Bill Text: IA HF642 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled
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 HSB 200.) Effective 7-1-17.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - NOBA: Graybook [HF642 Detail]
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House File 642 - Enrolled
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 200)
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A BILL FOR
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House File 642
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 2017=2018 APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from
the general fund of the state to the department for the blind
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June
30, 2018, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,187,342
............................................... FTEs 88.00
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 429,279
............................................... FTEs 3.95
2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $ 400,973
3. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For purposes of providing national guard educational
assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $ 3,100,000
4. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $ 200,000
b. The commission shall not provide loan forgiveness
under the program to any new applicant, but may renew loan
forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet the
eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
5. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $ 2,840,854
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, if the moneys
appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program exceed $500,000, "eligible institution" as defined in
section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2017, include accredited private institutions as defined in
section 261.9.
c. A person who received an all Iowa opportunity foster
care grant under section 261.6 during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2017, is exempt from the provision requiring that
enrollment begin within two years of graduation or receipt of
a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to section 261.87,
subsection 2, paragraph "g", as amended by this Act.
6. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $ 400,000
7. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $ 1,124,502
8. HEALTH CARE=RELATED LOAN PROGRAM
For purposes of the health care=related loan program
established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $ 200,000
Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, may be used
for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.73.
Sec. 4. WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending
June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general fund
of the state to the college student aid commission for the
work=study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 5,964,047
............................................... FTEs 81.67
b. By January 15, 2018, 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, 2017.
2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 598,197
............................................... FTEs 11.50
3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 5,625,675
............................................... 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, 2018, 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 moneys 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:
.................................................. $ 84,823
............................................... FTEs 1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $ 138,506
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $ 86,457
4. STATE LIBRARY
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,530,063
............................................... FTEs 29.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57:
.................................................. $ 2,464,823
5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 7,589,415
............................................... FTEs 86.00
6. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
For reimbursement for career and technical education
expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $ 2,630,134
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
reimburse school districts for career and technical 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 moneys for federal programs that
shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 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:
.................................................. $ 22,162,799
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
ending June 30, 2018, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
activities. 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. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
early childhood Iowa fund, $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 $88,650, for the technical
assistance expenses of the early 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.
c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund, $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 groups maintained by
the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance 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. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No.
108=446, as amended to January 1, 2017, birth through age three
services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
those services:
.................................................. $ 1,721,400
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
born prematurely, drug=exposed, or medically fragile.
10. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $ 574,500
b. 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.
11. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $ 650,214
b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
resident public school pupils.
12. 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:
.................................................. $ 3,395,667
............................................... FTEs 2.00
13. 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:
.................................................. $ 666,188
14. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
For 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 internet site
and data system support, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 250,000
............................................... FTEs 2.00
15. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
For purposes of administering the online state job posting
system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $ 230,000
16. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation
of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
progression for early readers:
.................................................. $ 7,824,782
17. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
warning assessment and administering the early warning system
for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $ 1,915,000
The department shall administer and distribute to school
districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
18. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
paragraph "c":
.................................................. $ 957,500
b. 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.
19. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
compact to pay Iowa's member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $ 115,000
b. 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.
20. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $201,190,889
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $ 9,926,071
b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $ 10,071,276
c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $ 9,321,594
d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $ 4,585,357
e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $ 11,384,625
f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $ 8,934,038
g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $ 13,567,088
h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $ 17,184,384
i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $ 31,457,331
j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $ 33,665,985
k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $ 11,159,456
l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $ 12,113,693
m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $ 4,674,061
n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $ 14,666,976
o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $ 8,478,954
Sec. 6. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT=RISK
CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
ending June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department of education for programs
for at=risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
than $10,730,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs "a", "b", and "c".
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, 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, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 794,714
............................................... 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
office and the legislative services agency. The report
submitted in December 2017 shall include the five=year
graduation rates for the regents universities.
b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad=cities
graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $ 278,848
c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
public radio operations:
.................................................. $ 359,264
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $216,759,067
............................................... FTEs 5,058.55
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,186,558
............................................... FTEs 38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 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 residency education program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 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:
.................................................. $ 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:
.................................................. $ 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:
.................................................. $ 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:
.................................................. $ 723,727
............................................... FTEs 6.28
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:
.................................................. $ 648,930
............................................... FTEs 5.89
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$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:
.................................................. $ 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:
.................................................. $ 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 established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $ 481,849
m. Iowa flood center
For the Iowa flood center for use by the university's college
of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $ 1,200,000
3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $172,874,861
............................................... FTEs 3,647.42
b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 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, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 18,266,722
............................................... FTEs 383.34
d. Livestock disease research
For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $ 172,844
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 93,712,362
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 175,256
............................................... FTEs 3.00
c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
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:
.................................................. $ 5,446,375
............................................... 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 $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
partnership shall provide all of the following:
(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.
(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
appropriated in this paragraph "c" that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
appropriated in this paragraph "c" shall not revert but shall
remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
d. Real estate education program
For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
not more than the following full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 125,302
............................................... FTEs 1.00
5. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 9,897,351
............................................... FTEs 126.60
6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 4,126,495
............................................... FTEs 62.87
Sec. 8. ENERGY COST=SAVINGS PROJECTS ==== FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30,
2018, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
the projects within an average of six years.
Sec. 9. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, for expenses relating to
prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
Sec. 10. Section 256.9, subsection 59, Code 2017, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 11. Section 261.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a and d,
Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
a. A member of the state board of regents to be named by the
board, or the executive director of the board if so appointed
by the board, who shall serve for a four=year term or until the
expiration of the member's term of office. Such member shall
convene the organizational meeting of the commission.
d. Eight Nine additional members to be appointed by the
governor. as follows:
(1) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
private colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
by any organization or association of some or all private
colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
(2) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
Iowa's community colleges located in the state of Iowa.
When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
by any organization or association of Iowa community colleges.
(3) One member shall be enrolled as a student at a an
institution of higher learning governed by the board of regents
institution, a community college, or an accredited private
institution.
(4) One member shall be a representative of a lending
institution located in this state. One member shall be
an individual who is repaying or has repaid a student loan
guaranteed by the commission parent of a student enrolled
at an institution of higher learning governed by the board
of regents, a community college, or an accredited private
institution.
(5) One member shall represent practitioners licensed
under chapter 272. When appointing this member, the governor
shall give careful consideration to any person nominated by
an Iowa teacher association or other education stakeholder
organization.
(6) The other three Four members shall represent the
general public, none of whom shall be official officers, board
members, or trustees of an institution of higher learning or
of an association of institutions of higher learning, shall be
selected to represent the general public.
Sec. 12. Section 261.1, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The members of the commission appointed by the governor
shall serve for a term of four years. The voting members of
the commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson.
Meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the
voting members.
Sec. 13. Section 261.1, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
2017, is amended to read as follows:
b. A vacancy shall exist on the commission when a
legislative member of the commission ceases to be a member of
the general assembly, when a parent member no longer has a
child enrolled in postsecondary education, or when a student
member ceases to be enrolled as a student. Such vacancy shall
be filled within thirty days.
Sec. 14. Section 261.2, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017, are
amended to read as follows:
6. Develop and implement, in cooperation with the
department of human services and the judicial branch, a program
to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or older and
who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or 237 or are
otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in applying
for federal and state aid available for higher education.
The commission shall also develop and implement the all Iowa
opportunity foster care grant program in accordance with
section 261.6.
8. Submit by January 15 annually a report to the general
assembly which provides, by program, the number of individuals
who received loan forgiveness or loan repayment in the previous
fiscal year, the amount amounts paid to or on behalf of
individuals under sections 261.73, 261.112, and 261.116, and
the institutions from which individuals graduated, and that
includes any proposed statutory changes and the commission's
findings and recommendations.
Sec. 15. Section 261.9, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. "Eligible institution" means 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, which is not
exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, and which meets all of the criteria in subsection
1, paragraphs "d" through "i", and the criteria in paragraphs
"a" or "b" as follows:
a. Is accredited by the higher learning commission and
which, effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited
private institution that was exempt from taxation under section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or whose students were
eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2003. The eligible institution shall annually provide
a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid
which shall increase by the percentage of increase each
fiscal year of funds appropriated for Iowa tuition grants
under section 261.25, subsection 2, to a maximum match of one
hundred percent as initiated under section 261.9, subsection 1,
paragraph "b", Code 2005.
b. Is a barber school licensed under section 158.7 or
a school of cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under
chapter 157 and is accredited by a national accrediting agency
recognized by the United States department of education. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, an eligible institution
under this paragraph shall provide a matching aggregate amount
of institutional financial aid equal to at least seventy=five
percent of the amount received by the institution's students
for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 261.16A.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the institution
shall provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional
financial aid equal to at least eighty=five percent of the
amount received in that fiscal year. Commencing with the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and each succeeding fiscal
year, the matching aggregate amount of institutional financial
aid shall be at least equal to the match provided by eligible
institutions under section 261.16A, subsection 2.
Sec. 16. Section 261.12, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2017, is amended to read as follows:
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 2017, and for
each succeeding fiscal year, six thousand dollars an amount
equivalent to the average resident tuition and mandatory fees
for two semesters or the equivalent of undergraduate study at
the institutions of higher learning governed by the state board
of regents.
Sec. 17. NEW SECTION. 261.16A Iowa tuition grants ====
for=profit institutions.
1. Students qualified. A tuition grant from moneys
appropriated under section 261.25, subsection 2, may be awarded
to a resident of Iowa who is admitted and in attendance as
a full=time or part=time resident student at an eligible
institution and who establishes financial need.
2. Extent of grant.
a. A qualified full=time resident student enrolled in an
eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9,
subsection 2A, paragraph "a", may receive tuition grants for
not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or the
equivalent; a qualified part=time resident student enrolled
in the eligible institution may receive tuition grants for
not more than sixteen semesters of undergraduate study or the
equivalent.
b. A qualified full=time resident student enrolled in an
eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9,
subsection 2A, paragraph "b", may receive tuition grants for not
more than four semesters or the equivalent of two full years
of study. However, if a student resumes study after at least
a two=year absence, the student may again be eligible for the
specified amount of time, except that the student shall not
receive assistance for courses for which credit was previously
received.
3. Amount of grant.
a. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full=time
student for the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent,
shall be the amount of the student's financial need for that
period. However, a tuition grant shall not exceed six thousand
dollars.
b. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full=time
student for the summer semester or equivalent shall be one=half
the amount of the tuition grant the student receives under
paragraph "a".
c. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified part=time
student enrolled in a course of study including at least three
semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours for the
fall, spring, and summer semesters, or the equivalent, shall be
equal to the amount of a tuition grant that would be paid to a
full=time student times a number which represents the number
of hours in which the part=time student is actually enrolled
divided by twelve semester hours, or the equivalent.
d. If a qualified student receives financial aid under any
other program, the full amount of such financial aid shall be
considered part of the student's financial resources available
in determining the amount of the student's financial need
for that period. In no case may the state's total financial
contribution to the student's education, including financial
aid under any other state or federal program, exceed the
tuition and mandatory fees at the eligible institution the
student attends.
4. Grant payments == attendance discontinued.
a. Payments under the tuition grant shall be allocated
equally among the semesters or the equivalent and shall be
paid at the beginning of each semester or equivalent upon
certification by the eligible institution that the student is
admitted and in full=time or part=time attendance in a course
of study.
b. If the student discontinues attendance before the end of
any semester, or the equivalent, after receiving payment under
the grant, the entire amount of any refund due that student,
up to the amount of any payments made under the annual grant,
shall be paid by the eligible institution to the state.
5. Commission responsibilities. The commission's
responsibilities for administering tuition grants under this
section shall be the same as provided under section 261.15.
The commission may require an eligible institution to promptly
furnish any information which the commission may request in
connection with the tuition grant program.
6. Grant applications. Each applicant for a tuition grant
under this section shall meet the requirements of section
261.16.
7. Reports to commission. An eligible institution shall
file annual reports with the commission, as required by the
commission and under section 261.9, prior to receipt of tuition
grant moneys under this chapter.
Sec. 18. Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2017,
are amended to read as follows:
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty=five
forty=six million five six hundred thirteen thirty thousand
four nine hundred forty=eight fifty=one dollars for tuition
grants to qualified students who are enrolled in accredited
private institutions.
2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
one million five hundred thousand dollars for tuition grants
for qualified students attending for=profit accredited private
who are enrolled in eligible institutions located in Iowa.
A for=profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, or
effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited private
institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution
under the tuition grant program. For purposes of the tuition
grant program, "for=profit accredited private institution" means
an accredited private institution which is not exempt from
taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
subsection 1, paragraph "b", and whose students were eligible
to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2003.
3. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
one million two seven hundred fifty thousand one hundred
eighty=five dollars for vocational=technical tuition grants.
Sec. 19. Section 261.25, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 20. Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. 0b. "Eligible foster care student" means
a person who has a high school diploma or a high school
equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and is described by any
of the following:
(1) Is age seventeen and is in a court=ordered placement
under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department
of human services or juvenile court services.
(2) Is age seventeen and has been placed in a state juvenile
institution pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232
under the care and custody of the department of human services.
(3) Is age eighteen through twenty=three and is described
by any of the following:
(a) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant
to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
custody of the department of human services or juvenile court
services.
(b) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the
person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live with a
relative or other suitable person.
(c) The person was in a licensed foster care placement
pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being
legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.
(d) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
the person was placed in a state juvenile institution pursuant
to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
custody of the department of human services.
Sec. 21. Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 22. Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code
2017, is amended to read as follows:
g. Begins enrollment at an eligible institution within
two academic years of graduation from high school or receipt
of a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and
continuously receives awards as a full=time or part=time
student to maintain eligibility. However, the student may
defer participation in the program for up to two years in order
to pursue obligations that meet conditions established by the
commission by rule or to fulfill military obligations.
Sec. 23. Section 261.87, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. Priority for scholarship
awards. Priority for scholarships under this section shall be
given to eligible foster care students who meet the eligibility
criteria under subsection 2. Following distribution to
students who meet the eligibility criteria under subsection 2,
the commission may establish priority for awarding scholarships
using any moneys that remain in the all Iowa opportunity
scholarship fund.
Sec. 24. Section 261.87, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Extent of scholarship. A qualified student at an
eligible institution may receive scholarships for not more than
the equivalent of two eight full=time academic years semesters
of undergraduate study, excluding summer semesters. A
qualified student attending part=time may receive scholarships
for not more than the equivalent of sixteen part=time semesters
of undergraduate study. Scholarships awarded pursuant to this
section may, at the qualified student's request, be disbursed
over a single academic year or two academic years, and shall
not exceed the least of the following amounts, as determined
by the commission:
a. The student's financial need.
b. The One=half of the average resident tuition rate and
mandatory fees established for institutions of higher learning
governed by the state board of regents for a scholarship
disbursed over one academic year, or one=half of that amount
for a scholarship disbursed over two academic years.
c. The resident tuition and mandatory fees charged for the
program of enrollment by the eligible institution at which the
student is enrolled.
Sec. 25. Section 271.2, Code 2017, is amended by striking
the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
271.2 Purposes.
The Oakdale campus shall serve as an extension of the
university of Iowa's main campus in Iowa City. The Oakdale
campus shall serve the university's mission, including being
the location for the state hygienic laboratory, the university
of Iowa research park, and various other research and support
facilities.
Sec. 26. Section 272.28, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
Requirements for teacher licensure beyond an initial license
shall include successful completion of a beginning teacher
mentoring and induction program approved by the state board of
education pursuant to section 284.5; or two years of successful
teaching experience in a school district with an approved
career paths, leadership roles, and compensation framework or
approved comparable system as provided in section 284.15; or
evidence of not less than three years of successful teaching
experience at any of the following:
Sec. 27. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2017, is amended to read as follows:
a. A school district shall assess all students enrolled
in kindergarten through grade three at the beginning of each
school year for their level of reading or reading readiness
on locally determined or statewide assessments, as provided
in section 256.7, subsection 31. If a student is not reading
proficiently and is persistently at risk in reading, based upon
the assessments administered in accordance with this paragraph,
the school district shall provide intensive reading instruction
to the student. The student's reading proficiency shall be
periodically reassessed by locally determined or statewide
assessments including periodic universal screening and annual
standard=based assessments. The student shall continue to be
provided with intensive reading instruction, at grade levels
beyond grade three if necessary, until the student is reading
at grade level, as determined by the student's consistently
proficient performance on valid and reliable measures of
reading ability. For purposes of this section, "persistently at
risk" means the student has not met the grade=level benchmark on
two consecutive screening assessments administered under this
paragraph.
Sec. 28. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 29. Section 279.68, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 30. Section 279.68, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2017, are
amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 31. Section 282.10, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 32. Section 284.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 33. Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 34. Section 284.5, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, are
amended to read as follows:
2. Each school district and area education agency shall may
provide a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program for
all teachers who are beginning teachers, and notwithstanding
section 284.4, subsection 1, a school district and an area
education agency shall be eligible to receive moneys under
section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "b", for purposes
of implementing a beginning teacher mentoring and induction
program in accordance with this section.
3. Each school district and area education agency that
provides a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
under this chapter shall develop a plan for the program. A
school district shall include its plan in the school district's
comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to
section 256.7, subsection 21. The plan shall, at a minimum,
provide for a two=year sequence of induction program content
and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards and
beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
organizational support for release time for mentors and
beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
Sec. 35. Section 284.6, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended
to read as follows:
8. For each year in which a school district receives funds
calculated and paid to school districts for professional
development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10, or
section 257.37A, subsection 2, the school district shall create
quality professional development opportunities. Not less than
thirty=six hours in the school calendar, held outside of the
minimum school day, shall be set aside during nonpreparation
time or designated professional development time to allow
practitioners to collaborate with each other to deliver
educational programs and assess student learning, or to engage
in peer review pursuant to section 284.8, subsection 1. The
funds may be used to implement the professional development
provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles
specified in section 284.15, including but not limited to
providing professional development to teachers, including
additional salaries for time beyond the normal negotiated
agreement; activities and pay to support a beginning teacher
mentoring and induction program that meets the requirements
of section 284.5; pay for substitute teachers, professional
development materials, speakers, and professional development
content; and costs associated with implementing the individual
professional development plans. The use of the funds shall
be balanced between school district, attendance center,
and individual professional development plans, making every
reasonable effort to provide equal access to all teachers.
Sec. 36. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, d,
and f, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
ending June 30, 2017 2018, 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.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
ending June 30, 2017 2018, up to seven hundred eighty=six
seventy=four thousand eight three 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, 2016 2017, and
ending June 30, 2017 2018, an amount up to one million one
hundred thirty=six twenty=three thousand four nine 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, 2017 2018,
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. 37. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 38. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
by adding the following new paragraphs:
NEW PARAGRAPH. 0f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount up
to twenty=five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
256.34.
NEW PARAGRAPH. 00f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount
up to six hundred twenty=six thousand one hundred ninety=one
dollars shall be used by the department for 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 paragraph, 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 paragraph may be used by the
department for administrative purposes and for not more than
five full=time equivalent positions.
Sec. 39. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(1) The salary for an initial teacher who has successfully
completed an approved practitioner preparation program as
defined in section 272.1 or holds an initial or intern teacher
license issued under chapter 272, and who participates in the
beginning teacher mentoring and induction program as provided
in this chapter, shall be at least thirty=three thousand five
hundred dollars, which shall also constitute the minimum salary
for an Iowa teacher.
Sec. 40. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph b,
subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
subparagraph.
Sec. 41. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
subparagraph.
Sec. 42. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph b,
subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(1) Has successfully completed the beginning teacher
mentoring and induction program and has successfully completed
a comprehensive evaluation.
Sec. 43. REPEAL. Sections 261.6, 261.61, 261.129, 263.4,
263.5, and 263.6, Code 2017, are repealed.
DIVISION II
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS ==== APPROPRIATIONS FY 2017=2018
Sec. 44. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $ 15,100,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"a", not more than $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:
.................................................. $ 5,500,000
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"b", $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
established in section 260C.18C.
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"b", not more than $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 lettered paragraph
"b", not more than $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 lettered paragraph
"b", $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,
work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
supplemental support services for international refugees to
improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
competencies, and integration in 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":
.................................................. $ 6,000,000
d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $ 5,000,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph "d",
not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full=time
equivalent position.
e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $ 2,000,000
f. For deposit in the statewide work=based learning
intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $ 1,500,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"f", not more than $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
2. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $ 5,000,000
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
DIVISION III
FY 2018=2019 APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Sec. 45. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department for the blind
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June
30, 2019, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,093,671
............................................... FTEs 88.00
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 46. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 214,640
............................................... FTEs 3.95
2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $ 200,487
3. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For purposes of providing national guard educational
assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $ 1,550,000
4. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $ 100,000
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
ending June 30, 2019, the commission shall not provide loan
forgiveness under the program to any new applicant, but may
renew loan forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet
the eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
5. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $ 1,420,427
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, if the moneys
appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program exceed $250,000, "eligible institution" as defined in
section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2018, include accredited private institutions as defined in
section 261.9.
6. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $ 200,000
7. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $ 562,251
8. HEALTH CARE=RELATED LOAN PROGRAM
For purposes of the health care=related loan program
established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $ 100,000
Sec. 47. IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS.
Notwithstanding the standing appropriations in the following
designated sections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018,
and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts appropriated from the
general fund of the state to 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:
.................................................. $ 23,315,476
2. For tuition grants for students attending for=profit
accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $ 750,000
3. For vocational=technical tuition grants under section
261.25, subsection 3:
.................................................. $ 875,093
Sec. 48. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, may be used
for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.73.
Sec. 49. WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending
June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general fund
of the state to the college student aid commission for the
work=study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 50. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,982,024
............................................... FTEs 81.67
b. By January 15, 2019, 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, 2018.
2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 299,099
............................................... FTEs 11.50
3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,812,838
............................................... 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, 2019, 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 moneys 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:
.................................................. $ 42,412
............................................... FTEs 1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $ 69,253
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $ 43,229
4. STATE LIBRARY
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,265,032
............................................... FTEs 29.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57:
.................................................. $ 1,232,412
5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 3,794,708
............................................... FTEs 86.00
6. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
For reimbursement for career and technical education
expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $ 1,315,067
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
reimburse school districts for career and technical 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 moneys for federal programs that
shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,088,399
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 11,081,400
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
ending June 30, 2019, not more than $132,975 is allocated for
the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
activities. 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. 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 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, for the technical
assistance expenses of the early 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.
c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund, $412,515 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 groups maintained by
the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance 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. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No.
108=446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
those services:
.................................................. $ 860,700
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
$191,885 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
born prematurely, drug=exposed, or medically fragile.
10. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $ 287,250
b. 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.
11. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $ 325,107
b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
resident public school pupils.
12. 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:
.................................................. $ 1,697,834
............................................... FTEs 2.00
If moneys appropriated under this subsection and which
are allocated to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
supplemental aid payments to school districts for their
initial year of funding under section 284.13, subsection 1,
paragraph "e", for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
ending June 30, 2019, are insufficient for such purpose, the
department shall prorate the amount of the teacher leadership
supplemental aid payments calculated under section 284.13,
subsection 1, paragraph "e", subparagraph (2), subparagraph
division (a), and paid to school districts.
13. 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:
.................................................. $ 333,094
14. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
For 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 internet site
and data system support, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 125,000
............................................... FTEs 2.00
15. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
For purposes of administering the online state job posting
system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $ 115,000
16. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation
of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
progression for early readers:
.................................................. $ 3,912,391
17. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
warning assessment and administering the early warning system
for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $ 957,500
The department shall administer and distribute to school
districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
18. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
paragraph "c":
.................................................. $ 478,750
b. 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.
19. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
FUND
For deposit in the computer science professional development
incentive fund established under section 284.6A, if enacted:
.................................................. $ 250,000
20. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
compact to pay Iowa's member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $ 57,500
b. 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.
21. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $100,595,445
The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
allocated pursuant to the formula established in section
260C.18C.
Sec. 51. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT=RISK
CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
ending June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department of education for programs
for at=risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
than $5,365,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs "a", "b", and "c".
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 52. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, 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, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 397,357
............................................... 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
office and the legislative services agency. The report
submitted in December 2018 shall include the five=year
graduation rates for the regents universities.
b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad=cities
graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $ 139,424
c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
public radio operations:
.................................................. $ 179,632
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $108,379,534
............................................... FTEs 5,058.55
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,093,279
............................................... FTEs 38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,201,308
............................................... 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 residency education program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 894,133
............................................... 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
............................................... 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
............................................... 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
............................................... FTEs 1.00
h. Center for biocatalysis
For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 361,864
............................................... FTEs 6.28
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
............................................... FTEs 5.89
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$127,445 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
............................................... 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
............................................... 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 established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $ 240,925
m. Iowa flood center
For the Iowa flood center for use by the university's college
of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $ 600,000
3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 86,437,431
............................................... FTEs 3,647.42
b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 14,943,439
............................................... 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, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 9,133,361
............................................... FTEs 383.34
d. Livestock disease research
For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $ 86,422
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 46,856,181
............................................... 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
............................................... FTEs 3.00
c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
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:
.................................................. $ 2,723,188
............................................... 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 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
partnership shall provide all of the following:
(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.
(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
appropriated in this paragraph "c" that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
appropriated in this paragraph "c" shall not revert by shall
remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
d. Real estate education program
For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
not more than the following full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 62,651
............................................... FTEs 1.00
5. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 4,948,676
............................................... FTEs 126.60
6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,063,248
............................................... FTEs 62.87
Sec. 53. ENERGY COST=SAVINGS PROJECTS ==== FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30,
2019, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
the projects within an average of six years.
Sec. 54. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, for expenses relating to
prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
DIVISION IV
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS ==== APPROPRIATIONS FY 2018=2019
Sec. 55. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $ 7,550,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"a", not more than $50,000 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
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"b", $1,941,500 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
established in section 260C.18C.
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"b", not more than $75,000 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 lettered paragraph
"b", not more than $733,500 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 lettered paragraph
"b", $105,000 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,
work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
supplemental support services for international refugees to
improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
competencies, and integration in 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
d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $ 2,500,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph "d",
not more than $100,000 shall be allocated by the department
for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full=time
equivalent position.
e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
f. For deposit in the statewide work=based learning
intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $ 750,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"f", not more than $25,000 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:
.................................................. $ 100,000
2. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $ 2,500,000
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House
JACK WHITVER
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 642, Eighty=seventh General Assembly.
CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved , 2017
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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