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1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.14, Code 1995, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 21. Annually submit by August 15, on
1 4 forms designed by the department of education in consultation
1 5 with the community colleges, the following information, which
1 6 shall include but is not limited to, the following:
1 7 a. The number of full-time and part-time students enrolled
1 8 in each program offered by the community college, listed by
1 9 program.
1 10 b. The number of and any appropriate demographic
1 11 information, including salaries of full-time and part-time
1 12 staff, relating to the faculty, administration, and support
1 13 personnel employed at each community college.
1 14 c. The full-time equivalent total of persons employed as
1 15 identified in paragraph "b".
1 16 d. Tuition charges, fees, and other costs payable to the
1 17 community college by a student.
1 18 e. The types of degrees granted by the community college
1 19 and the number of students receiving degrees.
1 20 f. Revenues and expenditures from state financial aid,
1 21 federal funds, tax levies, projects authorized under chapters
1 22 260E and 260F, tuition, bonds, other local sources, foundation
1 23 sources, and donations and gifts that may be accepted by the
1 24 governing board of a community college.
1 25 g. An inventory of buildings and facilities owned and
1 26 leased by the community college, and any related operation and
1 27 maintenance costs.
1 28 h. Infrastructure plans, which shall include, but are not
1 29 limited to, the amounts expended in the current fiscal year on
1 30 renovation and construction, and any future plans and
1 31 projected costs for expansion.
1 32 The department of education may withhold from a community
1 33 college any state financial assistance appropriated to the
1 34 department for allocation to the community college if the
1 35 community college fails to substantially meet the requirements
2 1 of this subsection.
2 2 Sec. 2. LEGISLATIVE STUDY.
2 3 1. There is created a legislative task force to study the
2 4 need for the community colleges to operate effectively and
2 5 efficiently as a state system, while recognizing the strong
2 6 local character of community colleges. The study shall
2 7 include, but is not limited to, a review of the governance
2 8 system of the community colleges; ongoing collaboration among
2 9 the community colleges; changes necessary to enhance the
2 10 accountability of community colleges; the relationship between
2 11 community colleges and local school districts; the
2 12 relationship between community colleges, the department of
2 13 education, and the state board of education; and the
2 14 relationship between community colleges and other accredited
2 15 postsecondary institutions in Iowa.
2 16 2. Membership on the task force shall consist of the
2 17 following:
2 18 a. Three voting members from the senate to be appointed by
2 19 the president of the senate in consultation with the minority
2 20 leader.
2 21 b. Three voting members from the house of representatives
2 22 to be appointed by the speaker of the house in consultation
2 23 with the minority leader.
2 24 c. Three voting members to be chosen by legislative
2 25 members on the task force.
2 26 d. The director of the department of education, who shall
2 27 serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member.
2 28 The chairperson and vice chairperson of the task force
2 29 shall be chosen from among the voting nonlegislative members
2 30 by a majority vote of the legislative members. Members of the
2 31 task force are entitled to receive per diem pursuant to
2 32 sections 2.10 and 7E.6.
2 33 3. From the moneys appropriated in section 2.12, not more
2 34 than $90,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
2 35 ending June 30, 1997, shall be allocated to the task force
3 1 created in subsection 1 for purposes of the payment of
3 2 services of a professional facilitator to assist the task
3 3 force, or for the task force to contract for an independent
3 4 study of the issues identified in subsection 1.
3 5 4. The task force shall submit its findings and
3 6 recommendations to the general assembly by December 1, 1996.
3 7 EXPLANATION
3 8 This bill requires the boards of directors of the community
3 9 colleges to provide certain specified information annually to
3 10 the department of education and creates a legislative task
3 11 force to study the need for the community colleges to operate
3 12 effectively and efficiently as a state system, while
3 13 recognizing the strong local character of community colleges.
3 14 Community colleges shall submit the following required
3 15 information on forms designed by the department of education
3 16 in consultation with the community colleges: the number of
3 17 full-time and part-time students enrolled in each program
3 18 offered by the community college; the types of degrees granted
3 19 and the number of students receiving degrees; the number of
3 20 and any appropriate demographic information, including
3 21 salaries of full-time and part-time staff, relating to the
3 22 faculty, administration, and support personnel employed at
3 23 each community college; tuition charges, fees, and other costs
3 24 payable to the community college by a student; revenues and
3 25 expenditures from all sources; an inventory of buildings and
3 26 facilities owned and leased by the community college, and any
3 27 related operation and maintenance costs; and infrastructure
3 28 plans.
3 29 The bill grants authority to the department of education to
3 30 withhold from a community college any state financial
3 31 assistance appropriated to the department for allocation to
3 32 the community college if the community college fails to
3 33 substantially meet the information requirements.
3 34 The bill creates a legislative task force to study the need
3 35 for the community colleges to operate effectively and
4 1 efficiently as a state system, while recognizing the strong
4 2 local character of community colleges. Under the bill, the
4 3 legislative task force study shall include, but is not limited
4 4 to, a review of the governance system of the community
4 5 colleges; changes to enhance the accountability of community
4 6 colleges; ongoing collaboration among the community colleges;
4 7 the relationship between community colleges and local school
4 8 districts; the relationship between community colleges, the
4 9 department of education, and the state board of education; and
4 10 the relationship between community colleges and other
4 11 accredited postsecondary institutions in Iowa.
4 12 Membership on the task force shall consist of three voting
4 13 members from the senate to be appointed by the president of
4 14 the senate in consultation with the minority leader, three
4 15 voting members from the house of representatives to be
4 16 appointed by the speaker of the house in consultation with the
4 17 minority leader, and three voting members to be chosen by
4 18 legislative members on the task force. The director of the
4 19 department of education shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio
4 20 member.
4 21 From the moneys appropriated for legislative expenses, the
4 22 bill allocates not more than $90,000 for the 1996-1997 fiscal
4 23 year to the task force for the payment of services of a
4 24 professional facilitator to assist the task force, or for the
4 25 task force to contract for an independent study of the issues
4 26 identified in the bill.
4 27 The task force shall submit its findings and
4 28 recommendations to the general assembly by December 1, 1996.
4 29 LSB 3041HV 76
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