SSB 3248 (LSB 5090JB (4) 83)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY JOINT APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents, providing for related matters, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
    Section 1.  ADMINISTRATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department for the blind for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,952,203
............................................... FTEs      90.00

COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
    Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    310,843
............................................... FTEs       4.30

   2.  STUDENT AID PROGRAMS

   For payments to students for the Iowa grant program established in section 261.93:

.................................................. $    848,761

   3.  DES MOINES UNIVERSITY —— OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
   a.  For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center under the forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19:

.................................................. $     79,251

   To receive funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph, Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center shall match the funds with institutional funds on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

   b.  For Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center for an initiative in primary health care to direct primary care physicians to shortage areas in the state:

.................................................. $    270,448

   4.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

   For purposes of providing national guard educational assistance under the program established in section 261.86:

.................................................. $  3,186,233

   5.  TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM

   For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program established in section 261.112:

.................................................. $    421,016

   6.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER CARE GRANT PROGRAM

   For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant program established pursuant to section 261.6:

.................................................. $    594,383

   7.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

   For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program established pursuant to section 261.87:

.................................................. $  2,403,949

   If the moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid commission for fiscal year 2010-2011 for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in section 261.87, shall, during fiscal year 2010-2011, include accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9, subsection 1.

   8.  REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM

   For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.23:

.................................................. $     86,736

   It is the intent of the general assembly that the commission continue to consider moneys allocated pursuant to this subsection as funds that meet the state matching funds requirements of the federal leveraging educational assistance program and the federal supplemental leveraging educational assistance program established under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

   9.  BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT PROGRAM

   For purposes of the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant program established pursuant to section 261.18:

.................................................. $     39,626
    Sec. 3.  DES MOINES UNIVERSITY —— OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the college student aid commission shall pay a fee to Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center for the administration of the initiative in primary health care to direct primary care physicians to shortage areas in the state. A portion of the fee paid shall be based upon the number of physicians recruited in accordance with section 261.19, subsection 4. However, the fee amount paid shall not exceed $25,000 for the fiscal year. Such amount shall be subject to any budgetary reductions ordered by the governor or enacted by the general assembly.
    Sec. 4.  CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS.  Notwithstanding section 261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving fund created pursuant to section 261.72, may be used for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program established in section 261.73.
    Sec. 5.  WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2010-2011.  

Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for the work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    Sec. 6.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  7,096,482
............................................... FTEs      83.67

   2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    559,797
............................................... FTEs      13.50

   3.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  5,139,957
............................................... FTEs     281.50

   b.  For matching funds for programs to enable persons with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more independently, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

.................................................. $     44,156
............................................... FTEs       1.00

   c.  For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:

.................................................. $    156,128

   d.  For costs associated with centers for independent living:

.................................................. $     43,227

   4.  STATE LIBRARY
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,511,656
............................................... FTEs      19.00

   b.  For the enrich Iowa program established under section 256.57:

.................................................. $  1,796,081

   5.  LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM

   For state aid:

.................................................. $  1,105,989

   6.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  7,756,417
............................................... FTEs      82.00

   7.  REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS

   For state aid:

.................................................. $  1,065,180

   The regional telecommunications councils established in section 8D.5 shall use the moneys appropriated in this subsection to provide technical assistance for network classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support activities.

   8.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS

   For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by secondary schools:

.................................................. $  2,590,675

   Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to reimburse school districts for vocational education expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.

   9.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE

   For use as state matching funds for federal programs that shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,176,797
............................................... FTEs      18.13

   10.  IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND —— GENERAL AID

   For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:

.................................................. $  5,729,907

   a.  From the moneys deposited in the school ready children grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, not more than $265,950 is allocated for the community empowerment office and other technical assistance activities, and of that amount not more than $44,325 shall be used to administer the early childhood coordinator’s position pursuant to section 28.3, subsection 7. It is the intent of the general assembly that regional technical assistance teams will be established and will include staff from various agencies, as appropriate, including the area education agencies, community colleges, the university of northern Iowa, and the Iowa state university of science and technology cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics. The Iowa empowerment board shall direct staff to work with the advisory council to inventory technical assistance needs. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph may be used by the Iowa empowerment board for the purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training of the regional technical assistance teams. However, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or for the reimbursement of staff.
   b.  As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in this subsection, each community empowerment area board shall report to the Iowa empowerment board progress on each of the state indicators approved by the state board, as well as progress on local indicators. The community empowerment area board must also submit a written plan amendment extending by one year the area’s comprehensive school ready children grant plan developed for providing services for children from birth through five years of age and provide other information specified by the Iowa empowerment board. The amendment may also provide for changes in the programs and services provided under the plan. The Iowa empowerment board shall establish a submission deadline for the plan amendment that allows a reasonable period of time for preparation of the plan amendment and for review and approval or request for modification of the plan amendment by the Iowa empowerment board. In addition, the community empowerment board must continue to comply with reporting provisions and other requirements adopted by the Iowa empowerment board in implementing section 28.8.
   c.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts to improve the quality of early care, health, and education programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff. The Iowa empowerment board may reserve a portion of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650 for the technical assistance expenses of the Iowa empowerment office and shall distribute the remainder to community empowerment areas for local quality improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the board to make the most productive use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution formula, grants, or other means.
   d.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund, $825,030 shall be used for support of professional development and training activities for persons working in early care, health, and education by the Iowa empowerment board in collaboration with representation from the Iowa state university of science and technology cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics, the university of northern Iowa, the department of education, area education agencies, community colleges, child care resource and referral services, and community empowerment area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to professional development and training activities agreed upon by the parties participating in the collaboration.
   11.  IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND —— PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE
   a.  For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:

.................................................. $  7,583,912

   b.  The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be used for early care, health, and education programs to assist low-income parents with tuition for preschool and other supportive services for children ages three, four, and five who are not attending kindergarten in order to increase the basic family income eligibility requirement to not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. In addition, if sufficient funding is available after addressing the needs of those who meet the basic income eligibility requirement, a community empowerment area board may provide for eligibility for those with a family income in excess of the basic income eligibility requirement through use of a sliding scale or other copayment provisions.
   12.  IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND —— FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT EDUCATION
   a.  For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:

.................................................. $ 13,153,653

   b.  The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be used for family support services and parent education programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through age five and shall be distributed using the distribution formula approved by the Iowa empowerment board and shall be used by a community empowerment area only for family support services and parent education programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through age five. The programs funded under this subsection shall have a home visitation component.
   13.  BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES

   For expansion of the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-446, as amended to January 1, 2010, birth through age three services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those services:

.................................................. $  1,721,400

   From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinic at the state university of Iowa to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.

   14.  FOUR-YEAR-OLD PRESCHOOL PROGRAM

   For allocation to eligible school districts for the four-year-old preschool program under chapter 256C, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 12,242,230
............................................... FTEs       3.00

   From the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection, not more than $303,531 shall be used by the department for administration of the four-year-old preschool program established pursuant to chapter 256C.

   15.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS

   To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by section 301.1:

.................................................. $    600,987

   Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident public school pupils.

   16.  BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING AND INDUCTION PROGRAM

   For purposes of administering the beginning administrator mentoring and induction program established pursuant to chapter 284A:

.................................................. $    195,157

   17.  CORE CURRICULUM AND CAREER INFORMATION AND DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM

   For purposes of implementing the statewide core curriculum for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and a state-designated career information and decision-making system:

.................................................. $  1,901,556

   18.  STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM

   For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  7,314,765
............................................... FTEs       4.00

   19.  MERGED AREA I —— NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  7,883,981

   20.  MERGED AREA II —— NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  8,436,896

   21.  MERGED AREA III —— IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  7,768,728

   22.  MERGED AREA IV —— NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  3,815,063

   23.  MERGED AREA V —— IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  8,716,704

   24.  MERGED AREA VI —— IOWA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  7,429,793

   25.  MERGED AREA VII —— HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $ 11,063,319

   26.  MERGED AREA IX —— EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $ 13,761,226

   27.  MERGED AREA X —— KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $ 24,208,455

   28.  MERGED AREA XI —— DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $ 24,375,295

   29.  MERGED AREA XII —— WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  9,034,857

   30.  MERGED AREA XIII —— IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  9,285,726

   31.  MERGED AREA XIV —— SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  3,872,747

   32.  MERGED AREA XV —— INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $ 12,139,931

   33.  MERGED AREA XVI —— SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

   For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18:

.................................................. $  6,961,511
    Sec. 7.  COMMUNITY COLLEGE SALARIES.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:

   For distribution to community colleges to supplement faculty salaries:

.................................................. $    825,012
    Sec. 8.  COMMUNITY COLLEGE EFFICIENCIES INITIATIVES AND FUNDING REDUCTION REPORT.  The board of directors of each community college shall submit to the department of education on or before October 1, 2010, a report which provides details on any initiatives implemented by the community college to create greater efficiency within the community college during the 2009-2010 fiscal year, and details on the methods by which the community college implemented budget reductions ordered by the governor pursuant to executive order number 19 issued October 8, 2009. The department shall compile and summarize the reports in a report that shall be submitted to the state board of education and the general assembly on or before December 15, 2010.

STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
    Sec. 9.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,105,123
............................................... FTEs      16.00

   The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents office and the legislative services agency.

   b.  For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa graduate studies center:

.................................................. $     90,766

   c.  For moneys to be allocated to the siouxland interstate metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center under section 262.9, subsection 21:

.................................................. $     69,110

   d.  For moneys to be allocated to the quad-cities graduate studies center:

.................................................. $    134,665

   e.  For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for public radio operations:

.................................................. $    406,318

   2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
   a.  General university, including lakeside laboratory

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $217,638,034
............................................... FTEs   5,058.55

   b.  Oakdale campus

   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,268,925
............................................... FTEs      38.25

   c.  State hygienic laboratory

   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  3,669,943
............................................... FTEs     102.50

   d.  Family practice program

   For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family practice program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,855,628
............................................... FTEs     190.40

   e.  Child health care services

   For specialized child health care services, including childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs, rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    684,297
............................................... FTEs      57.97

   f.  Statewide cancer registry

   For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    154,666
............................................... FTEs       2.10

   g.  Substance abuse consortium

   For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

.................................................. $     57,621
............................................... FTEs       1.00

   h.  Center for biocatalysis

   For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    750,990
............................................... FTEs       6.28

   i.  Primary health care initiative

   For the primary health care initiative in the college of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    673,375
............................................... FTEs       5.89

   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, $271,159 shall be allocated to the department of family practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine for family practice faculty and support staff.

   j.  Birth defects registry

   For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

.................................................. $     39,730
............................................... FTEs       1.00

   k.  Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center

   For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    168,662
............................................... FTEs       2.75

   3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
   a.  General university

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $170,536,017
............................................... FTEs   3,647.42

   b.  Agricultural experiment station

   For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 29,170,840
............................................... FTEs     546.98

   c.  Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics

   For the cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 18,612,391
............................................... FTEs     383.34

   d.  Leopold center

   For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university of science and technology under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    412,388
............................................... FTEs      11.25

   e.  Livestock disease research

   For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research fund under section 267.8:

.................................................. $    179,356

   4.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
   a.  General university

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 77,549,809
............................................... FTEs   1,447.50

   b.  Recycling and reuse center

   For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    181,858
............................................... FTEs       3.00

   c.  Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative

   For purposes of establishing a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,800,000
............................................... FTEs       6.20

   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, up to $300,000 shall be allocated for salaries, staffing, and institutional support. The remainder of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be expended only to support activities directly related to recruitment of kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for student enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.

   d.  Real estate education program

   For purposes of the real estate education program, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

.................................................. $    130,022
............................................... FTEs       1.00

   5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  8,679,964
............................................... FTEs     126.60

   6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL

   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  4,917,362
............................................... FTEs      62.87

   7.  TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS

   For payment to local school boards for the tuition and transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students at these schools pursuant to section 270.5:

.................................................. $     12,206

   8.  LICENSED CLASSROOM TEACHERS

   For distribution at the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the Iowa school for the deaf based upon the average yearly enrollment at each school as determined by the state board of regents:

.................................................. $     85,140
    Sec. 10.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS EFFICIENCIES INITIATIVES AND FUNDING REDUCTION REPORT.  The state board of regents shall submit to the general assembly on or before December 15, 2010, a report which provides details on any initiatives implemented by a regents institution to create greater efficiency within the regents institution during the 2009-2010 fiscal year, and details on the methods by which the regents institutions implemented budget reductions ordered by the governor pursuant to executive order number 19 issued October 8, 2009.
    Sec. 11.  ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS —— FINANCING.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of the projects within an average of six years.
    Sec. 12.  PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS.  Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs for students attending the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
    Sec. 13.  Section 256C.6, Code 2009, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, if the number of requests from school districts for initial participation in the preschool program exceeds the funding made available for the preschool program, in lieu of applying the provisions of subsection 3, the department shall implement a method for prorating grant awards to ensure that all interested and qualified school districts have access to the funding.
    Sec. 14.  Section 257.16, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   3.  All moneys received by a school district from the state under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the school district, and may be used for any school general fund purpose unless otherwise provided by law.
   4.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if the governor orders budget reductions in accordance with section 8.31, the teacher salary supplement district cost, the professional development supplement district cost, and the early intervention supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.10, subsections 9, 10, and 11, and the area education agency teacher salary supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.37A, subsection 1, shall be paid in full as calculated and the reductions in the appropriations provided in accordance with this section shall be reduced from the remaining moneys appropriated pursuant to this section and shall be distributed on a per pupil basis calculated with the weighted enrollment determined in accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5.
    Sec. 15.  Section 260C.18D, Code Supplement 2009, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Reductions.  Moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the department for community college instructor salaries are not subject to a uniform reduction in accordance with section 8.31.
    Sec. 16.  Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code Supplement 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-five forty-four million two hundred thirteen thousand sixty-nine four hundred forty-eight dollars for tuition grants.
   2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of four million nine six hundred eighty-eight fifty thousand five four hundred sixty-one eighty-seven dollars for tuition grants for students attending for-profit accredited private institutions located in Iowa. A for-profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, purchased an accredited private institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution under the tuition grant program. In the case of a qualified student who was enrolled in such accredited private institution that was purchased by the for-profit institution effective March 9, 2005, and who continues to be enrolled in the eligible institution in succeeding years, the amount the student qualifies for under this subsection shall be not less than the amount the student qualified for in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004. For purposes of the tuition grant program, “for-profit accredited private institution” means an accredited private institution which is not exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and whose students were eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.
   3.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two million five four hundred twelve thirteen thousand nine hundred fifty-eight fifty-nine dollars for vocational-technical tuition grants.
    Sec. 17.  Section 262.9, subsection 33, paragraph i, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   i.  Prepare, jointly with the department of education and the liaison advisory committee on transfer students, and submit by January 1 15 annually to the general assembly, an update on the articulation efforts and activities implemented by the community colleges and the institutions of higher education governed by the board.
    Sec. 18.  Section 262.93, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   262.93  Reports to general assembly.

   The college student aid commission and the state board of regents each shall submit, by January 1 15 of each year, a report on the progress and implementation of the programs which they administer under sections 261.102 through 261.105, 262.82, and 262.92. The reports shall include, but are not limited to, the numbers of students participating in the programs and allocation of funds appropriated for the programs.
    Sec. 19.  Section 263A.13, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   263A.13  Hospital reports to general assembly.

   The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall compile and transmit to the general assembly the following information its independently audited financial statement by December January 15 of each fiscal year:.

   1.  Revenue from all income sources, by source, including but not limited to state appropriations, other state funds, tuition income, patient charges, payments from political subdivisions, interest income, and gifts, and grants from public and private sources.
   2.  Expenditures by program and revenue source.
   3.  Net revenue over spending from hospital operations, including the method used to calculate the results.

   The legislative services agency shall develop forms for collecting the information required in this subparagraph.
    Sec. 20.  Section 272.13, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   All complaint files, investigation files, other investigation reports, and other investigative information in the possession of the board or its employees or agents, which relate to licensee discipline, are privileged and confidential, and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release to a person other than the respondent and the board and its employees and agents involved in licensee discipline, and are not admissible in evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding other than the proceeding involving licensee discipline. However, investigative A complaint, any amendment to a complaint and any supporting documents shall be provided to the respondent immediately upon the board’s determination that jurisdictional requirements have been met and prior to the commencement of the board’s investigation. Investigative information in the possession of the board or its employees or agents which relates to licensee discipline may be disclosed to appropriate licensing authorities within this state, the appropriate licensing authority in another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory or country in which the licensee is licensed or has applied for a license. A final written decision and finding of fact of the board in a disciplinary proceeding is a public record.
    Sec. 21.  Section 284.3A, subsection 2, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  a.  For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and each succeeding school year, school districts and area education agencies shall combine payments made to teachers under sections 257.10 and 257.37A with regular wages and to create one a combined salary system.  The teacher contract issued under section 279.13 must include the combined salary. If a school district or area education agency uses a salary schedule, one a combined salary schedule shall be used for regular wages and for distribution of payments under sections 257.10 and 257.37A, incorporating the salary minimums required in section 284.7.  The combined salary schedule must use only the combined salary and cannot differentiate regular salaries and distribution of payments under sections 257.10 and 257.37A.
   b.  If the licensed employees of a school district or area education agency are organized under chapter 20 for collective bargaining purposes, the creation of the new combined salary system shall be subject to the scope of negotiations specified in section 20.9. A reduction in the teacher salary supplement per pupil amount shall also be subject to the scope of negotiations specified in section 20.9.
   c.  If the licensed employees of a school district or area education agency are not organized for collective bargaining purposes, the board of directors shall create the new combined salary system. The board of directors shall determine adjustments in salaries resulting from a reduction in the teacher salary supplement per pupil amount.
    Sec. 22.  Section 284.3A, Code Supplement 2009, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The teacher salary supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.10, subsection 9, and the area education agency teacher salary supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.37A, subsection 1, are not subject to a uniform reduction in accordance with section 8.31.
    Sec. 23.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c, and d, Code Supplement 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 2010, and ending June 30, 2010 2011, to the department of education, the amount of one million one nine hundred twenty-five sixty-four thousand dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated under this paragraph, not less than eighty-five seventy-six thousand five hundred dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education position in accordance with section 256.45.
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 2010, and succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to three four million nine one hundred forty-nine seven thousand seven two hundred fifty forty dollars for first-year and second-year beginning teachers, to the department of education for distribution to school districts and area education agencies for purposes of the beginning teacher mentoring and induction programs. A school district or area education agency shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars per beginning teacher participating in the program. If the funds appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors, school districts, and area education agencies as provided in this paragraph, the department shall prorate the amount distributed to school districts and area education agencies based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received by a school district or area education agency pursuant to this paragraph shall be expended to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation in the school district’s or area education agency’s beginning teacher mentoring and induction program; to implement the plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the employer’s share of contributions to federal social security and the Iowa public employees’ retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement system established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the district or area education agency.
   c.  For each the fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007 2010, and ending June 30, 2010 2011, up to six hundred ninety-five thirteen thousand eight hundred seventy-eight dollars to the department for purposes of implementing the professional development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “c”, and the evaluator training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the department for administrative purposes and for not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
   d.  For each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated for purposes of this chapter, an amount up to one million eight six hundred forty-five twenty-nine thousand six hundred forty-seven dollars to the department for the establishment of teacher development academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
    Sec. 24.  2010 Iowa Acts, House File 2295, section 1, subsection 1, if enacted, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The department of education shall convene a task force to review the present mission, structure, governance, and funding of the area education agency system to determine if the current model is applicable to the challenges and requirements of twenty-first century learning.  The task force shall review funding options for area education agencies subject to uniform reductions in appropriations ordered by the governor pursuant to section 8.31.
    Sec. 25.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.
   1.  The section of this Act amending section 257.16, subsection 4, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2009.
   2.  The section of this Act enacting section 260C.18D, subsection 6, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
   3.  The section of this Act amending section 272.13, unnumbered paragraph 3, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
   4.  The section of this Act amending section 284.3A, subsection 2, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
   5.  The section of this Act enacting section 284.3A, subsection 4, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2009.
EXPLANATION
   This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2010-2011 from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents and its institutions.
   The bill appropriates to the department for the blind for its administration.
   The bill includes appropriations to the college student aid commission for general administrative purposes, student aid programs, forgivable loans and loan forgiveness for students and physicians and surgeons, an initiative directing primary care physicians to areas of the state experiencing physician shortages, the national guard educational assistance program, the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program, the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant and scholarship programs, the registered nurse loan and nurse educator forgiveness program, and the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant program.
   The commission is directed to pay a fee to Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center for administration of the primary health care initiative.
   The bill reduces the standing appropriations for Iowa tuition grants and vocational-technical tuition grants. The bill notwithstands the $2.75 million standing appropriation for the Iowa work-study program and provides that the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2010-2011 is zero.
   The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education for purposes of the department’s general administration, vocational education administration, division of vocational rehabilitation services including independent living and the entrepreneurs with disabilities program and independent living centers, state library for general administration and the enrich Iowa program, library service area system, public broadcasting division, regional telecommunications councils, vocational education to secondary schools, school food service, Iowa empowerment fund, expansion of the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act birth through age three services, a four-year-old preschool program, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the beginning administrator mentoring and induction program, the core curriculum and career information and decision-making system, the student achievement and teacher quality program, community colleges, and community college salaries.
   The department of education and the state board of regents are directed to submit a report to the general assembly by December 15, 2010, detailing community colleges and regents institution initiatives implemented to create greater efficiencies, and details on the methods by which community colleges and regents institutions implemented the 10 percent budget reduction ordered by the governor in 2009.
   The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents for the board office, universities’ general operating budgets; the southwest Iowa graduate studies center; the siouxland interstate metropolitan planning council; the quad-cities graduate studies center; Iowa public radio; the state university of Iowa; Iowa state university of science and technology; the university of northern Iowa; and for the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school, including tuition and transportation costs for students residing in the schools.
   The bill also requires the department of administrative services to pay the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school moneys collected from counties for expenses related to prescription drug costs for students attending the schools and for licensed classroom teachers at the schools.
   The bill allows the state board of regents to use indebtedness to finance certain projects resulting in energy savings.
   The bill includes a number of statutory changes:
   The bill, for fiscal year 2010-2011, establishes that if the number of requests from school districts for initial participation in the preschool program exceeds the funding made available for the preschool program, rather than apply the selection criteria provided in the Code, the department of education must implement a method for prorating grant awards to ensure that all interested and qualified school districts have access to the funding. 
   The bill amends language providing for a standing appropriation of state foundation aid to provide that all state foundation aid moneys received by a school district shall be deposited in the general fund of the school district and may be used for any school general fund purpose unless otherwise provided by law.
   The bill also exempts the school district and area education agency teacher salary supplement district cost, the professional development supplement district cost, and the early intervention supplement district cost from an across-the-board reduction in state funding ordered by the governor and requires that the reduction be taken from the remaining moneys appropriated for state foundation aid. Moneys appropriated by the general assembly for community college instructor salaries are also exempted from across-the-board reductions in state funding ordered by the governor. These provisions take effect upon enactment and the provisions relating to teacher salary supplement district cost apply to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2009.
   The bill requires school districts and area education agencies to combine payments made to teachers to create a combined salary, requires the teacher contract to include the combined salary, and requires that the salary schedule only use the combined salary. This provision takes effect upon enactment.
   The bill requires the board of educational examiners to provide a complaint, any amendment to a complaint, and any supporting documents to the respondent immediately upon the board’s determination that jurisdictional requirements have been met and prior to the board’s investigation. This provision takes effect upon enactment.
   The bill amends statutory language to decrease funding for fiscal year 2010-2011 for purposes of national board certification awards, the ambassador to education position, for the statewide network of professional development for teachers and evaluator training, and teacher development academies. The bill also reduces funding each fiscal year for teacher development academies. The bill increases funding for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding fiscal years for beginning teacher mentoring and induction programs.
   The bill amends 2010 Iowa Acts, House File 2295, if enacted, to require that the area education agency task force provided for by the bill review funding options for area education agencies subject to across-the-board reductions ordered by the governor.
   The bill changes the dates by which the state board of regents and the college student aid commission must submit certain annual reports from January 1 to January 15. The bill also strikes language specifying the information the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics (UIHC) must report to the general assembly, and authorizes UIHC to submit its independently audited financial statement by January 15 annually.