Bill Text: IA SF2435 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, and state board of regents; modifying provisions related to compulsory education, open enrollment, the state board of regents presidential search committee, the Iowa tuition grants program, and the Iowa dyslexia board; establishing restrictions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents; providing penalties; and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3201.) Effective date: 05/09/2024, 07/01/2024, 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2024.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-09 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 964. [SF2435 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-SF2435-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2435 - Enrolled
Senate File 2435
AN ACT
RELATING TO AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM,
INCLUDING THE FUNDING AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE BLIND, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND STATE BOARD
OF REGENTS; MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO COMPULSORY
EDUCATION, OPEN ENROLLMENT, THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE, THE IOWA TUITION GRANTS
PROGRAM, AND THE IOWA DYSLEXIA BOARD; ESTABLISHING
RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
EFFORTS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION GOVERNED BY THE
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2024-2025 APPROPRIATIONS —— DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS ——
ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department for the blind for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025,
the following amount, 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:

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,087,171
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 88.98
DIVISION II
FY 2024-2025 APPROPRIATIONS —— DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and
ending June 30, 2025, 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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,922,250
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 69.23
b. By January 15, 2025, 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, 2024.
2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 721,779
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 9.12
3. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,116,032
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 58.38
4. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
For reimbursement for career and technical education
expenditures made by regional career and technical education
planning partnerships in accordance with section 256.136:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,952,459
5. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that

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shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,176,797
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 25.40
6. 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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,721,400
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
7. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 574,500
b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
used for implementation and expansion of early head start
pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
and received state funding to administer an early head start
project.
8. 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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,990,467
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 6.02
9. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
a. For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the

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department of education on behalf of school districts and
accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated
with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance
with section 256.7, subsection 21 , paragraph “b”:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,000,000
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
than $300,000 shall be distributed to the Iowa testing programs
within the university of Iowa college of education to offset
the costs of administering the statewide student assessment at
accredited nonpublic schools.
10. 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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,000
11. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
PROGRAM
For support costs associated with the creation of a program
to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils
enrolled in grades 9 through 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
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 until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
12. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
For school districts to reinforce combined efforts and
regional initiatives that accelerate paraeducator and teacher
credential attainment and to provide direct services to the
most at-risk middle school or high school students enrolled
in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
America’s graduates specialist:

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,646,450
13. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
For administration of a process for school districts to
establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
performance of each attendance center operated by the district
in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
report card for each attendance center, for internet site
and data system support, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1.83
14. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation
of section 279.68, subsection 2 , relating to successful
progression for early readers:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,824,782
15. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
a. For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an
early warning assessment and administering the early warning
system for literacy established in accordance with section
279.68 and rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7,
subsection 31 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,915,000
b. 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.

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16. 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”:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,500,000
b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state
board of education relating to the approval of practitioner
preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3 ,
paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for
the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 256.146,
subsection 21. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and
ending June 30, 2025, the center shall submit a report to the
general assembly detailing the expenditures of moneys used for
purposes of this paragraph “b”.
c. 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 until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
17. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
FUND
For deposit in the computer science professional development
incentive fund established under section 284.6A :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000
18. CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING AND
SUPPORT
a. For distribution to area education agencies for
school-based children’s mental health services, including
mental health awareness training for educators:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,383,936
b. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection for
distribution to area education agencies, $200,000 shall be
used for purposes of implementing a children’s grief and loss
rural pilot program to serve Iowa children in rural school
districts or accredited nonpublic schools. The pilot program

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shall be administered by, and the moneys allocated pursuant to
this paragraph shall be distributed to, an existing statewide
not-for-profit health care organization that currently provides
grief and loss services to children. For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the health
care organization receiving moneys pursuant to this paragraph
shall prepare a report, in collaboration with the department
of education, detailing the expenditures of moneys used for
the purposes of this program and its outcomes, which shall be
submitted to the general assembly by September 30, 2025.
19. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
a. For school districts to create opportunities for
one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership
development for students with intellectual and developmental
disabilities:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35,000
b. The department of education shall establish criteria for
the distribution of moneys appropriated under this subsection
and shall require an organization receiving moneys under this
subsection to annually report student identifying data for
students participating in the program to the department in the
manner prescribed by the department as a condition of receiving
such moneys.
20. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 115,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated
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
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
21. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under
section 261E.8, subsection 2 , paragraph “b”:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys received by the

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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
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
22. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For general state financial aid to merged areas, as defined
in section 260C.2 , in accordance with chapter 256, subchapter
VII, part 2, and chapter 260C :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,858,161
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C ,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
a. Merged Area I
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,417,285
b. Merged Area II
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,490,067
c. Merged Area III
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,569,684
d. Merged Area IV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,406,450
e. Merged Area V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13,912,784
f. Merged Area VI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,198,451
g. Merged Area VII
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 15,608,101
h. Merged Area IX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,834,528
i. Merged Area X
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,302,120
j. Merged Area XI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,927,131
k. Merged Area XII
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13,336,385
l. Merged Area XIII
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,993,958
m. Merged Area XIV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,465,635
n. Merged Area XV

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,715,593
o. Merged Area XVI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,679,989
23. IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,707,253
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 120.00
24. IOWA EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
IMPAIRED PROGRAM
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,913,891
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 56.00
25. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
(STEM) COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE
For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
pursuant to section 256.111, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,354,848
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 5.50
a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
moneys appropriated in this subsection 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.
b. The department shall work with the community colleges to
develop STEM professional development programs for community
college instructors and STEM curriculum development.
c. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not less
than $500,000 shall be used to provide technology education
opportunities to high school, career academy, and community
college students through a public-private partnership, as
well as opportunities for students and faculties at these

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institutions to secure broad-based information technology
certification. The partnership shall provide all of the
following:
(1) A research-based curriculum.
(2) Online access to the curriculum.
(3) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
(4) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
of information technology-related skill areas.
(5) Professional development for teachers.
(6) Deployment and program support, including but not
limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
d. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , of the moneys appropriated
in this subsection 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 subsection
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for
summer programs for students until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
26. THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM INCENTIVE FUND
For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund
established pursuant to section 256.25 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,351,382
Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated 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 designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
27. THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS
REIMBURSEMENT
For payment of school district claims for reimbursement
submitted under section 256.25A, subsection 1 , paragraph “a”:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000
28. LEAD-K PROGRAM
For purposes of developing guidelines for a comprehensive
family support mentoring program that meets the language and
communication needs of families pursuant to section 256.106:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000
29. DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
For general supervision, oversight, compliance, employee

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salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes
within the area education agency regions and the department
of education main office, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,000,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 62.00
30. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For purposes of providing required professional development
to public and nonpublic schools:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,176,458
31. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
a. Administration
For general administration salaries, support, maintenance,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for the administration of the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
program in accordance with section 256.228, including salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes related to the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
program, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 591,533
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 4.95
b. Health care professional recruitment program
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 256.223:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,973
c. National guard service scholarship program
For purposes of providing national guard service
scholarships under the program established in section 256.210:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,600,000
d. All Iowa opportunity scholarship program
(1) For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 256.212:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,229,468
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, if the
moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph exceed $500,000,
“eligible institution” as defined in section 256.212 shall,
during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, include
accredited private institutions as defined in section 256.183.

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e. Teach Iowa scholar program
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 256.218:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 650,000
f. Rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 256.221:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,629,933
g. Health care loan repayment program
For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 256.224:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000
h. Rural veterinarian loan repayment program
For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 256.226:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 700,000
i. Future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship program
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
256.228:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23,927,005
Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall not
be used to provide scholarships under the future ready Iowa
skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program to students
with a student aid index of greater than $20,000, as determined
by the free application for federal student aid.
j. Future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
fund established pursuant to section 256.229:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 425,000
k. Mental health professional loan repayment program
For deposit in the mental health professional loan repayment
fund established pursuant to section 256.225:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 520,000
l. Iowa workforce grant and incentive program
For deposit in the Iowa workforce grant and incentive
program fund created in section 256.230:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,500,000

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Sec. 3. IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION FUND
APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled
worker and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the
department of education for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
1. For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage
tuition grants in accordance with section 256.227:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,000,000
2. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 15,100,000
From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not
more than $100,000 shall be used by the department for
administration of the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A .
3. For capital projects at community colleges that meet the
definition of the term “vertical infrastructure” in section
8.57, subsection 5 , paragraph “c”:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,000,000
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be disbursed
pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3 . Projects that
qualify for moneys appropriated in this subsection must include
at least one of the following:
a. Accelerated career education program capital projects.
b. Major renovations and major repair needs, including
health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
4. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,000,000
From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not
more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
pursuant to section 84A.15 and for not more than 1.00 full-time
equivalent position.
5. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2 :

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000
6. 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 section:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000
7. For STEM best:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 700,000
8. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section 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.
Sec. 4. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
256.204, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan
revolving fund created pursuant to section 256.204 for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025,
may be used for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness
program established in section 256.205.
Sec. 5. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. The department of
administrative services shall pay the Iowa school for the deaf
and the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually
impaired program the moneys collected from the counties during
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, for expenses relating
to prescription drug costs for students attending the Iowa
school for the deaf and the Iowa educational services for the
blind and visually impaired program.
DIVISION III
FY 2024-2025 APPROPRIATIONS —— STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 6. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the state board of
regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending
June 30, 2025, 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:

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 764,642
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.48
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June
30, 2025, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly
financial report to the general assembly in a format agreed
upon by the state board of regents office and the legislative
services agency. The report submitted for the quarter ending
December 31, 2024, shall include the five-year graduation rates
for the regents universities.
b. For distribution to the western Iowa regents resource
center:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 268,297
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending
June 30, 2025, the state board of regents and the institutions
of higher learning governed by the state board of regents
shall not reduce moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for the
institutions’ police departments.
d. For allocation in equal parts 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 the John Pappajohn centers for
entrepreneurship:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 125,000
The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
used to supplement, not supplant, any other funding received by
the John Pappajohn centers for entrepreneurship.
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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $223,496,355
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 5,058.55
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,103,819
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 38.25

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c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,822,610
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 102.51
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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,220,598
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.71
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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 634,502
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 4.16
f. Statewide cancer registry
For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 143,410
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.10
g. Substance abuse consortium
For distribution to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse
research and evaluation, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 53,427
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs .99
h. Center for biocatalysis
For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 696,342

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 624,374
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 6.22
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
for family practice faculty and support staff.
j. Birth defects registry
For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,839
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs .38
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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 156,389
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.75
l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
For the Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative established
pursuant to section 263.8A :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 463,616
m. Iowa flood center
For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,205,593
n. College of nursing
For employing additional instructors in the college of
nursing to increase the number of students who graduate from
the college of nursing:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,800,000
3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
a. General university

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For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $178,445,037
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 3,647.42
b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 29,462,535
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 546.98
c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
economics
For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,157,366
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 385.34
d. Preparing Iowa’s future ready workforce and fostering
innovation
For purposes of addressing the state’s workforce needs in
the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
by expanding degree and certificate programs in the areas of
artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, computer science,
computer engineering, data science, software engineering, and
other high-demand areas related to technology, and fostering
innovation in the areas of digital agriculture, manufacturing,
water quality, vaccine delivery technologies, and biosciences:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,800,000
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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $101,894,146
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1,250.28
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not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 123,523
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs .86
c. Educators for Iowa
For purposes of recruiting additional students to
participate in educational opportunities that lead to teacher
licensure:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,500,000
Sec. 7. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS —— FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30,
2025, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
the projects within an average of six years.
DIVISION IV
STANDING APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 8. AT-RISK CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing
appropriation in section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, 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 not be more than $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”.
Sec. 9. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
256.209, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and
ending June 30, 2025, the amount appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the college student aid commission of
the department of education for the work-study program under
section 256.209 shall be zero.
Sec. 10. Section 256.194, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024,
are amended to read as follows:
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of
fifty-one million four hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred
thirty-one fifty-two million seven hundred seven thousand
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are enrolled in accredited private institutions.
2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of one hundred
eight ten thousand seven hundred dollars for tuition grants for
qualified students who are enrolled in eligible institutions.
DIVISION V
STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION
Sec. 11. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
e, f, and g, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 2024 , and
ending June 30, 2024 2025 , to the department, the amount of
five hundred 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, 2023 2024 , and
ending June 30, 2024 2025 , up to seven hundred twenty-eight
thousand 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, 2023 2024 ,
and ending June 30, 2024 2025 , an amount up to one million
seventy-seven thousand 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, 2023 2024 , and
ending June 30, 2024 2025 , to the department an amount up to
fifty thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts beginning
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f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 2024 , and
ending June 30, 2024 2025 , 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, 2024 2025 , and
for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department, 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.
DIVISION VI
THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS REIMBURSEMENT
Sec. 12. 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 111, section 2, subsection
27, is amended to read as follows:
27. THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS
REIMBURSEMENT
For payment of school district claims for reimbursement
submitted under section 256.25A, subsection 1 , paragraph “a”:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated pursuant
to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
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close of the succeeding fiscal year. Any moneys appropriated
pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
unobligated after the completion of payments under section
256.25A, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, may be deposited in the
therapeutic classroom incentive fund created in section 256.25,
as determined by the department.
Sec. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION VII
CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM
Sec. 14. Section 299.1, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
299.1 Attendance requirements —— attendance policies .
1. Except as provided in section 299.2 , the parent,
guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of
compulsory attendance age shall cause the child to attend some
public school or an accredited nonpublic school, or place
the child under competent private instruction or independent
private instruction in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 299A , during a school year, as defined under section
279.10 .
2. a. The board of directors of a public school district
or the governing body of an accredited nonpublic school shall
set the number of days or hours of required attendance for the
schools under its control.
b. The board of directors of a public school district or
the governing body of an accredited nonpublic school may, by
resolution, require attendance for the entire time when the
schools are in session in any school year and .
3. The board of directors of a public school district shall
adopt a policy or rules relating to the reasons considered to
be valid or acceptable excuses for absence from school related
to absenteeism and truancy . The policy may contain attendance
requirements that are more stringent than the attendance
requirements established under this chapter.
4. a. The board of directors of a public school district
shall adopt a policy or rules relating to children who
are chronically absent. The policy or rules must contain
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(1) How the board of directors determines whether a child
is chronically absent.
(2) The different interventions that the board of directors
may use when a child is chronically absent.
(3) The different penalties associated with a child being
chronically absent.
b. The policy or rules adopted by the board of directors
of a public school district pursuant to paragraph “a” must not
apply to any child:
(1) Who has completed the requirements for graduation
in a public school district or has obtained a high school
equivalency diploma under chapter 259A.
(2) Who is excused for sufficient reason by any court of
record or judge.
(3) While attending religious services or receiving
religious instructions.
(4) Who is unable to attend school due to legitimate medical
reasons.
(5) Who has an individualized education program that
affects the child’s attendance.
(6) Who has a plan under section 504 of the federal
Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794, that affects the child’s
attendance.
Sec. 15. NEW SECTION . 299.1C County attorney.
The county attorney of the county in which the public
school’s or accredited nonpublic school’s central
administrative office is located shall be responsible
for the enforcement of this chapter, as described in this
chapter. Actions instituted by a county attorney pursuant
to this chapter shall be instituted in the county in which
the public school’s or accredited nonpublic school’s central
administrative office is located.
Sec. 16. Section 299.6, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
Any person who violates a mediation agreement under section
299.5A the terms of an absenteeism prevention plan entered into
under section 299.12 , who is referred for prosecution under
section 299.5A 299.12 and is convicted of a violation of any of
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any of the provisions of sections 299.1 through 299.5 , or who
refuses to participate in mediation under section 299.5A
a school engagement meeting under section 299.12 , commits a
public offense.
Sec. 17. Section 299.8, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
299.8 “Truant” defined.
Any child of compulsory attendance age , to whom the
exceptions described in section 299.1, subsection 4, paragraph
“b” , or section 299.2 do not apply, who fails to attend school
as provided in this chapter , or as required by the school
board’s or school governing body’s attendance policy, or who
fails to attend competent private instruction or independent
private instruction under chapter 299A , without reasonable
excuse for the absence has been absent from school, for any
reason, for at least twenty percent of the days or hours in the
grading period , shall be deemed to be a truant. A finding that
a child is truant, however, shall not by itself mean that the
child is a child in need of assistance within the meaning of
chapter 232 and shall not be the sole basis for a child in need
of assistance petition.
Sec. 18. Section 299.11, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
2. The truancy officer shall promptly institute proceedings
against any person violating any of the provisions of sections
299.1 through 299.5A 299.5 .
Sec. 19. Section 299.12, Code 2024, is amended by striking
the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
299.12 Failure to attend.
1. Definitions. As used in this section:
a. “Chronically absent” means any absence from school for
more than ten percent of the days or hours in the grading
period established by a public school.
b. “School official” means an employee of a public school
whose job duties involve identifying children who are at risk
for becoming chronically absent, creating interventions to
limit the rate of student absenteeism, and participating in the
legal process related to student absenteeism.
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a. When a child becomes chronically absent, a school
official shall send a notice by ordinary mail or electronic
mail to the county attorney of the county in which the public
school’s central administrative office is located, and a
notice by certified mail to the child’s parent, guardian, or
legal or actual custodian of the child, if the child is not
an emancipated minor, or to the child, if the child is an
emancipated minor, that includes information related to the
child’s absences from school and the policies and disciplinary
processes associated with additional absences.
b. A school official may send the notice described in
paragraph “a” prior to a child at risk of becoming chronically
absent if all of the following requirements are satisfied:
(1) The county attorney of the county in which the public
school’s central administrative office is located and the
board of directors of the public school agree to the amount
of absences that will lead to the school official sending the
notice.
(2) The amount of absences that will lead to the school
official sending the notice is described in the school’s
student handbook.
3. School engagement meeting.
a. (1) If a child is absent from school for greater than
or equal to fifteen percent of the days or hours in the grading
period, a school official shall attempt to find the cause
for the child’s absences and shall initiate and participate
in a school engagement meeting. The purpose of the school
engagement meeting is to identify the child’s barriers to
attendance and the interventions that may be used to improve
the child’s attendance.
(2) A school official may initiate and participate in a
school engagement meeting as provided in subparagraph (1) prior
to a child being absent from school for greater than or equal
to fifteen percent of the days or hours in a school calendar.
b. All of the following individuals shall participate in the
school engagement meeting:
(1) The child.
(2) The child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual
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(3) A school official.
c. (1) During the school engagement meeting, the
participants shall create and sign an agreement that shall be
known as an absenteeism prevention plan. Each participant
signing the absenteeism prevention plan shall receive a copy of
the plan. The absenteeism prevention plan shall identify the
causes of the child’s absences and the future responsibilities
of each participant related to the child’s attendance.
(2) A school official shall monitor the participants’
compliance with the terms of the absenteeism prevention plan.
The school official shall contact the participants at least
once each week during the remainder of the school calendar to
monitor the performance of the participants under the plan.
d. During the school engagement meeting, the participants
may initiate referrals to any services or counseling that the
participants believe may be appropriate under the circumstances
to improve the child’s attendance.
e. If the participants in the school engagement meeting fail
to enter into an absenteeism prevention plan, or if the child
or the child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian
violates a term of the absenteeism prevention plan or fails
to participate in the school engagement meeting, the county
attorney may initiate a proceeding under section 299.6.
f. This subsection is not applicable to a child who is
receiving competent private instruction or independent private
instruction in accordance with the requirements of chapter
299A.
Sec. 20. Section 299.13, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
299.13 Civil enforcement.
A person shall not disseminate or redisseminate information
shared with the person pursuant to section 299.5A or 299.12 ,
unless specifically authorized to do so by section 217.30 ,
299.5A, or 299.12 . Unless a prohibited dissemination or
redissemination of information is subject to injunction
or sanction under other state or federal law, an action
for judicial enforcement may be brought in accordance with
this section . An aggrieved person, the attorney general,
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requirements of this section in an action brought against the
public school or accredited nonpublic school or any other
person who has been granted access to information pursuant to
section 299.5A or 299.12 . Suits to enforce this section shall
be brought in the district court for the county in which the
information was disseminated or redisseminated. Upon a finding
by a preponderance of the evidence that a person has violated
this section , the court shall issue an injunction punishable
by civil contempt ordering the person in violation of this
section to comply with the requirements of, and to refrain from
any violations of section 299.5A or 299.12 with respect to the
dissemination or redissemination of information shared with the
person pursuant to section 299.5A or 299.12 .
Sec. 21. REPEAL. Section 299.5A, Code 2024, is repealed.
Sec. 22. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
compliance with any state mandate included in this division
of this Act shall be paid by a school district from state
school foundation aid received by the school district under
section 257.16. This specification of the payment of the state
cost shall be deemed to meet all of the state funding-related
requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional
state funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of
this division of this Act by and enforcement of this division
of this Act against all affected school districts.
DIVISION VIII
OPEN ENROLLMENT
Sec. 23. Section 282.18, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b,
Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. A By March 1 of the preceding school year for students
entering grades one through twelve, or by September 1 of the
current school year for students entering kindergarten or for
prekindergarten students enrolled in special education programs
and included in the school district’s basic enrollment under
section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1),
a parent or guardian shall send notification to the district
of residence and the receiving district, on forms prescribed
by the department of education, that the parent or guardian
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school in another school district. If a parent or guardian
fails to file a notification that the parent or guardian
intends to enroll the parent’s or guardian’s child in a public
school in another district by the deadline specified in this
paragraph, the procedures of subsection 3A apply.
b. The board of the receiving district shall enroll the
pupil in a school in the receiving district for the following
school year unless the receiving district has insufficient
classroom space for the pupil or unless the receiving district
has prohibited the pupil from enrolling pursuant to subsection
11A . The board of directors of a receiving district may adopt
a policy granting the superintendent of the school district
authority to approve open enrollment applications. If the
request is granted, the board shall transmit a copy of the form
to the parent or guardian and the school district of residence
within five days after board action , but not later than June
1 of the preceding school year . The parent or guardian may
withdraw the request at any time prior to the board’s action
on the application start of the school year . A denial of a
request by the board of a receiving district is not subject to
appeal.
Sec. 24. Section 282.18, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
a. The superintendent of a district subject to court-ordered
desegregation may deny a request for transfer under this
section if the superintendent finds that enrollment or release
of a pupil will adversely affect the district’s implementation
of the desegregation order, unless the transfer is requested
by a pupil whose sibling is already participating in open
enrollment to another district, or unless the request for
transfer is submitted to the district in a timely manner as
required under subsection 2 prior to implementation of the
desegregation order by the district. If a transfer request
would facilitate implementation of a desegregation order, the
district shall give priority to granting the request over other
requests.
Sec. 25. Section 282.18, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
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school year and until the date specified in section 257.6,
subsection 1, the parent or guardian shall send notification to
the district of residence and the receiving district, on forms
prescribed by the department of education, that good cause
exists for failure to meet the March 1 deadline. The board of
directors of a receiving school district may adopt a policy
granting the superintendent of the school district authority to
approve open enrollment applications submitted after the March
1 deadline. The board of the receiving district shall take
action to approve the request if good cause exists. If the
request is granted, the board shall transmit a copy of the form
to the parent or guardian and the school district of residence
within five days after board action. A denial of a request by
the board of a receiving district is not subject to appeal.
b. If a resident district believes that a receiving
district is violating this subsection, the resident district
may, within fifteen days after board action by the receiving
district, submit an appeal to the director of the department
of education.
c. The director of the department of education, or the
director’s designee, shall attempt to mediate the dispute to
reach approval by both boards as provided in subsection 12A.
If approval is not reached under mediation, the director or
the director’s designee shall conduct a hearing and shall hear
testimony from both boards. Within ten days following the
hearing, the director shall render a decision upholding or
reversing the decision by the board of the receiving district.
Within five days of the director’s decision, the board may
appeal the decision of the director to the state board of
education under the procedures set forth in chapter 290.
NEW SUBSECTION . 3B. Open enrollment applications filed
after March 1 of the preceding school year that do not qualify
for good cause as provided in subsection 3A shall be subject
to the approval of the board of the resident district and
the board of the receiving district. The parent or guardian
shall send notification to the district of residence and the
receiving district that the parent or guardian seeks to enroll
the parent’s or guardian’s child in the receiving district. A
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this subsection involving repeated acts of harassment of the
student or serious health condition of the student that the
resident district cannot adequately address is subject to
appeal under section 290.1. The state board shall exercise
broad discretion to achieve just and equitable results that are
in the best interest of the affected child or children.
Sec. 26. Section 282.18, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
4. A request under this section is for a period of not less
than one year. If the request is for more than one year and
the parent or guardian desires to have the pupil enroll in a
different district, the parent or guardian may petition the
current receiving district by March 1 of the previous school
year for permission to enroll the pupil in a different district
for a period of not less than one year. Upon receipt of such a
request, the current receiving district board may act on the
request to transfer to the other school district at the next
regularly scheduled board meeting after the receipt of the
request. The new receiving district shall enroll the pupil
in the district unless there is insufficient classroom space
in the district or the district is subject to court-ordered
desegregation and enrollment of the pupil would adversely
affect implementation of the desegregation order. A denial of
a request to change district enrollment within the approval
period is not subject to appeal. A However, a pupil who has
been in attendance in another district under this section
may return to the district of residence and enroll at any
time, once the parent or guardian has notified the district of
residence and the receiving district in writing of the decision
to enroll the pupil in the district of residence.
Sec. 27. Section 282.18, subsection 9, paragraph a,
subparagraph (8), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(8) If the pupil participates in open enrollment because
of circumstances that meet the definition of good cause. For
purposes of this subparagraph section , “good cause” means
a change in a child’s residence due to a change in family
residence, a change in a child’s residence from the residence
of one parent or guardian to the residence of a different
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residence is located, a change in a child’s parents’ marital
status, a guardianship or custody proceeding, placement in
foster care, adoption, participation in a foreign exchange
program, initial placement of a prekindergarten student in
a special education program requiring specially designed
instruction, or participation in a substance use disorder or
mental health treatment program, a change in the status of a
child’s resident district such as removal of accreditation
by the state board, surrender of accreditation, or permanent
closure of a nonpublic school, revocation of a charter school
contract as provided in section 256E.10 or 256F.8 , the failure
of negotiations for a whole grade sharing, reorganization,
dissolution agreement, or the rejection of a current whole
grade sharing agreement, or reorganization plan.
Sec. 28. Section 282.18, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION . 11A. a. If a pupil participating in
open enrollment is truant as defined in section 299.8, the
board of directors of the receiving district may prohibit
the pupil from remaining enrolled in the receiving district,
and from enrolling in the receiving district in the future,
after providing notice and an opportunity to be heard to the
pupil’s parent or guardian. A receiving district shall send
notification of the receiving district’s decision to prohibit
the pupil from remaining enrolled in the receiving district
pursuant to this paragraph to the pupil’s parent or guardian
and to the pupil’s sending district.
b. The sending district shall enroll the pupil who is
prohibited from remaining enrolled in the receiving district
pursuant to paragraph “a” .
c. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the
pupil’s parent or guardian from filing a request to transfer
pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “a” , subsequent to the
receiving district’s decision to prohibit the pupil from
remaining enrolled in the receiving district.
NEW SUBSECTION . 12A. An application for open enrollment
may be granted at any time with approval of the resident and
receiving districts.
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2, paragraph “a” , shall not apply to a child whose parent or
guardian is filing a notification that the parent or guardian
intends to open enroll the child in a public school in another
school district for purposes of receiving full-time instruction
under section 256.43.
Sec. 29. Section 290.1, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
290.1 Appeal to state board.
An affected pupil, or the parent or guardian of an affected
pupil who is a minor, who is aggrieved by a decision or order
of the board of directors of a school corporation in a matter
of law or fact , or a decision or order of a board of directors
under section 282.18, subsection 3B, may, within thirty days
after the rendition of the decision or the making of the order,
appeal the decision or order to the state board of education;
the basis of the proceedings shall be an affidavit filed with
the state board by the party aggrieved within the time for
taking the appeal, which affidavit shall set forth any error
complained of in a plain and concise manner.
Sec. 30. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
to applications and notifications related to open enrollment
submitted under section 282.18 on or after the effective date
of this division of this Act.
DIVISION IX
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Sec. 31. NEW SECTION . 261J.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion” includes all of the
following:
a. Any effort to manipulate or otherwise influence the
composition of the faculty or student body with reference to
race, sex, color, or ethnicity, apart from ensuring colorblind
and sex-neutral admissions and hiring in accordance with state
and federal antidiscrimination laws.
b. Any effort to promote differential treatment of or
provide special benefits to individuals on the basis of race,
color, or ethnicity.
c. Any effort to promote or promulgate policies and
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color, or ethnicity.
d. Any effort to promote or promulgate trainings,
programming, or activities designed or implemented with
reference to race, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual
orientation.
e. Any effort to promote, as the official position of
the public institution of higher education, a particular,
widely contested opinion referencing unconscious or implicit
bias, cultural appropriation, allyship, transgender ideology,
microaggressions, group marginalization, antiracism, systemic
oppression, social justice, intersectionality, neo-pronouns,
heteronormativity, disparate impact, gender theory, racial
privilege, sexual privilege, or any related formulation of
these concepts.
2. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion office” means any
division, office, center, or other unit of a public institution
of higher education that is responsible for creating,
developing, designing, implementing, organizing, planning,
or promoting policies, programming, training, practices,
activities, or procedures related to diversity, equity, and
inclusion. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion office” does not
include any of the following:
a. An office staffed exclusively by licensed attorneys and
paralegal and secretarial support for the licensed attorneys,
and certified by the attorney general as operating with the
sole and exclusive mission of ensuring legal compliance with
the public institution of higher education’s obligations under
Tit. IX of the federal Education Amendments Act of 1972, 20
U.S.C. §1681 et seq., as amended, the federal Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., as amended,
the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29
U.S.C. §621 et seq., as amended, the federal Civil Rights
Act of 1964, Pub. L. No. 88-352, as amended, or any other
applicable federal or state law or a court order.
b. An academic department within a public institution of
higher education that exists primarily for the purpose of
offering courses for degree credit and that does not establish
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c. An office solely engaged in new student recruitment.
d. A registered student organization.
3. “Public institution of higher education” means an
institution of higher learning governed by the state board of
regents.
Sec. 32. NEW SECTION . 261J.2 Diversity, equity, and
inclusion office prohibited.
A public institution of higher education shall not, except
as otherwise provided by federal or state law or accreditation
standards, do any of the following:
1. Establish or maintain a diversity, equity, and inclusion
office.
2. Hire or assign an employee of the public institution of
higher education, or contract with a third party, to perform
duties of a diversity, equity, or inclusion office.
3. Compel, require, induce, or solicit any person to
provide a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement, or
give preferential consideration to any person based on the
provisions of a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement.
Sec. 33. NEW SECTION . 261J.3 Restrictions on use of moneys.
1. A public institution of higher education shall not,
except as otherwise provided by federal or state law or
accreditation standards, expend any moneys appropriated by the
general assembly or any other moneys derived from bequests,
charges, deposits, donations, endowments, fees, grants, gifts,
income, receipts, tuition, or any other source to establish,
sustain, support, or staff a diversity, equity, and inclusion
office.
2. Subsection 1 shall not be construed to cover or affect a
public institution of higher education’s funding of any of the
following:
a. Academic course instruction.
b. Research or creative works by the public institution
of higher education’s students, faculty, or other research
personnel, and the dissemination of such research or creative
works.
c. Activities of registered student organizations.
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e. Mental or physical health services provided by licensed
professionals.
3. Subsection 1 shall not be construed as prohibiting bona
fide qualifications based on sex that are reasonably necessary
to the normal operation of public higher education.
Sec. 34. NEW SECTION . 261J.4 Reporting.
Each public institution of higher education shall, on or
before December 1 of each year, submit an annual report to the
general assembly and the governor that certifies the public
institution of higher education’s compliance with this chapter.
Sec. 35. NEW SECTION . 261J.5 Enforcement.
Any person may notify the attorney general of a public
institution of higher education’s potential violation of
section 261J.2. The attorney general may bring an action
against a public institution of higher education for a writ of
mandamus to compel the public institution of higher education
to comply with section 261J.2.
Sec. 36. FY 2025-2026 APPROPRIATIONS —— REALLOCATION. At
the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, all
unexpended moneys appropriated by the general assembly for the
fiscal year that would have been expended on diversity, equity,
and inclusion offices or diversity, equity, and inclusion
officers on or after the effective date of this division of
this Act are reallocated to the Iowa workforce grant and
incentive program fund established pursuant to section 256.230,
subsection 8.
Sec. 37. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes
effect July 1, 2025.
DIVISION X
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS —— PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE
Sec. 38. Section 262.9, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
2. a. Elect a president of each of the institutions of
higher learning; a treasurer and a secretarial officer for each
institution annually; professors, instructors, officers, and
employees; and fix their compensation.
b. When electing a president of an institution of higher
learning, the board may use a presidential selection committee.
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presidential selection committee.
DIVISION XI
IOWA TUITION GRANTS
Sec. 39. Section 256.183, subsection 1, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
“Accredited private institution” means an institution of
higher learning located in Iowa which is operated privately
and not controlled or administered by any state agency or
any subdivision of the state and which meets the criteria in
paragraphs “a” and “b” and all of the criteria in paragraphs “d”
through “i” “j” , except that institutions defined in paragraph
“c” of this subsection are exempt from the requirements of
paragraphs “a” and “b” :
Sec. 40. Section 256.183, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . j. (1) Annually, beginning December 15,
2025, files a report with the commission, the department of
workforce development, and the general assembly that provides
all of the following information and statistics for the
previous academic year:
(a) The amount of students who are enrolled in the
institution and who receive a tuition grant under this subpart.
(b) The academic majors or courses of study in which
the students described in subparagraph division (a) are
participating.
(c) An estimate of the amount of students who were enrolled
in the institution in the previous academic year, received a
tuition grant under this subpart, and who entered a high-demand
job, as defined in section 84A.1B, subsection 14, after
graduating from the institution.
(d) An estimate of the amount of students who were enrolled
in the institution in the previous academic year, received a
tuition grant under this subpart, and who remained a resident
of this state after graduating from the institution.
(2) If an institution fails to timely file the report
described in subparagraph (1), students enrolled in the
institution shall not be eligible to receive tuition grants
under this subpart for the subsequent academic year.
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the report filed pursuant to subparagraph (1).
Sec. 41. Section 256.183, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
3. “Eligible institution” means an institution of higher
learning located in Iowa which is operated privately and
not controlled or administered by any state agency or any
subdivision of the state, which is not exempt from taxation
under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which
meets all of the criteria in subsection 1 , paragraphs “d”
through “i” “j” , and is a school of barbering and cosmetology
arts and sciences licensed under chapter 157 and is accredited
by a national accrediting agency recognized by the United
States department of education. For the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2017, such a school of barbering and cosmetology arts
and sciences shall provide a matching aggregate amount of
institutional financial aid equal to at least seventy-five
percent of the amount received by the institution’s students
for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 256.191 . For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the school of barbering
and cosmetology arts and sciences shall provide a matching
aggregate amount of institutional financial aid equal to at
least eighty-five percent of the amount received in that fiscal
year. Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019,
and each succeeding fiscal year, the matching aggregate amount
of institutional financial aid shall be at least equal to the
match provided by eligible institutions under section 261.9,
subsection 3 , paragraph “a” , Code 2023.
DIVISION XII
IOWA DYSLEXIA BOARD
Sec. 42. Section 256.32A, subsection 5, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
5. This section is repealed July 1, 2025 2027 .
DIVISION XIII
OPEN ENROLLMENT —— STATE AID
Sec. 43. Section 257.31, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
If a district has unusual circumstances, creating an unusual
need for additional funds, including but not limited to the
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subsection , the committee may grant supplemental aid to the
district from any funds appropriated to the department of
education for the use of the school budget review committee
for the purposes of this subsection . The school budget
review committee shall review a school district’s unexpended
fund balance prior to any decision regarding unusual finance
circumstances. Such aid shall be miscellaneous income and
shall not be included in district cost. In addition to or as
an alternative to granting supplemental aid the committee may
establish a modified supplemental amount for the district. The
school budget review committee shall review a school district’s
unspent balance prior to any decision to establish a modified
supplemental amount under this subsection .
Sec. 44. Section 257.31, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . o. (1) The percentage of students enrolled
in the school district as the result of open enrollment
under section 282.18 is equal to or greater than forty-five
percent of the total number of students enrolled in the school
district. The committee shall not approve supplemental aid or
a modified supplemental amount that exceeds an amount equal
to fifty percent of the product of the net change in the
school district’s expected enrollment due to open enrollment
multiplied by the sum of the following amounts:
(a) The difference between the district’s regular program
district cost per pupil minus the regular program state cost
per pupil.
(b) The teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil.
(c) The professional development supplement district cost
per pupil.
(d) The early intervention supplement district cost per
pupil.
(2) Prior to filing a request for supplemental aid or a
modified supplemental amount based on the grounds specified
in this paragraph, the board of directors shall hold a public
hearing on the issue and shall publish the notice of the time
and place of the public hearing. Notice of the time and place
of the public hearing shall be published not less than ten nor
more than twenty days before the public hearing in a newspaper

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that is a newspaper of general circulation in the school
district.
(3) A school district is not eligible for supplemental aid
or a modified supplemental amount under this paragraph if a
majority of the students enrolled in the school district as
the result of open enrollment are students receiving online
instruction from a private provider under section 256.43,
subsection 2.
(4) A school district is only eligible for supplemental aid
or a modified supplemental amount under this paragraph for the
budget year beginning July 1, 2024.
Sec. 45. SCHOOL BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE —— MODIFIED
SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT. If a school district is granted a
modified supplemental amount under section 257.31, subsection
5, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, the school
district’s combined property tax rate per one thousand dollars
for all school district levies for the budget year beginning
July 1, 2025, shall not exceed the combined property tax rate
for all such levies for the budget year beginning July 1, 2024.
Sec. 46. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 47. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
July 1, 2024, for school budget years beginning on or after
that date.
______________________________ ______________________________
AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2435, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor