Senate File 2042 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2042 BY MATHIS A BILL FOR An Act relating to the instructional support program by 1 making appropriations for instructional support state aid, 2 establishing an instructional support grant program, and 3 including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5596XS (2) 88 md/jh

S.F. 2042 Section 1. INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM FUNDING. 1 1. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in section 2 257.20, subsection 2, and the allocation provisions in section 3 257.20, subsection 3, and as the result of the reduction to 4 area education agency funding under section 257.35, subsection 5 14, the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state 6 pursuant to section 257.20 for instructional support state aid 7 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 8 30, 2021, shall not exceed ten million five hundred thousand 9 dollars and shall be allocated as provided in section 257.20, 10 subsections 1 and 2. 11 2. a. As the result of the reduction to area education 12 agency funding under section 257.35, subsection 14, there 13 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the 14 department of education four million five hundred thousand 15 dollars to be used to provide instructional support grants 16 under this subsection to school districts to supplement funding 17 for each qualifying school district’s instructional support 18 program. 19 b. The department of education, after consulting with 20 appropriate education stakeholders, shall establish an 21 instructional support grant program to provide for the 22 allocation of amounts appropriated under paragraph “a” in the 23 form of competitive grants, not to exceed two hundred thousand 24 dollars per grant, to school districts meeting the following 25 criteria and additional relevant criteria prescribed by the 26 department: 27 (1) A school district with a district assessed valuation per 28 pupil determined under section 257.20, subsection 1, that is 29 less than the state assessed valuation per pupil. 30 (2) A school district with a demonstrated need for critical 31 school-based student behavioral and mental health services, 32 teacher mental health services and training, or both. 33 (3) A school district for which the total amount certified 34 by the school board under section 257.19 to be raised by 35 -1- LSB 5596XS (2) 88 md/jh 1/ 3

S.F. 2042 property tax, income surtax, or a combination thereof, for both 1 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and the fiscal year 2 beginning July 1, 2020, is the maximum permissible amount under 3 that section. 4 c. Grant amounts received under this subsection shall be 5 expended exclusively for school-based student behavioral and 6 mental health services and teacher mental health services and 7 training. Grant amounts received shall not be used as, or in 8 a manner which has the effect of, supplanting existing funds 9 or funds received under subsection 1 of this section. Grant 10 amounts under this subsection shall be considered miscellaneous 11 income for purposes of section 257.7 and shall not affect 12 amounts eligible to be raised by the school district under 13 section 257.19. 14 d. There is established in the state treasury an 15 instructional support program grant account that is under the 16 control of and administered by the department of education. 17 The department may accept gifts, grants, bequests, and other 18 private contributions, as well as state or federal funds, 19 and shall deposit the moneys in the account to be used for 20 distribution as grant award moneys under the program. Moneys 21 in the account are appropriated and may be used for the 22 purposes of this subsection. Amounts appropriated under this 23 subsection and any interest earned on such amounts that are not 24 expended by June 30, 2021, shall revert to the general fund as 25 provided under section 8.33. 26 Sec. 2. EMERGENCY RULES. The department of education 27 may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, 28 and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement 29 the provisions of this Act, and the rules shall be effective 30 immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in the 31 rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section shall 32 also be published as a notice of intended action as provided 33 in section 17A.4. 34 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 35 -2- LSB 5596XS (2) 88 md/jh 2/ 3

S.F. 2042 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill relates to the instructional support program by 5 making appropriations for instructional support state aid and 6 establishing an instructional support grant program. 7 The bill provides that notwithstanding the standing 8 appropriation for instructional support state aid in Code 9 section 257.20(2) and provisions governing allocation of 10 alternative appropriation of funds in Code section 257.20(3), 11 and as the result of the reduction to area education agency 12 funding for FY 2019-2020, the amount appropriated from the 13 general fund of the state for instructional support state aid 14 for FY 2020-2021 shall not exceed $10.5 million and shall be 15 allocated as provided in Code section 257.20(1) and (2). 16 The bill also provides that as the result of the reduction 17 to area education agency funding for FY 2019-2020, there 18 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the 19 department of education $4.5 million to be used to provide 20 instructional support grants. The department of education, 21 after consulting with appropriate education stakeholders, is 22 required to establish an instructional support grant program 23 to provide for the allocation of amounts appropriated in the 24 bill in the form of competitive grants, not to exceed $200,000 25 per grant, to school districts meeting specified criteria and 26 additional relevant criteria prescribed by the department. 27 Grant amounts received shall be expended exclusively for 28 school-based student behavioral and mental health services and 29 teacher mental health services and training. 30 The bill authorizes the department of education to adopt 31 emergency rules to implement the provisions of the bill. 32 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 33 -3- LSB 5596XS (2) 88 md/jh 3/ 3