Bill Text: IA SF2323 | 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 including effective and applicability date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3185.)
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-04-29 - Sent to Governor. S.J. 0. [SF2323 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2323-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2323 - Enrolled
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB
3185)
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A BILL FOR
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Senate File 2323
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 INCLUDING EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2016=2017 APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 20, is
amended to read as follows:
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
2,298,358
............................................... FTEs 88.00
2. For costs associated with universal access to audio
information for blind and print handicapped Iowans:
.................................................. $ 26,000
52,000
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 2. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 21, is amended
to read as follows:
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
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:
.................................................. $ 200,487
400,973
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
2,100,000
4. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $ 196,226
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:
.................................................. $ 277,029
454,057
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
2,840,854
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
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:
.................................................. $ 18,469
36,938
9. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $ 200,000
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:
.................................................. $ 800,000
1,600,000
11. RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.114:
.................................................. $ 200,000
Sec. 3. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 22, is amended
to read as follows:
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
48,939,681
2. For tuition grants for students attending for=profit
accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $ 987,500
1,975,000
3. For vocational technical tuition grants under section
261.25, subsection 3:
.................................................. $ 1,125,093
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 4. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 25, is amended
to read as follows:
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
6,054,047
............................................... 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
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:
.................................................. $ 2,955,600
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 2017, 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
89,128
............................................... FTEs 1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $ 72,768
145,535
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $ 45,147
90,294
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
2,715,063
............................................... FTEs 29.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57:
.................................................. $ 1,287,114
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:
.................................................. $ 4,036,923
8,073,846
............................................... FTEs 86.00
6. REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
For state aid:
.................................................. $ 496,457
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:
.................................................. $ 1,315,067
2,630,134
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used
to reimburse school districts for vocational education
expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
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
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:
.................................................. $ 2,693,057
5,386,113
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 $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, $1,159,009 $2,318,018 shall
be used for efforts to improve the quality of early care,
health, and education programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to
this paragraph may be used for additional staff and for the
reimbursement of staff. The early childhood Iowa state board
may reserve a portion of the allocation, not to exceed $44,325
$88,650, for the technical assistance expenses of the early
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 $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:
.................................................. $ 2,714,439
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:
.................................................. $ 6,182,217
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, 2016, birth through age three
services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
those services:
.................................................. $ 860,700
1,721,400
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
$191,885 $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:
.................................................. $ 300,000
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:
.................................................. $ 325,107
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:
.................................................. $ 28,695,676
57,391,351
............................................... FTEs 2.00
If moneys appropriated under this subsection and which
are allocated to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
supplemental aid payments to school districts for their
initial year of funding under section 284.13, subsection 1,
paragraph "e", for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and
ending June 30, 2017, are insufficient for such purpose, the
department shall prorate the amount of the teacher leadership
supplemental aid payments calculated under section 284.13,
subsection 1, paragraph "e", subparagraph (2), subparagraph
division (a), and paid to school districts.
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
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:
.................................................. $ 125,000
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":
.................................................. $ 500,000
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:
.................................................. $ 250,000
500,000
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
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:
.................................................. $ 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
1,000,000
23. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation of
section 279.68, subsection 2:
.................................................. $ 4,000,000
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:
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
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":
.................................................. $ 500,000
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:
.................................................. $ 212,500
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.
26A. FINE ARTS BEGINNING TEACHER MENTORING PROGRAM
For purposes implementing section 256.34, if enacted by this
Act:
.................................................. $ 25,000
27. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
compact to pay Iowa's member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $ 50,000
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:
.................................................. $ 500,000
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:
.................................................. $100,637,324
204,290,605
The funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
(1) Merged Area I
.................................................. $ 10,079,001
(2) Merged Area II
.................................................. $ 10,226,442
(3) Merged Area III
.................................................. $ 9,465,211
(4) Merged Area IV
.................................................. $ 4,656,003
(5) Merged Area V
.................................................. $ 11,560,026
(6) Merged Area VI
.................................................. $ 9,071,684
(7) Merged Area VII
.................................................. $ 13,776,114
(8) Merged Area IX
.................................................. $ 17,449,141
(9) Merged Area X
.................................................. $ 31,941,989
(10) Merged Area XI
.................................................. $ 34,184,671
(11) Merged Area XII
.................................................. $ 11,331,388
(12) Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $ 12,300,327
(13) Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $ 4,746,073
(14) Merged Area XV
.................................................. $ 14,892,948
(15) Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $ 8,609,587
b. For distribution to community colleges to supplement
faculty salaries:
.................................................. $ 250,000
500,000
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 5. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 26, is amended
to read as follows:
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
794,714
............................................... FTEs 15.00
The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
office and the legislative services agency. The report
submitted in December 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
182,734
c. For moneys to be allocated to the northwest Iowa regents
resource center in Sioux City under section 262.9, subsection
22:
.................................................. $ 48,057
96,114
d. For moneys to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
studies center:
.................................................. $ 2,500
5,000
e. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
public radio operations:
.................................................. $ 195,784
391,568
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $115,461,503
232,223,005
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 1,093,279
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:
.................................................. $ 2,201,308
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:
.................................................. $ 894,133
1,788,265
............................................... FTEs 190.40
e. Child health care services
For specialized child health care services, including
childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
Iowa high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 329,728
659,456
............................................... FTEs 57.97
f. Statewide cancer registry
For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 74,526
149,051
............................................... FTEs 2.10
g. Substance abuse consortium
For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
the following full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 27,765
55,529
............................................... FTEs 1.00
h. Center for biocatalysis
For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 361,864
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:
.................................................. $ 324,465
648,930
............................................... FTEs 5.89
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$127,445 $254,889 shall be allocated to the department of
family practice at the state university of Iowa college of
medicine for family practice faculty and support staff.
j. Birth defects registry
For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 19,144
38,288
............................................... FTEs 1.00
k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 81,270
162,539
............................................... FTEs 2.75
l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $ 240,925
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:
.................................................. $ 750,000
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:
.................................................. $ 91,090,926
184,399,852
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 14,943,439
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:
.................................................. $ 9,133,361
18,266,722
............................................... FTEs 383.34
d. Leopold center
For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university of
science and technology under section 266.39B, and for not more
than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 198,709
397,417
............................................... FTEs 11.25
e. Livestock disease research
For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $ 86,422
172,844
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 47,138,366
97,057,732
............................................... FTEs 1,447.50
b. Recycling and reuse center
For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 87,628
175,256
............................................... FTEs 3.00
c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
collaborative initiative
For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,600,000
5,200,000
............................................... FTEs 6.20
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
support, activities directly related to recruitment of
kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
community colleges to develop STEM professional development
programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
development.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, not less than $250,000 $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:
.................................................. $ 62,651
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:
.................................................. $ 4,754,629
9,723,215
............................................... 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
4,053,893
............................................... FTEs 62.87
7. TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing,
prescription, and transportation costs for students at these
schools pursuant to section 270.5:
.................................................. $ 5,882
11,763
8. LICENSED CLASSROOM TEACHERS
For distribution at the Iowa braille and sight saving school
and the Iowa school for the deaf based upon the average yearly
enrollment at each school as determined by the state board of
regents:
.................................................. $ 41,025
82,049
Sec. 6. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b,
subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), for the school year
beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and each succeeding school year,
the rules shall provide that all students enrolled in school
districts in grades three through eleven shall be administered
an assessment during the last quarter of the school year that
at a minimum assesses the core academic indicators identified
in this paragraph "b"; is aligned with the Iowa common core
standards in both content and rigor; accurately describes
student achievement and growth for purposes of the school, the
school district, and state accountability systems; and provides
valid, reliable, and fair measures of student progress toward
college or career readiness.
Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 256.34 Fine arts beginning teacher
mentoring program.
1. The department shall establish a fine arts beginning
teacher mentoring program under a contract with an Iowa=based
nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income
taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code; has membership from the six state fine arts organizations
representing kindergarten through grade twelve general music,
choral music, instrumental music, visual arts, and drama and
theater arts educators; and has administered a federally funded
statewide fine arts mentoring program since 2006.
2. Program criteria shall include a required match of one
dollar provided by the organization contracting to deliver
services under subsection 1 for each dollar provided to the
organization by the department. Moneys in the fund established
under subsection 6 shall not be disbursed until the department
receives evidence that the organization meets or will meet the
match requirement.
3. The program provided under contract by the nonprofit
organization shall provide for all of the following:
a. Activities and consultation in support of beginning fine
arts teachers employed in Iowa's school districts, including
but not limited to guidance in the classroom and at meetings,
and resources of materials, time, and financial scholarship
for state conferences that will support a beginning fine arts
teacher's effectiveness in the classroom.
b. Coordination of retired and currently employed
experienced fine arts mentor educators with beginning fine arts
educators.
c. Materials and advice specifically designed to prepare
beginning fine arts teachers for success in the fine arts
classroom and to prepare kindergarten through grade twelve
students for school district fine arts performances and
festivals.
4. The nonprofit organization under contract with the
department under this section shall provide quarterly reports
detailing the organization's compliance with the requirements
of subsection 3 and the expenditures of moneys for purposes of
the fine arts beginning teacher mentoring program.
5. The director of the department may for good cause
suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a contract entered into in
accordance with the provisions of this section.
6. There is established in the state treasury a fine arts
beginning teacher mentoring fund that is under the control
of and administered by the department of education. The
department may accept gifts, grants, bequests, and other
private contributions, as well as state or federal funds, and
shall deposit the moneys in the fund to be used for purposes of
the fine arts beginning teacher mentoring program. Moneys in
the fund are appropriated to the department and shall be used
for the purposes of this section. Moneys in the fund may be
used to reimburse mentors for business travel expenses incurred
in the performance of a mentor's duties at a rate not to exceed
the current rate of reimbursement allowed under the standard
method for computation of business travel expenses pursuant to
the Internal Revenue Code. The department shall not commingle
federal, state, and private funds within the fund. Moneys
appropriated for the program shall supplement, not supplant,
moneys appropriated for purposes of the beginning teacher
mentoring and induction program created under section 284.5.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund 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. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
interest earned on moneys in the fine arts beginning teacher
mentoring fund shall be credited to the fund.
Sec. 8. Section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
e. Preschool foundation aid funding shall not be used for
the costs of constructing a facility in connection with an
approved local program. Preschool foundation aid funding may
be used by approved local programs and community providers
for professional development for preschool teachers, for
instructional equipment, for material and equipment designed
to develop pupils' large and small motor skills, and for other
direct costs. Preschool foundation aid funding may be used
by approved local programs for the costs of transportation
involving children participating in the preschool program.
The costs of transporting other children associated with the
preschool program or transported as provided in section 256C.3,
subsection 3, paragraph "h", may be prorated by the school
district. Preschool foundation aid funding received by an
approved local program that remain unexpended or unobligated
at the end of a fiscal year shall be used to build the approved
local program's preschool program capacity in the next
succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 9. Section 261.6, Code 2016, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. An all Iowa opportunity foster care
grant fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund
under the control of the commission. The fund shall consist
of any moneys appropriated to the commission for purposes of
the program and any other moneys available to and obtained or
accepted by the commission for placement in the fund. All
moneys in the fund are appropriated to the commission to be
used for grants for students meeting the requirements of this
section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund
on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general
fund of the state, but shall be transferred to the all Iowa
opportunity scholarship fund established pursuant to section
261.87 to be used for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity
scholarship program.
Sec. 10. Section 261.86, subsection 6, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
6. Notwithstanding section 8.33, until one year after the
date the president of the United States or the Congress of
the United States declares a cessation of hostilities ending
operation Iraqi freedom, operation new dawn, and operation
enduring freedom, funds appropriated for purposes of this
section which remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated shall
not revert but shall be available for expenditure for the
following fiscal year for purposes of this section.
Sec. 11. Section 272.28, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Effective July 1, 2003, requirements Requirements for
teacher licensure beyond an initial license shall include
successful completion of a beginning teacher mentoring and
induction program approved by the state board of education or
evidence of not less than three years of successful teaching
experience at any of the following:
a. An accredited nonpublic school in this state.
b. A preschool program approved by the United States
department of health and human services.
c. Preschool programs at school districts approved to
participate in the preschool program under chapter 256C.
d. Shared visions programs receiving grants from the child
development coordinating council under section 256A.3.
e. Preschool programs receiving moneys from the school
ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund
created in section 256I.11.
Sec. 12. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
c. Beginning May 1, 2017 2018, unless the school district
is granted a waiver pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph "e",
if the student's reading deficiency is not remedied by the
end of grade three, as demonstrated by scoring on a locally
determined or statewide assessment as provided in section
256.7, subsection 31, the school district shall notify the
student's parent or guardian that the parent or guardian may
enroll the student in an intensive summer reading program
offered in accordance with subsection 2, paragraph "e". If
the parent or guardian does not enroll the student in the
intensive summer reading program and the student is ineligible
for the good cause exemption under subsection 5, the student
shall be retained in grade three pursuant to subsection 3.
If the student is exempt from participating in an intensive
summer reading program for good cause, pursuant to subsection
5, or completes the intensive summer reading program but is
not reading proficient upon completion of the program, the
student may be promoted to grade four, but the school district
shall continue to provide the student with intensive reading
instruction until the student is proficient in reading as
demonstrated by scoring on locally determined or statewide
assessments.
Sec. 13. Section 279.68, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
e. Offer each summer, beginning in the summer of 2017
2018, unless the school district receives a waiver from this
requirement from the department of education for the summer of
2017 2018, an intensive summer literacy program for students
assessed as exhibiting a substantial deficiency in reading.
The program shall meet the criteria and follow the guidelines
established pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 53, paragraph
"c", subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (g).
Sec. 14. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
and d, Code 2016, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 2016, and
ending June 30, 2016 2017, 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, 2015 2016, and
ending June 30, 2016 2017, 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, 2015 2016, and
ending June 30, 2016 2017, 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, 2015 2016, and
ending June 30, 2016 2017, 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.
Sec. 15. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph e,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending
June 30, 2017, fifty million six hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 16. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017,
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. 17. 2016 Iowa Acts, House File 2370, is amended by
adding the following new section:
NEW SECTION. SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 18. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION == SUSPENSION OF RULE
APPLICABILITY == REVIEW BY ADMINISTRATIVE RULES REVIEW
COMMITTEE. The applicability of 281 Iowa administrative code,
rule 12.8, subrule 1, paragraph "h", is suspended until July 1,
2017. The administrative rules review committee shall review
281 Iowa administrative code, rule 12.8, subrule 1, paragraph
"h", at its regular meeting in December 2016.
Sec. 19. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. The following provision
of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
upon enactment:
1. The section of this Act enacting section 261.6,
subsection 4.
2. The section of this Act amending section 261.86,
subsection 6.
3. The section of this Act amending section 272.28.
4. The section of this Act amending 2016 Iowa Acts, House
File 2370.
5. The section of this Act suspending the applicability of
an administrative rule adopted by the state board of education
and requiring review of such rule by the administrative rules
review committee.
Sec. 20. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following
provision of this Act applies retroactively to June 30, 2015:
1. The section of this Act amending section 261.86,
subsection 6.
Sec. 21. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following
provision of this Act applies retroactively to April 6, 2016:
1. The section of this Act amending 2016 Iowa Acts, House
File 2370.
DIVISION II
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS ==== APPROPRIATIONS FY 2016=2017
Sec. 22. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 29, is amended
to read as follows:
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
15,100,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph "a",
not more than $50,000 $100,000 shall be used by the department
for administration of the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $ 2,750,000
5,500,000
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"b", $1,941,500 $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the
formula established in section 260C.18C.
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"b", not more than $75,000 $150,000 shall be used by the
department for implementation of adult education and literacy
programs pursuant to section 260C.50.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"b", not more than $733,500 $1,467,000 shall be distributed as
grants to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic
education programs for students requiring instruction in
English as a second language. The department shall establish
an application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
based on need for instruction in English as a second language
in the region served by each community college as determined by
factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
"b", $105,000 $210,000 shall be transferred to the department
of human services for purposes of administering a pilot project
to provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
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
6,000,000
d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $ 2,500,000
5,000,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph "d",
not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full=time
equivalent position.
e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
2,000,000
f. For deposit in the statewide work=based learning
intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $ 750,000
1,500,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph "f",
not more than $25,000 $50,000 shall be used by the department
for expenses associated with the activities of the secondary
career and technical programming task force convened pursuant
to this Act to provide statewide support for work=based
learning.
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
200,000
2. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $ 2,500,000
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.
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2323, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved , 2016
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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