
expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
set in sections 256.11 , 258.4 , and 260C.14 .
7. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
For use as state matching funds for federal programs that
shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for
not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,088,399
2,176,797
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 20.58
8. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— GENERAL AID
For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11 :

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,693,056
5,386,113
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014,
and ending June 30, 2015, not more than $132,975 $265,950
is allocated for the early childhood Iowa office and other
technical assistance activities. The early childhood Iowa
state board shall direct staff to work with the early childhood
stakeholders alliance created in section 256I.12 to inventory
technical assistance needs. Moneys allocated under this
lettered paragraph may be used by the early childhood Iowa
state board for the purpose of skills development and support
for ongoing training of staff. However, except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, moneys shall not be used for
additional staff or for the reimbursement of staff.
b. As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
this subsection, each early childhood Iowa area board shall
report to the early childhood Iowa state board progress on
each of the local indicators approved by the area board. Each
early childhood Iowa area board must also submit an annual
budget for the area’s comprehensive school ready children
grant developed for providing services for children from birth
through five years of age, and provide other information
specified by the early childhood Iowa state board, including
budget amendments as needed. The early childhood Iowa state
board shall establish a submission deadline for the annual
budget and any budget amendments that allow a reasonable period
of time for preparation by the early childhood Iowa area boards
and for review and approval or request for modification of
the materials by the early childhood Iowa state board. In
addition, each early childhood Iowa area board must continue to
comply with reporting provisions and other requirements adopted
by the early childhood Iowa state board in implementing section
256I.9 .
c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
early childhood Iowa fund, $1,159,009 $2,318,018 shall
be used for efforts to improve the quality of early care,
health, and education programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to
this paragraph may be used for additional staff and for the
reimbursement of staff. The early childhood Iowa state board
may reserve a portion of the allocation, not to exceed $44,325
$88,650 , for the technical assistance expenses of the early

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childhood Iowa state office, including the reimbursement of
staff, and shall distribute the remainder to early childhood
Iowa areas for local quality improvement efforts through a
methodology identified by the early childhood Iowa state board
to make the most productive use of the funding, which may
include use of the distribution formula, grants, or other
means.
d. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
early childhood Iowa fund, $412,515 $825,030 shall be used for
support of professional development and training activities
for persons working in early care, health, and education by
the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
the professional development component group of the early
childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance maintained pursuant to
section 256I.12, subsection 7 , paragraph “b”, and the early
childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
professional development and training activities agreed upon by
the parties participating in the collaboration.
9. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— PRESCHOOL TUITION
ASSISTANCE
a. For deposit in the school ready children grants account
of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,714,438
5,428,877
b. The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be
used for early care, health, and education programs to assist
low-income parents with tuition for preschool and other
supportive services for children ages three, four, and five
who are not attending kindergarten in order to increase the
basic family income eligibility requirement to not more than
200 percent of the federal poverty level. In addition, if
sufficient funding is available after addressing the needs of
those who meet the basic income eligibility requirement, an
early childhood Iowa area board may provide for eligibility
for those with a family income in excess of the basic income
eligibility requirement through use of a sliding scale or other
copayment provisions.
10. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT
EDUCATION
a. For deposit in the school ready children grants account
of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,182,217

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12,364,434
b. The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be
used for family support services and parent education programs
targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and
infant children through age five and shall be distributed using
the distribution formula approved by the early childhood Iowa
state board and shall be used by an early childhood Iowa area
board only for family support services and parent education
programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn
and infant children through age five.
11. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
For expansion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-446, as
amended to January 1, 2013, birth through age three services
due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those
services:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 860,700
1,721,400
From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $191,885
$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
clinic at the state university of Iowa to provide additional
support for infants and toddlers who are born prematurely,
drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
12. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
For early head start projects:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000
600,000
The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
implementation and expansion of early head start pilot projects
addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional,
and developmental needs of children from birth to age three,
including prenatal support for qualified families. The
projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and healthy
family functioning, and strengthen the development of infants
and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be given
to those organizations that have previously qualified for
and received state funding to administer an early head start
project.
13. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks to each
resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by
section 301.1 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,107

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650,214
Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and
shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident
public school pupils.
14. CORE CURRICULUM AND CAREER INFORMATION AND
DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM
For purposes of implementing the statewide core curriculum
for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and a
state-designated career information and decision-making system:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000
15. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
program established pursuant to chapter 284 , and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,153,675
56,791,351
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.00
16. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
For school districts to provide direct services to the
most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
graduates specialist:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 335,000
700,000
17. EDUCATION REFORM
For implementation of the education reform provisions
pursuant to 2013 Iowa Acts, House File 215 , if enacted:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,420,000
17A. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL WEBSITE AND DATA
SYSTEM SUPPORT
For development of criteria and administration of a process
for school districts to establish specific performance goals
and to evaluate the performance of each attendance center
operated by the district in order to arrive at an overall
school performance grade and report card for each attendance
center, for website and data system support, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.00
17B. ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM
For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and
induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for
development and implementation of the coaching and support

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system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9,
subsection 63, paragraph “b”, as amended by this Act:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
17C. ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM
For purposes of establishing an English language literacy
for all grant program in accordance with section 256.9,
subsection 65, as enacted in this Act:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000
By November 1, 2014, the 25 Iowa school districts with
the largest number of students identified as limited English
proficient and receiving educational programming because of
that identification and grant moneys pursuant to section 256.9,
subsection 65, as enacted by this Act, shall submit a report to
the department in a manner prescribed by the department that
includes the following information:
a. A cost accounting of moneys expended on limited English
proficiency programming by the school district.
b. An identification of all native languages represented
by limited English proficient students who are served by the
school district.
c. The average number of years in English language learner
programming for limited English proficient students served by
the school district.
d. The number of full-time equivalent employees directly
serving limited English proficient students and the
student-to-teacher ratios for such students.
e. A review of the number and percentage of limited English
proficient students achieving English language proficiency over
the previous five years.
f. A list of English language learner programs not developed
by the district that are being utilized by the school district
for limited English proficient students.
17D. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
For purposes of administering the online state job posting
system in accordance with section 256.27:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250,000
17E. TASK FORCE, COMMISSION, AND COUNCIL SUPPORT
For the costs of providing department support to education
task forces, commissions, and councils established pursuant to
2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 121, including but not limited to the
assessment task force, the commission on educator leadership
and compensation, and the council on educator development:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,000

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17F. AREA EDUCATION AGENCY SUPPORT SYSTEM
For development and administration of a system by which area
education agencies shall support school districts implementing
frameworks or comparable systems approved pursuant to section
284.15, subsection 6:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
18. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts to provide intensive
instructional services, curricula, initiatives, programs, and
supports in accordance with for implementation of section
279.68, subsection 2 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,000,000
8,000,000
19. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
For purposes of the Iowa reading research center established
pursuant to in order to implement, in collaboration with the
area education agencies, the provisions of section 256.9,
subsection 53 , paragraph “c”:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 665,500
1,000,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to 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
specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
20. COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION
For implementation , in collaboration with the area education
agencies, of certain recommendations of the competency-based
education task force established pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts,
chapter 1119, section 2:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 212,500
425,000
a. From the The moneys appropriated in this subsection ,
not less than $50,000 shall be used to provide grants under
a competency-based education grant program , for writing
model competencies, for plans and templates, to develop
the assessment validation rubric and model assessments, and
to design professional development in accordance with the
recommendations of the task force . Notwithstanding section
8.33 , moneys received by the department pursuant to this
lettered paragraph subsection that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
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specified in this lettered paragraph subsection for the
following fiscal year.
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not
less than $50,000 shall be used for writing model competencies,
not less than $12,500 shall be used for plans and templates,
not less than $50,000 shall be used to develop the assessment
validation rubric and model assessments, and not less than
$50,000 shall be used to design professional development in
accordance with the recommendations of the competency-based
education task force.
21. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
For distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,000
100,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated for
distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
pursuant to 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 purpose
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
21A. AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES
For distribution to the area education agencies:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
22. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
a. For general state financial aid to merged areas as
defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and
260C :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 96,637,323
201,274,647
The funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C .
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
(1) Merged Area I
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,930,204
(2) Merged Area II
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,075,468
(3) Merged Area III
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,325,475
(4) Merged Area IV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,587,267

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(5) Merged Area V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,389,365
(6) Merged Area VI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,937,757
(7) Merged Area VII
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13,572,736
(8) Merged Area IX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,191,538
(9) Merged Area X
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31,470,426
(10) Merged Area XI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,680,001
(11) Merged Area XII
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,164,102
(12) Merged Area XIII
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,118,736
(13) Merged Area XIV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,676,006
(14) Merged Area XV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,673,082
(15) Merged Area XVI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,482,484
b. For distribution to community colleges to supplement
faculty salaries:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250,000
500,000
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 5. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 141, section 27, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 27. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 532,502
1,094,714
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 15.00
The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents

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office and the legislative services agency. The report
submitted in December 2014 shall include the five-year
graduation rates for the regents universities.
b. For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa regents
resource center in Council Bluffs:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 91,367
182,734
c. For moneys to be allocated to the northwest Iowa regents
resource center in Sioux City under section 262.9, subsection
22 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,301
66,601
d. For moneys to be allocated to the quad-cities graduate
studies center:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,257
34,513
The board may transfer moneys appropriated under paragraph
“b”, “c”, or “d”, of this subsection to any of the other
centers specified in paragraph “b”, “c”, or “d”, if the board
notifies, in writing, the general assembly and the legislative
services agency of the amount, the date, and the purpose of the
transfer.
e. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
public radio operations:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 195,784
391,568
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university, including lakeside laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 111,020,675
230,923,005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 5,058.55
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,093,279
2,186,558
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
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and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,201,307
4,402,615
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 102.50
d. Family practice program
For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
practice program, including salaries and support, and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 894,132
1,788,265
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 190.40
e. Child health care services
For specialized child health care services, including
childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 329,728
659,456
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 57.97
f. Statewide cancer registry
For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 74,526
149,051
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.10
g. Substance abuse consortium
For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent position:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27,765
55,529
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1.00
h. Center for biocatalysis
For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 361,863
723,727
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 6.28

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i. Primary health care initiative
For the primary health care initiative in the college
of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 324,465
648,930
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 5.89
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$127,445 $254,889 shall be allocated to the department of
family practice at the state university of Iowa college of
medicine for family practice faculty and support staff.
j. Birth defects registry
For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent position:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,144
38,288
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1.00
k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 81,270
162,539
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.75
l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
initiative:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 240,924
481,849
m. For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s
college of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 750,000
1,500,000
3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 86,993,176
180,945,807
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 3,647.42

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b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,055,938
29,886,877
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 546.98
c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
economics
For the cooperative extension service in agriculture and
home economics salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,133,361
18,266,722
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 383.34
d. Leopold center
For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university of
science and technology under section 266.39B , and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 198,709
397,417
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 11.25
e. Livestock disease research
For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
fund under section 267.8 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 86,422
172,844
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,611,409
89,176,732
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1,447.50
b. Recycling and reuse center
For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 87,628
175,256
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 3.00
c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

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collaborative initiative
For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
pursuant to section 268.7 , and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,600,000
5,200,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 6.20
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
support, activities directly related to recruitment of
kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
community colleges to develop STEM professional development
programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
development.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, not less than $250,000 nor more than $500,000 shall
be used to provide technology education opportunities to
high school, career academy, and community college students
through a public-private partnership, as well as opportunities
for students and faculties at these institutions to secure
broad-based information technology certification. The Iowa
governor’s STEM advisory council shall utilize a request for
proposals process for contracts to make available, through the
regional STEM network hubs, at high schools, career academies,
and community colleges, instruction on skills and competencies
that are essential for the workplace and which are requested
by Iowa’s employers. Such a contract The partnership shall
include provide all of the following components :
(a) A research-based curriculum.
(b) Online access to the curriculum.
(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
of information technology-related skill areas.
(e) Professional development for teachers.
(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
d. Real estate education program
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not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 62,651
125,302
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1.00
5. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,515,317
9,391,859
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 126.60
6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,882,568
3,915,741
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 62.87
7. TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing,
prescription, and transportation costs for students at these
schools pursuant to section 270.5 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,882
11,763
8. LICENSED CLASSROOM TEACHERS
For distribution at the Iowa braille and sight saving school
and the Iowa school for the deaf based upon the average yearly
enrollment at each school as determined by the state board of
regents:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,025
82,049
Sec. 6. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 141, is amended by adding
the following new section:
NEW SECTION . SEC. 27A. PERSONNEL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
PAYMENTS. As a condition made to any appropriation to the
department for the blind, the college student aid commission,
the department of education, or the state board of regents in
this Act, and as a condition to the fees established to finance
the activities of the board of educational examiners pursuant
to section 272.10, the moneys appropriated and any other moneys

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available for use by an entity specified in this Act shall
not be used for payment of a personnel settlement agreement
between that entity and a state employee that contains a
confidentiality provision intended to prevent public disclosure
of the agreement or any terms of the agreement.
Sec. 7. Section 256.7, subsection 31, Code 2014, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . c. Adopt rules to establish standards
for the identification, selection, and use of research-based
educational and instructional models for students identified as
limited English proficient, and standards for the professional
development of the instructional staff responsible for
implementation of those models.
Sec. 8. Section 256.9, subsection 53, paragraph c,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
Establish, subject to an appropriation of funds by the
general assembly, an Iowa reading research center which shall
collaborate with the area education agencies in implementing
the provisions of this paragraph “c” .
Sec. 9. Section 256.9, subsection 53, paragraph c,
subparagraph (3), Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
(3) The center shall submit a detailed annual financial
report , a description of its the center’s activities for
the prior fiscal year, and a statement of its proposed and
projected activities to the general assembly by January 15
annually.
Sec. 10. Section 256.9, subsection 63, paragraph b, Code
2014, is amended to read as follows:
b. Develop and implement in collaboration with education
stakeholders, a coaching and support system for administrators .
The coaching and support system shall be aligned with the
beginning administrator mentoring and induction program
created pursuant to section 284A.5 and shall also be designed
to support administrators in school districts approved to
implement the framework and comparable systems set forth
pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17 . For the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and each subsequent fiscal
year, the coaching and support system for administrators shall
be available to any school district whether or not the district
has been approved to implement the framework and comparable
systems set forth pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and
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Sec. 11. Section 256.9, Code 2014, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 65. Establish an English language literacy
for all grant program which shall be made available to all
school districts. Priority in issuing grants shall be given
to school districts with the highest percentage of students
identified as limited English proficient, to school districts
that have large numbers of students determined to be limited
English proficient, or to school districts that have an
exceptional diversity of languages of origin spoken by students
determined to be limited English proficient. A grant may be
awarded for a period of up to three years. The department
and each school district receiving a grant shall enter into
a performance agreement, which shall be renewed annually,
that identifies clear literacy achievement goals for limited
English proficient students enrolled in the school district
and includes an accountability system to measure student
performance and evaluate program effectiveness to ensure that
program goals are met. School districts may expend grant
moneys for professional development for professional staff
providing instructional services to limited English proficient
students.
Sec. 12. Section 257.31, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
2014, as amended by 2014 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2230, section
7, is amended to read as follows:
a. The committee shall increase establish a modified
supplemental amount for a district when the district submits
evidence that it requires additional funding for removal,
management, or abatement of environmental hazards due to a
state or federal requirement. Environmental hazards shall
include but are not limited to the presence of asbestos, radon,
or the presence of any other hazardous material dangerous to
health and safety.
Sec. 13. Section 257.41, subsection 1, Code 2014, as amended
by 2014 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2230, section 11, is amended to
read as follows:
1. Budget. The budget of an approved program for returning
dropouts and dropout prevention for a school district,
after subtracting funds received from other sources for that
purpose, shall be funded annually on a basis of one-fourth
or more from the district cost of the school district and up
to three-fourths by an increase in through establishment of
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Annually, the department of management shall establish a
modified supplemental amount for each such school district
equal to the difference between the approved budget for the
program for returning dropouts and dropout prevention for that
district and the sum of the amount funded from the district
cost of the school district plus funds received from other
sources.
Sec. 14. Section 261.92, subsection 1, Code 2014, as amended
by 2014 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2230, section 17, is amended to
read as follows:
1. “Accredited higher education institution” means a public
institution of higher learning located in Iowa which is
accredited by the higher learning commission, or an institution
of higher learning located in Iowa which is operated privately
and not controlled or administered by any state agency or any
subdivision of the state, and which promotes equal opportunity
and affirmative action efforts in the recruitment, appointment,
assignment, and advancement of personnel at the institution
and provides information regarding such efforts to the college
student aid commission upon request.
Sec. 15. Section 261.110, subsection 4, Code 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
4. A selected applicant who meets all of the eligibility
requirements of this section shall be eligible for a teach Iowa
scholar grant for each year of full-time employment completed
in this state as a teacher for a school district, charter
school, area education agency, or accredited nonpublic school.
A teach Iowa scholar grant shall not exceed four thousand
dollars per year per recipient. Grants awarded under this
section shall not exceed a total of twenty thousand dollars per
recipient over a five-year period. If a selected applicant has
received a federally guaranteed Stafford loan under the federal
family education loan program or the federal direct loan
program, a federal direct plus loan, or a federal Perkins loan,
the selected applicant may elect to have the commission make
payment under the program directly to the selected applicant’s
student loan holder.
Sec. 16. Section 261.113, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code
2014, as amended by 2014 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2257, section
8, is amended to read as follows:
d. Within nine months of graduating from the residency
program and receiving a permanent license in accordance with
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and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery specializing
in family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, internal medicine,
or general surgery for a period of five consecutive years in
the service commitment area specified under subsection 6 ,
unless the loan repayment recipient receives a waiver from the
commission to complete the months years of practice required
under the agreement in another service commitment area pursuant
to subsection 6 .
Sec. 17. Section 261.113, subsection 6, Code 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
6. Selection of service commitment area. A loan repayment
recipient shall notify the commission of the recipient’s
service commitment area prior to beginning practice in the area
in accordance with subsection 3 , paragraph “d” . The commission
may waive the requirement that the loan repayment recipient
practice in the same service commitment area for all sixty
months five years .
Sec. 18. Section 261.114, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
2014, as amended by 2014 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2257, section
12, is amended to read as follows:
b. Within nine months of receiving a degree and obtaining
a license in accordance with paragraph “a” , engage in the
full-time practice as an advanced registered nurse practitioner
or physician assistant for a period of five consecutive years
in the service commitment area specified under subsection 6 ,
unless the loan repayment recipient receives a waiver from the
commission to complete the months years of practice required
under the agreement in another service commitment area pursuant
to subsection 6 .
Sec. 19. Section 261.114, subsection 6, Code 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
6. Selection of service commitment area. A loan repayment
recipient shall notify the commission of the recipient’s
service commitment area prior to beginning practice in the area
in accordance with subsection 3 . The commission may waive the
requirement that the loan repayment recipient practice in the
same service commitment area for all sixty months five years .
Sec. 20. Section 262.28, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
262.28 Appropriations —— monthly installments —— transfers .
1. All appropriations made payable annually to each of the
institutions under the control of the board of regents shall be
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each month on order of said board.
2. In lieu of the consent and notification requirements of
section 8.39, the board may transfer moneys appropriated for
the purposes of the southwest Iowa regents resource center, the
northwest Iowa regents resource center, and the quad-cities
graduate studies center between such centers if the board
notifies, in writing, the general assembly and the legislative
services agency of the amount, the date, and the purpose of the
transfer.
Sec. 21. Section 272.10, subsection 4, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
4. The board shall submit a detailed annual financial report
by January 1 to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
joint appropriations subcommittee on education general assembly
and the legislative services agency.
Sec. 22. Section 272.29, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
272.29 Annual administrative rules review.
The executive director shall annually review the
administrative rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and
related state laws. The executive director shall submit
the executive director’s findings and recommendations in a
report every three years to the board and the chairpersons and
ranking members of the senate and house standing committees
on education and the joint appropriations subcommittee on
education general assembly by January 15.
Sec. 23. Section 273.3, subsection 11, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
11. Employ personnel to carry out the functions of the
area education agency which shall include the employment of an
administrator who shall possess a license issued under chapter
272 . The administrator shall be employed pursuant to section
279.20 and sections 279.23 , 279.24 , and 279.25 . The salary for
an area education agency administrator shall be established
by the board based upon the previous experience and education
of the administrator. Section 279.13 applies to the area
education agency board and to all teachers employed by the area
education agency. Sections 279.23 , 279.24 , and 279.25 apply to
the area education board and to all administrators employed by
the area education agency. Section 279.69 applies to the area
education agency board and employees of the board, including
part-time, substitute, or contract employees, who provide
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Sec. 24. Section 280.4, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
2014, is amended to read as follows:
b. For students first determined to be limited English
proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 1,
2010, the additional weighting provided under paragraph “a”
shall be included in the weighted enrollment of the school
district of residence for a cumulative period of time not
exceeding five years beginning with the budget year for
which the student was first determined to be limited English
proficient. The five years of eligibility for the additional
weighting need not be consecutive and a student’s eligibility
for the additional weighting is transferable to another
district of residence.
Sec. 25. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
d, and f, Code 2014, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 2014 , and
ending June 30, 2014 2015 , to the department of education, the
amount of eight hundred forty-six thousand two hundred fifty
dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards
in accordance with section 256.44 . Of the amount allocated
under this paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand
dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
position in accordance with section 256.45 .
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 2014 , and
ending June 30, 2014 2015 , an amount up to three four million
five hundred thirty-seven twenty-one thousand eight hundred
seventy-five dollars for first-year and second-year beginning
teachers, to the department of education for distribution to
school districts and area education agencies for purposes
of the beginning teacher mentoring and induction programs.
A school district or area education agency shall receive
one thousand three hundred dollars per beginning teacher
participating in the program. If the funds appropriated for
the program are insufficient to pay mentors, school districts,
and area education agencies as provided in this paragraph,
the department shall prorate the amount distributed to
school districts and area education agencies based upon the
amount appropriated. Moneys received by a school district
or area education agency pursuant to this paragraph shall be
expended to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred
dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation in
the school district’s or area education agency’s beginning
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plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the employer’s share
of contributions to federal social security and the Iowa
public employees’ retirement system or a pension and annuity
retirement system established under chapter 294 , for such
amounts paid by the district or area education agency.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 2014 , and
ending June 30, 2014 2015 , up to seven hundred eighty-six
thousand eight hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
purposes of implementing the professional development program
requirements of section 284.6 , assistance in developing model
evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
section 284.4, subsection 1 , paragraph “c” , and the evaluator
training program in section 284.10 . A portion of the funds
allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 2014 , and
ending June 30, 2014 2015 , an amount up to one million one
hundred thirty-six thousand four hundred ten dollars to
the department for the establishment of teacher development
academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10 . A
portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes
of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 2015 ,
and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department of
education, ten million dollars for purposes of implementing
the supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions
of section 284.11 . Annually, of the moneys allocated to
the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one
hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for
administrative purposes and for not more than one full-time
equivalent position.
Sec. 26. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph e,
subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), Code 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) For the initial school year for which a school district
receives department approval for and implements a framework or
comparable system in accordance with section 284.15 , teacher
leadership supplement foundation aid payable to that school
district shall be paid from the allocation made in subparagraph
(1) for that school year. For that school year, the teacher
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cost per pupil for the school year multiplied by the school
district’s budget enrollment. The board of directors of the
district of residence shall pay to the receiving district any
moneys received for a pupil under subparagraph (1) if the pupil
is participating in open enrollment under section 282.18 and
both the district of residence and the receiving district are
receiving an allocation under subparagraph (1).
Sec. 27. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph e,
subparagraph (3), Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
(3) Of the moneys allocated to the department for the
purposes of this paragraph “e” , for each fiscal year included in
subparagraph (1), not more than seven hundred thousand dollars
shall be used by the department for the development of a
delivery system , in collaboration with area education agencies,
to assist in implementing the career paths and leadership
roles considered pursuant to sections 284.15 , 284.16 , and
284.17 , including but not limited to planning grants to school
districts and area education agencies, technical assistance
for the department, technical assistance for districts and
area education agencies, training and staff development,
and the contracting of external expertise and services. In
using moneys allocated for purposes of this subparagraph (3),
the department shall give priority to school districts with
certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred students. A
portion of the moneys allocated annually to the department
for purposes of this subparagraph (3) may be used by the
department for administrative purposes and for not more than
five full-time equivalent positions.
Sec. 28. Section 284A.2, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
1. “Administrator” means an individual holding a
professional administrator license issued under chapter 272
who is employed in a school district administrative position
by a school district or area education agency pursuant to
a contract issued by a board of directors under section
279.23 and is engaged in instructional leadership. An
administrator may be employed in both an administrative and a
nonadministrative position by a board of directors and shall
be considered a part-time administrator for the portion of
time that the individual is employed in an administrative
position. “Administrator” does not include assistant principals
or assistant superintendents.
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WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS —— APPROPRIATIONS FY 2014-2015
Sec. 29. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 141, section 54,
subsections 1 and 4, are amended to read as follows:
1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,650,000
15,100,000
From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, not
more than $50,000 $100,000 shall be used by the department
for administration of the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A .
b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
to section 260C.50 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,750,000
5,500,000
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph,
$1,941,500 $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the
formula established in section 260C.18C .
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, not
more than $75,000 $150,000 shall be used by the department
for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
pursuant to section 260C.50 .
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, not
more than $733,500 $1,467,000 shall be distributed as grants
to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
programs for students requiring instruction in English
as a second language. The department shall establish an
application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
based on need for instruction in English as a second language
in the region served by each community college as determined by
factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
(4) From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph,
$105,000 $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of
human services for purposes of administering a pilot project
to provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
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to improve learning, literacy, cultural competencies, and
assimilation in 10 locations within a county with a population
over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
census. The department of human services shall utilize a
request for proposals process to identify the entity best
qualified to implement the pilot project.
c. For accelerated career education program capital
projects at community colleges that are authorized under
chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5 , paragraph “c”:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,000,000
6,000,000
As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated under this
paragraph, an entity shall testify upon the request of the
joint appropriations subcommittee on economic development
regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2,
subsection 2 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,500,000
5,000,000
e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2, subsection 2 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
2,000,000
f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40,
subsection 1 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 750,000
1,500,000
From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, not more
than $25,000 $50,000 shall be used by the department for
expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
Act.
g. For support costs associated with administering a
workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000
4. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
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grants in accordance with section 261.130 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,500,000
5,000,000
______________________________
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
______________________________
KRAIG PAULSEN
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2347, Eighty-fifth General Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2014
______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor