Bill Text: IA HF658 | 2015-2016 | 86th 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, providing for related matters, and providing effective date and retroactive and other applicability provisions. Effective 7-2-15.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-02 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1188. [HF658 Detail]
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House File 658 - Enrolled
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 247)
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A BILL FOR
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House File 658
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, PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS,
AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE AND OTHER
APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2015=2016 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, 2015, and ending June
30, 2016, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,298,358
............................................... FTEs 88.00
2. For costs associated with universal access to audio
information for blind and print handicapped Iowans:
.................................................. $ 52,000
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, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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:
.................................................. $ 431,896
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 5,100,233
4. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $ 392,452
5. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER CARE GRANT PROGRAM
For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant
program established pursuant to section 261.6:
.................................................. $ 554,057
6. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $ 2,740,854
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, 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,
2015, include accredited private institutions as defined in
section 261.9.
7. REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS
PROGRAM
For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan
forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $ 80,852
8. BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT
PROGRAM
For purposes of the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences
tuition grant program established pursuant to section 261.61:
.................................................. $ 36,938
9. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $ 400,000
10. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $ 1,600,000
11. RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.114:
.................................................. $ 400,000
Sec. 3. IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY
2015=2016. Notwithstanding the standing appropriations
in the following designated sections for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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:
.................................................. $ 48,413,448
2. For tuition grants for students attending for=profit
accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $ 1,975,000
Sec. 4. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan
revolving fund created pursuant to section 261.72 may be used
for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.73.
Sec. 5. WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2015=2016.
Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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:
.................................................. $ 6,304,047
............................................... FTEs 81.67
By January 15, 2016, 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,
2015.
2. VOCATIONAL 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:
.................................................. $ 5,911,200
............................................... FTEs 255.00
For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
job placement and retention services for individuals with
significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
January 15, 2016, 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:
.................................................. $ 89,128
............................................... FTEs 1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $ 145,535
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $ 90,294
4. STATE LIBRARY
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,715,063
............................................... FTEs 29.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57:
.................................................. $ 2,574,228
5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 8,073,846
............................................... FTEs 86.00
6. REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
For state aid:
.................................................. $ 992,913
a. The regional telecommunications councils established
pursuant to section 8D.5, subsection 2, shall use the moneys
appropriated in this subsection to provide technical assistance
for network classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local
area networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related
support activities.
b. Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall
be distributed by the department to the regional
telecommunications councils based upon usage by region.
7. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made
by secondary schools:
.................................................. $ 2,630,134
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used
to reimburse school districts for vocational education
expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
8. 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
9. 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:
.................................................. $ 5,386,113
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and
ending June 30, 2016, 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.
10. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND ==== PRESCHOOL TUITION
ASSISTANCE
For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $ 5,428,877
11. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND ==== FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT
EDUCATION
For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $ 12,364,434
12. 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, 2015, 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.
13. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $ 600,000
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.
14. 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.
15. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 57,391,351
............................................... FTEs 2.00
16. JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
For school districts to provide direct services to the
most at=risk senior high school students enrolled in school
districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America's
graduates specialist:
.................................................. $ 700,000
17. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
For development of criteria and administration of a process
for school districts to establish specific performance goals
and to evaluate the performance of each attendance center
operated by the district in order to arrive at an overall
school performance grade and report card for each attendance
center, for internet site and data system support, and for not
more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 250,000
............................................... FTEs 2.00
18. ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM
For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and
induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for
development and implementation of the coaching and support
system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9,
subsection 63, paragraph "b":
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
19. ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM
For purposes of the English language literacy for all
grant program established in accordance with section 256.9,
subsection 65:
.................................................. $ 500,000
By November 1, 2015, the 25 Iowa school districts with
the largest number of students identified as limited English
proficient and providing educational programming because of
that identification shall submit a report to the department
in a manner prescribed by the department that includes the
following information:
a. A cost accounting of moneys expended on limited English
proficiency programming by the school district.
b. An identification of all native languages represented
by limited English proficient students who are served by the
school district.
c. The average number of years spent in English language
learner programming for limited English proficient students
served by the school district.
d. The number of full=time equivalent employees directly
serving limited English proficient students and the
student=to=teacher ratios for such students.
e. A review of the number and the percentage of the total of
limited English proficient students achieving English language
proficiency over the previous five years.
f. A list of English language learner programs not developed
by the district that are being utilized by the school district
for limited English proficient students.
20. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
For purposes of administering the online state job posting
system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $ 250,000
21. COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SUPPORT
For the costs of providing department support to education
commissions and councils established pursuant to 2013 Iowa
Acts, chapter 121, including but not limited to the commission
on educator leadership and compensation and the council on
educator development:
.................................................. $ 25,000
22. AREA EDUCATION AGENCY SUPPORT SYSTEM
For administration of a system by which area education
agencies shall support school districts implementing frameworks
or comparable systems approved pursuant to section 284.15,
subsection 6:
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
23. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation of
section 279.68, subsection 2:
.................................................. $ 8,000,000
24. 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:
.................................................. $ 2,000,000
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.
25. 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 53,
paragraph "c":
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
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.
26. COMPETENCY=BASED EDUCATION
For implementation, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, of certain recommendations of the competency=based
instruction task force established pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts,
chapter 1119, section 2, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 425,000
............................................... FTEs 1.00
The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used
to provide grants under a competency=based instruction
grant program, for writing model competencies, for plans and
templates, to develop the assessment validation rubric and
model assessments, and to design professional development in
accordance with the recommendations of the task force.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this 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.
27. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
compact to pay Iowa's member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $ 100,000
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.
28. AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES
For distribution to the area education agencies:
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
29. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
a. For general state financial aid to merged areas as
defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and
260C:
.................................................. $201,274,647
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
(1) Merged Area I
.................................................. $ 9,930,204
(2) Merged Area II
.................................................. $ 10,075,468
(3) Merged Area III
.................................................. $ 9,325,475
(4) Merged Area IV
.................................................. $ 4,587,267
(5) Merged Area V
.................................................. $ 11,389,365
(6) Merged Area VI
.................................................. $ 8,937,757
(7) Merged Area VII
.................................................. $ 13,572,736
(8) Merged Area IX
.................................................. $ 17,191,538
(9) Merged Area X
.................................................. $ 31,470,426
(10) Merged Area XI
.................................................. $ 33,680,001
(11) Merged Area XII
.................................................. $ 11,164,102
(12) Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $ 12,118,736
(13) Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $ 4,676,006
(14) Merged Area XV
.................................................. $ 14,673,082
(15) Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $ 8,482,484
b. For distribution to community colleges to supplement
faculty salaries:
.................................................. $ 500,000
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, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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:
.................................................. $ 1,094,714
............................................... FTEs 15.00
The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
office and the legislative services agency. The report
submitted in December 2015 shall include the five=year
graduation rates for the regents universities.
b. For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa regents
resource center in Council Bluffs:
.................................................. $ 182,734
c. For moneys to be allocated to the northwest Iowa regents
resource center in Sioux City under section 262.9, subsection
22:
.................................................. $ 96,114
d. For moneys to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
studies center:
.................................................. $ 5,000
e. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
public radio operations:
.................................................. $ 391,568
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university, including lakeside laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $230,923,005
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 1,500,000
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:
.................................................. $182,181,852
............................................... 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. Leopold center
For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university of
science and technology under section 266.39B, and for not more
than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 397,417
............................................... FTEs 11.25
e. Livestock disease research
For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $ 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:
.................................................. $ 94,276,732
............................................... FTEs 1,447.50
b. Recycling and reuse center
For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 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:
.................................................. $ 5,200,000
............................................... FTEs 6.20
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
support, activities directly related to recruitment of
kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
community colleges to develop STEM professional development
programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
development.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, not less than $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.
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:
.................................................. $ 9,509,257
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 3,964,688
............................................... FTEs 62.87
7. TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing,
prescription, and transportation costs for students at these
schools pursuant to section 270.5:
.................................................. $ 11,763
8. LICENSED CLASSROOM TEACHERS
For distribution at the Iowa braille and sight saving school
and the Iowa school for the deaf based upon the average yearly
enrollment at each school as determined by the state board of
regents:
.................................................. $ 82,049
Sec. 8. ENERGY COST=SAVINGS PROJECTS ==== FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30,
2016, 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, 2015, 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 256A.3, subsection 5, Code 2015, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. c. Programs awarded grants under this
subsection shall meet the national association for the
education of young children program standards and accreditation
criteria, the Iowa quality preschool program standards and
criteria, or other approved program standards as determined by
the department of education. Programs awarded grants prior
to July 1, 2015, shall continue to be evaluated and assessed
based on eligibility and award criteria established under rules
adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section
279.51 prior to June 30, 2015.
Sec. 11. Section 256I.4, subsection 5, Code 2015, is amended
to read as follows:
5. Adopt common performance measures and data reporting
requirements, applicable statewide, for services, programs,
and activities provided by area boards. The data from common
performance measures and other data shall be posted on the
early childhood Iowa internet site and disseminated by other
means and shall also be aggregated to provide statewide
information. The state board shall establish a submission
deadline for the annual budget and any budget amendments
submitted by early childhood Iowa area boards in accordance
with section 256I.8, subsection 1, paragraph "d", that allow a
reasonable period of time for preparation by the area boards
and for review and approval or request for modification of the
materials by the state board.
Sec. 12. Section 256I.4, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 19. Direct staff to work with the early
childhood stakeholders alliance created in section 256I.12 to
inventory technical assistance needs.
Sec. 13. Section 256I.8, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
2015, is amended to read as follows:
d. Submit an annual report on the effectiveness of the
community plan in addressing school readiness and children's
health and safety needs to the state board and to the local
government bodies in the area. The annual report shall
indicate the effectiveness of the area board in addressing
state and locally determined goals and the progress on each
of the community=wide indicators identified by the area board
under paragraph "c", subparagraph (5). The report shall include
an annual budget developed for the following fiscal year for
the area's comprehensive school ready children grant for
providing services for children from birth through five years
of age, and provide other information specified by the state
board, including budget amendments, as needed. In addition,
each area board must comply with reporting provisions and other
requirements adopted by the state board in implementing section
256I.9.
Sec. 14. Section 256I.11, subsection 2, Code 2015, is
amended to read as follows:
2. A school ready children grants account is created in
the fund under the authority of the director of the department
of education. Moneys credited to the account are appropriated
to and shall be distributed by the department in the form
of grants to early childhood Iowa areas pursuant to criteria
established by the state board in accordance with law.
a. Moneys appropriated for deposit in the school ready
children grants account for purposes of preschool tuition
assistance shall be used for early care, health, and education
programs to assist low=income parents with tuition for
preschool and other supportive services for children ages
three, four, and five who are not attending kindergarten
in order to increase the basic family income eligibility
requirement to not more than two hundred percent of the federal
poverty level. In addition, if sufficient funding is available
after addressing the needs of those who meet the basic income
eligibility requirement, an early childhood Iowa area board
may provide for eligibility for those with a family income in
excess of the basic income eligibility requirement through use
of a sliding scale or other copayment provisions.
b. Moneys appropriated for deposit in the school ready
children grants account for purposes of family support services
and parent education programs shall be targeted to families
expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through
age five and shall be distributed using the distribution
formula approved by the early childhood Iowa state board and
shall be used by an early childhood Iowa area board only for
family support services and parent education programs targeted
to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant
children through age five.
Sec. 15. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
d, and f, Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 2015, and
ending June 30, 2015 2016, to the department of education, the
amount of eight hundred forty=six thousand two hundred fifty
dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards
in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated
under this paragraph, not less than eighty=five thousand
dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
position in accordance with section 256.45.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 2015, and
ending June 30, 2015 2016, an amount up to four million
twenty=one thousand eight hundred seventy=five dollars
for first=year and second=year beginning teachers, to the
department of education for distribution to school districts
and area education agencies for purposes of the beginning
teacher mentoring and induction programs. A school district or
area education agency shall receive one thousand three hundred
dollars per beginning teacher participating in the program.
If the funds appropriated for the program are insufficient to
pay mentors, school districts, and area education agencies
as provided in this paragraph, the department shall prorate
the amount distributed to school districts and area education
agencies based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received
by a school district or area education agency pursuant to
this paragraph shall be expended to provide each mentor with
an award of five hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum,
for participation in the school district's or area education
agency's beginning teacher mentoring and induction program;
to implement the plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the
employer's share of contributions to federal social security
and the Iowa public employees' retirement system or a pension
and annuity retirement system established under chapter 294,
for such amounts paid by the district or area education agency.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 2015, and
ending June 30, 2015 2016, up to seven hundred eighty=six
thousand eight hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
purposes of implementing the professional development program
requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model
evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph "c", and the evaluator
training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds
allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
not more than four full=time equivalent positions.
d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 2015, and
ending June 30, 2015 2016, an amount up to one million one
hundred thirty=six thousand four hundred ten dollars to
the department for the establishment of teacher development
academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A
portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes
of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 2016,
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. 16. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph e,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), Code
2015, are amended to read as follows:
(a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending
June 30, 2015, fifty million dollars.
(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending
June 30, 2016, fifty million six hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 17. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph e,
subparagraph (3), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(3) Of the moneys allocated to the department for the
purposes of this paragraph "e", for each fiscal year included in
subparagraph (1), not more than seven six hundred twenty=six
thousand one hundred ninety=one dollars shall be used by
the department for the development of a delivery system, in
collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
training and staff development, and the contracting of external
expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
of this subparagraph (3), the department shall give priority to
school districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six
hundred students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually
to the department for purposes of this subparagraph (3) may be
used by the department for administrative purposes and for not
more than five full=time equivalent positions.
Sec. 18. REPEAL. Sections 261.92, 261.93, 261.93A, 261.94,
261.95, 261.96, and 261.97, Code 2015, are repealed.
DIVISION II
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS ==== APPROPRIATIONS FY 2015=2016
Sec. 19. 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, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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
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 2016=2017 APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Sec. 20. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department for the blind
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June
30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,149,179
............................................... FTEs 88.00
2. For costs associated with universal access to audio
information for blind and print handicapped Iowans:
.................................................. $ 26,000
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 21. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 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:
.................................................. $ 215,948
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 2,550,117
4. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $ 196,226
5. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER CARE GRANT PROGRAM
For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant
program established pursuant to section 261.6:
.................................................. $ 277,029
6. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $ 1,370,427
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, 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,
2016, include accredited private institutions as defined in
section 261.9.
7. REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS
PROGRAM
For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan
forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $ 40,426
8. BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT
PROGRAM
For purposes of the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences
tuition grant program established pursuant to section 261.61:
.................................................. $ 18,469
9. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $ 200,000
10. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $ 800,000
11. RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.114:
.................................................. $ 200,000
Sec. 22. IOWA TUITION AND VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL GRANT
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2016=2017. Notwithstanding the standing
appropriations in the following designated sections for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017,
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:
.................................................. $ 24,206,724
2. For tuition grants for students attending for=profit
accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $ 987,500
3. For vocational technical tuition grants under section
261.25, subsection 3:
.................................................. $ 1,125,093
Sec. 23. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding
section 261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan
revolving fund created pursuant to section 261.72 may be used
for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.73.
Sec. 24. WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2016=2017.
Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 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. 25. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 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:
.................................................. $ 3,152,024
............................................... FTEs 81.67
By January 15, 2017, 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,
2016.
2. VOCATIONAL 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:
.................................................. $ 2,955,600
............................................... 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, 2016, 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:
.................................................. $ 44,564
............................................... FTEs 1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $ 72,768
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $ 45,147
4. STATE LIBRARY
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,357,532
............................................... FTEs 29.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57:
.................................................. $ 1,287,114
5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 4,036,923
............................................... FTEs 86.00
6. REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
For state aid:
.................................................. $ 496,457
a. The regional telecommunications councils established
pursuant to section 8D.5, subsection 2, shall use the moneys
appropriated in this subsection to provide technical assistance
for network classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local
area networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related
support activities.
b. Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall
be distributed by the department to the regional
telecommunications councils based upon usage by region.
7. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made
by secondary schools:
.................................................. $ 1,315,067
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used
to reimburse school districts for vocational education
expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
8. 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
9. 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:
.................................................. $ 2,693,057
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and
ending June 30, 2017, 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.
10. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND ==== PRESCHOOL TUITION
ASSISTANCE
For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $ 2,714,439
11. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND ==== FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT
EDUCATION
For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $ 6,182,217
12. 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, 2016, 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.
13. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $ 300,000
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.
14. 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.
15. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 28,695,676
............................................... FTEs 2.00
16. JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
For school districts to provide direct services to the
most at=risk senior high school students enrolled in school
districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America's
graduates specialist:
.................................................. $ 350,000
17. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
For development of criteria and administration of a process
for school districts to establish specific performance goals
and to evaluate the performance of each attendance center
operated by the district in order to arrive at an overall
school performance grade and report card for each attendance
center, for internet site and data system support, and for not
more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 125,000
............................................... FTEs 2.00
18. ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM
For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and
induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for
development and implementation of the coaching and support
system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9,
subsection 63, paragraph "b":
.................................................. $ 500,000
19. ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM
For purposes of the English language literacy for all
grant program established in accordance with section 256.9,
subsection 65:
.................................................. $ 250,000
By November 1, 2016, the 25 Iowa school districts with
the largest number of students identified as limited English
proficient and providing educational programming because of
that identification shall submit a report to the department
in a manner prescribed by the department that includes the
following information:
a. A cost accounting of moneys expended on limited English
proficiency programming by the school district.
b. An identification of all native languages represented
by limited English proficient students who are served by the
school district.
c. The average number of years spent in English language
learner programming for limited English proficient students
served by the school district.
d. The number of full=time equivalent employees directly
serving limited English proficient students and the
student=to=teacher ratios for such students.
e. A review of the number and the percentage of the total of
limited English proficient students achieving English language
proficiency over the previous five years.
f. A list of English language learner programs not developed
by the district that are being utilized by the school district
for limited English proficient students.
20. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
For purposes of administering the online state job posting
system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $ 125,000
21. COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SUPPORT
For the costs of providing department support to education
commissions and councils established pursuant to 2013 Iowa
Acts, chapter 121, including but not limited to the commission
on educator leadership and compensation and the council on
educator development:
.................................................. $ 12,500
22. AREA EDUCATION AGENCY SUPPORT SYSTEM
For administration of a system by which area education
agencies shall support school districts implementing frameworks
or comparable systems approved pursuant to section 284.15,
subsection 6:
.................................................. $ 500,000
23. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation of
section 279.68, subsection 2:
.................................................. $ 4,000,000
24. 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:
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
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.
25. 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 53,
paragraph "c":
.................................................. $ 500,000
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.
26. COMPETENCY=BASED EDUCATION
For implementation, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, of certain recommendations of the competency=based
instruction task force established pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts,
chapter 1119, section 2, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 212,500
............................................... FTEs 1.00
The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used
to provide grants under a competency=based instruction
grant program, for writing model competencies, for plans and
templates, to develop the assessment validation rubric and
model assessments, and to design professional development in
accordance with the recommendations of the task force.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this 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.
27. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
compact to pay Iowa's member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $ 50,000
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.
28. AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES
For distribution to the area education agencies:
.................................................. $ 500,000
29. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
a. For general state financial aid to merged areas as
defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and
260C:
.................................................. $100,637,324
The funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.
b. For distribution to community colleges to supplement
faculty salaries:
.................................................. $ 250,000
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 26. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 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:
.................................................. $ 547,357
............................................... 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 2016 shall include the five=year
graduation rates for the regents universities.
b. For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa regents
resource center in Council Bluffs:
.................................................. $ 91,367
c. For moneys to be allocated to the northwest Iowa regents
resource center in Sioux City under section 262.9, subsection
22:
.................................................. $ 48,057
d. For moneys to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
studies center:
.................................................. $ 2,500
e. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
public radio operations:
.................................................. $ 195,784
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:
.................................................. $115,461,503
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 750,000
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:
.................................................. $ 91,090,926
............................................... 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. Leopold center
For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university of
science and technology under section 266.39B, and for not more
than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 198,709
............................................... FTEs 11.25
e. Livestock disease research
For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $ 86,422
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:
.................................................. $ 47,138,366
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 2,600,000
............................................... FTEs 6.20
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
support, activities directly related to recruitment of
kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
community colleges to develop STEM professional development
programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
development.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, not less than $250,000 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.
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:
.................................................. $ 4,754,629
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 1,982,344
............................................... FTEs 62.87
7. TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing,
prescription, and transportation costs for students at these
schools pursuant to section 270.5:
.................................................. $ 5,882
8. LICENSED CLASSROOM TEACHERS
For distribution at the Iowa braille and sight saving school
and the Iowa school for the deaf based upon the average yearly
enrollment at each school as determined by the state board of
regents:
.................................................. $ 41,025
Sec. 27. ENERGY COST=SAVINGS PROJECTS ==== FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30,
2017, 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. 28. 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, 2016, 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 2016=2017
Sec. 29. 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, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 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
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.
DIVISION V
STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM COSTS
Sec. 30. Section 256C.3, subsection 3, paragraph h, Code
2015, is amended to read as follows:
h. Provision for ensuring that children receiving care from
other child care arrangements can participate in the preschool
program with minimal disruption due to transportation and
movement from one site to another. The children participating
in the preschool program may be transported by the school
district to activities associated with the program along with
other children.
Sec. 31. Section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraphs g and h,
Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 2015, and each
succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool foundation
aid received by a school district for a fiscal year in
accordance with section 257.16, not more than five percent may
be used by the school district for administering the district's
approved local program. Outreach activities and rent for
facilities not owned by the school district are permissive uses
of the administrative funds.
h. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 2015, and
each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool
foundation aid received by a school district for a fiscal year
in accordance with section 257.16, not less than ninety=five
percent of the per pupil amount shall be passed through to
a community=based provider for each pupil enrolled in the
district's approved local program. For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2011 2015, and each succeeding fiscal year,
not more than five ten percent of the amount of preschool
foundation aid passed through to a community=based provider
may be used by the community=based provider for administrative
costs. The costs of outreach activities and rent for
facilities not owned by the school district are permissive
administrative costs. The costs of transportation involving
children participating in the preschool program and other
children may be prorated.
DIVISION VI
FY 2014=2015 APPROPRIATION
Sec. 32. 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1135, section 4, subsection
15, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
paragraph:
NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH Notwithstanding section 8.33,
moneys appropriated in this subsection that are allocated for
purposes of section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "e", which
remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
year shall not revert but shall remain available for purposes
of teacher leadership supplemental aid payments to school
districts under section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "e",
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June
30, 2016. If the moneys available for such purpose for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016,
are insufficient to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
supplemental aid payments to school districts under section
284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "e", in accordance with this
section, the department shall prorate the amount of the teacher
leadership supplemental aid payments to school districts.
Sec. 33. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
Sec. 34. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT == CONDITIONAL. This
division of this Act, if approved by the governor on or after
July 1, 2015, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 35. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY == CONDITIONAL. This
division of this Act, if approved by the governor on or after
July 1, 2015, applies retroactively to June 30, 2015.
DIVISION VII
AT=RISK, ALTERNATIVE, AND DROPOUT PROGRAMS AND FUNDING
Sec. 36. Section 257.10, subsection 5, Code 2015, is amended
to read as follows:
5. Combined district cost per pupil. The combined district
cost per pupil for a school district is the sum of the regular
program district cost per pupil and the special education
support services district cost per pupil. Combined district
cost per pupil does not include a modified supplemental amount
added for school districts that have a negative balance of
funds raised for special education instruction programs, a
modified supplemental amount granted by the school budget
review committee for a single school year, or a modified
supplemental amount added for programs for dropout prevention
established pursuant to sections 257.38 through 257.41.
Sec. 37. Section 257.11, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
2015, is amended to read as follows:
a. In order to provide additional funding to school
districts for programs serving at=risk pupils, alternative
program and alternative school pupils in secondary schools, and
pupils identified as potential dropouts or returning dropouts
as defined in section 257.39, a supplementary weighting plan
for at=risk such pupils is adopted. A supplementary weighting
of forty=eight ten=thousandths per pupil shall be assigned
to the percentage of pupils in a school district enrolled in
grades one through six, as reported by the school district on
the basic educational data survey for the base year, who are
eligible for free and reduced price meals under the federal
National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition
Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. {1751=1785, multiplied by the budget
enrollment in the school district; and a supplementary
weighting of one hundred fifty=six one=hundred=thousandths
per pupil shall be assigned to pupils included in the
budget enrollment of the school district. Amounts received
as supplementary weighting for at=risk pupils under this
subsection shall be utilized by a school district to develop
or maintain at=risk pupils' programs, which may include
alternative programs and alternative school programs, and
returning dropout and dropout prevention programs approved
pursuant to section 257.40.
Sec. 38. Section 257.11, subsection 4, Code 2015, is amended
by adding the following new paragraphs:
NEW PARAGRAPH. d. Up to five percent of the total amount
that a school district receives as supplementary weighting
pursuant to this subsection or as a modified supplemental
amount received under section 257.41, may be used in the budget
year for purposes of providing district=wide or building=wide
at=risk and dropout prevention programming targeted to pupils
who are not deemed at risk.
NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Notwithstanding paragraph "d" and section
282.24, if a pupil has been determined by the school district
to be likely to inflict self=harm or likely to harm another
pupil and all of the following apply, the school district may
use amounts received pursuant to paragraph "a" to pay the
instructional costs necessary to address the pupil's behavior
during instructional time when those services are not otherwise
provided to pupils who do not require special education and the
costs exceed the costs of instruction of pupils in a regular
curriculum:
(1) The pupil does not require special education.
(2) The pupil is not in a court=ordered placement under
chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of
human services or juvenile court services.
(3) The pupil is not in the state training school or the
Iowa juvenile home pursuant to a court order entered under
chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of
human services.
(4) The pupil is not placed in a facility licensed under
chapter 135B, 135C, or 135H.
Sec. 39. Section 257.38, Code 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
257.38 Programs Funding for at=risk, alternative school, and
returning dropouts and dropout prevention programs ==== plan.
1. Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with
boards of other school districts, requesting to use a modified
supplemental amount for costs in excess of the amount received
under section 257.11, subsection 4, for programs for at=risk
students, secondary students who attend alternative programs
and alternative schools, and returning dropouts and dropout
prevention, shall submit comprehensive program plans for the
programs and budget costs, including annual requests for a
modified supplemental amount for funding the programs, to the
department of education as a component of the comprehensive
school improvement plan submitted to the department pursuant to
section 256.7, subsection 21. The program plans shall include:
a. Program goals, objectives, and activities to meet
the needs of children who may drop out of school students
identified as at risk, secondary students who attend
alternative programs and alternative schools, or potential
dropouts or returning dropouts.
b. Student identification criteria and procedures.
c. Staff in=service education design.
d. Staff utilization plans.
e. Evaluation criteria and procedures and performance
measures.
f. Program budget.
g. Qualifications required of personnel delivering the
program.
h. A provision for dropout prevention and integration of
dropouts into the educational program of the district for
at=risk students.
i. A provision for identifying dropouts at=risk students.
j. A program for returning dropouts.
k. j. Other factors the department requires.
2. Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that
will be implemented first upon approval of the request. If a
district is requesting to use a modified supplemental amount
to finance the program, the school district shall not identify
more than five percent of its budget enrollment for the budget
year as returning dropouts and potential dropouts.
Sec. 40. Section 257.40, Code 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
257.40 Approval of programs for at=risk pupils, alternative
programs and schools, and returning dropouts and dropout
prevention ==== annual report.
1. The board of directors of a school district requesting
to use a modified supplemental amount for costs in excess of
the funding received under section 257.11, subsection 4, for
programs for at=risk students, secondary students who attend
alternative programs and alternative schools, or returning
dropouts and dropout prevention shall submit requests for a
modified at=risk supplemental amount, including budget costs,
to the department not later than December 15 of the year
preceding the budget year during which the program will be
offered. The department shall review the request and shall
prior to January 15 either grant approval for the request
or return the request for approval with comments of the
department included. An unapproved request for a program may
be resubmitted with modifications to the department not later
than February 1. Not later than February 15, the department
shall notify the department of management and the school budget
review committee of the names of the school districts for which
programs using a modified supplemental amount for funding have
been approved and the approved budget of each program listed
separately for each school district having an approved request.
2. Beginning January 15, 2007, the department shall submit
an annual report to the chairpersons and ranking members
of the senate and house education committees that includes
the ways school districts in the previous school year used
modified supplemental amounts approved under subsection
1; identifies, by grade level, age, and district size, the
students in the dropout and dropout prevention programs for
which the department approves a request; describes school
district progress toward increasing student achievement and
attendance for the students in the programs; and describes how
the school districts are using the revenues from the modified
supplemental amounts to improve student achievement among
minority subgroups.
Sec. 41. Section 257.41, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2015, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Budget. The budget of an approved program for at=risk
students, secondary students who attend alternative programs
or alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout
prevention for a school district, after subtracting funds
received under section 257.11, subsection 4, paragraphs "a"
through "c", and from other sources for that purpose, including
any previous carryover, shall be funded annually on a basis
of one=fourth or more from the district cost of the school
district and up to three=fourths through establishment of a
modified supplemental amount. Annually, the department of
management shall establish a modified supplemental amount for
each such school district equal to the difference between the
approved budget for the program for returning dropouts and
dropout prevention for that district and the sum of the amount
funded from the district cost of the school district plus funds
received under section 257.11, subsection 4, and from other
sources for that purpose, including any previous carryover.
2. Appropriate uses of funding. Appropriate uses of the
returning dropout and dropout prevention program funding for an
approved program include but are not limited to the following:
a. Salary and benefits for instructional staff,
instructional support staff, and school=based youth services
staff who are working with students who are participating in
at=risk or dropout prevention programs, alternative programs,
and alternative schools, in a traditional or alternative
setting, if the staff person's time is dedicated to working
with returning dropouts or such students who are deemed, at any
time during the school year, to be at risk of dropping out,
in order to provide services beyond those which are provided
by the school district to students who are not identified
as at risk of dropping out participating in such programs
or alternative schools. However, if the staff person works
part=time with students who are participating in returning
dropout and dropout prevention programs, alternative programs,
and alternative schools a program or alternative school and
the staff person has another unrelated staff assignment,
only the portion of the staff person's time that is related
to the returning dropout and dropout prevention program,
alternative program, or alternative school may be charged to
the program or school. For purposes of this paragraph, if
an alternative setting is necessary to provide for a program
which is offered at a location off school grounds and which
is intended to serve student needs by improving relationships
and connections to school, decreasing truancy and tardiness,
providing opportunities for course credit recovery, or helping
students identified as at risk of dropping out to accelerate
through multiple grade levels of achievement within a shortened
time frame, the tuition costs for a student identified as at
risk of dropping out shall be considered an appropriate use of
the returning dropout and dropout prevention program funding
under this section.
b. Professional development for all teachers and staff
working with at=risk students and programs involving dropout
prevention strategies under a program or an alternative school
setting.
c. Research=based resources, materials, software, supplies,
and purchased services that meet all of the following criteria:
(1) Meets the needs of kindergarten through grade twelve
students identified as at risk of dropping out and of returning
dropouts.
(2) Are beyond those provided by the regular school program.
(3) Are necessary to provide the services listed in the
school district's dropout prevention plan submitted pursuant
to section 257.38.
(4) Will remain with the kindergarten through grade twelve
at=risk program, alternative program or alternative school, or
returning dropout and dropout prevention program.
d. Up to five percent of the total budgeted amount received
pursuant to subsection 1 may be used for purposes of providing
district=wide or building=wide returning dropout and dropout
prevention programming targeted to students who are not deemed
at risk of dropping out.
Sec. 42. Section 257.41, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Other uses. Notwithstanding subsection
2 and section 282.24, if a student has been determined by the
school district to be likely to inflict self=harm or likely to
harm another student and all of the following apply, the school
district may use the modified supplemental amount established
under subsection 1 to pay the instructional costs necessary to
address the student's behavior during instructional time when
those services are not otherwise provided to students who do
not require special education and the costs exceed the costs of
instruction of students in a regular curriculum:
a. The student does not require special education.
b. The student is not in a court=ordered placement under
chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of
human services or juvenile court services.
c. The student is not in the state training school or the
Iowa juvenile home pursuant to a court order entered under
chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of
human services.
d. The pupil is not placed in a facility licensed under
chapter 135B, 135C, or 135H.
DIVISION VIII
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM ==== STAFF
Sec. 43. Section 257.42, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 2015,
is amended to read as follows:
The department shall employ a one full=time qualified staff
member or consultant for gifted and talented children programs.
DIVISION IX
GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ==== ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 44. Section 260I.3, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2015, is amended to read as follows:
a. The applicant's family income for the twelve six months
prior to the date of application.
Sec. 45. Section 260I.4, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Persons earning incomes between
one hundred fifty percent and two hundred fifty percent,
both percentages inclusive, of the federal poverty level as
defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines
published by the United States department of health and human
services shall be given first priority for tuition assistance
under this chapter. Persons earning incomes below one hundred
fifty percent of the federal poverty level shall be given
second priority for tuition assistance under this chapter.
NEW SUBSECTION. 8. A person who is eligible for financial
assistance pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of
1998, Pub. L. No. 105=220, or the federal Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113=128, shall be ineligible
for tuition assistance under this chapter unless such funds
budgeted for training assistance for the adult, dislocated
worker, or youth programs have been fully expended by a
workforce region.
DIVISION X
IOWA TUITION GRANT ==== AMOUNT
Sec. 46. Section 261.12, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2015, is amended to read as follows:
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 2015, and
for each following succeeding fiscal year, five six thousand
dollars.
DIVISION XI
ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Sec. 47. Section 261.87, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended
by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
3. Extent of scholarship. A qualified student at an
eligible institution may receive scholarships for not more than
the equivalent of two full=time academic years of undergraduate
study, excluding summer semesters. Scholarships awarded
pursuant to this section may at the qualified student's
request, be awarded on an annual basis or semester and shall
not exceed the lesser of the following, as determined by the
commission:
a. The student's financial need.
b. One=half of the average resident tuition rate and
mandatory fees established for institutions of higher learning
governed by the state board of regents.
c. The resident tuition and mandatory fees charged for the
program of enrollment by the eligible institution at which the
student is enrolled.
DIVISION XII
FLIGHT INSTRUCTION ==== EXCEPTION
Sec. 48. Section 261B.4, subsection 17, Code 2015, is
amended to read as follows:
17. Evidence that the school meets the conditions of
financial responsibility established in section 714.18, or that
the school qualifies for an exemption under section 714.18 or
714.19.
Sec. 49. Section 261B.11, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2015, is amended to read as follows:
a. A school that is granted an exemption under this section
must file evidence of financial responsibility under section
714.18 or demonstrate to the commission or its designee that
the school qualifies for an exemption under section 714.18 or
714.19.
Sec. 50. Section 714.18, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
Except as otherwise provided in subsection subsections 2 or
3, every person, firm, association, or corporation maintaining
or conducting in Iowa any educational course by classroom
instruction or by correspondence or by other delivery method,
or soliciting in Iowa the sale of such course, shall file with
the college student aid commission all of the following:
Sec. 51. Section 714.18, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3. This section shall not apply to the
provision of an educational course of flight instruction under
regulations promulgated by the federal aviation administration
for which students do not pay tuition in advance of instruction
and which students may cancel at any time with no further
monetary obligation.
Sec. 52. BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS ==== TRANSFER OF
MONEYS. Notwithstanding section 272.10, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, of the
moneys remaining unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year from licensing fees retained and appropriated
to the board of educational examiners pursuant to section
272.10, the board shall transfer $600,000 to the department of
education. Moneys transferred to the department of education
pursuant to this section are appropriated to the department
of education for purposes of continuing the career planning
required under section 279.61. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
moneys appropriated under this section that are unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2014, shall not revert to any fund but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purpose designated until the close of
the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 53. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
Sec. 54. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY == CONDITIONAL. This
division of this Act, if approved by the governor on or after
July 1, 2015, applies retroactively to June 30, 2015.
DIVISION XIII
SCHOOL BOARD VACANCIES
Sec. 55. Section 277.30, Code 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
277.30 Vacancies filled by election.
When vacancies are to be filled by election, the provisions
of section 69.12 sections 279.6 and 279.7 shall control.
Sec. 56. Section 279.6, Code 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
279.6 Vacancies ==== qualification ==== tenure.
1. a. Vacancies Except as provided in paragraph "b" and
subsection 2, vacancies occurring among the officers or members
of a school board shall be filled by the board by appointment.
A person so appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office
shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified
pursuant to section 69.12. To fill a vacancy occurring among
the members of a school board, the board shall publish notice
in the manner prescribed by section 279.36, stating that the
board intends to fill the vacancy by appointment but that
the electors of the school district have the right to file
a petition requiring that the vacancy be filled by a special
election conducted pursuant to section 279.7. The board may
publish notice in advance if a member of the board submits a
resignation to take effect at a future date. The board may
make an appointment to fill the vacancy after the notice is
published or after the vacancy occurs, whichever is later.
b. (1) If within fourteen days after publication of a
notice required pursuant to paragraph "a" for a vacancy that
occurs more than one hundred eighty days before the next
regular school election there is filed with the secretary of
the school board a petition requesting a special election
to fill the vacancy, an appointment to fill the vacancy is
temporary until a successor is elected and qualified, and the
board shall call a special election pursuant to section 279.7,
to fill the vacancy for the remaining balance of the unexpired
term.
(2) If within fourteen days after publication of a notice
required pursuant to paragraph "a" for a vacancy that occurs
one hundred eighty days or less before the next regular school
election there is filed with the secretary of the school board
a petition requesting to fill the vacancy by election, an
appointment to fill the vacancy is temporary until a successor
is elected and qualified, and the school board shall require
that the remaining balance of the unexpired term be filled at
the next regular school election.
(3) For a petition to be valid under this paragraph "b", the
petition must be signed by eligible electors equal in number
to not less than one hundred or thirty percent of the number of
voters at the last preceding regular school election, whichever
is greater.
(4) Notwithstanding any requirement of this paragraph to
the contrary, when the board is reduced below a quorum, the
secretary of the board, or if there is no secretary, the area
education agency administrator, shall call a special election
in the district, subdistrict, or subdistricts, as the case may
be, to fill the vacancies.
c. A person appointed to fill a vacancy in an appointive
office shall hold such office for the residue of the unexpired
term and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Any
person so appointed shall qualify within ten days thereafter in
the manner required by section 277.28.
2. A vacancy shall be filled at the next regular school
election if a member of a school board resigns from the board
not later than forty=five days before the election and the
notice of resignation specifies an effective date at the
beginning of the next term of office for elective school
officials. The president of the board shall declare the office
vacant as of the date of the next organizational meeting.
Nomination papers shall be received for the unexpired term of
the resigning member. The person elected at the next regular
school election to fill the vacancy shall take office at the
same time and place as the other elected school board members.
Sec. 57. Section 279.7, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
to read as follows:
1. If a vacancy or vacancies occur among the elective
officers or members of a school board and the remaining
members of the board have not filled the vacancy within thirty
days after the vacancy becomes known by the secretary or the
board or if a valid petition is submitted to the secretary
of the board pursuant to section 279.6, subsection 1, or
when the board is reduced below a quorum, the secretary of
the board, or if there is no secretary, the area education
agency administrator, shall call a special election in the
district, subdistrict, or subdistricts, as the case may be,
to fill the vacancy or vacancies. The county commissioner of
elections shall publish the notices required by law for special
elections, and the election shall be held not sooner than
thirty days nor later than forty days after the thirtieth day
following the day the vacancy becomes known by the secretary or
the board. If the secretary fails for more than three days to
call an election, the administrator shall call it.
DIVISION XIV
CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS
Sec. 58. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. Unless otherwise
provided, this Act, if approved by the governor on or after
July 1, 2015, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 59. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. Unless otherwise
provided, this Act, if approved by the governor on or after
July 1, 2015, applies retroactively to July 1, 2015.
KRAIG PAULSEN
Speaker of the House
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 658, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.
CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved , 2015
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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