Bill Text: IA HF659 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a school district pandemic recovery competitive grant program in the department of education and making appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-23 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 504. [HF659 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF659-Introduced.html
House
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
PRICHARD
,
HANSEN
,
McCONKEY
,
COHOON
,
KURTH
,
JAMES
,
KONFRST
,
HALL
,
B.
MEYER
,
SUNDE
,
ANDERSON
,
HUNTER
,
BOHANNAN
,
JUDGE
,
GJERDE
,
WILBURN
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
WILLIAMS
,
OLSON
,
MASCHER
,
JACOBY
,
EHLERT
,
CAHILL
,
WINCKLER
,
STAED
,
OLDSON
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
THEDE
,
DONAHUE
,
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
,
FORBES
,
BENNETT
,
STECKMAN
,
and
WOLFE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
school
district
pandemic
recovery
1
competitive
grant
program
in
the
department
of
education
and
2
making
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.20
School
district
pandemic
1
recovery
competitive
grant
program.
2
1.
There
is
established
a
school
district
pandemic
recovery
3
competitive
grant
program
to
assist
school
districts
with
4
COVID-19
pandemic
recovery
efforts.
5
2.
The
department
shall
establish
a
grant
application
and
6
selection
criteria,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
method
for
7
prioritizing
grant
applications
submitted
by
school
districts.
8
3.
Moneys
awarded
to
a
school
district
pursuant
to
this
9
section
may
be
expended
for
student
mental
health
services,
10
academic
support
and
remediation
services,
before-
and
11
after-school
services,
preschool
services,
or
reading
recovery
12
services.
13
4.
The
department
shall
make
every
effort
to
award
grants
14
geographically
throughout
the
state.
15
5.
Grant
funding
may
be
awarded
for
one
or
more
fiscal
years
16
as
proposed
in
an
application
submitted
by
a
school
district
17
and
approved
by
the
department.
18
6.
This
section
is
repealed
July
1,
2025.
19
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
——
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
COVID-19
20
PANDEMIC
RECOVERY
EFFORTS.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
21
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
for
22
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
and
ending
June
30,
23
2022,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
24
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
25
For
implementation
and
purposes
of
the
school
district
26
pandemic
recovery
competitive
grant
program
established
27
pursuant
to
section
256.20,
if
enacted:
28
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$100,000,000
29
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
received
by
the
30
department
pursuant
to
this
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
31
unobligated
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
32
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
33
specified
in
this
section
for
the
following
fiscal
year.
34
Sec.
3.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
——
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
COVID-19
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PANDEMIC
RECOVERY
EFFORTS.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
1
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
for
2
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
and
ending
June
30,
3
2023,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
4
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
5
For
purposes
of
the
school
district
pandemic
recovery
6
competitive
grant
program
established
pursuant
to
section
7
256.20,
if
enacted:
8
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
$
50,000,000
9
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
received
by
the
10
department
pursuant
to
this
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
11
unobligated
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
12
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
13
specified
in
this
section
for
the
following
fiscal
year.
14
Sec.
4.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
–
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
COVID-19
15
PANDEMIC
RECOVERY
EFFORTS.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
16
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
for
17
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
and
ending
June
30,
18
2024,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
19
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
20
For
purposes
of
the
school
district
pandemic
recovery
21
competitive
grant
program
established
pursuant
to
section
22
256.20,
if
enacted:
23
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
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.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
$
50,000,000
24
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
received
by
the
25
department
pursuant
to
this
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
26
unobligated
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
27
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
28
specified
in
this
section
for
the
following
fiscal
year.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
makes
appropriations
from
the
general
fund
of
33
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
for
fiscal
years
34
2021-2022,
2022-2023,
and
2023-2024
in
amounts
of
$100
million,
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$50
million,
and
$50
million,
respectively,
for
a
competitive
1
grant
program.
The
grant
program
is
established
under
the
2
department
of
education
to
assist
school
districts
with
3
COVID-19
pandemic
recovery
efforts,
including
but
not
limited
4
to
services
and
programs
that
address
student
mental
health,
5
provide
academic
support,
before-
and
after-school
programs,
6
preschool
services
and
programs,
or
reading
recovery
services
7
and
programs.
8
The
department
is
directed
to
establish
a
grant
application
9
and
selection
criteria,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
method
10
for
prioritizing
grant
applications
submitted
by
school
11
districts.
The
department
must
make
every
effort
to
award
12
grants
geographically
throughout
the
state.
Grant
funding
may
13
be
awarded
for
one
or
more
fiscal
years.
Moneys
appropriated
14
do
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
at
the
end
of
a
15
fiscal
year
but
instead
are
available
for
expenditure
for
the
16
same
purposes
in
the
following
fiscal
year.
17
The
provision
establishing
the
grant
program
is
repealed
18
July
1,
2025.
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