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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 260A.1 COMMUNITY COLLEGE
1 2 VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.
1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph
1 4 "c", there is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
1 5 infrastructure fund established in section 8.57, to the
1 6 department of education for each fiscal year of the fiscal
1 7 period beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 2001, the
1 8 sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars for the
1 9 community college vocational-technical technology improvement
1 10 program.
1 11 2. Moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall be allocated
1 12 to each community college by the department of education in a
1 13 proportion that is based upon the number of eligible hours for
1 14 which students are enrolled in credit programs at each
1 15 community college compared to the total number of eligible
1 16 hours for which students are enrolled in credit programs at
1 17 all community colleges. Each community college shall certify
1 18 to the department of education by October 1 and February 1 the
1 19 number of eligible hours for which students are enrolled in
1 20 credit programs at the community college. The state board of
1 21 education shall adopt rules defining "eligible hours" for
1 22 purposes of this section.
1 23 3. For each year in which an appropriation is made to the
1 24 community college vocational-technical technology improvement
1 25 program, the department of education shall notify the
1 26 department of revenue and finance of the amount to be paid to
1 27 each community college based upon the allocation criteria set
1 28 forth for the appropriation pursuant to subsection 2.
1 29 Allocations to each community college under this section shall
1 30 be made in one payment on or about October 15 and one payment
1 31 on or about February 15 of the fiscal year in which the
1 32 appropriation is made, taking into consideration the relative
1 33 budget and cash position of the state resources.
1 34 4. Moneys received by a community college under this
1 35 section shall not be commingled with general state financial
2 1 aid, including financial aid to merged areas in lieu of
2 2 personal property tax replacement payments under section
2 3 427A.13, to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2, and
2 4 including moneys received for vocational education programs in
2 5 accordance with chapters 258 and 260C. Payments made to a
2 6 community college shall be accounted for by the community
2 7 college separately from other state aid payments. Each
2 8 community college shall maintain a separate listing within its
2 9 budget accounting for payments received and expenditures made
2 10 pursuant to this section and section 260A.3.
2 11 5. Moneys received under this section shall supplement,
2 12 not supplant, the moneys each community college budgets for
2 13 technology. A community college shall not be eligible for
2 14 funds under this section unless the community college, without
2 15 including moneys received under this section, maintains the
2 16 same average amount of expenditure for technology per year as
2 17 the community college maintains during the fiscal period
2 18 beginning July 1, 1994, and ending June 30, 1997.
2 19 6. Moneys received under this section shall not be used
2 20 for payment of any collective bargaining agreement or
2 21 arbitrator's decision negotiated or awarded under chapter 20.
2 22 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 260A.2 COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2 23 VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
2 24 Prior to receiving moneys under this chapter, the board of
2 25 directors of a community college shall adopt a technology plan
2 26 that supports community college vocational-technical
2 27 technology improvement efforts, authorizes a needs assessment
2 28 of business and industry in the district, and includes an
2 29 evaluation component, and shall provide to the department of
2 30 education adequate assurance that funds received under this
2 31 chapter will be used in accordance with the technology plan.
2 32 The plan shall be developed by licensed professional staff of
2 33 the community college, including both faculty members and
2 34 school administrators, the private sector, trade and
2 35 professional organizations, and other interested parties, and
3 1 shall, at a minimum, focus on the attainment of the
3 2 vocational-technical skills and achievement goals of the
3 3 student. The plan shall consider the community college's
3 4 interconnectivity with the Iowa communications network, and
3 5 shall demonstrate how, over a four-year period, the board will
3 6 utilize technology to improve vocational-technical student
3 7 achievement. The technology plan shall be kept on file at the
3 8 community college. Progress made under the plan shall be
3 9 reported annually to the department of education in a manner
3 10 prescribed by the department of education.
3 11 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 260A.3 COMMUNITY COLLEGE
3 12 VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT EXPENDITURES.
3 13 A community college shall expend funds received pursuant to
3 14 section 260A.1 for the acquisition, lease, lease-purchase,
3 15 installation, and maintenance of instructional technology
3 16 equipment used in vocational-technical programs, including
3 17 hardware and software, materials and supplies related to
3 18 instructional technology, and faculty development and training
3 19 related to instructional technology, and shall establish
3 20 priorities for the use of the funds. However, funds received
3 21 by a community college pursuant to section 260A.1 shall not be
3 22 expended to add a full-time equivalent position or otherwise
3 23 increase staffing.
3 24 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 260A.4 FUTURE REPEAL.
3 25 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2001.
3 26 HF 554
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