House File 2679 - Enrolled

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1	1	HOUSE FILE 2679
1	2
1	3	AN ACT
1	4 RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF, THE OPERATION OF, AND APPROPRIATION
1	5	OF MONEYS TO THE COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION, THE DEPART-
1	6	MENT FOR THE BLIND, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE
1	7	STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS AND
1	8	INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
1	9
1 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 11
1 12	DIVISION I
1 13	EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
1 14	DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
1 15	Section 1.	ADMINISTRATION.	There is appropriated from the
1 16 general fund of the state to the department for the blind for
1 17 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30,
1 18 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
1 19 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1 20	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
1 21 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
1 22 positions:
1 23 .................................................. $	2,484,953
1 24 ............................................... FTEs	92.24
1 25	COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
1 26	Sec. 2.	There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 27 state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal
1 28 year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
1 29 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
1 30 be used for the purposes designated:
1 31	1.	GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
1 32	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
1 33 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
34 positions:
1 35 .................................................. $	390,685
2	1 ............................................... FTEs	4.30
2	The commission shall renegotiate all agreements with
2	3 student loan lenders who signed agreements with the commission
2	4 on or before September 15, 2007.	Such renegotiated agreements
2	5 shall implement the most current regulations adopted as of
2	6 November 1, 2007, by the United States Department of Education
2	7 pursuant to the federal Higher Education Act of 1965.	By July
2	8 1, 2008, the commission shall provide to lenders educational
2	9 materials and training describing lender responsibilities.
2 10	2.	STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
2 11	For payments to students for the Iowa grant program:
2 12 .................................................. $	1,070,976
2 13	3.	DES MOINES UNIVERSITY == OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
2 14	a.	For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending Des
2 15 Moines university == osteopathic medical center under the
2 16 forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19:
2 17 .................................................. $	100,000
2 18	To receive funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph,
2 19 Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center shall
2 20 match the funds with institutional funds on a dollar=for=
2 21 dollar basis.
2 22	b.	For Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center
2 23 for an initiative in primary health care to direct primary
2 24 care physicians to shortage areas in the state:
2 25 .................................................. $	346,451
2 26	4.	NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2 27	For purposes of providing national guard educational
2 28 assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
2 29 .................................................. $	3,800,000
2 30	5.	TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
2 31	For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
2 32 established in section 261.112:
2 33 .................................................. $	485,400
2 34	6.	ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
35	For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity assistance
1 program, which includes the all Iowa opportunity foster care
3	2 grant program established pursuant to section 261.6, and the
3	3 all Iowa opportunity scholarship program established pursuant

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to section 261.87:		
3	5	..................................................  $	4,000,000	
3	6	From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection, up
3	7 to $500,000 shall be used for purposes of the all Iowa
3	8 opportunity foster care grant program established pursuant to
3	9 section 261.6, and at least $500,000 shall be used for
3 10 purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program as
3 11 established in section 261.87.
3 12	If the funds appropriated by the general assembly to the
3 13 college student aid commission for the 2008=2009 fiscal year
3 14 for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program
3 15 exceed $500,000, "eligible institution" as defined in section
3 16 261.87, shall, during the 2008=2009 fiscal year, include
3 17 accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9,
3 18 subsection 1.
3 19	7.	REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS
3 20 PROGRAM
3 21	For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator
3 22 loan forgiveness program established pursuant to section 3 23 261.23:
3 24 .................................................. $	100,000
3 25	a.	It is the intent of the general assembly that the
3 26 commission continue to consider funds allocated pursuant to
3 27 this subsection as funds that meet the state matching funds
3 28 requirements of the federal leveraging educational assistance
3 29 program and the federal supplemental leveraging educational
3 30 assistance program established under the Higher Education Act
3 31 of 1965, as amended.
3 32	b.	It is the intent of the general assembly that
3 33 appropriations made for purposes of the registered nurse and
3 34 nurse educator loan forgiveness program for the fiscal year
35 beginning July 1, 2008, and each succeeding fiscal year, be
1 distributed under the program created pursuant to section
4	2 261.23, for registered nurses and nurse educators.
4	3	8.	BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT
4	4 PROGRAM
4	5	For purposes of the barber and cosmetology arts and
4	6 sciences tuition grant program established pursuant to section
4	7 261.18, if enacted by this Act:
4	8 .................................................. $	50,000
4	9	9.	WASHINGTON, D.C., INTERNSHIP GRANT
4 10	For a grant to a national nonprofit organization with over
4 11 30 years experience of assisting college students to serve
4 12 internships in Washington, D.C., helping place during the
4 13 2006=2007 academic year over 1,400 students from across the
4 14 world in internships, including over 40 students from Iowa
4 15 colleges and universities, in order to provide students
4 16 enrolled in Iowa accredited higher education institutions, as
4 17 defined in section 261.92, subsection 1, and is participating
4 18 in a one=semester internship opportunity in Washington, D.C.,
4 19 with financial aid to offset costs related to the internship: 4 20 .................................................. $	100,000
4 21	Up to 50 percent of the funds shall be dedicated to
4 22 students participating in the two=to=one federal and state
4 23 matching agricultural biofuels from biomass internship pilot
4 24 program if the program is contained in federal legislation
4 25 enacted and funded by Congress during the 2008=2009 fiscal
4 26 year.
4 27	Sec. 3.	WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2008=2009.
4 28 Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning
4 29 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the amount
4 30 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college
4 31 student aid commission for the work=study program under
4 32 section 261.85 shall be $995,000, and from the moneys
4 33 appropriated in this section, $484,972 shall be allocated to
4 34 institutions of higher education under the state board of
35 regents and community colleges and the remaining dollars
1 appropriated in this section shall be allocated by the college
5	2 student aid commission on the basis of need as determined by
5	3 the portion of the federal formula for distribution for work=
5	4 study funds that relates to the current need of institutions.
5	5	Sec. 4.	CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS.	Notwithstanding section
5	6 261.72, from the funds deposited in the chiropractic loan
5	7 revolving fund created pursuant to section 261.72, $100,000
5	8 shall be used for purposes of the chiropractic loan
5	9 forgiveness program established in section 261.73, if enacted
5 10 by this Act.
5 11	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
5 12	Sec. 5.	There is appropriated from the general fund of the
5 13 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
5 14 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the

5 15 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
5 16 be used for the purposes designated:
5 17	1.	GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
5 18	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
5 19 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
5 20 positions:
5 21 .................................................. $	8,720,341
5 22 ............................................... FTEs	89.37
5 23	a.	From the funds appropriated in this subsection,
5 24 $225,000 shall be allocated for purposes of conducting,
5 25 supporting, and managing the accreditation of school districts
5 26 and for purposes of various other duties such as conducting
5 27 reorganization feasibility studies.
5 28	b.	Of the full=time equivalent positions authorized in
5 29 this subsection, 10.00 full=time equivalent positions are
5 30 allocated to support management of the community college
5 31 management information system; for the expansion of the state
5 32 board of education model core curriculum; for the development
5 33 and implementation of strategic educational goals; for the
5 34 collection and dissemination of resources related to human
35 growth and development curriculum; for district sharing
1 incentive purposes; and for the senior year plus program
6	2 study.
6	3	c.	Of the full=time equivalent positions authorized in
6	4 this subsection, 1.00 full=time equivalent position is
6	5 allocated for district sharing incentive purposes and 4.00
6	6 full=time equivalent positions are allocated for purposes of
6	7 the student achievement and teacher quality program.
6	8	d.	The director of the department of education shall
6	9 ensure that all school districts are aware of the state
6 10 education resources available on the state web site for
6 11 listing teacher job openings and shall make every reasonable
6 12 effort to enable qualified practitioners to post their resumes
6 13 on the state web site.	The department shall administer the
6 14 posting of job vacancies for school districts, accredited
6 15 nonpublic schools, and area education agencies on the state
6 16 web site.	The department may coordinate this activity with
6 17 the Iowa school board association or other interested
6 18 education associations in the state.	The department shall
6 19 strongly encourage school districts to seek direct claiming
6 20 under the medical assistance program for funding of school
6 21 district nursing services for students.
6 22	e.	The department shall compile a list of state=funded,
6 23 competitive grant programs administered by the department.
6 24 The department shall provide specific but nonidentifying
6 25 information regarding the children served, money spent per
6 26 program, and the use and availability of private funds to
6 27 support the programs.	The department shall submit the list
6 28 and information to the general assembly by January 15, 2009.
6 29	2.	VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
6 30	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
6 31 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
6 32 positions:
6 33 .................................................. $	576,613
6 34 ............................................... FTEs	13.50
35	3.	VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
1	a.	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
7	2 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
7	3 equivalent positions:
7	4 .................................................. $	5,667,575
7	5 ............................................... FTEs	281.50
7	6	The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall
7	7 seek funding from other sources, such as local funds, for
7	8 purposes of matching the state's federal vocational
7	9 rehabilitation allocation, as well as for matching other
7 10 federal vocational rehabilitation funding that may become
7 11 available.
7 12	Except where prohibited under federal law, the division of
7 13 vocational rehabilitation services of the department of
7 14 education shall accept client assessments, or assessments of
7 15 potential clients, performed by other agencies in order to
7 16 reduce duplication of effort.
7 17	Notwithstanding the full=time equivalent position limit
7 18 established in this lettered paragraph, for the fiscal year
7 19 ending June 30, 2009, if federal funding is received to pay
7 20 the costs of additional employees for the vocational
7 21 rehabilitation services division who would have duties
7 22 relating to vocational rehabilitation services paid for
7 23 through federal funding, authorization to hire not more than
7 24 4.00 additional full=time equivalent employees shall be
7 25 provided, the full=time equivalent position limit shall be

7 26 exceeded, and the additional employees shall be hired by the
7 27 division.
7 28	b.	For matching funds for programs to enable persons with
7 29 severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
7 30 independently, including salaries and support, and for not
7 31 more than the following full=time equivalent position:
7 32 .................................................. $	55,145
7 33 ............................................... FTEs	1.00
7 34	The highest priority use for the moneys appropriated under
35 this lettered paragraph shall be for programs that emphasize
1 employment and assist persons with severe physical or mental
8	2 disabilities to find and maintain employment to enable them to
8	3 function more independently.
8	4	c.	For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
8	5 pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9, if enacted by 2008
8	6 Iowa Acts, House File 2214:
8	7 .................................................. $	200,000
8	8	d.	For a grant to a center for independent living
8	9 established in accordance with the federal Rehabilitation Act
8 10 of 1973, that is designed and operated within a local
8 11 community by individuals with disabilities and provides an
8 12 array of independent living services, and which adheres to the
8 13 state plan for independent living required in order to receive
8 14 federal Part B dollars for independent living services for
8 15 Iowans with disabilities:
8 16 .................................................. $	250,000
8 17	By October 1, 2009, the grant recipient shall submit a
8 18 written report to the division and the state board of
8 19 education regarding the expenditure of moneys received from
8 20 the state under this lettered paragraph.
8 21	4.	STATE LIBRARY
8 22	a.	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
8 23 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
8 24 equivalent positions:
8 25 .................................................. $	1,879,827
8 26 ............................................... FTEs	19.00
8 27	b.	For the enrich Iowa program:
8 28 .................................................. $	1,823,432
8 29	5.	LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM
8 30	For state aid:
8 31 .................................................. $	1,586,000
8 32	6.	PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
8 33	For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
8 34 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
35 full=time equivalent positions:
9	1 .................................................. $	8,804,620
9	2 ............................................... FTEs	84.00
3	The number of full-time equivalent positions authorized for
9	4 the division pursuant to this subsection reflects a reduction
9	5 to account for the transfer of four individuals currently
9	6 providing Iowa communications network classroom maintenance
9	7 from the division to the Iowa communications network.
9	8	7.	REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
9	For state aid:
9 10 .................................................. $	1,364,525
9 11	The regional telecommunications councils established in
9 12 section 8D.5 shall use the funds appropriated in this
9 13 subsection to provide technical assistance for network
9 14 classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area
9 15 networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support
9 16 activities.
9 17	8.	VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
9 18	For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures
9 19 made by secondary schools:
9 20 .................................................. $	2,936,904
9 21	Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
9 22 expenditures made by school districts to meet the standards
9 23 set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14 as a result of the
9 24 enactment of 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278.	Funds shall be used
9 25 as reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by
9 26 secondary schools in the manner provided by the department of
9 27 education for implementation of the standards set in 1989 Iowa
9 28 Acts, chapter 278.
9 29	9.	SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
9 30	For use as state matching funds for federal programs that
9 31 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
9 32 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
9 33 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
9 34 positions:
9 35 .................................................. $	2,509,683
10	1 ............................................... FTEs	17.43

2	10.	IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND
10	3	For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
10	4 the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:
10	5 .................................................. $ 22,302,006
10	6	a.	From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
10	7 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
10	8 ending June 30, 2009, not more than $300,000 is allocated for
10	9 the community empowerment office and other technical
10 10 assistance activities, and of that amount not more than
10 11 $50,000 shall be used to administer the early childhood
10 12 coordinator's position pursuant to section 28.3, subsection 7,
10 13 and not more than $50,000 shall be used to promote and provide
10 14 ongoing support to the parent web site and to support and
10 15 coordinate a network of web sites that provide support and
10 16 resources to parents and the general public.	It is the intent
10 17 of the general assembly that regional technical assistance
10 18 teams will be established and will include staff from various
10 19 agencies, as appropriate, including the area education
10 20 agencies, community colleges, the university of northern Iowa,
10 21 and the Iowa state university of science and technology
10 22 cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
10 23 economics.	The Iowa empowerment board shall direct staff to
10 24 work with the advisory council to inventory technical
10 25 assistance needs.	Funds allocated under this lettered
10 26 paragraph may be used by the Iowa empowerment board for the
10 27 purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
10 28 of the regional technical assistance teams.	However, funds
10 29 shall not be used for additional staff or for the
10 30 reimbursement of staff.
10 31	b.	The Iowa empowerment board shall conduct a study of the
10 32 role that community empowerment can play in strengthening
10 33 family, friend, and neighbor care to help achieve empowerment
10 34 goals.	In conducting the study, the board may do any or all
35 of the following:
1	(1)	Review national models and identify best practices in
11	2 providing information, networking, and learning opportunities
11	3 and activities for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers.
11	4	(2)	Examine and highlight current efforts of local
11	5 empowerment boards to strengthen family, friend, and neighbor
11	6 caregiving.
11	7	(3)	Convene a working group, including representatives
11	8 from child care resource and referral centers, libraries,
11	9 community centers, and family, friend, and neighbor
11 10 caregivers, to provide advice to the board on family, friend,
11 11 and neighbor care.
11 12	(4)	Articulate the ways that community empowerment boards
11 13 can use school ready children grants account funds to support
11 14 family, friend, and neighbor care.
11 15	(5)	Host a state summit on family, friend, and neighbor
11 16 care.
11 17	(6)	Examine potential public and private partnerships to
11 18 provide information, networking, and learning opportunities
11 19 for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers.
11 20	The Iowa empowerment board shall submit its findings and
11 21 recommendations in a report to the governor and general
11 22 assembly by January 15, 2009.	For purposes of this paragraph,
11 23 "family, friend, and neighbor care" means child care, usually
11 24 provided without cost and on a voluntary basis, by a family
11 25 member, a friend, or a neighbor whose reason for providing
11 26 that care is a strong existing personal relationship with the
11 27 parent and the parent's child or children.	Particular
11 28 attention shall be given to grandparents providing such care,
11 29 including grandparents who may be the primary caregivers for
11 30 their grandchildren.
11 31	c.	As a condition of receiving funding appropriated in
11 32 this subsection, each community empowerment area board shall
11 33 report to the Iowa empowerment board progress on each of the
11 34 state indicators approved by the state board, as well as
35 progress on local indicators.	The community empowerment area
1 board must also submit a written plan amendment extending by
12	2 one year the area's comprehensive school ready children grant
12	3 plan developed for providing services for children from birth
12	4 through five years of age and provide other information
12	5 specified by the Iowa empowerment board.	The amendment may
12	6 also provide for changes in the programs and services provided
12	7 under the plan.	The Iowa empowerment board shall establish a
12	8 submission deadline for the plan amendment that allows a
12	9 reasonable period of time for preparation of the plan
12 10 amendment and for review and approval or request for
12 11 modification of the plan amendment by the Iowa empowerment
12 12 board.	In addition, the community empowerment board must

12 13 continue to comply with reporting provisions and other
12 14 requirements adopted by the Iowa empowerment board in
12 15 implementing section 28.8.
12 16	d.	Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
12 17 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
12 18 Iowa empowerment fund that is used for distribution to
12 19 community empowerment areas, $4,650,000 shall be used to
12 20 assist low=income parents with preschool tuition; for other
12 21 supportive services for children ages three, four, and five
12 22 who are not attending kindergarten, in order to increase the
12 23 basic family income eligibility requirement to not more that
12 24 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and for preschool
12 25 program expenses not covered under chapter 256C.	In addition,
12 26 if sufficient funding is available after addressing the needs
12 27 of those who meet the basic income eligibility requirement, a
12 28 community empowerment area board may provide for eligibility
12 29 for those with a family income in excess of the basic income
12 30 eligibility requirement through use of a sliding scale or
12 31 other copayment provision.
12 32	e.	Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
12 33 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
12 34 Iowa empowerment fund, $1,000,000 shall be used for support of
35 professional development and training activities for persons
1 working in early care, health, and education by the Iowa
13	2 empowerment board in collaboration with representation from
13	3 the Iowa state university of science and technology
13	4 cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
13	5 economics, the university of northern Iowa, area education
13	6 agencies, community colleges, child care resource and referral
13	7 services, and community empowerment area boards.	Expenditures
13	8 shall be limited to professional development and training
13	9 activities agreed upon by the parties participating in the
13 10 collaboration.
13 11	f.	Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
13 12 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
13 13 Iowa empowerment fund, $100,000 shall be allocated to the
13 14 public broadcasting division of the department of education
13 15 for support of community empowerment as a ready=to=learn
13 16 coordinator.
13 17	g.	Grant amount award reductions for the 2008=2009 fiscal
13 18 year resulting from the Iowa empowerment board's restriction
13 19 on carryforward of grant funding may be applied to categorical
13 20 funding requirements at the discretion of each community
13 21 empowerment area, regardless of the categorical sources of the
13 22 area's fiscal year 2006=2007 ending balance.
13 23	h.	The Iowa empowerment board shall develop and implement
13 24 a plan to strengthen the fiscal accountability of local areas.
13 25 The plan shall not include hiring additional staff.	The plan
13 26 shall address fiscal accountability for community empowerment
13 27 area boards, including but not limited to training for board
13 28 members and coordinators, and shall address contractual
13 29 arrangements with and fiscal oversight of program providers.
13 30 The plan shall provide for assistance to the community
13 31 empowerment office and the community empowerment assistance
13 32 team to improve state fiscal oversight of local boards and
13 33 ongoing training for community empowerment area boards and
13 34 coordinators.	The Iowa empowerment board and the community
35 empowerment office shall submit a report to the general
1 assembly and the legislative services agency by January 1, 14	2 2009.
14	3	11.	BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
14	4	For expansion of the federal Individuals With Disabilities
14	5 Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108=446, as
14	6 amended to January 1, 2008, birth through age three services
14	7 due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those
14	8 services:
14	9 .................................................. $	1,721,400
14 10	From the funds appropriated in this subsection, $421,400
14 11 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinic at the
14 12 state university of Iowa to provide additional support for
14 13 infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug=exposed,
14 14 or medically fragile.
14 15	12.	FOUR=YEAR=OLD PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
14 16	For allocation to eligible school districts for the
14 17 four=year=old preschool program under chapter 256C, and for
14 18 not more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
14 19 .................................................. $ 15,000,000
14 20 ................................................ FTEs	3.00
14 21	From the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
14 22 not more than $330,000 shall be used by the department for
14 23 administration of the four=year=old preschool program

14 24 established pursuant to chapter 256C.
14 25	13.	TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
14 26	To provide funds for costs of providing textbooks to each
14 27 resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by 14 28 section 301.1:
14 29 .................................................. $	690,165
14 30	Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil
14 31 and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
14 32 resident public school pupils.
14 33	14.	JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
14 34	For school districts to provide direct services to the most
35 at=risk senior high school students enrolled in school
1 districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America's
15	2 graduates specialist:
15	3 .................................................. $	600,000
15	4	15.	BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING AND INDUCTION
15	5 PROGRAM
15	6	For purposes of administering the beginning administrator
15	7 mentoring and induction program established pursuant to
15	8 chapter 284A:
15	9 .................................................. $	250,000
15 10	16.	CORE CURRICULUM AND CAREER INFORMATION AND
15 11 DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM
15 12	For purposes of implementing the statewide core curriculum
15 13 for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and a
15 14 state=designated career information and decision=making system
15 15 as provided in 2008 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2216, if enacted:
15 16 .................................................. $	2,192,351
15 17	17.	IOWA SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM
15 18	For purposes of implementing the senior year plus program
15 19 established pursuant to section 261E.1, if enacted by this
15 20 Act:
15 21 .................................................. $	1,900,000
15 22	18.	COMMUNITY COLLEGES
15 23	For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined
15 24 in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
15 25 .................................................. $183,062,414
15 26	Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
15 27 the funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
28 as follows:
15 29	a.	Merged Area I ............................. $	9,074,424
15 30	b.	Merged Area II ............................ $	9,840,581
15 31	c.	Merged Area III ........................... $	9,045,521
15 32	d.	Merged Area IV ............................ $	4,449,263
15 33	e.	Merged Area V ............................. $	9,992,314
15 34	f.	Merged Area VI ............................ $	8,656,370
15 35	g.	Merged Area VII ........................... $ 12,826,359
16	1	h.	Merged Area IX ............................ $ 15,963,828
16	2	i.	Merged Area X ............................. $ 27,662,970
16	3	j.	Merged Area XI ............................ $ 27,602,009
16	4	k.	Merged Area XII ........................... $ 10,522,547
16	5	l.	Merged Area XIII .......................... $ 10,685,790
16	6	m.	Merged Area XIV ........................... $	4,505,374
16	7	n.	Merged Area XV ............................ $ 14,147,609
16	8	o.	Merged Area XVI ........................... $	8,087,455
9	Sec. 6.	COMMUNITY COLLEGE SALARIES.	There is appropriated
16 10 from the general fund of the state to the department of
16 11 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
16 12 ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof
16 13 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
16 14	For distribution to community colleges to supplement
16 15 faculty salaries:
16 16 .................................................. $	1,500,000
16 17	Sec. 7.	STUDY OF POSTSECONDARY RIGOR.	The legislative
16 18 council shall commission a study by an independent entity to
16 19 evaluate and compare the rigor of the first two years of study
16 20 at community colleges and institutions of higher education
16 21 governed by the state board of regents.	The legislative
16 22 council shall make the commission's report available to the
16 23 public by July 1, 2009.
16 24	Sec. 8.	BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS LICENSING FEES.
16 25 Notwithstanding section 272.10, subsection 2, in addition to
16 26 the percentage of licensing fees required to be deposited with
16 27 the treasurer of state and credited to the general fund of the
16 28 state pursuant to section 272.10, subsection 2, the executive
16 29 director of the board of educational examiners shall, at the
16 30 close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, transfer the
16 31 amount of $300,000 to the department of education.	The
16 32 department shall use the transferred funds during the fiscal
16 33 year beginning July 1, 2008, for implementation of early head
16 34 start projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,

35 emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
1 age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
17	2 The early head start projects shall promote healthy prenatal
17	3 outcomes, healthy family functioning, and strengthen the
17	4 development of infants and toddlers in low-income families.
17	5	Sec. 9.	SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHER BACKGROUND CHECKS == FY
17	6 2007=2008.	A school district that requested a background
17	7 check of a teacher applicant in the fiscal year beginning July
17	8 1, 2007, in accordance with section 279.13, subsection 1,
17	9 paragraph "b", from an entity other than the division of
17 10 criminal investigation shall meet the requirements of section
17 11 279.13, subsection 1, paragraph "b", as amended by this Act,
17 12 if enacted, for the teacher applicant for whom the background
17 13 check was conducted in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.
17 14	Sec. 10.	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == COMMUNITY COLLEGE
17 15 ACCREDITATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW PROCESS.
17 16	1.	The department of education shall review the community
17 17 college accreditation process and the compliance requirements
17 18 contained in the accreditation criteria.	The review shall
17 19 consider measures to ensure consistency in program quality
17 20 statewide, adequate oversight of community college programming
17 21 by the state board of education and, in consultation with the
17 22 community college management information system standing
17 23 committee, consistency in definitions for information and data
17 24 requirements; and identify barriers to providing quality
17 25 programming, methods to improve compensation of community
17 26 college faculty, and system performance measures that
17 27 adequately respond to identified needs and concerns.	The
17 28 review shall include an examination of community college
17 29 accreditation processes and system performance measures from
17 30 other states and regions.
17 31	2.	In conducting the review, the department shall
17 32 collaborate with community college accreditation and quality
17 33 faculty plan committees and the division of community colleges
17 34 and workforce preparation's accreditation advisory committee,
35 and shall ensure that the advisory committee includes members
1 appointed by the director of the department in consultation
18	2 with the executive director of the Iowa association of
18	3 community college trustees.
18	4	3.	The department shall submit a progress report to the
18	5 general assembly by January 15, 2009, and shall submit its
18	6 findings and recommendations in a final report to the general
18	7 assembly by January 15, 2010.
18	8	Sec. 11.	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == LIAISON ADVISORY
18	9 COMMITTEE ON TRANSFER STUDENTS.	The department of education
18 10 shall convene a liaison advisory committee on transfer
18 11 students to study articulation and transferability issues,
18 12 measures, and agreements.	The advisory committee shall be
18 13 comprised of three persons representing the community colleges
18 14 and a representative from each of the institutions of higher
18 15 learning governed by the state board of regents.	The
18 16 department shall provide staffing assistance to the committee.
18 17 The advisory committee shall submit a progress report to the
18 18 general assembly by January 15, 2009.	The progress report
18 19 shall include a history of articulation between the community
18 20 college and regents universities, the number of statewide and
18 21 institution=to=institution articulation agreements in place
18 22 currently, and the advisory committee's recommendations.
18 23	STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
18 24	Sec. 12.	There is appropriated from the general fund of
18 25 the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
18 26 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
18 27 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
18 28 be used for the purposes designated:
18 29	1.	OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
18 30	a.	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
18 31 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
18 32 equivalent positions:
18 33 .................................................. $	1,263,437
18 34 ............................................... FTEs	16.00
35	The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
1 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
19	2 office and the legislative services agency.
19	3	The state board of regents shall not circumvent the
19	4 requirements of section 270.10 and, as the board develops any
19	5 plan regarding the Iowa braille and sight saving school, it
19	6 shall comply with the requirements of section 270.10.
19	7	b.	For funds to be allocated to the southwest Iowa
19	8 graduate studies center:
19	9 .................................................. $	108,698
19 10	c.	For funds to be allocated to the siouxland interstate

19 11 metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center
19 12 under section 262.9, subsection 21:
19 13 .................................................. $	80,467
19 14	d.	For funds to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
19 15 studies center:
19 16 .................................................. $	160,806
19 17	e.	For funds to be distributed to the midwestern higher
19 18 education compact to pay Iowa's member state annual
19 19 obligation:
19 20 .................................................. $	90,000
19 21	f.	For funds to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
19 22 public radio operations:
19 23 .................................................. $	500,000
19 24	2.	STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
19 25	a.	General university, including lakeside laboratory
19 26	For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
19 27 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
19 28 full=time equivalent positions:
19 29 .................................................. $258,011,947
19 30 ............................................... FTEs	5,058.55
19 31	b.	Center for disabilities and development
19 32	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
19 33 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
34 positions:
19 35 .................................................. $	6,726,227
20	1 ............................................... FTEs	130.37
2	From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
20	3 $200,000 shall be allocated for purposes of the employment
20	4 policy group.
20	5	c.	Oakdale campus
20	6	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
20	7 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
20	8 positions:
20	9 .................................................. $	2,726,485
20 10 ............................................... FTEs	38.25
20 11	d.	State hygienic laboratory
20 12	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
20 13 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
20 14 positions:
20 15 .................................................. $	4,182,151
20 16 ............................................... FTEs	102.50
20 17	e.	Family practice program
20 18	For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
20 19 approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants to
20 20 carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
20 21 practice program, including salaries and support, and for not
20 22 more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
20 23 .................................................. $	2,179,043
20 24 ............................................... FTEs	190.40
20 25	f.	Child health care services
20 26	For specialized child health care services, including
20 27 childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
20 28 rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa
20 29 high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries and
20 30 support, and for not more than the following full=time
20 31 equivalent positions:
20 32 .................................................. $	732,388
20 33 ............................................... FTEs	57.97
20 34	g.	Statewide cancer registry
35	For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than
1 the following full=time equivalent positions:
21	2 .................................................. $	184,578
21	3 ............................................... FTEs	2.10
21	4	h.	Substance abuse consortium
21	5	For funds to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
21	6 substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
21	7 the following full=time equivalent position:
21	8 .................................................. $	67,877
21	9 ............................................... FTEs	1.00
21 10	i.	Center for biocatalysis
21 11	For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
21 12 following full=time equivalent positions:
21 13 .................................................. $	902,687
21 14 ............................................... FTEs	6.28
21 15	j.	Primary health care initiative
21 16	For the primary health care initiative in the college of
21 17 medicine, and for not more than the following full=time
21 18 equivalent positions:
21 19 .................................................. $	793,920
21 20 ............................................... FTEs	5.89
21 21	From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,

21 22 $330,000 shall be allocated to the department of family
21 23 practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
21 24 for family practice faculty and support staff.
21 25	k.	Birth defects registry
21 26	For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
21 27 following full=time equivalent position:
21 28 .................................................. $	46,685
21 29 ............................................... FTEs	1.00
21 30	l.	Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
21 31	For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center: 21 32 .................................................. $	200,000
21 33	m.	Agricultural health and safety programs
34	For a program for farmers with disabilities:
21 35 .................................................. $	130,000
1	Funds appropriated for purposes of this lettered paragraph
22	2 shall be used for a grant to a national nonprofit organization
22	3 with over 80 years of experience in assisting children and
22	4 adults with disabilities and special needs.	The funds shall
22	5 be used for a nationally recognized program that began in 1986
22	6 and has been replicated in at least 30 other states, but which
22	7 is not available through any other entity in this state, that
22	8 provides assistance to farmers with disabilities in all 99
22	9 counties to allow the farmers to remain in their own homes and
22 10 be gainfully engaged in farming through provision of
22 11 agricultural worksite and home modification consultations,
22 12 peer support services, services to families, information and
22 13 referral, and equipment loan services.
22 14	3.	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
22 15	a.	General university
22 16	For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
22 17 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
22 18 full=time equivalent positions:
22 19 .................................................. $204,145,406
22 20 ............................................... FTEs	3,647.42
22 21	b.	Agricultural experiment station
22 22	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
22 23 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
22 24 positions:
22 25 .................................................. $ 34,493,006
22 26 ............................................... FTEs	546.98
22 27	c.	Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
22 28 economics
22 29	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
22 30 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
22 31 positions:
22 32 .................................................. $ 21,900,084
22 33 ............................................... FTEs	383.34
22 34	d.	Leopold center
35	For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university
1 of science and technology under section 266.39B, and for not
23	2 more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
23	3 .................................................. $	490,572
23	4 ............................................... FTEs	11.25
23	5	e.	Livestock disease research
23	6	For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease
23	7 research fund under section 267.8:
23	8 .................................................. $	220,708
23	9	f.	Veterinary diagnostic laboratory
23 10	For purposes of supporting the college of veterinary
23 11 medicine for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
23 12 laboratory:
23 13 .................................................. $	1,000,000
23 14	(1)	Iowa state university shall not reduce the amount that
23 15 it allocates to support the college of veterinary medicine
23 16 from any other source due to the appropriation made in this
23 17 lettered paragraph.
23 18	(2)	If by the end of the fiscal year Iowa state university
23 19 fails to allocate the moneys appropriated in this lettered
23 20 paragraph to the college of veterinary medicine in accordance
23 21 with this lettered paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this
23 22 lettered paragraph for that fiscal year shall revert to the
23 23 general fund.
23 24	(3)	It is the intent of the general assembly that a future
23 25 general assembly appropriate moneys to Iowa state university
23 26 of science and technology for the designated fiscal year, or
23 27 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
23 28 designated:
23 29	For purposes of supporting the college of veterinary
23 30 medicine for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
23 31 laboratory:
23 32 FY 2009=2010 ..................................... $	4,000,000

23 33	4.	UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
23 34	a.	General university
35	For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
1 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
24	2 full=time equivalent positions:
24	3 .................................................. $ 92,495,485
24	4 ............................................... FTEs	1,449.48
24	5	b.	Recycling and reuse center
24	6	For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
24	7 more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
24	8 .................................................. $	219,279
24	9 ............................................... FTEs	3.00
24 10	c.	Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
24 11 (STEM) collaborative initiative
24 12	For purposes of establishing a science, technology,
24 13 engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative: 24 14 .................................................. $	4,000,000
24 15	5.	STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
24 16	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
24 17 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
24 18 positions:
24 19 .................................................. $ 10,077,191
24 20 ............................................... FTEs	126.60
24 21	6.	IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
24 22	For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
24 23 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
24 24 positions:
24 25 .................................................. $	5,674,351
24 26 ............................................... FTEs	62.87
24 27	7.	TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
24 28	For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
24 29 transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
24 30 and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
24 31 pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain
24 32 clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students
24 33 at these schools pursuant to section 270.5:
24 34 .................................................. $	15,020
35	Sec. 13.	BOARD OF REGENTS MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
1 COLLABORATIVE STUDY == WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN STEM PROGRAMS.
25	2	1.	The state board of regents shall conduct a mathematics
25	3 and science collaborative study.	The purpose of the study
25	4 shall be to collect data and report on the number and
25	5 proportion of women and minorities enrolled in science,
25	6 technology, engineering, and mathematics programs, including
25	7 high school programs such as project lead the way.	The study
25	8 shall develop and submit to the board recommendations for
25	9 science, technology, engineering, and technology=related
25 10 programming measures for improving the number and proportion
25 11 of women and minorities in science, technology, engineering,
25 12 and mathematics university programs.	The state board of
25 13 regents shall submit the data and its findings and
25 14 recommendations in a report to the general assembly by January 25 15 15, 2009.
25 16	2.	The state board of regents shall direct the
25 17 universities it governs to take every reasonable measure to
25 18 improve the number and proportion of women and minorities in
25 19 university science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
25 20 programs and colleges.
25 21	Sec. 14.	BABY BOOM GENERATION WORKFORCE STUDY.	If
25 22 sufficient funding is approved or appropriated by the general
25 23 assembly, or if a local political subdivision provides
25 24 sufficient funding, or if sufficient private funding becomes
25 25 available to the state board of regents for such purpose, the
25 26 department of sociology at Iowa state university of science
25 27 and technology, in coordination with Iowa state university
25 28 extension, shall conduct a study regarding current and
25 29 potential efforts to retain Iowans of the baby boom generation
25 30 and attract those who have emigrated from the state as well as
25 31 potential new Iowans of the baby boom generation.	Such
25 32 efforts may include but are not limited to community
25 33 attractions, recreation, health and wellness opportunities,
25 34 and other quality of life measures.	The study shall also
35 consider those who reside in other states for part of the
1 year, the career opportunities available to baby boomers, the
26	2 educational needs of baby boomers and the career experiences
26	3 and productivity benefits that baby boomers bring to Iowa's
26	4 workforce.	For purposes of this section, "baby boom
26	5 generation" and "baby boomers" includes people born no earlier
26	6 than 1946 and no later than 1964.	The results of the study
26	7 shall be made available in a report to the governor and the
26	8 general assembly by January 15, 2009.

26	9	Sec. 15.	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
26 10 ending June 30, 2009, the state board of regents may use
26 11 notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under
26 12 section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy
26 13 cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to
26 14 recover the cost of the projects within an average of six
26 15 years.
26 16	Sec. 16.	Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of
26 17 administrative services shall pay the state school for the
26 18 deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
26 19 collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
26 20 July 1, 2008, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
26 21 for students attending the state school for the deaf and the
26 22 Iowa braille and sight saving school.
26 23	Sec. 17.	Section 28.8, subsection 5, paragraphs a and e,
26 24 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
26 25	a.	A school ready children grant shall be awarded to a
26 26 community board for a three=year period, with annual payments
 26 27 made to the community board annually.	The Iowa empowerment
26 28 board may grant an extension from the award date and any
26 29 application deadlines based upon the award date, to allow for
26 30 a later implementation date in the initial year in which a
26 31 community board submits a comprehensive school ready grant
26 32 plan to the Iowa empowerment board.	However, receipt of
26 33 continued funding is subject to submission of the required
26 34 annual report and the Iowa board's determination that the
35 community board is measuring, through the use of performance
1 and results indicators developed by the Iowa board with input
27	2 from community boards, progress toward and is achieving the
27	3 desired results identified in the grant plan.	If progress is
27	4 not measured through the use of performance and results
27	5 indicators toward achieving the identified results, the Iowa
27	6 board may request a plan of corrective action, withhold any
27	7 increase in funding, or withdraw grant funding.
27	8	e.	The amount of school ready children grant funding the
27	9 Iowa empowerment board shall identify and apply limitations on
 27 10 the carryforward of school ready children grant funding may
 27 11 carry forward annually shall not exceed twenty percent.	The
 27 12 limitations shall address an unusually high percentage of a
 27 13 grant being carried forward, the number of years a grant has
 27 14 been carried forward which shall not exceed three years, and
 27 15 other objective criteria.  The limitations shall make
 27 16 allowances for special circumstances such as the carryforward
 27 17 of funding that is designated for a particular purpose and is
 27 18 scheduled in the grant plan.  The board may provide for
 27 19 redistribution or other redirection of the funding that meets
 27 20 the criteria.	School ready children grant funds received by a
 27 21 community empowerment board in a fiscal year shall be carried
 27 22 forward to the following fiscal year.  However, any funds
 27 23 which remain unencumbered and unobligated in excess of twenty
 27 24 percent of the funds received in a fiscal year shall be
 27 25 subtracted by the Iowa empowerment board from the allocation
 27 26 to the community empowerment board for the following fiscal
 27 27 year.
27 28	Sec. 18.	Section 28.8, Code 2007, is amended by adding the
27 29 following new subsection:
27 30	NEW SUBSECTION.	7.	It is the intent of the general
27 31 assembly that community empowerment areas consider whether
27 32 support services to prevent the spread of infectious diseases,
27 33 prevent child injuries, develop health emergency protocols,
27 34 help with medication, and care for children with special
35 health needs are being provided to child care facilities
1 registered or licensed under chapter 237A.
28	2	Sec. 19.	Section 256.26, subsection 1, Code Supplement
28	3 2007, is amended to read as follows:
28	4	1.	There is established a before and after school grant
28	5 program to provide competitive grants to school districts and
28	6 other public and private organizations to expand the
28	7 availability of before and after school programs, including
28	8 but not limited to summer programs.	The amount of a grant
 28  9 awarded in accordance with this section shall be not less than
 28 10 thirty thousand dollars nor more than fifty thousand dollars.
28 11	Sec. 20.	Section 256.26, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
28 12 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
28 13	e.	Provides for not less than a twenty percent an equal
28 14 match of any state funds received for purposes of the program.
28 15 The local match shall be in cash or in kind contributions.
28 16	Sec. 21.	Section 256.26, subsection 6, Code Supplement
28 17 2007, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
28 18 lieu thereof the following:
28 19	6.	An applicant serving middle and high school=age youth

28 20 is eligible for funding under this section if the applicant
28 21 demonstrates that the applicant is serving youth at least once
28 22 a week or a minimum of two hours per week.
28 23	Sec. 22.	Section 256.26, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
28 24 by adding the following new subsection:
28 25	NEW SUBSECTION.	7.	Grant funding may be used for
28 26 programming for multiple fiscal years as proposed by the
28 27 applicant and approved by the department.
28 28	Sec. 23.	Section 256B.15, subsection 7, Code 2007, is
28 29 amended to read as follows:
30	7.	a.  The treasurer of the state shall credit receipts
 28 31 received under this section to the department of human
 28 32 services to pay contractual fees incurred by the department to
 28 33 maximize federal funding for special education services.  All
 28 34 remaining receipts in excess of the amount necessary to pay
 28 35 contractual fees shall be credited to the department of human
 29  1 services medical assistance account.
2	b.	The area education agencies shall, after determining
 29  3 the administrative costs associated with the implementation of
 29  4 medical assistance reimbursement for the eligible services, be
 29  5 permitted to retain up to twenty=five percent of the federal
 29  6 portion of the total amount reimbursed to pay for the
 29  7 administrative costs transfer to the department of education
 29  8 an amount equal to eighty=four percent of the payments
 29  9 received from the medical assistance program provided pursuant
 29 10 to chapter 249A.	This limitation requirement does not apply
29 11 to medical assistance reimbursement for services provided by
29 12 an area education agency under part C of the federal
29 13 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.	Funds received
29 14 under this section shall not be considered or included as part
29 15 of the area education agencies' budgets when calculating funds
29 16 that are to be received by area education agencies during a
29 17 fiscal year.
29 18	Sec. 24.	Section 257B.1B, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
29 19 amended to read as follows:
29 20	1.	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 2008 and
29 21 each succeeding fiscal year, fifty=five percent of the moneys
29 22 deposited in the fund to the department of education for
 29 23 allocation to the Iowa reading recovery council university of
 29 24 northern Iowa to assist school districts in developing reading
29 25 recovery and literacy programs.	The Iowa reading recovery
 29 26 council shall use the area education agency unified budget as
 29 27 its fiscal agent for grant moneys and for other moneys
 29 28 administered by the council.
29 29	Sec. 25.	Section 260C.18C, subsection 2, unnumbered
29 30 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
29 31	As used in this section and section 260C.18D, unless the
29 32 context otherwise requires:
29 33	Sec. 26.	NEW SECTION.	260C.18D	INSTRUCTOR SALARY
29 34 DISTRIBUTION FORMULA.
35	1.	DISTRIBUTION FORMULA.	Moneys appropriated by the
1 general assembly to the department for community college
30	2 instructor salaries shall be distributed among each community
30	3 college based on the proportion that the number of full=time
30	4 equivalent instructors employed by a community college bears
30	5 to the sum of the number of full=time equivalent eligible
30	6 instructors who are employed by all community colleges in the
30	7 state for the base year.	The state board shall define
30	8 "eligible full=time equivalent instructor" by rule.
30	9	2.	BASE FUNDING ALLOCATION.	Moneys distributed to each
30 10 community college under subsection 1 shall be included in the
30 11 base funding allocation for all future years.	The use of the
30 12 funds shall remain as described in this section for all future
30 13 years.
30 14	3.	PURPOSES SUPPLEMENTAL.	Moneys appropriated and
30 15 distributed to community colleges under this section shall be
30 16 used to supplement and not supplant any approved faculty
30 17 salary increases or negotiated agreements, excluding the
30 18 distribution of the funds in this section.
30 19	4.	ELIGIBLE INSTRUCTORS.	Moneys distributed to a
30 20 community college under this section shall be allocated to all
30 21 full=time, nonadministrative instructors and part=time
30 22 instructors covered by a collective bargaining agreement.	The
30 23 moneys shall be allocated by negotiated agreements according
30 24 to chapter 20.	If no language exists, the moneys shall be
30 25 allocated equally to all full=time, nonadministrative
30 26 instructors with part=time instructors covered by a collective
30 27 bargaining agreement receiving a prorated share of the fund.
30 28	Sec. 27.	Section 260C.36, subsection 1, Code Supplement
30 29 2007, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
30 30	NEW PARAGRAPH.	i.	Determination of the faculty that will

30 31 be included in the plan including but not limited to all
30 32 instructors, counselors, and media specialists.	The plan
30 33 requirements may be differentiated for each type of employee.
30 34	Sec. 28.	Section 260C.36, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
35 by adding the following new subsection:
1	NEW SUBSECTION.	4.	The department of education shall
31	2 establish the following committees:
31	3	a.	An ad hoc accreditation quality faculty plan protocol
31	4 committee to advise the department in the development of
31	5 protocols related to the quality faculty planning process to
31	6 be used by the accreditation teams during site visits.	The
31	7 committee shall, at a minimum, determine what types of
31	8 evidence need to be provided, develop interview procedures and
31	9 visit goals, and propose accreditation protocol revisions.
31 10	b.	An ongoing quality faculty plan professional
31 11 development committee.	The committee shall, at a minimum, do
31 12 the following:
31 13	(1)	Develop systemic, ongoing, and sustainable statewide
31 14 professional development opportunities that support
31 15 institutional development as well as individual development
31 16 and support of the quality faculty plans.	The opportunities
31 17 may include web=based systems to share promising practices.
31 18	(2)	Determine future professional development needs.
31 19	(3)	Develop or identify training and assistance relating
31 20 to the quality faculty plan process and requirements.
31 21	(4)	Assist the department and community colleges in
31 22 developing professional development consortia.
31 23	(5)	Review and identify best practices in each community
31 24 college quality faculty plan, including best practices
31 25 regarding adjunct faculty.
31 26	c.	A community college faculty advisory committee
31 27 consisting of one member and one alternate from each community
31 28 college, appointed by the committee established pursuant to
31 29 subsection 1.	The committee membership shall be equally
31 30 represented by individuals from the liberal arts and sciences
31 31 faculty and the career and technical faculty.	The committee
31 32 shall, at a minimum, keep faculty informed of higher education
31 33 issues, facilitate communication between the faculty and the
31 34 department on an ongoing basis, and serve as an advisory
35 committee to the department and community colleges on faculty
1 issues.
32	2	Sec. 29.	Section 260C.48, subsection 1, unnumbered
32	3 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
32	4 follows:
32	5	The state board shall develop standards and rules for the
32	6 accreditation of community college programs.	Except as
32	7 provided in this subsection and subsection 4, standards
32	8 developed shall be general in nature so as to apply to more
32	9 than one specific program of instruction.	With regard to
32 10 community college=employed instructors, the standards adopted
32 11 shall at a minimum require that community college instructors
32 12 who are under contract for at least half=time or more, and by
 32 13 July 1, 2011, all instructors, meet the following
32 14 requirements:
32 15	Sec. 30.	Section 260C.48, subsection 1, paragraph b,
32 16 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
32 17 follows:
32 18	(2)	Has Have two or more years of successful experience in
32 19 a professional field or area in which the instructor is
32 20 teaching classes and in which postbaccalaureate recognition or
32 21 professional licensure is necessary for practice, including
32 22 but not limited to the fields or areas of accounting,
32 23 engineering, law, law enforcement, and medicine.
32 24	Sec. 31.	Section 261.2, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
32 25 by adding the following new subsection:
32 26	NEW SUBSECTION.	9.	Submit by January 15 annually a report
32 27 to the general assembly which provides, by program, the number
32 28 of individuals who received loan forgiveness in the previous
32 29 fiscal year, the amount paid to individuals under section
32 30 261.23, 261.73, and 261.112, and the institutions from which
32 31 individuals graduated, and that includes any proposed
32 32 statutory changes and the commission's findings and
32 33 recommendations.
32 34	Sec. 32.	NEW SECTION.	261.18	BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS
35 AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT PROGRAM.
1	1.	A barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition
33	2 grant may be awarded to any resident of Iowa who establishes
33	3 financial need and is admitted and in attendance as a
33	4 full=time or part=time student in a course of study at an
33	5 eligible school.
33	6	2.	All classes identified by the barber school or school

33	7 of cosmetology arts and sciences as required for completion of
33	8 a course of study required for licensure as provided in
33	9 section 158.8 or required for licensure as provided in section
33 10 157.10, shall be considered a part of the student's barber or
33 11 cosmetology course of study for the purpose of determining the
33 12 student's eligibility for a grant.	Notwithstanding subsection
33 13 3, if a student is making satisfactory academic progress but
33 14 the student cannot complete the course of study in the time
33 15 frame allowed for a student to receive a barber and
33 16 cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant as provided in
33 17 subsection 3 because additional classes are required to
33 18 complete the course of study, the student may continue to
33 19 receive a barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition
33 20 grant for not more than one additional enrollment period.
33 21	3.	A qualified full=time student may receive a barber and
33 22 cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant for not more than
33 23 four semesters or the trimester or quarter equivalent of two
33 24 full years of study.	A qualified part=time student enrolled
33 25 in a course of study including at least three semester hours
33 26 but fewer than twelve semester hours or the trimester or
33 27 quarter equivalent may receive barber and cosmetology arts and
33 28 sciences tuition grants for not more than eight semesters or
33 29 the trimester or quarter equivalent of two full years of
33 30 full=time study.	However, if a student resumes study after at
33 31 least a two=year absence, the student may again be eligible
33 32 for the specified amount of time, except that the student
33 33 shall not receive assistance for courses for which credit was
33 34 previously received.
35	4.	a.	The amount of a barber and cosmetology arts and
1 sciences tuition grant to a qualified full=time student shall
34	2 not exceed the lesser of one thousand two hundred dollars per
34	3 year or the amount of the student's established financial
34	4 need.
34	5	b.	The amount of a barber and cosmetology arts and
34	6 sciences tuition grant to a qualified part=time student
34	7 enrolled in a course of study including at least three
34	8 semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours or the
34	9 trimester or quarter equivalent shall be equal to the amount
34 10 of a barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant
34 11 that would be paid to a full=time student, except that the
34 12 commission shall prorate the amount in a manner consistent
34 13 with the federal Pell grant program proration.
34 14	5.	A barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition
34 15 grant shall be awarded on an annual basis, requiring
34 16 reapplication by the student for each year.	Payments under
34 17 the grant shall be allocated equally among the semesters or
34 18 quarters of the year upon certification by the institution
34 19 that the student is in full=time or part=time attendance in a
34 20 course of study at a licensed barber school or school of
34 21 cosmetology arts and sciences.	If the student discontinues
34 22 attendance before the end of any term after receiving payment
34 23 of the grant, the entire amount of any refund due that
34 24 student, up to the amount of any payments made under the
34 25 annual grant, shall be paid by the institution to the state.
34 26	6.	If a student receives financial aid under any other
34 27 program, the full amount of that financial aid shall be
34 28 considered part of the student's financial resources available
34 29 in determining the amount of the student's financial need for
34 30 that period.
34 31	7.	The commission shall administer this program and shall:
34 32	a.	Provide application forms for distribution to students
34 33 by Iowa high schools, licensed barber schools and schools of
34 34 cosmetology arts and sciences, and community colleges.
35	b.	Adopt rules for determining financial need, defining
1 residence for the purposes of this section, processing and
35	2 approving applications for grants and determining priority for
35	3 grants.
35	4	c.	Approve and award grants on an annual basis.
35	5	d.	Make an annual report to the governor and general
35	6 assembly.	The report shall include the number of students
35	7 receiving assistance under this section.
35	8	8.	Each applicant, in accordance with the rules
35	9 established by the commission, shall:
35 10	a.	Complete and file an application for a barber and
35 11 cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant.
35 12	b.	Be responsible for the submission of the financial
35 13 information required for evaluation of the applicant's need
35 14 for a grant, on forms determined by the commission.
35 15	c.	Report promptly to the commission any information
35 16 requested.
35 17	d.	Submit a new application and financial statement for

35 18 reevaluation of the applicant's eligibility to receive a
35 19 second=year renewal of the grant.
35 20	9.	For purposes of this section, "eligible school" means a
35 21 barber school licensed under section 158.7 or a school of
35 22 cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under chapter 157.	An
35 23 eligible school shall be accredited by a national accrediting
35 24 agency recognized by the United States department of education
35 25 and shall meet the criteria in section 261.9, subsection 1,
35 26 paragraphs "d" through "g".	An eligible school shall report
35 27 promptly to the commission any information requested.
35 28	Sec. 33.	Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code
35 29 Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
35 30	1.	There is appropriated from the general fund of the
35 31 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of
35 32 forty=eight fifty million three hundred seventy=three thousand
35 33 seven hundred eighteen dollars for tuition grants.
35 34	2.	There is appropriated from the general fund of the
35 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of five
1 million three five hundred seventy=four twenty=four thousand
36	2 eight hundred fifty=eight dollars for tuition grants for
36	3 students attending for=profit accredited private institutions
36	4 located in Iowa.	A for=profit institution which, effective
36	5 March 9, 2005, purchased an accredited private institution
36	6 that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the
36	7 Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution under
36	8 the tuition grant program.	In the case of a qualified student
36	9 who was enrolled in such accredited private institution that
36 10 was purchased by the for=profit institution effective March 9,
36 11 2005, and who continues to be enrolled in the eligible
36 12 institution in succeeding years, the amount the student
36 13 qualifies for under this subsection shall be not less than the
36 14 amount the student qualified for in the fiscal year beginning
36 15 July 1, 2004.	For purposes of the tuition grant program,
36 16 "for=profit accredited private institution" means an
36 17 accredited private institution which is not exempt from
36 18 taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
36 19 but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
36 20 subsection 1, paragraph "b", and whose students were eligible
36 21 to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 36 22 2003.
36 23	Sec. 34.	NEW SECTION.	261.73	CHIROPRACTIC LOAN
36 24 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
36 25	1.	A chiropractic loan forgiveness program is established
36 26 to be administered by the commission.	A chiropractor is
36 27 eligible for the program if the chiropractor is a resident of
36 28 this state, is licensed to practice under chapter 151, and is
36 29 engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state.
36 30	2.	Each applicant for loan forgiveness shall, in
36 31 accordance with the rules of the commission, do the following:
36 32	a.	Complete and file an application for chiropractic loan
36 33 forgiveness.	The individual shall be responsible for the
36 34 prompt submission of any information required by the
35 commission.
1	b.	File a new application and submit information as
37	2 required by the commission annually on the basis of which the
37	3 applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness will
37	4 be evaluated and determined.
37	5	c.	Complete and return on a form approved by the
37	6 commission an affidavit of practice verifying that the
37	7 applicant meets the eligibility requirements of subsection 1.
37	8	3.	The annual amount of chiropractic loan forgiveness
37	9 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
37 10 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of
37 11 regents for the first year following the chiropractor's
37 12 graduation from a college of chiropractic approved by the
37 13 board of chiropractic in accordance with section 151.4, or
37 14 twenty percent of the chiropractor's total federally
37 15 guaranteed Stafford loan amount under the federal family
37 16 education loan program or the federal direct loan program,
37 17 including principal and interest, whichever amount is less.	A
37 18 chiropractor shall be eligible for the loan forgiveness
37 19 program for not more than five consecutive years.
37 20	4.	A chiropractic loan forgiveness repayment fund is
37 21 created for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received by
37 22 the commission for use under the program.	Notwithstanding
37 23 section 8.33, moneys deposited in the fund shall not revert to
37 24 any fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year but shall
37 25 remain in the chiropractic loan forgiveness repayment fund and
37 26 be continuously available for loan forgiveness under the
37 27 program.	Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
37 28 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be

37 29 credited to the fund.
37 30	5.	The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
37 31 17A to administer this section.
37 32	Sec. 35.	Section 279.13, subsection 1, paragraph b,
37 33 subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code Supplement 2007, are amended
37 34 by striking the subparagraphs and inserting the following:
35	(1)	Prior to entering into an initial contract with a
1 teacher who holds a license other than an initial license
38	2 issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter
38	3 272, the school district shall initiate a state criminal
38	4 history record check of the applicant through the division of
38	5 criminal investigation of the department of public safety,
38	6 submit the applicant's fingerprints to the division for
38	7 submission to the federal bureau of investigation for a
38	8 national criminal history record check, and review the sex
38	9 offender registry information under section 692A.13, the
38 10 central registry for child abuse information established under
38 11 section 235A.14, and the central registry for dependent adult
38 12 abuse information established under section 235B.5 for
38 13 information regarding applicants for employment as a teacher.
38 14	(2)	The school district may charge the applicant a fee not
38 15 to exceed the actual cost charged the school district for the
38 16 state and national criminal history checks and registry checks
38 17 conducted pursuant to subparagraph (1).
38 18	Sec. 36.	Section 279.13, subsection 1, paragraph b,
38 19 subparagraphs (3) and (4), Code Supplement 2007, are amended
38 20 by striking the subparagraphs.
38 21	Sec. 37.	Section 331.653, subsection 27, Code 2007, is
38 22 amended to read as follows:
38 23	27.	Give notice of the time and place of making an
38 24 appraisement of unneeded school land as provided in sections 38 25 section 297.17 and 297.28.
38 26	Sec. 38.	2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1157, section 18, as
38 27 amended by 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 214, section 41, is amended
38 28 to read as follows:
38 29	SEC. 18.	EARLY CARE, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS == FY
38 30 2007=2008 AND 2008=2009.
38 31	1.	There is appropriated from the general fund of the
38 32 state to the department of education for deposit in the school
38 33 ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund for
38 34 each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007,
35 and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much
1 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
39	2 designated:
39	3	For early care, health, and education and preschool
39	4 programs, to continue programs and initiatives developed
39	5 pursuant to the appropriation made in this division of this
39	6 Act for this purpose for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 39	7 2006:
39	8 .................................................. $ 10,000,000
39	9	2.	Funds appropriated in this section shall be allocated
39 10 in the same manner as provided in section 17 except as
 39 11 provided in subsection 3.
39 12	3.  The amount allocated under section 17, subsection 4,
 39 13 paragraph "a", for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008,
 39 14 shall be distributed as follows:
39 15	a.  For deposit in the community empowerment gifts and
 39 16 grants account created in section 28.9, subsection 5, as
 39 17 enacted in this Act, the sum of $250,000.
39 18	b.  For purposes of the before and after school grant
 39 19 program established pursuant to section 256.26, as enacted by
 39 20 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 214, section 19, the sum of $595,000.
39 21	c.  For implementation of early head start projects
 39 22 addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional, and
 39 23 developmental needs of children from birth to age three,
 39 24 including prenatal support for qualified families, the sum of
 39 25 $100,000.
39 26	Early head start projects shall promote healthy prenatal
 39 27 outcomes, healthy family functioning, and strengthen the
 39 28 development of infants and toddlers in low=income families.
29	d.  To assist a vocational agriculture youth organization
 39 30 sponsored by the schools to support the foundation established
 39 31 by that vocational agriculture youth organization and for
 39 32 other youth activities, the sum of $50,000.  Funds
 39 33 appropriated in this paragraph shall be allocated only to the
 39 34 extent that the state moneys are matched from other sources by
 39 35 the organization on a dollar=for=dollar basis.
1	e.  For purposes of the work-study program established
 40  2 pursuant to section 261.81, the sum of $5,000.
40	3	Sec. 39.	2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 6,
40	4 subsection 14, as amended by 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 214,

40	5 section 42, is amended to read as follows:
40	6	14.	READING INSTRUCTION PILOT PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM
40	7	For the implementation of the reading instruction pilot
40	8 project grant program, if enacted by this Act:
40	9 .................................................. $	250,000
40 10	From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
40 11 $62,500 $12,500 shall be allocated equally amongst five pilot
40 12 projects for purposes of teacher training in descubriendo la
40 13 lectura, the reconstruction of reading recovery in Spanish,
40 14 including books and materials for teaching, travel expenses,
40 15 and professional development; $50,000 shall be allocated to
 40 16 the university of northern Iowa for reading recovery; and
40 17 $187,500 shall be allocated to the Iowa empowerment fund for
40 18 implementation of the business community investment advisory
40 19 council report and recommendations.	Notwithstanding section
 40 20 8.33, moneys allocated to the university of northern Iowa in
 40 21 this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
 40 22 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
 40 23 available for expenditure for the purpose designated until the
 40 24 close of the following fiscal year.
40 25	Sec. 40.	Section 279.65, Code Supplement 2007, is
40 26 repealed.
40 27	Sec. 41.	EFFECTIVE DATE.	The section of this division of
40 28 this Act amending 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 6,
40 29 subsection 14, as amended by 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 214,
40 30 section 42, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
40 31 upon enactment.
40 32	DIVISION II
40 33	SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM
40 34	Sec. 42.	Section 11.6, subsection 1, paragraph a,
35 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as
1 follows:
41	2	The financial condition and transactions of all cities and
41	3 city offices, counties, county hospitals organized under
41	4 chapters 347 and 347A, memorial hospitals organized under
41	5 chapter 37, entities organized under chapter 28E having gross
41	6 receipts in excess of one hundred thousand dollars in a fiscal
41	7 year, merged areas, area education agencies, and all school
41	8 offices in school districts, shall be examined at least once
41	9 each year, except that cities having a population of seven
41 10 hundred or more but less than two thousand shall be examined
41 11 at least once every four years, and cities having a population
41 12 of less than seven hundred may be examined as otherwise
41 13 provided in this section.	The examination shall cover the
41 14 fiscal year next preceding the year in which the audit is
41 15 conducted.	The examination of school offices shall include an
41 16 audit of all school funds including categorical funding
 41 17 provided by the state, the certified annual financial report,
41 18 the certified enrollment as provided in section 257.6,
41 19 supplementary weighting as provided in section 257.11, and the
41 20 revenues and expenditures of any nonprofit school organization
41 21 established pursuant to section 279.62.	Differences in
41 22 certified enrollment shall be reported to the department of
41 23 management.	The examination of school offices shall include
 41 24 at a minimum a determination that the laws of the state are
 41 25 being followed, that categorical funding is not used to
 41 26 supplant other funding except as otherwise provided, that
 41 27 supplementary weighting is pursuant to an eligible sharing
 41 28 condition, and that postsecondary courses provided in
 41 29 accordance with section 257.11 and chapter 261E supplement,
 41 30 rather than supplant, school district courses.	The
41 31 examination of a city that owns or operates a municipal
41 32 utility providing local exchange services pursuant to chapter
41 33 476 shall include an audit of the city's compliance with
41 34 section 388.10.	The examination of a city that owns or
35 operates a municipal utility providing telecommunications
1 services pursuant to section 388.10 shall include an audit of
42	2 the city's compliance with section 388.10.
42	3	Sec. 43.	Section 85.61, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
42	4 2, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
42	5	"Employer" also includes and applies to an eligible
42	6 postsecondary institution as defined in section 261C.3,
 42  7 subsection 1 261E.2, a school corporation, or an accredited
42	8 nonpublic school if a student enrolled in the eligible
42	9 postsecondary institution, school corporation, or accredited
42 10 nonpublic school is providing unpaid services under a
42 11 school=to=work program that includes, but is not limited to,
42 12 the components provided for in section 258.10, subsection 2,
42 13 paragraphs "a" through "f".	However, if a student
42 14 participating in a school=to=work program is participating in
42 15 open enrollment under section 282.18, "employer" means the

42 16 receiving district.	"Employer" also includes and applies to a
42 17 community college as defined in section 260C.2, if a student
42 18 enrolled in the community college is providing unpaid services
42 19 under a school=to=work program that includes but is not
42 20 limited to the components provided for in section 258.10,
42 21 subsection 2, paragraphs "a" through "f", and that is offered
42 22 by the community college pursuant to a contractual agreement
42 23 with a school corporation or accredited nonpublic school to
42 24 provide the program.	If a student participating in a
42 25 school=to=work program that includes but is not limited to the
42 26 components provided for in section 258.10, subsection 2,
42 27 paragraphs "a" through "f", is paid for services provided
42 28 under the program, "employer" means any entity otherwise
42 29 defined as an employer under this subsection which pays the
42 30 student for providing services under the program.
42 31	Sec. 44.	NEW SECTION.	256.17	POSTSECONDARY COURSE AUDIT
42 32 COMMITTEE.
42 33	1.	The department shall establish and facilitate a
42 34 postsecondary course audit committee which shall annually
35 audit postsecondary courses offered to high school students in
1 accordance with chapter 261E.
43	2	2.	The committee shall include but not be limited to
43	3 representatives from the kindergarten through grade twelve
43	4 education community, community colleges, and regents
43	5 universities.
43	6	3.	The committee shall establish a sampling technique that
43	7 randomly selects courses for audit.	The audit shall include
43	8 but not be limited to a review of the course syllabus, teacher
43	9 qualifications, examples of student products, and results of
43 10 student assessments.	Standards for review shall be
43 11 established by the committee and approved by the department.
43 12 Audit findings shall be submitted to the institutions
43 13 providing the classes audited and shall be posted on the
43 14 department's internet site.
43 15	4.	If the committee determines that a postsecondary course
43 16 offered to high school students in accordance with chapter
43 17 261E does not meet the standards established by the committee
43 18 pursuant to subsection 3, the course shall not be eligible for
43 19 future supplementary weighting under section 257.11.	If the
43 20 institution makes changes to the course sufficient to cause
43 21 the course to meet the standards of the committee, the
43 22 committee may reinstate the eligibility of the course for
43 23 future supplementary weighting under section 257.11.
43 24	Sec. 45.	Section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
43 25 Supplement 2007, is amended by adding the following new
43 26 subparagraph:
43 27	NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.	(7)	A student attending an accredited
43 28 nonpublic school or receiving competent private instruction
43 29 under chapter 299A, who is participating in a program under
43 30 chapter 261E, shall be counted as a shared=time student in the
43 31 school district in which the nonpublic school of attendance is
43 32 located for state foundation aid purposes.
43 33	Sec. 46.	Section 257.6, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph
43 34 1, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
35	For the school year beginning July 1, 2001 2008, and each
1 succeeding school year, a student shall not be included in a
44	2 district's enrollment for purposes of this chapter or
44	3 considered an eligible pupil under chapter 261C section 261E.5
44	4 if the student meets all of the following:
44	5	Sec. 47.	Section 257.6, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code
44	6 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
44	7	b.	Continues enrollment in the district to take courses
44	8 either provided by the district, offered by community colleges
44	9 under the provisions of section 257.11, or to take courses
44 10 under the provisions of chapter 261C section 261E.5.
44 11	Sec. 48.	Section 257.11, subsection 2, Code Supplement
44 12 2007, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
44 13	NEW PARAGRAPH.	d.	A school district which hosts a
44 14 regional academy shall be eligible to assign its resident
44 15 students attending classes at the academy a weighting of
44 16 one=tenth of the percentage of the student's school day during
44 17 which the student attends classes at the regional academy.
44 18 The maximum amount of additional weighting for which a school
44 19 district hosting a regional academy shall be eligible is an
44 20 amount corresponding to thirty additional students.	The
44 21 minimum amount of additional weighting for which a school
44 22 district establishing a regional academy shall be eligible is
44 23 an amount corresponding to fifteen additional students if the
44 24 academy provides both advanced=level courses and career and
44 25 technical courses.
44 26	Sec. 49.	Section 257.11, subsection 3, Code Supplement

44 27 2007, is amended to read as follows:
44 28	3.	DISTRICT=TO=COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHARING AND CONCURRENT
 44 29 ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS.
44 30	a.	In order to provide additional funds for school
44 31 districts which send their resident high school pupils to a
44 32 community college for college=level classes, a supplementary
44 33 weighting plan for determining enrollment is adopted.
44 34	b.	If the school budget review committee certifies to the
35 department of management that the class would not otherwise be
1 implemented without the assignment of additional weighting,
45	2 pupils attending a community college=offered class or
45	3 attending a class taught by a community college=employed
45	4 instructor are assigned a weighting of forty=eight hundredths
45	5 of the percentage of the pupil's school day during which the
45	6 pupil attends class in the community college or attends a
45	7 class taught by a community college=employed instructor of
 45  8 seventy hundredths for career and technical courses and
 45  9 forty=six hundredths for liberal arts and sciences courses.
45 10 The following requirements shall be met for the purposes of
45 11 assigning an additional weighting for classes offered through
45 12 a sharing agreement between a school district and community
45 13 college.	The class must be:
45 14	(1)	Supplementing, not supplanting, high school courses
45 15 required to be offered pursuant to section 256.11, subsection
 45 16 5.
45 17	(2)	Included in the community college catalog or an
45 18 amendment or addendum to the catalog.
45 19	(3)	Open to all registered community college students, not
45 20 just high school students.	The class may be offered in a high
 45 21 school attendance center.
45 22	(4)	For college credit and the credit must apply toward an
45 23 associate of arts or associate of science degree, or toward an
45 24 associate of applied arts or associate of applied science
45 25 degree, or toward completion of a college diploma program.
45 26	(5)	Taught by a community college=employed an instructor
45 27 employed or contracted by a community college who meets the
 45 28 requirements of section 261E.3, subsection 2.
45 29	(6)	Taught utilizing the community college course
45 30 syllabus.
45 31	(7)	Of the same quality as a course offered on a community
 45 32 college campus Taught in such a manner as to result in student
 45 33 work and student assessment which meet college=level
 45 34 expectations.
35	Sec. 50.	Section 260C.14, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
1 amended to read as follows:
46	2	2.	Have authority to determine tuition rates for
46	3 instruction.	Tuition for residents of Iowa shall not exceed
46	4 the lowest tuition rate per semester, or the equivalent,
46	5 charged by an institution of higher education under the state
46	6 board of regents for a full=time resident student.	However,
46	7 except for students enrolled under chapter 261C section
 46  8 261E.5, if a local school district pays tuition for a resident
46	9 pupil of high school age, the limitation on tuition for
46 10 residents of Iowa shall not apply, the amount of tuition shall
46 11 be determined by the board of directors of the community
46 12 college with the consent of the local school board, and the
46 13 pupil shall not be included in the full=time equivalent
46 14 enrollment of the community college for the purpose of
46 15 computing general aid to the community college.	Tuition for
46 16 nonresidents of Iowa shall not be less than the marginal cost
46 17 of instruction of a student attending the college.	A lower
46 18 tuition for nonresidents may be permitted under a reciprocal
46 19 tuition agreement between a merged area and an educational
46 20 institution in another state, if the agreement is approved by
46 21 the director.	The board may designate that a portion of the
46 22 tuition moneys collected from students be used for student aid
46 23 purposes.
46 24	Sec. 51.	NEW SECTION.	261E.1	SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM.
46 25	1.	A senior year plus program is established to be
46 26 administered by the department of education to provide Iowa
46 27 high school students increased access to college credit or
46 28 advanced placement coursework.	The program shall consist of
46 29 the following elements:
46 30	a.	Advanced placement classes, including on=site,
46 31 consortium, and online opportunities and courses delivered via
46 32 the Iowa communications network.
46 33	b.	Community college credit courses offered through
46 34 written agreements between school districts and community
35 colleges.
1	c.	College and university credit courses offered to
47	2 individual high school students through the postsecondary

47	3 enrollment options program in accordance with section 261E.5.
47	4	d.	Courses offered through regional and career academies
47	5 for college credit.
47	6	e.	Internet=based courses offered for college credit,
47	7 including but not limited to courses within the Iowa learning
47	8 online initiative.
47	9	2.	The senior year plus programming provided by a school
47 10 district pursuant to sections 261E.4 and 261E.5 may be
47 11 available to students on a year=round basis.
47 12	Sec. 52.	NEW SECTION.	261E.2	DEFINITIONS.
47 13	As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
47 14 requires:
47 15	1.	"Concurrent enrollment" means any course offered to
47 16 students in grades nine through twelve during the regular
47 17 school year approved by the board of directors of a school
47 18 district through a contractual agreement between a community
47 19 college and the school district that meets the provisions of
47 20 section 257.11, subsection 3.
47 21	2.	"Department" means the department of education.
47 22	3.	"Director" means the director of the department of
47 23 education.
47 24	4.	"Eligible postsecondary institution" means an
47 25 institution of higher learning under the control of the state
47 26 board of regents, a community college established under
47 27 chapter 260C, or an accredited private institution as defined
47 28 in section 261.9.
47 29	5.	"Institution" means a school district or eligible
47 30 postsecondary institution delivering the instruction in a
47 31 given program as authorized by this chapter.
47 32	6.	"School board" means the board of directors of a school
47 33 district or a collaboration of boards of directors of school
47 34 districts.
35	7.	"State board" means the state board of education.
1	8.	"Student" means any individual enrolled in grades nine
48	2 through twelve in a school district who meets the criteria in
48	3 section 261E.3, subsection 1.	"Student" includes an
48	4 individual attending an accredited nonpublic school or the
48	5 Iowa school for the deaf or the Iowa braille and sight saving
48	6 school for purposes of sections 261E.4 and 261E.5.
48	7	Sec. 53.	NEW SECTION.	261E.3	ELIGIBILITY.
48	8	1.	STUDENT ELIGIBILITY.	In order to ensure student
48	9 readiness for postsecondary coursework, the student shall meet
48 10 the following criteria:
48 11	a.	The student shall meet the enrollment requirements
48 12 established by the eligible postsecondary institution
48 13 providing the course credit.
48 14	b.	The student shall meet or exceed the minimum
48 15 performance measures on any academic assessments that may be
48 16 required by the eligible postsecondary institution.
48 17	c.	The student shall have taken the appropriate course
48 18 prerequisites, if any, prior to enrollment in the eligible
48 19 postsecondary course, as determined by the eligible
48 20 postsecondary institution delivering the course.
48 21	d.	The student shall have attained the approval of the
48 22 school board or its designee and the eligible postsecondary
48 23 institution to register for the postsecondary course.
48 24	e.	The student shall have demonstrated proficiency in
48 25 reading, mathematics, and science as evidenced by achievement
48 26 scores on the latest administration of the state assessment
48 27 for which scores are available and as defined by the
48 28 department.	If a student is not proficient in one or more of
48 29 the content areas listed in this paragraph, the school board
48 30 may establish alternative but equivalent qualifying
48 31 performance measures including but not limited to additional
48 32 administrations of the state assessment, portfolios of student
48 33 work, student performance rubric, or end=of=course
48 34 assessments.
35	f.	The student shall meet the definition of eligible
1 student under section 261E.5, subsection 6, in order to
49	2 participate in the postsecondary enrollment options program.
49	3	2.	TEACHER AND INSTRUCTOR ELIGIBILITY.
49	4	a.	A teacher or instructor employed to provide instruction
49	5 under this chapter shall meet the following criteria:
49	6	(1)	The teacher shall be appropriately licensed to teach
49	7 the subject the institution is employing the teacher to teach
49	8 and shall meet the standards and requirements set forth which
49	9 other full=time instructors teaching within the academic
49 10 department are required to meet and which are approved by the
49 11 appropriate postsecondary administration.
49 12	(2)	The teacher shall collaborate, as appropriate, with
49 13 other secondary and postsecondary faculty in the subject area.

49 14	(3)	The district, in collaboration with the teacher or
49 15 instructor, shall provide ongoing communication about course
49 16 expectations, including a syllabus that describes the content,
49 17 teaching strategies, performance measures, and resource
49 18 materials used in the course, and academic progress to the
49 19 student and in the case of students of minor age, to the
49 20 parent or legal guardian of the student.
49 21	(4)	The teacher or instructor shall provide curriculum and
49 22 instruction that is accepted as college=level work as
49 23 determined by the institution.
49 24	(5)	The teacher or instructor shall use valid and reliable
49 25 student assessment measures, to the extent available.
49 26	(6)	If the instruction for any program authorized by this
49 27 chapter is provided at a school district facility or a neutral
49 28 site, the teacher or instructor shall have successfully passed
49 29 a background investigation conducted in accordance with
49 30 section 272.2, subsection 17, prior to providing such
49 31 instruction.	For purposes of this section, "neutral site"
49 32 means a facility that is not owned or operated by an
49 33 institution.
49 34	b.	The teacher or instructor shall be provided with
35 appropriate orientation and training in secondary and
1 postsecondary professional development related to curriculum,
50	2 pedagogy, assessment, policy implementation, technology, and
50	3 discipline issues.
50	4	c.	The eligible postsecondary institution shall provide
50	5 the teacher or instructor with ongoing communication and
50	6 access to instructional resources and support, and shall
50	7 encourage the teacher or instructor to participate in the
50	8 postsecondary institution's academic departmental activities.
50	9	d.	The teacher or instructor shall receive adequate
50 10 notification of an assignment to teach a course under this
50 11 chapter and shall be provided adequate preparation time to
50 12 ensure that the course is taught at the college=level.
50 13	e.	An individual under suspension or revocation of an
50 14 educational license or statement of professional recognition
50 15 issued by the board of educational examiners shall not be
50 16 allowed to provide instruction for any program authorized by
50 17 this chapter.
50 18	3.	INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY.	An institution providing
50 19 instruction pursuant to this chapter shall meet the following
50 20 criteria:
50 21	a.	The institution shall ensure that students or in the
50 22 case of minor students, parents or legal guardians, receive
50 23 appropriate course orientation and information, including but
50 24 not limited to a summary of applicable policies and
50 25 procedures, the establishment of a permanent transcript,
50 26 policies on dropping courses, a student handbook, information
50 27 describing student responsibilities, and institutional
50 28 procedures for academic credit transfer.
50 29	b.	The institution shall ensure that students have access
50 30 to student support services, including but not limited to
50 31 tutoring, counseling, advising, library, writing and math
50 32 labs, and computer labs, and student activities, excluding
50 33 postsecondary intercollegiate athletics.
50 34	c.	The institution shall ensure that students are properly
35 enrolled in courses that will carry college credit.
1	d.	The institution shall ensure that teachers and students
51	2 receive appropriate orientation and information about the
51	3 institution's expectations.
51	4	e.	The institution shall ensure that the courses provided
51	5 achieve the same learning outcomes as similar courses offered
51	6 in the subject area and are accepted as college=level work.
51	7	f.	The institution shall review the course on a regular
51	8 basis for continuous improvement, shall follow up with
51	9 students in order to use information gained from the students
51 10 to improve course delivery and content, and shall share data
51 11 on course progress and outcomes with the collaborative
51 12 partners involved with the delivery of the programming and
51 13 with the department, as needed.
51 14	g.	The school district shall certify annually to the
51 15 department that the course provided to a high school student
51 16 for postsecondary credit in accordance with this chapter does
51 17 not supplant a course provided by the school district in which
51 18 the student is enrolled.
51 19	h.	The institution shall not require a minimum or a
51 20 maximum number of postsecondary credits to be earned by a high
51 21 school student under this chapter.
51 22	i.	The institution shall not place restrictions on
51 23 participation in senior year plus programming beyond that
51 24 which is specified in statute or administrative rule.

51 25	j.	All eligible postsecondary institutions providing
51 26 programming under this chapter shall include the unique
51 27 student identifier assigned to students while in the
51 28 kindergarten through grade twelve system as a part of the
51 29 institution's student data management system.	Eligible
51 30 postsecondary institutions providing programming under this
51 31 chapter shall cooperate with the department on data requests
51 32 related to the programming.	All eligible postsecondary
51 33 institutions providing programming under this chapter shall
51 34 collect data and report to the department on the proportion of
35 females and minorities enrolled in science, technology,
1 engineering, and mathematics=oriented educational
52	2 opportunities provided in accordance with this chapter.	The
52	3 department shall submit the programming data and the
52	4 department's findings and recommendations in a report to the
52	5 general assembly annually by January 15.
52	6	k.	The school district shall ensure that the background
52	7 investigation requirement of subsection 2, paragraph "a",
52	8 subparagraph (6), is satisfied.	The school district shall pay
52	9 for the background investigation conducted in accordance with
52 10 subsection 2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (6), but may charge
52 11 the teacher or instructor a fee not to exceed the actual cost
52 12 charged the school district for the background investigation
52 13 conducted.
52 14	Sec. 54.	NEW SECTION.	261E.4	ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
52 15	1.	A school district shall make available advanced
52 16 placement courses to its resident students through direct
52 17 instruction on=site, collaboration with another school
52 18 district, or by using the online Iowa advanced placement
52 19 academy.
52 20	2.	A school district shall provide descriptions of the
52 21 advanced placement courses available to students using a
52 22 course registration handbook.
52 23	3.	A school district shall ensure that advanced placement
52 24 course teachers or instructors are appropriately licensed by
52 25 the board of educational examiners in accordance with chapter
52 26 272 and meet the minimum certification requirements of the
52 27 national organization that administers the advanced placement
52 28 program.
52 29	4.	A school district shall establish prerequisite
52 30 coursework for each advanced placement course offered and
52 31 shall describe the prerequisites in the course registration
52 32 handbook, which shall be provided to every junior high school
52 33 or middle school student prior to the development of a core
52 34 curriculum plan pursuant to section 279.61.
35	Sec. 55.	NEW SECTION.	261E.4A	ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES
1 == ACCESS == EXAMINATION FEE PAYMENT.
53	2	1.	A student enrolled in a school district or accredited
53	3 nonpublic school shall be provided access to advanced
53	4 placement examinations at a rate of one=half of the cost of
53	5 the regular examination fee the student or the student's
53	6 parents or guardians would normally pay for the examination.
53	7	2.	The board of directors of a school district and the
53	8 authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall
53	9 ensure that any student enrolled who is interested in taking
53 10 an advanced placement examination is properly registered for
53 11 the examination.	An accredited nonpublic school shall provide
53 12 a list of students registered for advanced placement
53 13 examinations to the school district in which the accredited
53 14 nonpublic school is located.	The school district and the
53 15 accredited nonpublic school shall also ensure that any student
53 16 enrolled in the school district or school, as applicable, who
53 17 is interested in taking an advanced placement examination and
53 18 qualifies for a reduced fee for the examination is properly
53 19 registered for the fee reduction.	The school district shall
53 20 provide the college board with a list of all students enrolled
53 21 in the school district and the accredited nonpublic schools
53 22 located in the school district who are properly registered for
53 23 advanced placement examinations administered by the college
53 24 board.
53 25	3.	From the funds allocated pursuant to section 261E.12,
53 26 subsection 1, paragraph "d", the department shall remit
53 27 amounts to the college board for advanced placement
53 28 examinations administered by the college board for students
53 29 enrolled in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
53 30 pursuant to subsection 2 and shall distribute an amount per
53 31 student to a school district submitting a list of students
53 32 properly registered for the advanced placement examinations
53 33 pursuant to subsection 2.	The remittance rates to the college
53 34 board and distribution amounts to the school districts in
35 accordance with this subsection for the fiscal year beginning

1 July 1, 2008, are as follows:	thirty=eight dollars for each
54	2 school district or accredited nonpublic school student who
54	3 does not qualify for fee reduction; twenty=seven dollars for
54	4 each school district or accredited nonpublic school student
54	5 who qualifies for fee reduction; and eight dollars to the
54	6 school district for each school district or accredited
54	7 nonpublic school student who was listed by the school district
54	8 and who takes an advanced placement examination in accordance
54	9 with this section.
54 10	Sec. 56.	NEW SECTION.	261E.5	POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT
54 11 OPTIONS PROGRAM.
54 12	1.	PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.	The postsecondary enrollment
54 13 options program is established to promote rigorous academic or
54 14 career and technical pursuits and to provide a wider variety
54 15 of options to high school students by enabling ninth and tenth
54 16 grade students who have been identified by the school district
54 17 as gifted and talented, and eleventh and twelfth grade
54 18 students, to enroll in eligible courses at an eligible
54 19 postsecondary institution of higher learning as a part=time
54 20 student.
54 21	2.	NOTIFICATION.	The availability and requirements of
54 22 this program shall be included in each school district's
54 23 student registration handbook.	Information about the program
54 24 shall be provided to the student and the student's parent or
54 25 guardian prior to the development of the student's core
54 26 curriculum plan under section 279.61.	The school district
54 27 shall establish a process by which students may indicate
54 28 interest in and apply for enrollment in the program.
54 29	3.	AUTHORIZATION.	To participate in this program, an
54 30 eligible student shall make application to an eligible
54 31 postsecondary institution to allow the eligible student to
54 32 enroll for college credit in a nonsectarian course offered at
54 33 the institution.	A comparable course, as defined in rules
54 34 adopted by the board of directors of the school district
35 consistent with department administrative rule, must not be
1 offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic school
55	2 the student attends.	If the postsecondary institution accepts
55	3 an eligible student for enrollment under this section, the
55	4 institution shall send written notice to the student, the
55	5 student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor
55	6 child, and the student's school district or accredited
55	7 nonpublic school and the school district in the case of a
55	8 nonpublic school student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or
55	9 the Iowa braille and sight saving school.	The notice shall
55 10 list the course, the clock hours the student will be attending
55 11 the course, and the number of hours of college credit that the
55 12 eligible student will receive from the eligible postsecondary
55 13 institution upon successful completion of the course.
55 14	4.	CREDITS.
55 15	a.	A school district, the Iowa school for the deaf, the
55 16 Iowa braille and sight saving school, or accredited nonpublic
55 17 school shall grant high school credit to an eligible student
55 18 enrolled in a course under this chapter if the eligible
55 19 student successfully completes the course as determined by the
55 20 eligible postsecondary institution.	The board of directors of
55 21 the school district, the board of regents for the Iowa school
55 22 for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school, or
55 23 authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall
55 24 determine the number of high school credits that shall be
55 25 granted to an eligible student who successfully completes a
55 26 course.	Eligible students may take up to seven semester hours
55 27 of credit during the summer months when school is not in
55 28 session and receive credit for that attendance, if the student
55 29 pays the cost of attendance for those summer credit hours.
55 30	b.	The high school credits granted to an eligible student
55 31 under this section shall count toward the graduation
55 32 requirements and subject area requirements of the school
55 33 district of residence, the Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa
55 34 braille and sight saving school, or accredited nonpublic
35 school of the eligible student.	Evidence of successful
1 completion of each course and high school credits and college
56	2 credits received shall be included in the student's high
56	3 school transcript.
56	4	5.	TRANSPORTATION.	The parent or legal guardian of an
56	5 eligible student who has enrolled in and is attending an
56	6 eligible postsecondary institution under this chapter shall
56	7 furnish transportation to and from the postsecondary
56	8 institution for the student.
56	9	6.	DEFINITION.	For purposes of this section and section
56 10 261E.6, unless the context otherwise requires, "eligible
56 11 student" means a student classified by the board of directors

56 12 of a school district, by the state board of regents for pupils
56 13 of the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
56 14 saving school, or by the authorities in charge of an
56 15 accredited nonpublic school as a ninth or tenth grade student
56 16 who is identified according to the school district's gifted
56 17 and talented criteria and procedures, pursuant to section
56 18 257.43, as a gifted and talented child, or an eleventh or
56 19 twelfth grade student, during the period the student is
56 20 participating in the postsecondary enrollment options program.
56 21	Sec. 57.	NEW SECTION.	261E.6	POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT
56 22 OPTIONS PROGRAM PAYMENTS == CLAIMS == REIMBURSEMENTS.
56 23	1.	Not later than June 30 of each year, a school district
56 24 shall pay a tuition reimbursement amount to a postsecondary
56 25 institution that has enrolled its resident eligible students
56 26 under this chapter, unless the eligible student is
56 27 participating in open enrollment under section 282.18, in
56 28 which case, the tuition reimbursement amount shall be paid by
56 29 the receiving district.	However, if a child's residency
56 30 changes during a school year, the tuition shall be paid by the
56 31 district in which the child was enrolled as of the date
56 32 specified in section 257.6, subsection 1, or the district in
56 33 which the child was counted under section 257.6, subsection 1,
56 34 paragraph "a", subparagraph (6).	For students enrolled at the
35 Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving
1 school, the state board of regents shall pay a tuition
57	2 reimbursement amount by June 30 of each year.	The amount of
57	3 tuition reimbursement for each separate course shall equal the
57	4 lesser of:
57	5	a.	The actual and customary costs of tuition, textbooks,
57	6 materials, and fees directly related to the course taken by
57	7 the eligible student.
57	8	b.	Two hundred fifty dollars.
57	9	2.	A student participating in the postsecondary enrollment
57 10 options act program is not eligible to enroll on a full=time
57 11 basis in an eligible postsecondary institution.	A student
57 12 enrolled on such a full=time basis shall not receive any
57 13 payments under this section.
57 14	3.	An eligible postsecondary institution that enrolls an
57 15 eligible student under this section shall not charge that
57 16 student for tuition, textbooks, materials, or fees directly
57 17 related to the course in which the student is enrolled except
57 18 that the student may be required to purchase equipment that
57 19 becomes the property of the student.	For the purposes of this
57 20 subsection, equipment shall not include textbooks.	However,
57 21 if the student fails to complete and receive credit for the
57 22 course, the student is responsible for all district costs
57 23 directly related to the course as provided in subsection 1 and
57 24 shall reimburse the school district for its costs.	If the
57 25 student is under eighteen years of age, the student's parent
57 26 or legal guardian shall sign the student registration form
57 27 indicating that the parent or legal guardian is responsible
57 28 for all costs directly related to the course if the student
57 29 fails to complete and receive credit for the course.	If
57 30 documentation is submitted to the school district that
57 31 verifies the student was unable to complete the course for
57 32 reasons including but not limited to the student's physical
57 33 incapacity, a death in the student's immediate family, or the
57 34 student's move to another school district, that verification
35 shall constitute a waiver to the requirement that the student
1 or parent or legal guardian pay the costs of the course to the
58	2 school district.
58	3	4.	An eligible postsecondary institution shall make pro
58	4 rata adjustments to tuition reimbursement amounts based upon
58	5 federal guidelines established pursuant to 20 U.S.C. } 1091b.
58	6	Sec. 58.	NEW SECTION.	261E.7	DISTRICT=TO=COMMUNITY
58	7 COLLEGE SHARING OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.
58	8	1.	A district=to=community college sharing or concurrent
58	9 enrollment program is established to be administered by the
58 10 department to promote rigorous academic or career and
58 11 technical pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options
58 12 to high school students to enroll part=time in eligible
58 13 nonsectarian courses at or through community colleges
58 14 established under chapter 260C.	The program shall be made
58 15 available to all resident students in grades nine through
58 16 twelve.	Notice of the availability of the program shall be
58 17 included in a school district's student registration handbook
58 18 and the handbook shall identify which courses, if successfully
58 19 completed, generate college credit under the program.	A
58 20 student and the student's parent or legal guardian shall also
58 21 be made aware of this program as a part of the development of
58 22 the student's core curriculum plan in accordance with section

58 23 279.61.
58 24	2.	Students from accredited nonpublic schools and students
58 25 receiving competent private instruction under chapter 299A may
58 26 access the program through the school district in which the
58 27 accredited nonpublic school or private institution is located.
58 28	3.	A student may make application to a community college
58 29 and the school district to allow the student to enroll for
58 30 college credit in a nonsectarian course offered by the
58 31 community college.	A comparable course, as defined in rules
58 32 adopted by the board of directors of the school district, must
58 33 not be offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic
58 34 school which the student attends.	The school board shall
35 annually approve courses to be made available for high school
1 credit using locally developed criteria that establishes which
59	2 courses will provide the student with academic rigor and will
59	3 prepare the student adequately for transition to a
59	4 postsecondary institution.	If an eligible postsecondary
59	5 institution accepts a student for enrollment under this
59	6 section, the school district, in collaboration with the
59	7 community college, shall send written notice to the student,
59	8 the student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor
59	9 child, and the student's school district.	The notice shall
59 10 list the course, the clock hours the student will be attending
59 11 the course, and the number of hours of college credit that the
59 12 student will receive from the community college upon
59 13 successful completion of the course.
59 14	4.	A school district shall grant high school credit to a
59 15 student enrolled in a course under this chapter if the student
59 16 successfully completes the course as determined by the
59 17 community college and the course was previously approved by
59 18 the school board pursuant to subsection 3.	The board of
59 19 directors of the school district shall determine the number of
59 20 high school credits that shall be granted to a student who
59 21 successfully completes a course.
59 22	5.	The parent or legal guardian of a student who has
59 23 enrolled in and is attending a community college under this
59 24 section shall furnish transportation to and from the community
59 25 college for the student.
59 26	6.	District=to=community college sharing agreements or
59 27 concurrent enrollment programs that meet the requirements of
59 28 section 257.11, subsection 3, are eligible for funding under
59 29 that provision.
59 30	7.	Community colleges shall comply with the data
59 31 collection requirements of 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180,
59 32 section 17.
59 33	8.	The state board, in collaboration with the board of
59 34 directors of each community college, shall adopt rules that
35 clearly define data and information elements to be collected
1 related to the senior year plus programming, including
60	2 concurrent enrollment courses.	The data elements shall
60	3 include but not be limited to the following:
60	4	a.	The course title and whether the course supplements,
60	5 rather than supplants, a school district course.
60	6	b.	An unduplicated enrollment count of eligible students
60	7 participating in the program.
60	8	c.	The actual costs and revenues generated for concurrent
60	9 enrollment.	An aligned unique student identifier system shall
60 10 be established by the department for students in kindergarten
60 11 through grade twelve and community college.
60 12	d.	Degree, certifications, and other qualifications to
60 13 meet the minimum hiring standards.
60 14	e.	Salary information including regular contracted salary
60 15 and total salary.
60 16	f.	Credit hours and laboratory contact hours and other
60 17 data on instructional time.
60 18	g.	Other information comparable to the data regarding
60 19 teachers collected in the basic education data survey.
60 20	Sec. 59.	NEW SECTION.	261E.8	REGIONAL ACADEMIES.
60 21	1.	A regional academy is a program established by a school
60 22 district to which multiple school districts send students in
60 23 grades nine through twelve, and which may include
60 24 internet=based coursework and courses delivered via the Iowa
60 25 communications network.	A regional academy shall include in
60 26 its curriculum advanced level courses and may include in its
60 27 curriculum career and technical courses.
60 28	2.	A regional academy course shall not qualify as a
60 29 concurrent enrollment course.
60 30	3.	School districts participating in regional academies
60 31 are eligible for supplementary weighting as provided in
60 32 section 257.11, subsection 2.
60 33	4.	Information regarding regional academies shall be

60 34 provided to a student and the student's parent or guardian
35 prior to the development of the student's core curriculum plan
1 under section 279.61.
61	2	Sec. 60.	NEW SECTION.	261E.9	CAREER ACADEMIES.
61	3	1.	As used in this section, "career academy" means the
61	4 same as defined in section 260C.18A, subsection 2, paragraph 61	5 "c".
61	6	2.	A career academy course may qualify as a concurrent
61	7 enrollment course if it meets the requirements of section 61	8 261E.7.
61	9	3.	The school district providing secondary education under
61 10 this section shall be eligible for supplementary weighting
61 11 under section 257.11, subsection 2, and the community college
61 12 shall be eligible for funds allocated pursuant to section 61 13 260C.18A.
61 14	4.	Information regarding career academies shall be
61 15 provided by the school district to a student and the student's
61 16 parent or guardian prior to the development of the student's
61 17 core curriculum plan under section 279.61.
61 18	Sec. 61.	NEW SECTION.	261E.10	INTERNET=BASED AND IOWA
61 19 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK COURSEWORK.
61 20	1.	The Iowa communications network may be used to deliver
61 21 coursework for the programming provided under this chapter
61 22 subject to an appropriation by the general assembly for that
61 23 purpose.	A school district that provides courses delivered
61 24 via the Iowa communications network shall receive supplemental
61 25 funding as provided in section 257.11, subsection 7.
61 26	2.	The programming in this chapter may be delivered via
61 27 internet=based technologies including but not limited to the
61 28 Iowa learning online program.	An internet=based course may
61 29 qualify for additional supplemental weighting if it meets the
61 30 requirements of section 261E.7 or section 261E.9.
61 31	3.	To qualify as a senior year plus course, an
61 32 internet=based course or course offered through the Iowa
61 33 communications network must comply with the appropriate
61 34 provisions of this chapter.
35	Sec. 62.	NEW SECTION.	261E.11	INTERNET=BASED
1 CLEARINGHOUSE.
62	2	The department shall develop and make available to
62	3 secondary and postsecondary students, parents or legal
62	4 guardians, school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and
62	5 eligible postsecondary institutions an internet=based
62	6 clearinghouse of information that allows students to identify
62	7 participation options within the senior year plus program and
62	8 transferability between educational systems, subject to an
62	9 appropriation by the general assembly for this purpose.	The
62 10 internet=based resource shall provide links to other similar
62 11 resources available through various Iowa postsecondary
62 12 institution systems.	The internet=based resource shall also
62 13 identify course transferability and articulation between the
62 14 secondary and postsecondary systems in Iowa and between the
62 15 various Iowa postsecondary systems.
62 16	Sec. 63.	NEW SECTION.	261E.12	STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION.
62 17	1.	For each fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated
62 18 by the general assembly for purposes of the senior year plus
62 19 program, the moneys shall be allocated as follows in the
62 20 following priority order:
62 21	a.	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
62 22 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to five hundred thousand
62 23 dollars to the department to implement the internet=based
62 24 clearinghouse pursuant to section 261E.11.
62 25	b.	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
62 26 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to five hundred thousand
62 27 dollars to the department for the development of a data
62 28 management system, including the development of a transcript
62 29 repository, for senior year plus programming provided under
62 30 this chapter.	The data management system shall include
62 31 information generated by the provisions of section 279.61,
62 32 data on courses taken by Iowa's students, and the
62 33 transferability of course credit.
62 34	c.	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
35 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to four hundred thousand
1 dollars to the department for the development of additional
63	2 internet=based educational courses that comply with the
63	3 provisions of this chapter.
63	4	d.	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
63	5 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to five hundred thousand
63	6 dollars to the department to provide advanced placement course
63	7 examination fee remittance pursuant to section 261E.4A.	If
63	8 the funds appropriated for purposes of section 261E.5 are
63	9 insufficient to distribute the amounts set out in section

63 10 261E.5, subsection 3, to school districts, the department
63 11 shall prorate the amount distributed to school districts based
63 12 on the amount appropriated.
63 13	2.	Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys remaining
63 14 unencumbered or unobligated from the moneys allocated under
63 15 this section shall not revert but shall remain available in
63 16 the succeeding fiscal year for expenditure for the purposes
63 17 designated.	The department shall annually inform the general
63 18 assembly of the amount of moneys allocated, but unspent.	The
63 19 provisions of section 8.39 shall not apply to the funds
63 20 allocated pursuant to this section.
63 21	Sec. 64.	Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2007, is
63 22 amended to read as follows:
63 23	7.	A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be
63 24 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the
63 25 pupil's district of residence.	A pupil's residence, for
63 26 purposes of this section, means a residence under section
63 27 282.1.	The board of directors of the district of residence
63 28 shall pay to the receiving district the state cost per pupil
63 29 for the previous school year, plus any moneys received for the
63 30 pupil as a result of the non=English speaking weighting under
63 31 section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school year
63 32 multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year.
63 33 If the pupil participating in open enrollment is also an
63 34 eligible pupil under chapter 261C section 261E.5, the
35 receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount
1 to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in 64	2 section 261C.6 261E.6.
64	3	Sec. 65.	Chapter 261C, Code and Code Supplement 2007, is
64	4 repealed.
64	5	Sec. 66.	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == SENIOR YEAR PLUS
64	6 PROGRAM STUDY.	Subject to an appropriation of sufficient
64	7 funds by the general assembly, the department of education, in
64	8 collaboration with representatives of regents universities,
64	9 accredited private institutions, community colleges, and
64 10 school districts, shall conduct a study of the measures
64 11 necessary for the successful implementation of the senior year
64 12 plus program in accordance with the provisions of this
64 13 division of this Act.	The study shall include a review of
64 14 provisions of the Code or administrative rules for purposes of
64 15 implementing the core curriculum adopted pursuant to section
64 16 256.7, subsection 26.	The study shall also address barriers
64 17 to the transfer of credit between secondary schools and the
64 18 postsecondary system and its institutions.	The department
64 19 shall submit its findings and recommendations, including
64 20 recommendations for statutory and administrative rule changes
64 21 necessary, to the general assembly by November 14, 2008.
64 22	DIVISION III
64 23	STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
64 24	Sec. 67.	Section 256C.3, subsection 1, Code Supplement
64 25 2007, is amended to read as follows:
64 26	1.	ELIGIBLE CHILDREN.	A child who is a resident of Iowa
64 27 and is four years of age by on or before September 15 of a
64 28 school year shall be eligible to enroll in the preschool
64 29 program under this chapter.	If space and funding are
64 30 available, a school district approved to participate in the
64 31 preschool program may enroll a younger or older child in the
64 32 preschool program; however, the child shall not be counted for
64 33 state funding purposes.
64 34	Sec. 68.	Section 256C.4, subsection 1, Code Supplement
35 2007, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1	NEW PARAGRAPH.	f.	The receipt of funding by a school
65	2 district for the purposes of this chapter, the need for
65	3 additional funding for the purposes of this chapter, or the
65	4 enrollment count of eligible students under this chapter,
65	5 shall not be considered to be unusual circumstances, create an
65	6 unusual need for additional funds, or qualify under any other
65	7 circumstances that may be used by the school budget review
65	8 committee to grant supplemental aid to or establish modified
65	9 allowable growth for a school district under section 257.31.
65 10	Sec. 69.	Section 256C.5, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
65 11 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
65 12	b.	For budget years subsequent to the initial school year
65 13 for which a school district approved to participate in the
65 14 preschool program receives that initial approval and
65 15 implements the preschool program, the funding for the
65 16 preschool foundation aid payable to that school district shall
65 17 be paid from the appropriation made in section 257.16.
65 18 Continuation of a school district's participation in the
 65 19 preschool program for a second or subsequent budget year is
 65 20 subject to the approval of the department based upon the

 65 21 school district's compliance with accountability provisions
 65 22 and the department's on=site review of the school district's
 65 23 implementation of the preschool program.
65 24	Sec. 70.	Section 256C.6, subsection 1, Code Supplement
65 25 2007, is amended to read as follows:
65 26	1.	PHASE=IN.	For the initial fiscal year in which a
65 27 school district participates in the preschool program pursuant
65 28 to an appropriation provided in subsection 2, the department
65 29 shall apply a modified set of the requirements of the
65 30 provisions of this chapter relating to preschool program
65 31 implementation, preschool enrollment reporting, and
65 32 distribution of funding as necessary to begin the distribution
65 33 in that fiscal year and additional program implementation in
34 the next fiscal year.	For each month after September 1, in
 65 35 the initial fiscal year that a school district approved to
 66  1 participate in the preschool program begins programming, the
 66  2 department shall reduce the preschool foundation aid payable
 66  3 to the school district by one=tenth of the amount that would
 66  4 otherwise have been payable to the school district for the
 66  5 full school year.
6	Sec. 71.	Section 256C.6, subsection 2, Code Supplement
66	7 2007, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
66	8 paragraph:
66	9	NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.	Notwithstanding section 8.33,
66 10 moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain
66 11 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
66 12 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
66 13 for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
66 14 fiscal year.
66 15	Sec. 72.	2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 214, section 6,
66 16 subsection 13, is amended by adding the following new
66 17 unnumbered paragraph:
66 18	NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.	Notwithstanding section 8.33,
66 19 moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain
66 20 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
66 21 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
66 22 for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
66 23 fiscal year.
66 24	Sec. 73.	STATEWIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONAL
66 25 DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.	It is the intent of the general assembly
66 26 that if funding is designated or is otherwise made available
66 27 for purposes of implementing a statewide early childhood
66 28 professional development system during the fiscal year
66 29 beginning July 1, 2007, or the succeeding fiscal year, that
66 30 the system shall be implemented by the department of education
66 31 through the area education agencies and shall be designed to
66 32 support the statewide preschool program for four=year=old
66 33 children offered in accordance with chapter 256C.	The
66 34 department of education shall collaborate with early childhood
35 Iowa and its public and private member agencies to ensure that
1 the system complements existing programs and resources
67	2 committed by the agencies to professional development.	To the
67	3 extent possible, the system shall support professionals
67	4 engaged in other early childhood programs.
67	5	Sec. 74.	EFFECTIVE DATE.	This division of this Act, being
67	6 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
67	7	DIVISION IV
67	8	STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
67	9	Sec. 75.	Section 282.10, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
67 10 amended to read as follows:
67 11	4.	A whole grade sharing agreement shall be signed by the
67 12 boards of the districts involved in the agreement not later
67 13 than February 1 of the school year preceding the school year
67 14 for which the agreement is to take effect.	The boards of the
 67 15 districts shall negotiate as part of the new or existing
 67 16 agreement the disposition of teacher quality funding provided
 67 17 under chapter 284.
67 18	Sec. 76.	Section 284.2, subsection 11, Code Supplement
67 19 2007, is amended to read as follows:
67 20	11.	"Teacher" means an individual who holds a
67 21 practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, or a
67 22 statement of professional recognition issued under chapter 272
67 23 who is employed in a nonadministrative position by a school
67 24 district or area education agency pursuant to a contract
67 25 issued by a board of directors under section 279.13.	A
67 26 teacher may be employed in both an administrative and a
67 27 nonadministrative position by a board of directors and shall
67 28 be considered a part=time teacher for the portion of time that
67 29 the teacher is employed in a nonadministrative position.
67 30 "Teacher" includes a licensed individual employed on a less
 67 31 than full=time basis by a school district through a contract

 67 32 between the school district and an institution of higher
 67 33 education with a practitioner preparation program in which the
 67 34 licensed teacher is enrolled.
35	Sec. 77.	Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
68	2 follows:
68	3	(2)	Beginning July 1, 2007 2008, the minimum salary for a
68	4 beginning teacher shall be twenty=six twenty=eight thousand
68	5 five hundred dollars.
68	6	Sec. 78.	Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph b,
68	7 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
68	8 follows:
68	9	(2)	Beginning July 1, 2007 2008, the minimum salary for a
68 10 first=year career teacher shall be twenty=seven thirty
68 11 thousand five hundred dollars and the minimum salary for all
 68 12 other career teachers shall be twenty=eight thousand five
 68 13 hundred dollars.
68 14	Sec. 79.	Section 284.7, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
68 15 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
68 16	b.	If, once the minimum salary requirements of this
68 17 section have been met by the school district or area education
68 18 agency, and the school district or area education agency
68 19 receiving funds pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
68 20 paragraph "h" or "i", for purposes of this section, and the
68 21 certified bargaining representative for the licensed employees
68 22 have not reached an agreement for distribution of the funds
68 23 remaining, in accordance with paragraph "a", the board of
68 24 directors shall divide the funds remaining among full=time
68 25 teachers employed by the district or area education agency
68 26 whose regular compensation is equal to or greater than the
68 27 minimum salary specified in this section.	The payment amount
68 28 for teachers employed on less than a full=time basis shall be
68 29 prorated.	For purposes of this paragraph, regular
 68 30 compensation means base salary plus any salary provided under
 68 31 chapter 294A.
68 32	Sec. 80.	Section 284.7, subsection 5, Code Supplement
68 33 2007, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
68 34	NEW PARAGRAPH.	e.	A school district or area education
35 agency receiving funds pursuant to section 284.13, subsection
1 1, paragraph "h" or "i", shall determine the amount to be paid
69	2 to teachers in accordance with this subsection and the amount
69	3 determined to be paid to an individual teacher shall be
69	4 divided evenly and paid in each pay period of the fiscal year
69	5 beginning with the October payroll.
69	6	Sec. 81.	Section 284.8, subsection 1, Code Supplement
69	7 2007, is amended to read as follows:
69	8	1.	A school district shall review a teacher's performance
69	9 at least once every three years for purposes of assisting
69 10 teachers in making continuous improvement, documenting
69 11 continued competence in the Iowa teaching standards,
69 12 identifying teachers in need of improvement, or to determine
69 13 whether the teacher's practice meets school district
69 14 expectations for career advancement in accordance with section
69 15 284.7.	The review shall include, at minimum, classroom
69 16 observation of the teacher, the teacher's progress, and
69 17 implementation of the teacher's individual professional
69 18 development plan, subject to the level of funding resources
69 19 provided to implement the plan; and shall include supporting
69 20 documentation from parents, students, and other evaluators,
69 21 teachers, parents, and students.
69 22	Sec. 82.	Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
69 23 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
69 24	a.	For each the fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
69 25 July 1, 2007 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, to the department
69 26 of education, the amount of one million eighty=seven seven
 69 27 hundred seven thousand five hundred dollars for the issuance
69 28 of national board certification awards in accordance with 69 29 section 256.44.
69 30	(1)	Of the amount allocated under this paragraph "a", not
69 31 less than eighty=five thousand dollars shall be used to
69 32 administer the ambassador to education position in accordance
69 33 with section 256.45.
34	(2)  Of the amount allocated under this paragraph "a", for
 69 35 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
 70  1 2008, not less than one million dollars shall be used to
 70  2 supplement the allocation of funds for market factor teacher
 70  3 incentives made pursuant to paragraph "f", subparagraph (1).
4	Sec. 83.	Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs d and e,
70	5 Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
70	6	d.	(1)	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2008,
70	7 and ending June 30, 2008 2009, up to twenty twenty=eight

70	8 million five hundred thousand dollars to the department for
70	9 use by school districts for professional development as
70 10 provided in section 284.6.	Of the amount allocated under this
 70 11 paragraph, up to eight million five hundred thousand dollars
 70 12 shall be provided to school districts for professional
 70 13 development related to the infusion and implementation of the
 70 14 model core curriculum prescribed in section 256.7, subsection
 70 15 26.	The department shall distribute funds allocated for the
70 16 purpose of this paragraph based on the average per diem
70 17 contract salary for each district as reported to the
70 18 department for the school year beginning July 1, 2006 2007,
70 19 multiplied by the total number of full=time equivalent
70 20 teachers in the base year.	The department shall adjust each
70 21 district's average per diem salary by the allowable growth
70 22 rate established under section 257.8 for the fiscal year
70 23 beginning July 1, 2007 2008.	The contract salary amount shall
70 24 be the amount paid for their regular responsibilities but
70 25 shall not include pay for extracurricular activities.	These
70 26 funds shall not supplant existing funding for professional
70 27 development activities.	Notwithstanding any provision to the
70 28 contrary, moneys received by a school district under this
70 29 paragraph shall not revert but shall remain available for the
70 30 same purpose in the succeeding fiscal year.	A school district
70 31 shall submit a report to the department in a manner determined
70 32 by the department describing its use of the funds received
70 33 under this paragraph.	The department shall submit a report on
70 34 school district use of the moneys distributed pursuant to this
35 paragraph to the general assembly and the legislative services
1 agency not later than January 15 of the fiscal year for which
71	2 moneys are allocated for purposes of this paragraph.
71	3	(2)	From moneys available under subparagraph (1) for the
71	4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2008, and ending June 30,
71	5 2008 2009, the department shall allocate to area education
71	6 agencies an amount per teacher employed by an area education
71	7 agency that is approximately equivalent to the average per
71	8 teacher amount allocated to the districts.	The average per
71	9 teacher amount shall be calculated by dividing the total
71 10 number of teachers employed by school districts and the
71 11 teachers employed by area education agencies into the total
71 12 amount of moneys available under subparagraph (1).
71 13	(3)  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
 71 14 June 30, 2009, up to nine hundred fifteen thousand dollars to
 71 15 the department for implementation of a statewide early
 71 16 childhood professional development system through the area
 71 17 education agencies that is designed to support the statewide
 71 18 preschool program for four=year=old children under chapter
 71 19 256C and to the extent possible, other early childhood
 71 20 programs.
71 21	e.	For the each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
 71 22 ending June 30, 2008 in which funds are appropriated for
 71 23 purposes of this chapter, an amount up to one million eight
71 24 hundred forty=five thousand dollars to the department for the
71 25 establishment of teacher development academies in accordance
71 26 with section 284.6, subsection 10.	A portion of the funds
71 27 allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
71 28 be used for administrative purposes.
71 29	Sec. 84.	Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
71 30 Supplement 2007, is amended by striking the paragraph and
71 31 inserting in lieu thereof the following:
71 32	f.	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
71 33 June 30, 2009, to the department of education, the amount of
71 34 two hundred fifty thousand dollars for distribution to the
35 institute for tomorrow's workforce created pursuant to section 72	1 7K.1.
2	Sec. 85.	Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph g,
72	3 subparagraph (3), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
72	4 follows:
72	5	(3)	For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
72	6 June 30, 2009, the sum of two million five three hundred
72	7 thirty=five thousand dollars.	From the amount allocated for
72	8 the fiscal year under this subparagraph, an amount up to ten
72	9 thousand dollars shall be used for purposes of the
72 10 pay=for=performance commission's expenses, an amount up to one
72 11 hundred thousand dollars shall be used by the department for
72 12 oversight and administration of the implementation pilots as
72 13 provided in sections 284.14 and 284.14A, and an amount up to
72 14 two hundred thousand dollars shall be used for the employment
72 15 of an external evaluator.
72 16	Sec. 86.	Section 284.11, Code Supplement 2007, is
72 17 repealed.
72 18	DIVISION V

72 19	STATE SCHOOL AID FORMULA CHANGES
72 20	Sec. 87.	Section 256D.2, Code 2007, is amended to read as
72 21 follows:
72 22	256D.2	PROGRAM EXPENDITURES.
72 23	1.	A school district shall expend funds received pursuant
72 24 to section 256D.4 at the kindergarten through grade three
72 25 levels to reduce class sizes to the state goal of seventeen
72 26 students for every one teacher and to achieve a higher level
72 27 of student success in the basic skills, especially reading.
72 28 In order to support these efforts, school districts may expend
72 29 funds received pursuant to section 256D.4 at the kindergarten
72 30 through grade three level on programs, instructional support,
72 31 and materials that include, but are not limited to, the
72 32 following:	additional licensed instructional staff;
72 33 additional support for students, such as before and after
72 34 school programs, tutoring, and intensive summer programs; the
35 acquisition and administration of diagnostic reading
1 assessments; the implementation of research=based
73	2 instructional intervention programs for students needing
73	3 additional support; the implementation of all=day, everyday
73	4 kindergarten programs; and the provision of classroom teachers
73	5 with intensive training programs to improve reading
73	6 instruction and professional development in best practices,
73	7 including but not limited to training programs related to
73	8 instruction to increase students' phonemic awareness, reading
73	9 abilities, and comprehension skills.
73 10	2.  This section is repealed June 30, 2009.
73 11	Sec. 88.	NEW SECTION.	256D.2A	PROGRAM FUNDING.
73 12	Beginning July 1, 2009, and each succeeding year, a school
73 13 district shall expend funds received pursuant to section
73 14 257.10, subsection 11, at the kindergarten through grade three
73 15 levels to reduce class sizes to the state goal of seventeen
73 16 students for every one teacher and to achieve a higher level
73 17 of student success in the basic skills, especially reading.
73 18 In order to support these efforts, school districts may expend
73 19 funds received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, at
73 20 the kindergarten through grade three level on programs,
73 21 instructional support, and materials that include but are not
73 22 limited to the following:	additional licensed instructional
73 23 staff; additional support for students, such as before and
73 24 after school programs, tutoring, and intensive summer
73 25 programs; the acquisition and administration of diagnostic
73 26 reading assessments; the implementation of research=based
73 27 instructional intervention programs for students needing
73 28 additional support; the implementation of all=day, everyday
73 29 kindergarten programs; and the provision of classroom teachers
73 30 with intensive training programs to improve reading
73 31 instruction and professional development in best practices
73 32 including but not limited to training programs related to
73 33 instruction to increase students' phonemic awareness, reading
73 34 abilities, and comprehension skills.
35	Sec. 89.	Section 256D.4, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
1 amended to read as follows:
74	2	3.	For each year in which an appropriation is made to the
74	3 Iowa early intervention block grant program, the department of
74	4 education shall notify the department of administrative
74	5 services of the amount of the allocation to be paid to each
74	6 school district as provided in subsections 1 and 2.	The
74	7 allocation to each school district shall be made in one
74	8 payment on or about October 15 of the fiscal year for which
74	9 the appropriation is made, taking into consideration the
74 10 relative budget and cash position of the state resources.
74 11 Moneys received under this section shall not be commingled
74 12 with state aid payments made under section 257.16 to a school
74 13 district and shall be accounted for by the local school
74 14 district separately from state aid payments.	Payments made to
74 15 school districts under this section are miscellaneous income
74 16 for purposes of chapter 257.	A school district shall maintain
 74 17 a separate listing within its budget for payments received and
 74 18 expenditures made pursuant to this section.  A school district
 74 19 shall certify to the department of education that moneys
 74 20 received under this section were used to supplement, not
 74 21 supplant, moneys otherwise received and used by the school
 74 22 district.
74 23	Sec. 90.	Section 256D.4, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
74 24 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
74 25 thereof the following:
74 26	4.	This section is repealed June 30, 2009.
74 27	Sec. 91.	NEW SECTION.	256D.4A	PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
74 28	A school district shall maintain a separate listing within
74 29 its budget for payments received and expenditures made

74 30 pursuant to this section.	A school district shall certify to
74 31 the department of education that moneys received under this
74 32 section were used to supplement, not supplant, moneys
74 33 otherwise received and used by the school district.
74 34	Sec. 92.	Section 256D.5, subsection 4, Code Supplement
35 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1	4.	For each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
75	2 July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2012 2009, the sum of
75	3 twenty=nine million two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
75	4	Sec. 93.	Section 257.1, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
75	5 2, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
75	6	For the budget year commencing July 1, 1999, and for each
75	7 succeeding budget year the regular program foundation base per
75	8 pupil is eighty=seven and five=tenths percent of the regular
75	9 program state cost per pupil.	For the budget year commencing
75 10 July 1, 1991, and for each succeeding budget year the special
75 11 education support services foundation base is seventy=nine
75 12 percent of the special education support services state cost
75 13 per pupil.	The combined foundation base is the sum of the
75 14 regular program foundation base, and the special education
75 15 support services foundation base, the total teacher salary
 75 16 supplement district cost, the total professional development
 75 17 supplement district cost, the total early intervention
 75 18 supplement district cost, the total area education agency
 75 19 teacher salary supplement district cost, and the total area
 75 20 education agency professional development supplement district
 75 21 cost.
75 22	Sec. 94.	Section 257.1, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
75 23 amended to read as follows:
75 24	3.	COMPUTATIONS ROUNDED.	In making computations and
75 25 payments under this chapter, except in the case of
75 26 computations relating to funding of special education support
75 27 services, media services, and educational services provided
75 28 through the area education agencies, and the teacher salary
 75 29 supplement, the professional development supplement, and the
 75 30 early intervention supplement, the department of management
75 31 shall round amounts to the nearest whole dollar.
75 32	Sec. 95.	Section 257.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
75 33 2007, is amended to read as follows:
75 34	a.	A school district shall cause an additional property
35 tax to be levied each year.	The rate of the additional
1 property tax levy in a school district shall be determined by
76	2 the department of management and shall be calculated to raise
76	3 the difference between the combined district cost for the
76	4 budget year and the sum of the products the following:
76	5	(1)  The product of the regular program foundation base per
76	6 pupil times the weighted enrollment in the district. and the
76	7	(2)  The product of special education support services
76	8 foundation base per pupil times the special education support
76	9 services weighted enrollment in the district.
76 10	(3)  The total teacher salary supplement district cost.
76 11	(4)  The total professional development supplement district
 76 12 cost.
76 13	(5)  The total early intervention supplement district cost.
76 14	(6)  The total area education agency teacher salary
 76 15 supplement district cost.
76 16	(7)  The total area education agency professional
 76 17 development supplement district cost.
76 18	Sec. 96.	Section 257.8, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
76 19 by adding the following new subsection:
76 20	NEW SUBSECTION.	1A.	CATEGORICAL STATE PERCENT OF GROWTH.
76 21 The categorical state percent of growth for each budget year
76 22 shall be established by statute which shall be enacted within
76 23 thirty days of the submission in the year preceding the base
76 24 year of the governor's budget under section 8.21.	The
76 25 establishment of the categorical state percent of growth for a
76 26 budget year shall be the only subject matter of the bill which
76 27 enacts the categorical state percent of growth for a budget
76 28 year.	The categorical state percent of growth may include
76 29 state percents of growth for the teacher salary supplement,
76 30 the professional development supplement, and the early
76 31 intervention supplement.
76 32	Sec. 97.	Section 257.9, Code 2007, is amended by adding
76 33 the following new subsections:
76 34	NEW SUBSECTION.	6.	TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT STATE COST
35 PER PUPIL.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, for
1 the teacher salary supplement state cost per pupil, the
77	2 department of management shall add together the teacher
77	3 compensation allocation made to each district for the fiscal
77	4 year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13,
77	5 subsection 1, paragraph "h", and the phase II allocation made

77	6 to each district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008,
77	7 pursuant to section 294A.9, and divide that sum by the
77	8 statewide total budget enrollment for the fiscal year
77	9 beginning July 1, 2009.	The teacher salary supplement state
77 10 cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
77 11 succeeding budget years, shall be the amount calculated by the
77 12 department of management under this subsection for the base
77 13 year plus an allowable growth amount that is equal to the
77 14 teacher salary supplement categorical state percent of growth,
77 15 pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 1A, for the budget year,
77 16 multiplied by the amount calculated by the department of
77 17 management under this subsection for the base year.
77 18	NEW SUBSECTION.	7.	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPLEMENT
77 19 STATE COST PER PUPIL.	For the budget year beginning July 1,
77 20 2009, for the professional development supplement state cost
77 21 per pupil, the department of management shall add together the
77 22 professional development allocation made to each district for
77 23 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section
77 24 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "d", and divide that sum by
77 25 the statewide total budget enrollment for the fiscal year
77 26 beginning July 1, 2009.	The professional development
77 27 supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
77 28 July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years, shall be the amount
77 29 calculated by the department of management under this
77 30 subsection for the base year plus an allowable growth amount
77 31 that is equal to the professional development supplement
77 32 categorical state percent of growth, pursuant to section
77 33 257.8, subsection 1A, for the budget year, multiplied by the
77 34 amount calculated by the department of management under this
35 subsection for the base year.
1	NEW SUBSECTION.	8.	EARLY INTERVENTION SUPPLEMENT STATE
78	2 COST PER PUPIL.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009,
78	3 for the early intervention supplement state cost per pupil,
78	4 the department of management shall add together the early
78	5 intervention allocation made to each district for the fiscal
78	6 year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 256D.4, and
78	7 divide that sum by the statewide total budget enrollment for
78	8 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009.	The early
78	9 intervention supplement state cost per pupil for the budget
78 10 year beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years,
78 11 shall be the amount calculated by the department of management
78 12 under this subsection for the base year plus an allowable
78 13 growth amount that is equal to the early intervention
78 14 supplement categorical state percent of growth, pursuant to
78 15 section 257.8, subsection 1A, for the budget year, multiplied
78 16 by the amount calculated by the department of management under
78 17 this subsection for the base year.
78 18	NEW SUBSECTION.	9.	AREA EDUCATION AGENCY TEACHER SALARY
78 19 SUPPLEMENT STATE COST PER PUPIL.	For the budget year
78 20 beginning July 1, 2009, for the area education agency teacher
78 21 salary supplement state cost per pupil, the department of
78 22 management shall add together the teacher compensation
78 23 allocation made to each area education agency for the fiscal
78 24 year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13,
78 25 subsection 1, paragraph "i", and the phase II allocation made
78 26 to each area education agency for the fiscal year beginning
78 27 July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 294A.9, and divide that sum
78 28 by the statewide special education support services weighted
78 29 enrollment for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009.	The
78 30 area education agency teacher salary supplement state cost per
78 31 pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
78 32 succeeding budget years, shall be the amount calculated by the
78 33 department of management under this subsection for the base
78 34 year plus an allowable growth amount that is equal to the
35 teacher salary supplement categorical state percent of growth,
1 pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 1A, for the budget year,
79	2 multiplied by the amount calculated by the department of
79	3 management under this subsection for the base year.
79	4	NEW SUBSECTION.	10.	AREA EDUCATION AGENCY PROFESSIONAL
79	5 DEVELOPMENT SUPPLEMENT STATE COST PER PUPIL.	For the budget
79	6 year beginning July 1, 2009, for the area education agency
79	7 professional development supplement state cost per pupil, the
79	8 department of management shall add together the professional
79	9 development allocation made to each area education agency for
79 10 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section
79 11 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "d", and divide that sum by
79 12 the statewide special education support services weighted
79 13 enrollment for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009.	The
79 14 area education agency professional development supplement
79 15 state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1,
79 16 2010, and succeeding budget years, shall be the amount

79 17 calculated by the department of management under this
79 18 subsection for the base year plus an allowable growth amount
79 19 that is equal to the professional development supplement
79 20 categorical state percent of growth, pursuant to section
79 21 257.8, subsection 1A, for the budget year, multiplied by the
79 22 amount calculated by the department of management under this
79 23 subsection for the base year.
79 24	Sec. 98.	Section 257.10, subsection 8, unnumbered
79 25 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
79 26	Combined district cost is the sum of the regular program
79 27 district cost per pupil multiplied by the weighted enrollment,
79 28 and the special education support services district cost, the
 79 29 total teacher salary supplement district cost, the total
 79 30 professional development supplement district cost, and the
 79 31 total early intervention supplement district cost, plus the
 79 32 sum of the additional district cost allocated to the district
79 33 to fund media services and educational services provided
34 through the area education agency, the area education agency
 79 35 total teacher salary supplement district cost and the area
 80  1 education agency total professional development supplement
 80  2 district cost.
3	Sec. 99.	Section 257.10, Code 2007, is amended by adding
80	4 the following new subsections:
80	5	NEW SUBSECTION.	9.	TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT COST PER
80	6 PUPIL AND DISTRICT COST.
80	7	a.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
80	8 department of management shall add together the teacher
80	9 compensation allocation made to each district for the fiscal
80 10 year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13,
80 11 subsection 1, paragraph "h", and the phase II allocation made
80 12 to each district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008,
80 13 pursuant to section 294A.9, and divide that sum by the
80 14 district's budget enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July
80 15 1, 2009, to determine the teacher salary supplement district
80 16 cost per pupil.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010,
80 17 and succeeding budget years, the teacher salary supplement
80 18 district cost per pupil for each school district for a budget
80 19 year is the teacher salary supplement program district cost
80 20 per pupil for the base year plus the teacher salary supplement
80 21 state allowable growth amount for the budget year.
80 22	b.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
80 23 succeeding budget years, if the department of management
80 24 determines that the unadjusted teacher salary supplement
80 25 district cost of a school district for a budget year is less
80 26 than one hundred percent of the unadjusted teacher salary
80 27 supplement district cost for the base year for the school
80 28 district, the school district shall receive a budget
80 29 adjustment for that budget year equal to the difference.
80 30	c.	(1)	The unadjusted teacher salary supplement district
80 31 cost is the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil
80 32 for each school district for a budget year multiplied by the
80 33 budget enrollment for that school district.
80 34	(2)	The total teacher salary supplement district cost is
35 the sum of the unadjusted teacher salary supplement district
1 cost plus the budget adjustment for that budget year.
81	2	d.	The use of the funds calculated under this subsection
81	3 shall comply with the requirements of chapters 284 and 294A
81	4 and shall be distributed to teachers pursuant to section 81	5 284.7.
81	6	NEW SUBSECTION.	10.	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPLEMENT
81	7 COST PER PUPIL AND DISTRICT COST.
81	8	a.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
81	9 department of management shall divide the professional
81 10 development allocation made to each district for the fiscal
81 11 year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13, by
81 12 the district's budget enrollment in the fiscal year beginning
81 13 July 1, 2009, to determine the professional development
81 14 supplement cost per pupil.	For the budget year beginning July
81 15 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years, the professional
81 16 development supplement district cost per pupil for each school
81 17 district for a budget year is the professional development
81 18 supplement district cost per pupil for the base year plus the
81 19 professional development supplement state allowable growth
81 20 amount for the budget year.
81 21	b.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
81 22 succeeding budget years, if the department of management
81 23 determines that the unadjusted professional development
81 24 supplement district cost of a school district for a budget
81 25 year is less than one hundred percent of the unadjusted
81 26 professional development supplement district cost for the base
81 27 year for the school district, the school district shall

81 28 receive a budget adjustment for that budget year equal to the
81 29 difference.
81 30	c.	(1)	The unadjusted professional development supplement
81 31 district cost is the professional development supplement
81 32 district cost per pupil for each school district for a budget
81 33 year multiplied by the budget enrollment for that school
81 34 district.
35	(2)	The total professional development supplement district
1 cost is the sum of the unadjusted professional development
82	2 supplement district cost plus the budget adjustment for that
82	3 budget year.
82	4	d.	The use of the funds calculated under this subsection
82	5 shall comply with the requirements of chapter 284.
82	6	NEW SUBSECTION.	11.	EARLY INTERVENTION SUPPLEMENT COST
82	7 PER PUPIL AND DISTRICT COST.
82	8	a.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
82	9 department of management shall divide the early intervention
82 10 allocation made to each district for the fiscal year beginning
82 11 July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 256D.4, by the district's
82 12 budget enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009,
82 13 to determine the early intervention supplement cost per pupil.
82 14 For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding
82 15 budget years, the early intervention supplement district cost
82 16 per pupil for each school district for a budget year is the
82 17 early intervention supplement district cost per pupil for the
82 18 base year plus the early development supplement state
82 19 allowable growth amount for the budget year.
82 20	b.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
82 21 succeeding budget years, if the department of management
82 22 determines that the unadjusted early intervention supplement
82 23 district cost of a school district for a budget year is less
82 24 than one hundred percent of the unadjusted early intervention
82 25 supplement district cost for the base year for the school
82 26 district, the school district shall receive a budget
82 27 adjustment for that budget year equal to the difference.
82 28	c.	(1)	The unadjusted early intervention supplement
82 29 district cost is the early intervention supplement district
82 30 cost per pupil for each school district for a budget year
82 31 multiplied by the budget enrollment for that school district.
82 32	(2)	The total early intervention supplement district cost
82 33 is the sum of the unadjusted early intervention supplement
82 34 district cost plus the budget adjustment for that budget year.
35	d.	The use of the funds calculated under this subsection
1 shall comply with the requirements of chapter 256D.
83	2	Sec. 100.	Section 257.35, subsection 1, Code Supplement
83	3 2007, is amended to read as follows:
83	4	1.	The department of management shall deduct the amounts
83	5 calculated for special education support services, media
83	6 services, area education agency teacher salary supplement
 83  7 district cost, area education agency professional development
 83  8 supplement district cost, and educational services for each
83	9 school district from the state aid due to the district
83 10 pursuant to this chapter and shall pay the amounts to the
83 11 respective area education agencies on a monthly basis from
83 12 September 15 through June 15 during each school year.	The
83 13 department of management shall notify each school district of
83 14 the amount of state aid deducted for these purposes and the
83 15 balance of state aid shall be paid to the district.	If a
83 16 district does not qualify for state aid under this chapter in
83 17 an amount sufficient to cover its amount due to the area
83 18 education agency as calculated by the department of
83 19 management, the school district shall pay the deficiency to
83 20 the area education agency from other moneys received by the
83 21 district, on a quarterly basis during each school year.
83 22	Sec. 101.	NEW SECTION.	257.37A	AREA EDUCATION AGENCY
83 23 SALARY SUPPLEMENT FUNDING.
83 24	1.	AREA EDUCATION AGENCY TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT COST
83 25 PER PUPIL AND DISTRICT COST.
83 26	a.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
83 27 department of management shall add together the teacher
83 28 compensation allocation made to each area education agency for
83 29 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section
83 30 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "i", and the phase II
83 31 allocation made to each area education agency for the fiscal
83 32 year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 294A.9, and
83 33 divide that sum by the special education support services
83 34 weighted enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009,
35 to determine the area education agency teacher salary
1 supplement cost per pupil.	For the budget year beginning July
84	2 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years, the area education
84	3 agency teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for

84	4 each area education agency for a budget year is the area
84	5 education agency teacher salary supplement district cost per
84	6 pupil for the base year plus the area education agency teacher
84	7 salary supplement state allowable growth amount for the budget
84	8 year.
84	9	b.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
84 10 succeeding budget years, if the department of management
84 11 determines that the unadjusted area education agency teacher
84 12 salary supplement district cost of an area education agency
84 13 for a budget year is less than one hundred percent of the
84 14 unadjusted area education agency teacher salary supplement
84 15 district cost for the base year for the area education agency,
84 16 the area education agency shall receive a budget adjustment
84 17 for that budget year equal to the difference.
84 18	c.	(1)	The unadjusted area education agency teacher
84 19 salary supplement district cost is the area education agency
84 20 teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for each
84 21 area education agency for a budget year multiplied by the
84 22 special education support services weighted enrollment for
84 23 that area education agency.
84 24	(2)	The total area education agency teacher salary
84 25 supplement district cost is the sum of the unadjusted area
84 26 education agency teacher salary supplement district cost plus
84 27 the budget adjustment for that budget year.
84 28	d.	The use of the funds calculated under this subsection
84 29 shall comply with requirements of chapters 284 and 294A and
84 30 shall be distributed to teachers pursuant to section 284.7.
84 31	2.	AREA EDUCATION AGENCY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
84 32 SUPPLEMENT COST PER PUPIL AND DISTRICT COST.
84 33	a.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
84 34 department of management shall divide the area education
35 agency professional development supplement made to each area
1 education agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008,
85	2 pursuant to section 284.13, by the special education support
85	3 services weighted enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July
85	4 1, 2009, to determine the professional development supplement
85	5 cost per pupil.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010,
85	6 and succeeding budget years, the area education agency
85	7 professional development supplement district cost per pupil
85	8 for each area education agency for a budget year is the area
85	9 education agency professional development supplement district
85 10 cost per pupil for the base year plus the area education
85 11 agency professional development supplement state allowable
85 12 growth amount for the budget year.
85 13	b.	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
85 14 succeeding budget years, if the department of management
85 15 determines that the unadjusted area education agency
85 16 professional development supplement district cost of an area
85 17 education agency for a budget year is less than one hundred
85 18 percent of the unadjusted area education agency professional
85 19 development supplement district cost for the base year for the
85 20 area education agency, the area education agency shall receive
85 21 a budget adjustment for that budget year equal to the
85 22 difference.
85 23	c.	(1)	The unadjusted area education agency professional
85 24 development supplement district cost is the area education
85 25 agency professional development supplement district cost per
85 26 pupil for each area education agency for a budget year
85 27 multiplied by the special education support services weighted
85 28 enrollment for that area education agency.
85 29	(2)	The total area education agency professional
85 30 development supplement district cost is the sum of the
85 31 unadjusted area education agency professional development
85 32 supplement district cost plus the budget adjustment for that
85 33 budget year.
85 34	d.	The use of the funds calculated under this subsection
35 shall comply with requirements of chapter 284.
1	Sec. 102.	NEW SECTION.	257.51	CATEGORICAL STATE
86	2 APPROPRIATIONS.
86	3	For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, and succeeding
86	4 budget years, if the general assembly makes an appropriation
86	5 pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "h" or
86	6 "i", or for the phase II allocation pursuant to section
86	7 294A.9, or for professional development pursuant to section
86	8 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "d", or for early intervention
86	9 pursuant to section 256D.4, the department of management shall
86 10 recalculate the formulas in section 257.9, subsections 6
86 11 through 10; section 257.10, subsections 9, 10, and 11; and
86 12 section 257.37A.
86 13	Sec. 103.	Section 294A.9, Code 2007, is amended to read as
86 14 follows:

86 15	294A.9	PHASE II PROGRAM.
86 16	1.	Phase II is established to improve the salaries of
86 17 teachers.
86 18	2.	For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1,
86 19 1992, the per pupil amount upon which the phase II moneys are
86 20 based is equal to the per pupil allocation plus supplemental
86 21 allocations for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
86 22	3.	The department of education shall certify the amounts
86 23 of the allocations for each school district and area education
86 24 agency to the department of administrative services and the
86 25 department of administrative services shall make the payments
86 26 to school districts and area education agencies.
86 27	4.	If a school district has discontinued grades under
86 28 section 282.7, subsection 1, or students attend school in
86 29 another school district, under an agreement with the board of
86 30 the other school district, the board of directors of the
86 31 district of residence either shall transmit the phase II
86 32 moneys allocated to the district for those students based upon
86 33 the full=time equivalent attendance of those students to the
86 34 board of the school district of attendance of the students or
35 shall transmit to the board of the school district of
1 attendance of the students a portion of the phase II moneys
87	2 allocated to the district of residence based upon an agreement
87	3 between the board of the resident district and the board of
87	4 the district of attendance.
87	5	5.	If a school district uses teachers under a contract
87	6 between the district and the area education agency in which
87	7 the district is located, the school district shall transmit to
87	8 the employing area education agency a portion of its phase II
87	9 allocation based upon the portion that the salaries of
87 10 teachers employed by the area education agency and assigned to
87 11 the school district for a school year bears to the total
87 12 teacher salaries paid in the district for that school year,
87 13 including the salaries of the teachers employed by the area
87 14 education agency.
87 15	6.	If the school district or area education agency is
87 16 organized under chapter 20 for collective bargaining purposes,
87 17 the board of directors and certified bargaining representative
87 18 for the licensed employees shall mutually agree upon a formula
87 19 for distributing the phase II allocation among the teachers.
87 20	7.	For the school year beginning July 1, 1987, only, the
87 21 parties shall follow the procedures specified in chapter 20
87 22 except that if the parties reach an impasse, neither impasse
87 23 procedures agreed to by the parties nor sections 20.20 through
87 24 20.22 shall apply and the phase II allocation shall be divided
87 25 as provided in section 294A.10.	Negotiations under this
87 26 section are subject to the scope of negotiations specified in
87 27 section 20.9.	If a board of directors and certified
87 28 bargaining representative for licensed employees have not
87 29 reached mutual agreement by July 15, 1987, for the
87 30 distribution of the phase II payment, section 294A.10 will
87 31 apply.
87 32	8.	If the school district or area education agency is not
87 33 organized for collective bargaining purposes, the board of
87 34 directors shall determine the method of distribution.
35	9.  Subsections 2, 3, 4, and 7 are repealed June 30, 2009.
1	Sec. 104.	Section 294A.10, Code 2007, is amended by adding
88	2 the following new subsection:
88	3	NEW SUBSECTION.	5.	This section is repealed June 30,
88	4 2009.
88	5	Sec. 105.	Section 294A.22, Code 2007, is amended to read
88	6 as follows:
88	7	294A.22	PAYMENTS.
88	8	1.	Payments for each phase of the educational excellence
88	9 program shall be made by the department of administrative
88 10 services on a monthly basis commencing on October 15 and
88 11 ending on June 15 of each fiscal year, taking into
88 12 consideration the relative budget and cash position of the
88 13 state resources.	The payments shall be separate from state
88 14 aid payments made pursuant to sections 257.16 and 257.35.	The
88 15 payments made under this section to a school district or area
88 16 education agency may be combined and a separate accounting of
88 17 the amount paid for each program shall be included.
88 18	2.	Any payments made to school districts or area education
88 19 agencies under this chapter are miscellaneous income for
88 20 purposes of chapter 257.
88 21	3.	Payments made to a teacher by a school district or area
88 22 education agency under this chapter are wages for the purposes
88 23 of chapter 91A.
88 24	4.	If funds appropriated are insufficient to pay phase II
88 25 allocations in full, the department of administrative services

88 26 shall prorate payments to school districts and area education
88 27 agencies.
88 28	This subsection is repealed June 30, 2009.
88 29	Sec. 106.	Section 294A.25, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
88 30 amended to read as follows:
88 31	1.	For the fiscal year period beginning July 1, 2003, and
88 32 for each succeeding year ending June 30, 2009, there is
88 33 appropriated each fiscal year from the general fund of the
88 34 state to the department of education the amount of fifty=six
35 million eight hundred ninety=one thousand three hundred
1 thirty=six dollars to be used to improve teacher salaries.
89	2 The moneys shall be distributed as provided in this section.
89	3	Sec. 107.	Section 294A.25, Code 2007, is amended by adding
89	4 the following new subsection:
89	5	NEW SUBSECTION.	1A.	For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
89	6 2009, and for each succeeding year, there is appropriated from
89	7 the general fund of the state to the department of education
89	8 an amount not to exceed fifteen million six hundred
89	9 thirty=three thousand two hundred forty=five dollars.	The
89 10 moneys shall be distributed as provided in this section.
89 11	Sec. 108.	Section 294A.25, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
89 12 amended to read as follows:
89 13	6.	Except as otherwise provided in this section, for the
89 14 fiscal year period beginning July 1, 2003, and succeeding
 89 15 fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, the remainder of moneys
89 16 appropriated in subsection 1 to the department of education
89 17 shall be deposited each fiscal year in the educational
89 18 excellence fund to be allocated in an amount to meet the
89 19 requirements of this chapter for phase I and phase II.
89 20	Sec. 109.	Section 294A.25, Code 2007, is amended by adding
89 21 the following new subsection:
89 22	NEW SUBSECTION.	6A.	Except as otherwise provided in this
89 23 section, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and
89 24 succeeding fiscal years, the remainder of moneys appropriated
89 25 in subsection 1 to the department of education shall be
89 26 deposited in the educational excellence fund to be allocated
89 27 in an amount to meet the requirements of this chapter for
89 28 phase I.
89 29
89 30
89 31
89 32	PATRICK J. MURPHY
89 33	Speaker of the House
89 34
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90	2	JOHN P. KIBBIE
90	3	President of the Senate
90	4
90	5	I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
90	6 is known as House File 2679, Eighty=second General Assembly. 90	7
90	8
90	9
90 10	MARK BRANDSGARD
90 11	Chief Clerk of the House
90 12 Approved	, 2008
90 13
90 14
90 15  	
90 16 CHESTER J. CULVER
90 17 Governor