Bill Text: IA SF2415 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents, providing for related matters, and providing applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3220.) Effective 7-1-18.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-06-01 - NOBA: Graybook [SF2415 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2415-Enrolled.html

Senate File 2415 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                  APPROPRIATIONS

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  3220)
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                                       Senate File 2415

                             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 APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
                           DIVISION I
                   FY 2018=2019 APPROPRIATIONS
                    DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
    Section 1.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 45, is
 amended to read as follows:
    SEC. 45.  ADMINISTRATION.  There is appropriated from the
 general fund of the state to the department for the blind
 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June
 30, 2019, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  1,093,671
                                                       2,167,622
 ............................................... FTEs      88.00
                                                           78.00
                 COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
    Sec. 2.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 46, is amended
 to read as follows:
    SEC. 46.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
 purposes designated:
    1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $    214,640
                                                         429,279
 ............................................... FTEs       3.95
    2.  HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
    For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
 established pursuant to section 261.115:
 .................................................. $    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:
 .................................................. $  1,550,000
                                                       4,700,000
    Moneys appropriated in accordance with this subsection may
 be distributed to a public university that purchased an Iowa
 for=profit accredited private institution effective March 22,
 2018, whose students were eligible members of the national
 guard who received educational assistance under the national
 guard educational assistance program in the fiscal year
 beginning July 1, 2017, if the students continue to meet the
 requirements of section 261.86.
    4.  TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
    a.  For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
 established in section 261.112:
 .................................................. $    100,000
                                                         105,828
    b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
 ending June 30, 2019, the commission shall not provide loan
 forgiveness under the program to any new applicant, but may
 renew loan forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet
 the eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
    5.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
    a.  For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
 program established pursuant to section 261.87:
 .................................................. $  1,420,427
                                                       2,840,854
    b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, if the moneys
 appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
 commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
 program exceed $250,000 $500,000, "eligible institution"
 as defined in section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year
 beginning July 1, 2018, include accredited private institutions
 as defined in section 261.9.
    6.  TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
    For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
 pursuant to section 261.110:
 .................................................. $    200,000
                                                         400,000
    7.  RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
    For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
 program established pursuant to section 261.113:
 .................................................. $    562,251
                                                       1,124,502
    8.  HEALTH CARE=RELATED LOAN PROGRAM
    For purposes of the health care=related loan program
 established pursuant to section 261.116:
 .................................................. $    100,000
 200,000
    Sec. 3.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 47, is amended
 to read as follows:
    SEC. 47.  IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS.
 Notwithstanding the standing appropriations appropriation in
 the following designated sections section for the fiscal year
 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts
  amount 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 for Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25,
 subsection 1: shall not exceed $46,630,951.
 .................................................. $ 23,315,476
    2.  For tuition grants for students attending for=profit
 accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
 261.25, subsection 2:
 .................................................. $    750,000
    3.  For vocational=technical tuition grants under section
 261.25, subsection 3:
 .................................................. $    875,093
                     DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    Sec. 4.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 50, is amended
 to read as follows:
    SEC. 50.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
 purposes designated:
    1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  2,982,024
                                                       5,949,047
 ............................................... FTEs      81.67
                                                           60.43
    b.  By January 15, 2019, the department shall submit
 a written report to the general assembly detailing the
 department's antibullying programming and current and projected
 expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
 July 1, 2018.
    2.  CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $    299,099
                                                         598,197
 ............................................... FTEs      11.50
                                                            9.82
    3.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  2,812,838
                                                       5,677,908
 ............................................... FTEs     255.00
                                                          244.00
    For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
 with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
 to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
 job placement and retention services for individuals with
 significant disabilities and most significant disabilities.  By
 January 15, 2019, the division shall submit a written report to
 the general assembly on the division's outreach efforts with
 community rehabilitation program providers.
    b.  For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
 with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
 independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
 than the following full=time equivalent position:
 .................................................. $     42,412
                                                          84,823
 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
    c.  For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
 established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
 .................................................. $     69,253
                                                         138,506
    d.  For costs associated with centers for independent
 living:
 .................................................. $     43,229
                                                          86,457
    4.  STATE LIBRARY
    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  1,265,032
                                                       2,530,063
 ............................................... FTEs      29.00
    b.  For the enrich Iowa program established under section
 256.57:
 .................................................. $  1,232,412
                                                       2,464,823
    5.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
    For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
 and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 full=time equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  3,794,708
                                                       7,589,415
 ............................................... FTEs      86.00
                                                           60.17
    6.  CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
    For reimbursement for career and technical education
 expenditures made by secondary schools regional career and
 technical education planning partnerships in accordance with
 section 258.14:
 .................................................. $  1,315,067
                                                       2,630,134
    Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
 reimburse school districts for regional career and technical
 education planning partnerships for expenditures made by
 secondary schools to meet the standards set in sections 256.11,
 258.4, and 260C.14 allowed under section 258.14.
    7.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
    For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
 for not more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  1,088,399
                                                       2,176,797
 ............................................... FTEs      20.58
                                                           23.86
    8.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND ==== GENERAL AID
    For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
 the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
 .................................................. $ 11,081,400
                                                      22,162,799
    a.  From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018,
 and ending June 30, 2019, not more than $132,975 $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.
    9.  BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
    a.  For expansion of the federal Individuals with
 Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No.
 108=446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
 services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
 those services:
 .................................................. $    860,700
                                                       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.
    10.  EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
    a.  For early head start projects:
 .................................................. $    287,250
                                                         574,500
    b.  The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
 used for implementation and expansion of early head start
 pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
 emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
 age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
 The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
 healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
 infants and toddlers in low=income families.  Priority shall be
 given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
 and received state funding to administer an early head start
 project.
    11.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
    a.  To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
 to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
 authorized by section 301.1:
 .................................................. $    325,107
                                                         652,000
    b.  Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 $25 per
 pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
 resident public school pupils.
    12.  STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
    For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
 program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
 than the following full=time equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  1,697,834
                                                       2,965,467
 ............................................... FTEs       2.00
                                                            5.90
    If moneys appropriated under this subsection and which
 are allocated to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
 supplemental aid payments to school districts for their
 initial year of funding under section 284.13, subsection 1,
 paragraph "e", for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
 ending June 30, 2019, are insufficient for such purpose, the
 department shall prorate the amount of the teacher leadership
 supplemental aid payments calculated under section 284.13,
 subsection 1, paragraph "e", subparagraph (2), subparagraph
 division (a), and paid to school districts.
    12A.  STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
    For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the
 department of education on behalf of school districts to offset
 the costs associated with a statewide student assessment
 administered in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21,
 paragraph "b":
 .................................................. $  2,700,000
    12B.  STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK=BASED LEARNING
    For support costs associated with the creation of a
 statewide clearinghouse to expand work=based learning as a part
 of the future ready Iowa initiative:
 .................................................. $    250,000
    12C.  POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
 PROGRAM
    For support costs associated with the creation of a program
 to provide additional funds for resident high school pupils
 enrolled in grades 9=12 to attend a community college for
 college=level classes or attend a class taught by a community
 college=employed instructor during the summer and outside of
 the regular school year through a contractual agreement between
 a community college and a school district under the future
 ready Iowa initiative:
 .................................................. $    600,000
    13.  JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
    For school districts to provide direct services to the most
 at=risk senior middle school or high school students enrolled
 in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
 America's graduates specialist:
 .................................................. $    333,094
                                                       1,666,188
    14.  ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
 DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
    For administration of a process for school districts to
 establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
 performance of each attendance center operated by the district
 in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
 report card for each attendance center, for internet site
 and data system support, and for not more than the following
 full=time equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $    125,000
                                                         250,000
 ............................................... FTEs       2.00
                                                            1.95
    15.  ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
    For purposes of administering the online state job posting
 system in accordance with section 256.27:
 .................................................. $    115,000
                                                         230,000
    16.  SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
    For distribution to school districts for implementation
 of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
 progression for early readers:
 .................................................. $  3,912,391
                                                       7,824,782
    17.  EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
    For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
 warning assessment and administering the early warning system
 for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
 rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
 .................................................. $    957,500
                                                       1,915,000
    The department shall administer and distribute to school
 districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
 assessment system that allows teachers to screen and  monitor
 student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
 six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
 nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
 costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
 assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
 this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
 actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
 the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
 system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
 moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
 moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
 subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
    18.  IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
    a.  For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
 order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
 agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
 paragraph "c":
 .................................................. $    478,750
                                                       1,300,176
    b.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
 department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
 specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
    19.  COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
 FUND
    For deposit in the computer science professional development
 incentive fund established under section 284.6A, if enacted:
 .................................................. $    250,000
                                                         500,000
    20.  MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
    a.  For distribution to the midwestern higher education
 compact to pay Iowa's member state annual obligation:
 .................................................. $     57,500
                                                         115,000
    b.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
 for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
 pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
 designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
    21.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
    For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
 section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
 .................................................. $100,595,445
                                                     202,690,889
    The moneys 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:
    a.  Merged Area I
 .................................................. $ 10,000,076
    b.  Merged Area II
 .................................................. $ 10,146,364
    c.  Merged Area III
 .................................................. $  9,391,092
    d.  Merged Area IV
 .................................................. $  4,619,543
    e.  Merged Area V
 .................................................. $ 11,469,504
    f.  Merged Area VI
 .................................................. $  9,000,646
    g.  Merged Area VII
 .................................................. $ 13,668,239
    h.  Merged Area IX
 .................................................. $ 17,312,504
    i.  Merged Area X
 .................................................. $ 31,691,864
    j.  Merged Area XI
 .................................................. $ 33,916,985
    k.  Merged Area XII
 .................................................. $ 11,242,657
    l.  Merged Area XIII
 .................................................. $ 12,204,008
    m.  Merged Area XIV
 .................................................. $  4,708,909
    n.  Merged Area XV
 .................................................. $ 14,776,328
    o.  Merged Area XVI
 .................................................. $  8,542,170
    Sec. 5.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 51, is amended
 to read as follows:
    SEC. 51.  LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT=RISK
 CHILDREN.  Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
 section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
 ending June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general
 fund of the state to the department of education for programs
 for at=risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
 than $5,365,000 $10,524,389.  The amount of any reduction in
 this section shall be prorated among the programs specified in
 section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs "a", "b", and "c".
                     STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
    Sec. 6.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 52, as amended
 by 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 170, section 40, is amended to read
 as follows:
    SEC. 52.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
 the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
 purposes designated:
    1.  OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $    397,357
                                                         775,655
 ............................................... FTEs      15.00
                                                            2.48
    The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
 office and the legislative services agency. The report
 submitted in December 2018 shall include the five=year
 graduation rates for the regents universities.
    b.  For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
 regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
 regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad=cities
 graduate studies center as determined by the board:
 .................................................. $    139,424
                                                         272,161
    c.  For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
 public radio operations:
 .................................................. $    179,632
                                                         350,648
    d.  For allocation by the state board of regents to the state
 university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science and
 technology, and the university of northern Iowa to support
 new strategic initiatives, meet enrollment increases, meet
 the demand for new courses and services, to fund new but
 unavoidable or mandated cost increases, and to support any
 other initiatives important to the core functions of the
 universities:
 .................................................. $  8,300,000
    2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
    a.  General university
    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
 aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
 following full=time equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $108,379,534
                                                     211,560,793
 ............................................... 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
                                                       2,134,120
 ............................................... 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
                                                       4,297,032
 ............................................... FTEs     102.50
                                                          103.77
    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
                                                       1,745,379
 ............................................... FTEs     190.40
                                                            2.19
    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
                                                         643,641
 ............................................... FTEs      57.97
                                                            4.25
    f.  Statewide cancer registry
    For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
 following full=time equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $     74,526
                                                         145,476
 ............................................... FTEs       2.10
                                                            1.04
    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
                                                          54,197
 ............................................... 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
                                                         706,371
 ............................................... 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
                                                         633,367
 ............................................... FTEs       5.89
 5.36
    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
                                                          37,370
 ............................................... 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
                                                         158,641
 ............................................... 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
 470,293
    m.  Iowa flood center
    For the Iowa flood center for use by the university's college
 of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
 .................................................. $    600,000
                                                       1,171,222
    3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    a.  General university
    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
 aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
 following full=time equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $ 86,437,431
                                                     167,474,125
 ............................................... 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
                                                          382.34
    d.  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:
 .................................................. $ 46,856,181
                                                      93,712,362
 ............................................... FTEs   1,447.50
                                                        1,426.69
    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
                                                            1.93
    c.  Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
 collaborative initiative
    For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
 and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
 pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
 full=time equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  2,723,188
                                                       5,446,375
 ............................................... FTEs       6.20
                                                            5.50
    (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.
    (4)  Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
 appropriated in this paragraph "c" that remain unencumbered
 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
 equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
 appropriated in this paragraph "c" shall not revert but shall
 remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
 students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
    d.  Real estate education program
    For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
 not more than the following full=time equivalent position:
 .................................................. $     62,651
                                                         125,302
 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
                                                            0.96
    5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  4,948,676
                                                       9,996,325
 ............................................... FTEs     126.60
    6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 equivalent positions:
 .................................................. $  2,063,248
                                                       4,167,759
 ............................................... FTEs      62.87
    Sec. 7.  2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191, section 14, subsection
 4, as amended by 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 44, is
 amended to read as follows:
    4.  The following are range 4 positions: director of the
 department of human rights, director of the Iowa state civil
 rights commission, executive director of the college student
 aid commission, director of the department for the blind,
 executive director of the ethics and campaign disclosure
 board, executive director of the Iowa public information
 board, members of the public employment relations board, and
 chairperson, vice chairperson, and members of the board of
 parole.
    Sec. 8.  2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191, section 14, subsection
 5, as amended by 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 123, section 63, is
 amended to read as follows:
    5.  The following are range 5 positions: administrator of
 the division of homeland security and emergency management of
 the department of public defense, state public defender, drug
 policy coordinator, labor commissioner, workers' compensation
 commissioner, executive director of the college student aid
 commission, director of the department of cultural affairs,
 director of the department of elder affairs, director of the
 law enforcement academy, members of the property assessment
 appeal board, and administrator of the historical division of
 the department of cultural affairs.
    Sec. 9.  Section 256.9, subsection 56, Code 2018, as amended
 by 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File 475, section 4, is amended to
 read as follows:
    56.  Develop and establish an online learning program model
 in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 256.7,
 subsection 32, and in accordance with section 256.43. The
 director shall maintain a list of approved online providers
 that meet the standards of section 256.42, subsection 6, and
 provide course content through an online learning platform
 taught by an Iowa licensed a teacher that licensed under
 chapter 272 who has specialized training or experience in
 online learning. Providers shall apply for approval annually
 or as determined by the department.
    Sec. 10.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph k, as
 enacted by 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File 475, section 20, is
 amended to read as follows:
    k.  One=half unit of personal finance literacy. All students
 shall complete at least one=half unit of personal finance
 literacy as a condition of graduation.
    (1)  The curriculum shall, at a minimum, address the
 following:
    (1)  (a)  Savings, including emergency fund, purchases, and
 wealth building.
    (2)  (b)  Understanding investments, including compound
 and simple interest, liquidity, diversification, risk return
 ratio, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, single
 stocks, bonds, mutual funds, rental real estate, annuities,
 commodities, and futures.
    (3)  (c)  Wealth building and college planning, including
 long=term and short=term investing using tax=favored plans,
 individual retirement accounts and payments from such accounts,
 employer=sponsored retirement plans and investments, public and
 private educational savings accounts, and uniform gifts and
 transfers to minors.
    (4)  (d)  Credit and debt, including credit cards, payday
 lending, rent=to=own transactions, debt consolidation,
 automobile leasing, cosigning a loan, debt avoidance, and the
 marketing of debt, especially to young people.
    (5)  (e)  Consumer awareness of the power of marketing
 on buying decisions including zero percent interest offers;
 marketing methods, including product positioning, advertising,
 brand recognition, and personal selling; how to read a
 credit report and correct inaccuracies; how to build a credit
 score; how to develop a plan to deal with creditors and avoid
 bankruptcy; and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
    (6)  (f)  Financial responsibility and money management,
 including creating and living on a written budget and balancing
 a checkbook; basic rules of successful negotiating and
 techniques; and personality or other traits regarding money.
    (7)  (g)  Insurance, risk management, income, and career
 decisions, including career choices that fit personality styles
 and occupational goals, job search strategies, cover letters,
 resumes, interview techniques, payroll taxes and other income
 withholdings, and revenue sources for federal, state, and local
 governments.
    (8)  (h)  Different types of insurance coverage including
 renters, homeowners, automobile, health, disability, long=term
 care, identity theft, and life insurance; term life, cash
 value and whole life insurance; and insurance terms such
 as deductible, stop loss, elimination period, replacement
 coverage, liability, and out=of=pocket.
    (9)  (i)  Buying, selling, and renting advantages and
 disadvantages relating to real estate, including adjustable
 rate, balloon, conventional, government=backed, reverse, and
 seller=financed mortgages.
    (2)  (a)  One=half unit of personal finance literacy may
 count as one=half unit of social studies in meeting the
 requirements of paragraph "b", though the teacher providing
 personal finance literacy coursework that counts as one=half
 unit of social studies need not hold a social studies
 endorsement.
    (b)  Units of coursework that meet the requirements of
 any combination of coursework required under paragraphs "b",
 "d", "e", or "h" and incorporate the curriculum required under
 subparagraph (1) shall be deemed to satisfy the offer and
 teach requirements of this paragraph "k" and a student who
 completes such units shall be deemed to have met the graduation
 requirement of this paragraph "k".
    Sec. 11.  Section 256.42, subsection 7, paragraph c, as
 enacted by 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File 475, section 6, is
 amended to read as follows:
    c.  Any specified subject course to which section 256.11,
 subsection 5, does not apply under paragraph "a" or "b" shall
 be provided by the initiative if the initiative offers the
 course unless the course offered by the initiative lacks the
 capacity to accommodate additional students.   In that case, the
 specified subject course may instead be provided by the school
 district or accredited nonpublic school through if either of
 the following applies:
    (1)  Through an online learning platform if the course is
 developed by the school district or accredited nonpublic school
 itself, provided the online learning platform course is taught
 by an Iowa licensed teacher with online learning experience and
 the course content is aligned with the Iowa content standards
 and satisfies the requirements of subsection 6.
    (2)  Through a private provider utilized to provide the
 course that meets the standards of section 256.42 and is
 approved in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 56.
    Sec. 12.  Section 256.43, subsection 2, Code 2018, as amended
 by 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File 475, section 10, is amended to
 read as follows:
    2.  Private providers.
    a.  At the discretion of the school board or authorities in
 charge of an accredited nonpublic school, after consideration
 of circumstances created by necessity, convenience, and
 cost=effectiveness, courses developed by private providers may
 be utilized by the school district or school in implementing a
 high=quality online learning program. Courses obtained from
 private providers shall be taught by teachers licensed under
 chapter 272.
    b.  A school district may provide courses developed by
 private providers and delivered primarily over the internet
 to pupils who are participating in open enrollment under
 section 282.18. However, if a student's participation
 in open enrollment to receive educational instruction
 and course content delivered primarily over the internet
 results in the termination of enrollment in the receiving
 district, the receiving district shall, within thirty days
 of the termination, notify the district of residence of the
 termination and the date of the termination.
    c.  Private providers utilized to provide courses by a school
 district or accredited nonpublic school in accordance with
 this section shall meet the standards of section 256.42 and be
 approved in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 56.  
    Sec. 13.  Section 261.25, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
    2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
 to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of one million
 five three hundred seventy=six thousand two hundred twenty
  dollars for tuition grants for qualified students who are
 enrolled in eligible institutions. Of the moneys appropriated
 under this subsection, not more than eighty thousand dollars
 annually shall be used for tuition grants to qualified students
 who are attending an eligible institution under section 261.9,
 subsection 3, paragraph "b".
    Sec. 14.  Section 261.86, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended
 by adding the following new paragraph:
    NEW PARAGRAPH.  0f.  Completes and submits application forms
 required by the commission, including the free application for
 federal student aid and applies for all nonrepayable state and
 federal financial aid for which the member is eligible.
    Sec. 15.  Section 261.114, subsection 3, unnumbered
 paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    A program agreement shall be entered into by an eligible
 student and the commission when the eligible student begins
 the final year of study in an academic program leading to
 eligibility for licensure as a nurse practitioner or physician
 assistant.  The commission shall not enter into any new
 program agreement under this section on or after July 1, 2018.
  Under the agreement, to receive loan repayments pursuant to
 subsection 5, an eligible student shall agree to and shall
 fulfill all of the following requirements:
    Sec. 16.  Section 261.114, subsection 8, Code 2018, is
 amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 17.  Section 261.114, subsection 9, Code 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
    9.  Postponement and satisfaction Satisfaction of service
 obligation.
    a.  The obligation to engage in practice in accordance with
 subsection 3 shall be postponed for the following purposes:
    (1)  Active duty status in the armed forces, the armed forces
 military reserve, or the national guard.
    (2)  Service in volunteers in service to America.
    (3)  Service in the federal peace corps.
    (4)  A period of service commitment to the United States
 public health service commissioned corps.
    (5)  A period of religious missionary work conducted by an
 organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to
 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (6)  Any period of temporary medical incapacity during which
 the person obligated is unable, due to a medical condition, to
 engage in full=time practice as required under subsection 3.
    b.  Except for a postponement under paragraph "a",
 subparagraph (6), an obligation to engage in practice under an
 agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3, shall not be
 postponed for more than two years from the time the full=time
 practice was to have commenced under the agreement. 
    c.  a.  An obligation to engage in full=time practice under
 an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3 shall be
 considered satisfied when any of the following conditions are
 met:
    (1)  The terms of the agreement are completed.
    (2)  The person who entered into the agreement dies.
    (3)  The person who entered into the agreement, due to a
 permanent disability, is unable to practice as an advanced
 registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
    d.  b.  If a loan repayment recipient fails to fulfill
 the obligation to engage in practice in accordance with
 subsection 3, the recipient shall be subject to repayment to
 the commission of the loan amount plus interest as specified
 by rule. A loan repayment recipient who fails to meet the
 requirements of the obligation to engage in practice in
 accordance with subsection 3 may also be subject to repayment
 of moneys advanced by the service commitment area as provided
 in any agreement with the service commitment area.
    Sec. 18.  Section 261.114, subsection 10, Code 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
    10.  Trust fund established.  A rural Iowa advanced
 registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant trust
 fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under
 the control of the commission. The commission shall remit all
 repayments made pursuant to this section to the rural Iowa
 advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant
 trust fund. All moneys deposited or paid into the trust fund
 are appropriated and made available to the commission to be
 used for meeting the requirements of this section. Moneys in
 the fund up to the total amount that an eligible student may
 receive for an eligible loan in accordance with this section
 and upon fulfilling the requirements of subsection 3 shall be
 considered encumbered for the duration of the agreement entered
 into pursuant to subsection 3. 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 available
 for purposes of this section in subsequent fiscal years.
 Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June
 30, 2023, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
 shall be transferred to the health care loan repayment fund
 established pursuant to section 261.116 to be used for purposes
 of the health care loan repayment program.
    Sec. 19.  Section 261.114, Code 2018, is amended by adding
 the following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION.  10A.  This section is repealed July 1, 2023.
    Sec. 20.  Section 261.116, Code 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
    261.116  Registered nurse and nurse educator Health care loan
 forgiveness repayment program.
    1.   Definitions.  For purposes of this section, unless the
 context otherwise requires:
    a.  "Advanced registered nurse practitioner" means a person
 licensed as a registered nurse under chapter 152 or 152E who
 is licensed by the board of nursing as an advanced registered
 nurse practitioner.
    b.  "Nurse educator" means a registered nurse who holds
 a master's degree or doctorate degree and is employed by a
 community college, an accredited private institution, or an
 institution of higher education governed by the state board
 of regents as a faculty member to teach nursing at a nursing
 education program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to
 section 152.5.
    c.  "Physician assistant" means a person licensed as a
 physician assistant under chapter 148C.
    d.  "Qualified student loan" means a loan that was made,
 insured, or guaranteed under Tit. IV of the federal Higher
 Education Act of 1965, as amended, or under Tit. VII or VIII
 of the federal Public Health Service Act, as amended, directly
 to the borrower for attendance at an approved postsecondary
 educational institution.
    e.  "Service commitment area" means a city in Iowa with a
 population of less than twenty=six thousand that is located
 more than twenty miles from a city with a population of fifty
 thousand or more. 
    2.  Program established.  A registered nurse and nurse
 educator health care loan forgiveness repayment program is
 established to be administered by the commission. The program
 shall consist of loan forgiveness for eligible federally
 guaranteed for purposes of repaying the qualified student
  loans for of registered nurses, advanced registered nurse
 practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse educators who
 practice full=time in a service commitment area or teach in
 this state, as appropriate, and who are selected for the
 program in accordance with this section. For purposes of
 this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "nurse
 educator" means a registered nurse who holds a master's degree
 or doctorate degree and is employed as a faculty member who
 teaches nursing as provided in 655 IAC 2.6(152) at a community
 college, an accredited private institution, or an institution
 of higher education governed by the state board of regents.  An
 applicant who is a member of the Iowa national guard is exempt
 from the service commitment area requirement, but shall submit
 an affidavit verifying the applicant is practicing full=time
 in this state.
    2.  3.  Application requirements.  Each applicant for loan
 forgiveness repayment shall, in accordance with the rules of
 the commission, do the following:
    a.  Complete and file an application for registered nurse
 or nurse educator loan forgiveness repayment. The individual
 shall be responsible for the prompt submission of any
 information required by the commission.
    b.  File a new application and submit information as
 required by the commission annually on the basis of which
 the applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness
  repayment will be evaluated and determined.
    c.  Complete and return, on a form approved by the
 commission, an affidavit of practice verifying that the
 applicant is a registered nurse, an advanced registered nurse
 practitioner, or a physician assistant who is practicing
 full=time in a service commitment area in this state or is a
 nurse educator teaching at a community college, an accredited
 private institution, or an institution of higher learning
 governed by the state board of regents who teaches full=time
 in this state.  If practice in a service commitment area is
 required as a condition of receiving loan repayment, the
 affidavit shall specify the service commitment area in which
 the applicant is practicing full=time.
    3.  4.  Loan repayment amounts. 
    a.  The annual amount of registered nurse loan forgiveness
 for a registered nurse who completes a course of study, which
 leads to a baccalaureate or associate degree of nursing,
 diploma in nursing, or a graduate or equivalent degree in
 nursing, and who practices in this state, repayment provided to
 a recipient under this section shall not exceed the resident
 tuition rate established for institutions of higher learning
 governed by the state board of regents for the first year
 following the registered nurse's graduation from a nursing
 education program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to
 section 152.5 six thousand dollars, or twenty percent of the
 registered nurse's total federally guaranteed Stafford loan
 amount under the federal family education loan program or the
 federal direct loan program, including principal and interest
  recipient's total qualified student loan, whichever amount is
 less. A registered nurse shall be recipient is eligible for
 the loan forgiveness repayment program for not more than five
 consecutive years.
    b.  The annual amount of nurse educator loan forgiveness
 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board
 of regents for the first year following the nurse educator's
 graduation from an advanced formal academic nursing education
 program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to section
 152.5, or twenty percent of the nurse educator's total
 federally guaranteed Stafford loan amount under the federal
 family education loan program or the federal direct loan
 program, including principal and interest, whichever amount
 is less. A nurse educator shall be eligible for the loan
 forgiveness program for not more than five consecutive years. 
    4.  5.  Selection criteria.  The commission shall establish
 by rule the evaluation criteria to be used in evaluating
 applications submitted under this section.  Priority shall be
 given to applicants who are residents of Iowa and, if requested
 by the adjutant general, to applicants who are members of the
 Iowa national guard.
    6.  Health care loan repayment fund.  A registered nurse and
 nurse educator health care loan forgiveness repayment fund is
 created for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received by
 the commission for use under the program. Notwithstanding
 section 8.33, moneys deposited in the health care loan
 repayment fund shall not revert to any fund of the state
 at the end of any fiscal year but shall remain in the loan
 forgiveness repayment fund and be continuously available for
 loan forgiveness repayment under the program. Notwithstanding
 section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys
 deposited in the health care loan fund shall be credited to the
 fund.
    5.  7.  Report.  The commission shall submit in a report
 to the general assembly by January 1, annually, the number of
 individuals who received loan forgiveness repayment pursuant to
 this section, where the participants practiced or taught, the
 amount paid to each program participant, and other information
 identified by the commission as indicators of outcomes from of
  the program.
    6.  8.  Rules.  The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to
 chapter 17A to administer this section.
    Sec. 21.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
 e, f, and g, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows:
    a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018, and
 ending June 30, 2018 2019, to the department, the amount of
 eight five hundred forty=six eight 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, 2017 2018, and
 ending June 30, 2018 2019, up to seven hundred seventy=four
  twenty=eight thousand three two 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
 "b", 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.
    c.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018,
 and ending June 30, 2018 2019, an amount up to one million
 one hundred twenty=three seventy=seven thousand nine eight
  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.
    e.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018, and
 ending June 30, 2018 2019, to the department an amount up to
 twenty=five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
 beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
 256.34.
    f.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018, and
 ending June 30, 2018 2019, to the department an amount up
 to six hundred twenty=six thousand one hundred ninety=one
 dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
 in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
 implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
 pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
 not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
 education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
 technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
 training and staff development, and the contracting of external
 expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
 of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
 districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
 students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
 department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
 department for administrative purposes and for not more than
 five full=time equivalent positions.
    g.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018 2019,
 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. 22.  APPLICABILITY.  The following provisions of this
 Act apply to fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2018,
 effective with the pay period beginning June 29, 2018:
    1.  The section of this Act amending 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter
 1191, section 14, subsection 4, as amended by 2013 Iowa Acts,
 chapter 140, section 44.
    2.  The section of this Act amending 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter
 1191, section 14, subsection 5, as amended by 2013 Iowa Acts,
 chapter 123, section 63.
                           DIVISION II
   WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS ==== APPROPRIATIONS FY 2018=2019
    Sec. 23.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 55, as amended
 by 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 170, section 41, is amended to read
 as follows:
    SEC. 55.  There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
 and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
 departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
 purposes designated:
    1.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    a.  For deposit in the workforce training and economic
 development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
 .................................................. $  7,550,000
                                                      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
    Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
 disbursed pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3.  Projects
 that qualify for moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
 shall include at least one of the following:
    (1)  Accelerated career education program capital projects.
    (2)  Major renovations and major repair needs, including
 health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
 the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.
    (3)  Projects that meet the requirements under chapter 260G
 and related projects located at a community college whose
 campus is located in a city with a population, according to
 the 2010 federal decennial census, between 99,000 and 100,000.
 The prohibition against lease payment under section 8.57,
 subsection 5, paragraph "c", shall not apply to projects
 authorized under this subparagraph (3). The provisions of this
 subparagraph (3) shall also apply to any moneys which remain
 unobligated and unencumbered and were appropriated in prior
 years for purposes of this lettered paragraph to such community
 college. The provisions of this subparagraph (3) are not
 applicable or effective after June 30, 2019.
    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 $100,000 $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
 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.


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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