House File 536 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY SHOMSHOR
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act making appropriations to the department of education and
2 the state board of regents to reimburse community colleges and
3 institutions of higher education governed by the board for the
4 costs of providing certain education=related services.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
1 2 CLAIMS. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 3 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
1 4 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
1 5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 6 used for the purposes designated:
1 7 To reimburse community colleges for the costs of providing
1 8 education=related services to hearing=impaired students and
1 9 students with disabilities:
1 10 .................................................. $ 750,000
1 11 By September 1, 2007, each community college shall submit
1 12 all claims and supporting documentation for the costs for
1 13 providing education=related services to hearing=impaired
1 14 students and students with disabilities during the previous
1 15 fiscal year to the department, which shall reimburse the
1 16 community colleges for established claims by October 15, 2007.
1 17 If funds appropriated under this section are insufficient to
1 18 pay claims in full, the department of education shall prorate
1 19 payments to community colleges in the proportion that each
1 20 community college's claim is to the total amount claimed by
1 21 all community colleges submitting claims.
1 22 Sec. 2. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
1 23 CLAIMS. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 24 state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
1 25 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
1 26 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 27 used for the purposes designated:
1 28 To reimburse institutions of higher education governed by
1 29 the board for the costs of providing education=related
1 30 services to hearing=impaired students and students with
1 31 disabilities:
1 32 .................................................. $ 750,000
1 33 By September 1, 2007, each institution of higher education
1 34 governed by the board shall submit all claims and supporting
1 35 documentation for the costs for providing education=related
2 1 services to hearing=impaired students and students with
2 2 disabilities during the previous fiscal year to the board,
2 3 which shall reimburse the institutions for established claims
2 4 by October 15, 2007. If funds appropriated under this section
2 5 are insufficient to pay claims in full, the board shall
2 6 prorate payments to the institutions in the proportion that
2 7 each institution's claim is to the total amount claimed by all
2 8 institutions submitting claims.
2 9 EXPLANATION
2 10 This bill appropriates $750,000 each to the department of
2 11 education and to the state board of regents to pay claims
2 12 submitted by the community colleges and the state universities
2 13 for the costs of providing education=related services to
2 14 hearing=impaired students and students with disabilities. The
2 15 community colleges must submit their claims and supporting
2 16 documentation to the department, and the universities their
2 17 claims and supporting documentation to the board, by September
2 18 1, 2007. The department and the board must pay established
2 19 claims by October 15, 2007.
2 20 If the funds appropriated are insufficient to pay claims in
2 21 full, both the department and the board are directed to
2 22 prorate payments to the community colleges and universities in
2 23 the proportion that each community college's or university's
2 24 claim is to the total amount claimed by all community colleges
2 25 or all universities submitting claims.
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