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  1  1                                             HOUSE FILE 2533
  1  2  
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF, OPERATION OF, AND APPROPRIATION OF
  1  5    MONEYS TO THE COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT
  1  6    OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE
  1  7    STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, PROVIDING RELATED STATUTORY CHANGES,
  1  8    AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES.
  1  9 
  1 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 
  1 11 
  1 12                 COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
  1 13    Section 1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
  1 14 the state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal
  1 15 year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the
  1 16 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
  1 17 be used for the purposes designated:
  1 18    1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
  1 19    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  1 20 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  1 21 positions:  
  1 22 .................................................. $    319,936
  1 23 ............................................... FTEs       5.40
  1 24    2.  UNIVERSITY OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
  1 25    a.  For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending the
  1 26 university of osteopathic medicine and health sciences under
  1 27 the forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19:  
  1 28 .................................................. $    379,260
  1 29    b.  For the university of osteopathic medicine and health
  1 30 sciences for an initiative in primary health care to direct
  1 31 primary care physicians to shortage areas in the state:  
  1 32 .................................................. $    395,000
  1 33    3.  STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
  1 34    For payments to students for the Iowa grant program:  
  1 35 .................................................. $  1,161,850
  2  1    4.  NATIONAL GUARD TUITION AID PROGRAM
  2  2    For purposes of providing national guard tuition aid under
  2  3 the program established in section 261.21:  
  2  4 .................................................. $    833,900
  2  5    5.  CHIROPRACTIC GRADUATE STUDENT FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM
  2  6    For purposes of providing forgivable loans under the
  2  7 program established in section 261.71:  
  2  8 .................................................. $     71,400
  2  9    Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the loan reserve
  2 10 account to the college student aid commission for the fiscal
  2 11 year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the
  2 12 following amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
  2 13 be used for the purpose designated:
  2 14    For operating costs of the Stafford loan program including
  2 15 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
  2 16 for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  2 17 positions:  
  2 18 .................................................. $  5,151,983
  2 19 ............................................... FTEs      34.60
  2 20    Sec. 3.  Notwithstanding the maximum allowed balance
  2 21 requirement of the scholarship and tuition grant reserve fund
  2 22 as provided in section 261.20, there is appropriated from the
  2 23 scholarship and tuition grant reserve fund to the college
  2 24 student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  2 25 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the moneys remaining in the
  2 26 fund following transfer, pursuant to section 261.20 for the
  2 27 fiscal years ending June 30, 1997, and June 30, 1998, which
  2 28 are to be used for purposes of Iowa vocational-technical
  2 29 tuition grants in accordance with section 261.17.  Funds
  2 30 appropriated in this section are in addition to funds
  2 31 appropriated in section 261.25, subsection 3.
  2 32    Sec. 4.  The department of revenue and finance shall
  2 33 deposit interest earned on the Pub. L. No. 105-33 recall
  2 34 account within the office of the treasurer of state during the
  2 35 fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, in the fund 61 default
  3  1 reduction account.  Moneys in the fund 61 default reduction
  3  2 account are appropriated to the college student aid commission
  3  3 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June
  3  4 30, 1999, for purposes of issuing emergency loans to assist
  3  5 needy students in avoiding default on a guaranteed or parental
  3  6 loan made under chapter 261.  
  3  7                 DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
  3  8    Sec. 5.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  3  9 state to the department of cultural affairs for the fiscal
  3 10 year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the
  3 11 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  3 12 used for the purposes designated:
  3 13    1.  ARTS DIVISION
  3 14    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  3 15 including funds to match federal grants and for not more than
  3 16 the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  3 17 .................................................. $  1,328,615
  3 18 ............................................... FTEs      10.00
  3 19    2.  HISTORICAL DIVISION
  3 20    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  3 21 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  3 22 positions:  
  3 23 .................................................. $  3,078,788
  3 24 ............................................... FTEs      65.70
  3 25    Of the full-time equivalent positions appropriated for in
  3 26 this subsection, 1.20 FTEs represent the transition of
  3 27 personnel services contracts to full-time equivalent
  3 28 positions.  The merit system provisions of chapter 19A and the
  3 29 provisions of chapter 20 shall not govern this transition
  3 30 movement into these full-time equivalent positions during the
  3 31 period beginning July 1, 1998, and ending August 31, 1998.
  3 32    3.  HISTORIC SITES
  3 33    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  3 34 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  3 35 positions:  
  4  1 .................................................. $    587,040
  4  2 ............................................... FTEs       8.00
  4  3    4.  ADMINISTRATION
  4  4    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  4  5 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  4  6 positions:  
  4  7 .................................................. $    230,571
  4  8 ............................................... FTEs       4.30
  4  9    The department of cultural affairs shall coordinate
  4 10 activities with the tourism division of the department of
  4 11 economic development to promote attendance at the state
  4 12 historical building and at this state's historic sites.
  4 13    5.  LOCAL ARTS COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES PROGRAM
  4 14 (LACES)
  4 15    For contracting with the Iowa alliance for arts education
  4 16 to execute their local arts comprehensive educational
  4 17 strategies:  
  4 18 .................................................. $     25,000
  4 19    6.  COMMUNITY CULTURAL GRANTS
  4 20    For planning and programming for the community cultural
  4 21 grants program established under section 303.3, and for not
  4 22 more than the following full-time equivalent position:  
  4 23 .................................................. $    711,757
  4 24 ................................................ FTE        .70
  4 25    Sec. 6.  HISTORIC SITES – WESTERN TRAILS CENTER.
  4 26 Notwithstanding section 8.33, the unencumbered or unobligated
  4 27 moneys remaining at the end of the fiscal year ending June 30,
  4 28 1998, from the appropriations made in 1997 Iowa Acts, chapter
  4 29 212, section 5, subsection 3, shall not revert but shall be
  4 30 available for expenditure during subsequent fiscal years for
  4 31 purposes of support, staffing, marketing, outreach, and
  4 32 programs at the western trails center in Council Bluffs.
  4 33    Sec. 7.  NATIONAL ARTS RANKING SURVEYS.  The department of
  4 34 cultural affairs shall, when calculating the amount of state
  4 35 financial assistance for the arts in national ranking surveys,
  5  1 include the amount appropriated for the local arts
  5  2 comprehensive educational strategies program, as well as the
  5  3 total estimated cost of the fine arts elements included in a
  5  4 plan and specifications for a state building or group of state
  5  5 buildings in accordance with section 304A.10.  
  5  6                     DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  5  7    Sec. 8.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  5  8 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
  5  9 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the
  5 10 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
  5 11 be used for the purposes designated:
  5 12    1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
  5 13    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  5 14 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  5 15 positions:  
  5 16 .................................................. $  5,586,130
  5 17 ............................................... FTEs      98.45
  5 18    Of the full-time equivalent positions appropriated for in
  5 19 this section, 2.50 FTEs represent the transition of personnel
  5 20 services contractors to full-time equivalent positions.  The
  5 21 merit system provisions of chapter 19A and the provisions of
  5 22 chapter 20 shall not govern this transition movement into
  5 23 these full-time equivalent positions during the period
  5 24 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending August 31, 1998.
  5 25    2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
  5 26    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  5 27 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  5 28 positions:  
  5 29 .................................................. $    547,642
  5 30 ............................................... FTEs      15.60
  5 31    3.  BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS
  5 32    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  5 33 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  5 34 positions:  
  5 35 .................................................. $    201,973
  6  1 ............................................... FTEs       2.00
  6  2    4.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
  6  3    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  6  4 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
  6  5 equivalent positions:  
  6  6 .................................................. $  4,458,972
  6  7 ............................................... FTEs     302.58
  6  8    Of the full-time equivalent positions appropriated for in
  6  9 this section, .33 FTE represent the transition of personnel
  6 10 services contractors to full-time equivalent positions.  The
  6 11 merit system provisions of chapter 19A and the provisions of
  6 12 chapter 20 shall not govern this transition movement into
  6 13 these full-time equivalent positions during the period
  6 14 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending August 31, 1998.
  6 15    From the funds appropriated in this subsection, up to
  6 16 $2,000,000 shall be used to provide services to persons
  6 17 without regard to an order of selection.  The division shall
  6 18 seek additional local matching funds in an amount sufficient
  6 19 to avoid any loss of federal funds.
  6 20    The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall
  6 21 seek a waiver from the federal government to accept
  6 22 assessments of clients performed by area education agencies or
  6 23 any other governmental subdivision.  The division shall also
  6 24 seek additional federal waivers to improve and increase the
  6 25 availability of supported employment services to Iowans.
  6 26    The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall
  6 27 seek funds other than federal funds, which may include but are
  6 28 not limited to local funds from local provider entities,
  6 29 community colleges, area education agencies, and local
  6 30 education agencies, for purposes of matching federal
  6 31 vocational rehabilitation funds.  The funds collected by the
  6 32 division may exceed the amount needed to match available
  6 33 federal vocational rehabilitation funds in an effort to
  6 34 qualify for additional federal funds when such funds become
  6 35 available.
  7  1    Except where prohibited under federal law, the division of
  7  2 vocational rehabilitation services of the department of
  7  3 education shall accept client assessments, or assessments of
  7  4 potential clients, performed by other agencies in order to
  7  5 reduce duplication of effort.
  7  6    Notwithstanding the full-time equivalent position limit
  7  7 established in this subsection, for the fiscal year ending
  7  8 June 30, 1999, if federal funding is received to pay the costs
  7  9 of additional employees for the vocational rehabilitation
  7 10 services division who would have duties relating to vocational
  7 11 rehabilitation services paid for through federal funding,
  7 12 authorization to hire not more than four additional full-time
  7 13 equivalent employees shall be provided, the full-time
  7 14 equivalent position limit shall be exceeded, and the
  7 15 additional employees shall be hired by the division.
  7 16    The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall
  7 17 enter into a chapter 28E agreement with the creative
  7 18 employment options program at the state university of Iowa to
  7 19 enable the division to count as a local match the state funds
  7 20 appropriated to the university for purposes of the creative
  7 21 employment options program.
  7 22    b.  For matching funds for programs to enable persons with
  7 23 severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
  7 24 independently, including salaries and support, and for not
  7 25 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  7 26 .................................................. $     75,631
  7 27 ............................................... FTEs       1.50
  7 28    The highest priority use for the moneys appropriated under
  7 29 this lettered paragraph shall be for programs that emphasize
  7 30 employment and assist persons with severe physical or mental
  7 31 disabilities to find and maintain employment to enable them to
  7 32 function more independently.
  7 33    5.  STATE LIBRARY
  7 34    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  7 35 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  8  1 positions:  
  8  2 .................................................. $  3,072,098
  8  3 ............................................... FTEs      21.00
  8  4    Reimbursement of the institutions of higher learning under
  8  5 the state board of regents for participation in the access
  8  6 plus program during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
  8  7 and ending June 30, 1999, shall not exceed the total amount of
  8  8 reimbursement paid to the regents institutions of higher
  8  9 learning for participation in the access plus program during
  8 10 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30,
  8 11 1998.
  8 12    6.  REGIONAL LIBRARY
  8 13    For state aid:  
  8 14 .................................................. $  1,637,000
  8 15    7.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
  8 16    For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
  8 17 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
  8 18 full-time equivalent positions:  
  8 19 .................................................. $  7,374,296
  8 20 ............................................... FTEs     105.80
  8 21    Of the full-time equivalent positions appropriated for in
  8 22 this section, 5.80 FTEs represent the transition of personnel
  8 23 services contractors to full-time equivalent positions.  The
  8 24 merit system provisions of chapter 19A and the provisions of
  8 25 chapter 20 shall not govern this transition movement into
  8 26 these full-time equivalent positions during the period
  8 27 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending August 31, 1998.  
  8 28    8.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  8 29    For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures
  8 30 made by secondary schools:  
  8 31 .................................................. $  3,308,850
  8 32    Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
  8 33 expenditures made by school districts to meet the standards
  8 34 set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14 as a result of the
  8 35 enactment of 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278.  Funds shall be used
  9  1 as reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by
  9  2 secondary schools in the manner provided by the department of
  9  3 education for implementation of the standards set in 1989 Iowa
  9  4 Acts, chapter 278.
  9  5    9.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
  9  6    For use as state matching funds for federal programs that
  9  7 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
  9  8 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
  9  9 for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  9 10 positions:  
  9 11 .................................................. $  2,716,859
  9 12 ............................................... FTEs      14.00
  9 13    10.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
  9 14    To provide funds for costs of providing textbooks to each
  9 15 resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by
  9 16 section 301.1.  The funding is limited to $20 per pupil and
  9 17 shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident
  9 18 public school pupils:  
  9 19 .................................................. $    700,000
  9 20    11.  VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE YOUTH ORGANIZATION
  9 21    To assist a vocational agriculture youth organization
  9 22 sponsored by the schools to support the foundation established
  9 23 by that vocational agriculture youth organization and for
  9 24 other youth activities:  
  9 25 .................................................. $    107,900
  9 26    12.  FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS
  9 27    For support of the family resource center demonstration
  9 28 program established under chapter 256C:  
  9 29 .................................................. $    120,000
  9 30    If legislation providing for the creation of an Iowa
  9 31 empowerment board, an Iowa empowerment fund, and for the
  9 32 appropriation of moneys to be administered by a community
  9 33 empowerment area, is enacted by the Seventy-seventh General
  9 34 Assembly, 1998 Session, funds shall not be appropriated for
  9 35 purposes of the family resource centers in fiscal years
 10  1 succeeding the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999.
 10  2    13.  AREA EDUCATION AGENCY AUDIT
 10  3    For allocation to the auditor of state for the costs of
 10  4 conducting the audit of area education agencies as provided in
 10  5 section 60 of this Act, if enacted:  
 10  6 .................................................. $     75,000
 10  7    14.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
 10  8    For general state financial aid, including general
 10  9 financial aid to merged areas in lieu of personal property tax
 10 10 replacement payments, to merged areas as defined in section
 10 11 260C.2, for vocational education programs in accordance with
 10 12 chapters 258 and 260C:  
 10 13 .................................................. $135,366,156
 10 14    The funds appropriated in this subsection shall be
 10 15 allocated as follows:  
 10 16    a.  Merged Area I ............................. $  6,480,559
 10 17    b.  Merged Area II ............................ $  7,622,742
 10 18    c.  Merged Area III ........................... $  7,169,222
 10 19    d.  Merged Area IV ............................ $  3,494,817
 10 20    e.  Merged Area V ............................. $  7,303,720
 10 21    f.  Merged Area VI ............................ $  6,784,474
 10 22    g.  Merged Area VII ........................... $  9,696,919
 10 23    h.  Merged Area IX ............................ $ 11,891,522
 10 24    i.  Merged Area X ............................. $ 18,518,801
 10 25    j.  Merged Area XI ............................ $ 19,759,493
 10 26    k.  Merged Area XII ........................... $  7,821,349
 10 27    l.  Merged Area XIII .......................... $  8,011,904
 10 28    m.  Merged Area XIV ........................... $  3,542,758
 10 29    n.  Merged Area XV ............................ $ 11,070,562
 10 30    o.  Merged Area XVI ........................... $  6,197,314
 10 31    Sec. 9.  DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED.  For the
 10 32 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999,
 10 33 moneys appropriated by the general assembly from the general
 10 34 fund to the department of education for community colleges for
 10 35 a fiscal year shall be allocated to each community college by
 11  1 the department of education in the following manner:
 11  2    1.  BASE FUNDING.  The base funding for a fiscal year shall
 11  3 be equal to the amount each community college received as an
 11  4 allocation from appropriations made from the general fund of
 11  5 the state in the most recent fiscal year.
 11  6    2.  DISTRIBUTION FOR INFLATION.  First priority shall be to
 11  7 give each college an increase based upon inflation.  The
 11  8 inflation increase shall be not less than two percent.
 11  9 However, the inflation increase shall be equal to the national
 11 10 inflation rate, if it exceeds two percent, if the amount of
 11 11 state aid appropriated is equal to or greater than the
 11 12 national inflation rate.
 11 13    3.  DISTRIBUTION BASED ON PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF ENROLLMENT.
 11 14 The balance of the growth in state aid appropriations, once
 11 15 the inflation increase has been satisfied, shall be
 11 16 distributed based on each college's proportional share of
 11 17 enrollment.  However, a minimum of one percent of the total
 11 18 growth shall be distributed in this manner.
 11 19    4.  If the total appropriation made by the general assembly
 11 20 is less than two percent growth, the entire increase shall be
 11 21 distributed as inflation.
 11 22    Sec. 10.  READING RECOVERY.  The department of education
 11 23 shall analyze the expenditures of the moneys appropriated
 11 24 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, for purposes of
 11 25 the reading recovery program, and shall provide the analysis
 11 26 to the general assembly and the legislative fiscal bureau in a
 11 27 report not later than January 1, 1999.  The analysis shall
 11 28 include moneys appropriated for fiscal year 1997-1998 and
 11 29 fiscal year 1998-1999.  Priority for training shall be given
 11 30 to teachers employed by school districts and accredited
 11 31 nonpublic schools in Iowa.  The department shall make every
 11 32 reasonable effort to publicize and promote the use of the
 11 33 center.
 11 34    Sec. 11.  Notwithstanding section 8.33 and 1997 Iowa Acts,
 11 35 chapter 209, section 10, the funds appropriated in 1997 Iowa
 12  1 Acts, chapter 209, section 10, subsection 11, to the
 12  2 department of education to develop an initiative to improve
 12  3 access to education through distance learning in postsecondary
 12  4 institutions, which remain unencumbered or unobligated on June
 12  5 30, 1998, shall not revert to the general fund of the state
 12  6 but shall be reallocated to the division of libraries and
 12  7 information services for purposes of the open access program.
 12  8    Sec. 12.  Notwithstanding section 8.33 and section 294A.25,
 12  9 subsection 5, of the funds appropriated and paid to the
 12 10 department of education for participation in the national
 12 11 assessment of education progress, that remain unencumbered or
 12 12 unobligated on June 30, 1998, the amount remaining shall not
 12 13 revert to the general fund of the state but shall be
 12 14 reallocated to the division of libraries and information
 12 15 services for purposes of the open access program.
 12 16    Sec. 13.  Notwithstanding section 8.33 and 1997 Iowa Acts,
 12 17 chapter 212, section 7, subsection 15, the funds appropriated
 12 18 to the department of education and allocated for
 12 19 rehabilitating computers for schools and libraries, which
 12 20 remain unencumbered or unobligated on June 30, 1998, shall not
 12 21 revert to the general fund of the state but shall be
 12 22 reallocated to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2.  The
 12 23 funds reallocated in this section shall be as follows:  
 12 24    1.  Merged Area I ............................. $      2,745
 12 25    2.  Merged Area II ............................ $      2,803
 12 26    3.  Merged Area III ........................... $      1,987
 12 27    4.  Merged Area IV ............................ $      1,015
 12 28    5.  Merged Area V ............................. $      1,978
 12 29    6.  Merged Area VI ............................ $      2,204
 12 30    7.  Merged Area VII ........................... $      3,582
 12 31    8.  Merged Area IX ............................ $      4,439
 12 32    9.  Merged Area X ............................. $      8,303
 12 33    10.  Merged Area XI ........................... $      8,294
 12 34    11.  Merged Area XII .......................... $      2,672
 12 35    12.  Merged Area XIII ......................... $      3,016
 13  1    13.  Merged Area XIV .......................... $      1,087
 13  2    14.  Merged Area XV ........................... $      3,853
 13  3    15.  Merged Area XVI .......................... $      2,022
 13  4    Sec. 14.  BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS LICENSING FEES.
 13  5 Notwithstanding section 272.10, up to 85 percent of any funds
 13  6 received resulting from an increase in fees approved and
 13  7 implemented for licensing by the state board of educational
 13  8 examiners after July 1, 1997, shall be available for the
 13  9 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, to the state board for
 13 10 purposes related to the state board's duties, including, but
 13 11 not limited to, additional full-time equivalent positions.
 13 12 The director of revenue and finance shall draw warrants upon
 13 13 the treasurer of state from the funds appropriated as provided
 13 14 in this section and shall make the funds resulting from the
 13 15 increase in fees available during the fiscal year to the state
 13 16 board on a monthly basis.
 13 17    Sec. 15.  DIGITAL TELEVISION CONVERSION.  If 1998 Iowa
 13 18 Acts, House File 2395, section 5, relating to a study of
 13 19 digital television conversion by the public broadcasting
 13 20 division of the department of education, is enacted, and upon
 13 21 the request of a public radio broadcaster the division shall
 13 22 include in the study a review of the tower space availability
 13 23 and related cost efficiencies for broadcast antennas and
 13 24 associated equipment for the transmission of public radio
 13 25 station broadcasts.
 13 26    Sec. 16.  1998 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2366, section 1,
 13 27 subsection 1, unnumbered paragraphs 2 and 3, if enacted, are
 13 28 amended by striking the unnumbered paragraphs.  
 13 29                     STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
 13 30    Sec. 17.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
 13 31 the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
 13 32 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the
 13 33 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
 13 34 be used for the purposes designated:
 13 35    1.  OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
 14  1    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
 14  2 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
 14  3 equivalent positions:  
 14  4 .................................................. $  1,188,254
 14  5 ............................................... FTEs      15.63
 14  6    The state board of regents, the department of management,
 14  7 and the legislative fiscal bureau shall cooperate to determine
 14  8 and agree upon, by November 15, 1998, the amount that needs to
 14  9 be appropriated for tuition replacement for the fiscal year
 14 10 beginning July 1, 1999.
 14 11    The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
 14 12 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
 14 13 office and the legislative fiscal bureau.
 14 14    b.  For allocation by the state board of regents to the
 14 15 state university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science
 14 16 and technology, and the university of northern Iowa to
 14 17 reimburse the institutions for deficiencies in their operating
 14 18 funds resulting from the pledging of tuitions, student fees
 14 19 and charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of
 14 20 providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities
 14 21 and utility services at the institutions:  
 14 22 .................................................. $ 27,868,702
 14 23    c.  For funds to be allocated to the southwest Iowa
 14 24 graduate studies center:  
 14 25 .................................................. $    108,562
 14 26    d.  For funds to be allocated to the siouxland interstate
 14 27 metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center
 14 28 under section 262.9, subsection 21:  
 14 29 .................................................. $     79,198
 14 30    e.  For funds to be allocated to the quad-cities graduate
 14 31 studies center:  
 14 32 .................................................. $    162,570
 14 33    2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
 14 34    a.  General university, including lakeside laboratory
 14 35    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 15  1 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 15  2 full-time equivalent positions:  
 15  3 .................................................. $225,760,397
 15  4 ............................................... FTEs   4,039.17
 15  5    b.  University hospitals
 15  6    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
 15  7 miscellaneous purposes and for medical and surgical treatment
 15  8 of indigent patients as provided in chapter 255, for medical
 15  9 education, and for not more than the following full-time
 15 10 equivalent positions:  
 15 11 .................................................. $ 31,018,671
 15 12 ............................................... FTEs   5,505.98
 15 13    The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall submit
 15 14 quarterly a report regarding the portion of the appropriation
 15 15 in this lettered paragraph expended on medical education.  The
 15 16 report shall be submitted in a format jointly developed by the
 15 17 university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, the legislative
 15 18 fiscal bureau, and the department of management, and shall
 15 19 delineate the expenditures and purposes of the funds.
 15 20    Funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall not be
 15 21 used to perform abortions except medically necessary
 15 22 abortions, and shall not be used to operate the early
 15 23 termination of pregnancy clinic except for the performance of
 15 24 medically necessary abortions.  For the purpose of this
 15 25 lettered paragraph, an abortion is the purposeful interruption
 15 26 of pregnancy with the intention other than to produce a live-
 15 27 born infant or to remove a dead fetus, and a medically
 15 28 necessary abortion is one performed under one of the following
 15 29 conditions:
 15 30    (1)  The attending physician certifies that continuing the
 15 31 pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman.
 15 32    (2)  The attending physician certifies that the fetus is
 15 33 physically deformed, mentally deficient, or afflicted with a
 15 34 congenital illness.
 15 35    (3)  The pregnancy is the result of a rape which is
 16  1 reported within 45 days of the incident to a law enforcement
 16  2 agency or public or private health agency which may include a
 16  3 family physician.
 16  4    (4)  The pregnancy is the result of incest which is
 16  5 reported within 150 days of the incident to a law enforcement
 16  6 agency or public or private health agency which may include a
 16  7 family physician.
 16  8    (5)  The abortion is a spontaneous abortion, commonly known
 16  9 as a miscarriage, wherein not all of the products of
 16 10 conception are expelled.
 16 11    The total quota allocated to the counties for indigent
 16 12 patients for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, shall not
 16 13 be lower than the total quota allocated to the counties for
 16 14 the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1997.  The total quota
 16 15 shall be allocated among the counties on the basis of the 1990
 16 16 census pursuant to section 255.16.
 16 17    c.  Psychiatric hospital
 16 18    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 16 19 miscellaneous purposes, for the care, treatment, and
 16 20 maintenance of committed and voluntary public patients, and
 16 21 for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 16 22 positions:  
 16 23 .................................................. $  7,715,297
 16 24 ............................................... FTEs     291.55
 16 25    d.  Hospital-school
 16 26    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 16 27 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 16 28 positions:  
 16 29 .................................................. $  6,511,712
 16 30 ............................................... FTEs     163.58
 16 31    e.  Oakdale campus
 16 32    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 16 33 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 16 34 positions:  
 16 35 .................................................. $  3,036,711
 17  1 ............................................... FTEs      63.58
 17  2    f.  State hygienic laboratory
 17  3    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 17  4 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 17  5 positions:  
 17  6 .................................................. $  3,683,664
 17  7 ............................................... FTEs     102.49
 17  8    g.  Family practice program
 17  9    For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
 17 10 approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants, to
 17 11 carry out chapter 148D for the family practice program,
 17 12 including salaries and support, and for not more than the
 17 13 following full-time equivalent positions:  
 17 14 .................................................. $  2,225,663
 17 15 ............................................... FTEs     180.74
 17 16    h.  Child health care services
 17 17    For specialized child health care services, including
 17 18 childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
 17 19 rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa
 17 20 high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries and
 17 21 support, and for not more than the following full-time
 17 22 equivalent positions:  
 17 23 .................................................. $    520,184
 17 24 ............................................... FTEs      10.18
 17 25    i.  Agricultural health and safety programs
 17 26    For agricultural health and safety programs, and for not
 17 27 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
 17 28 .................................................. $    266,191
 17 29 ............................................... FTEs       3.48
 17 30    j.  Statewide cancer registry
 17 31    For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than
 17 32 the following full-time equivalent positions:  
 17 33 .................................................. $    206,084
 17 34 ............................................... FTEs       3.07
 17 35    k.  Substance abuse consortium
 18  1    For funds to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
 18  2 substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
 18  3 the following full-time equivalent positions:  
 18  4 .................................................. $     69,241
 18  5 ............................................... FTEs       1.15
 18  6    l.  Center for biocatalysis
 18  7    For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
 18  8 following full-time equivalent positions:  
 18  9 .................................................. $  1,040,426
 18 10 ............................................... FTEs      10.40
 18 11    m.  National advanced driving simulator
 18 12    For the national advanced driving simulator, and for not
 18 13 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
 18 14 .................................................. $    273,115
 18 15 ............................................... FTEs       3.58
 18 16    n.  For the primary health care initiative in the college
 18 17 of medicine and for not more than the following full-time
 18 18 equivalent positions:  
 18 19 .................................................. $    831,776
 18 20 ............................................... FTEs      11.00
 18 21    From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
 18 22 $330,000 shall be allocated to the department of family
 18 23 practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
 18 24 for family practice faculty and support staff.
 18 25    o.  Birth defects registry
 18 26    For the birth defects registry:  
 18 27 .................................................. $     50,000
 18 28    p.  Creative employment options
 18 29    For creative employment options:  
 18 30 .................................................. $    200,000
 18 31    3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 18 32    a.  General university
 18 33    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 18 34 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 18 35 full-time equivalent positions:  
 19  1 .................................................. $177,823,124
 19  2 ............................................... FTEs   3,598.44
 19  3    From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
 19  4 $40,000 shall be allocated for purposes of the institute for
 19  5 public leadership.
 19  6    b.  Agricultural experiment station
 19  7    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 19  8 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 19  9 positions:  
 19 10 .................................................. $ 33,859,639
 19 11 ............................................... FTEs     546.98
 19 12    c.  Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
 19 13 economics
 19 14    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 19 15 including salaries and support for the fire service institute,
 19 16 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 19 17 positions:  
 19 18 .................................................. $ 21,596,852
 19 19 ............................................... FTEs     443.91
 19 20    From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
 19 21 $5,672 shall be used for salary annualization, $150,000 shall
 19 22 be used for the food, fiber, and environmental science
 19 23 program, and $766,000 shall be used for the value-added
 19 24 agricultural projects as part of the extension 21 program.
 19 25    d.  Leopold center
 19 26    For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university
 19 27 under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following
 19 28 full-time equivalent positions:  
 19 29 .................................................. $    573,488
 19 30 ............................................... FTEs      11.25
 19 31    e.  World food prize 
 19 32 .................................................. $    250,000
 19 33    f.  Livestock disease research
 19 34    For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease
 19 35 research fund under section 267.8, and for not more than the
 20  1 following full-time equivalent positions:  
 20  2 .................................................. $    276,729
 20  3 ............................................... FTEs       3.17
 20  4    g.  Bioinformatics
 20  5    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 20  6 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 20  7 full-time equivalent position:  
 20  8 .................................................. $    200,000
 20  9 ................................................ FTE       1.00
 20 10    4.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
 20 11    a.  General university
 20 12    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 20 13 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 20 14 full-time equivalent positions:  
 20 15 .................................................. $ 79,518,141
 20 16 ............................................... FTEs   1,370.98
 20 17    b.  Recycling and reuse center
 20 18    For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
 20 19 more than the following full-time equivalent position:  
 20 20 .................................................. $    240,622
 20 21 ................................................ FTE       1.00
 20 22    5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
 20 23    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 20 24 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 20 25 positions:  
 20 26 .................................................. $  7,230,884
 20 27 ............................................... FTEs     124.14
 20 28    6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
 20 29    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 20 30 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 20 31 positions:  
 20 32 .................................................. $  4,029,325
 20 33 ............................................... FTEs      91.36
 20 34    7.  TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
 20 35    For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
 21  1 transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
 21  2 and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
 21  3 pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing
 21  4 and transportation costs for students at these schools
 21  5 pursuant to section 270.5:  
 21  6 .................................................. $     16,941
 21  7    Sec. 18.  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE – SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNTS.  For
 21  8 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30,
 21  9 1999, the department of human services shall continue the
 21 10 supplemental disproportionate share and a supplemental
 21 11 indirect medical education adjustment applicable to state-
 21 12 owned acute care hospitals with more than 500 beds and shall
 21 13 reimburse qualifying hospitals pursuant to that adjustment
 21 14 with a supplemental amount for services provided medical
 21 15 assistance recipients.  The adjustment shall generate
 21 16 supplemental payments intended to equal the state
 21 17 appropriation made to a qualifying hospital for treatment of
 21 18 indigent patients as provided in chapter 255.  To the extent
 21 19 of the supplemental payments, a qualifying hospital shall,
 21 20 after receipt of the funds, transfer to the department of
 21 21 human services an amount equal to the actual supplemental
 21 22 payments that were made in that month.  The aggregate amounts
 21 23 for the fiscal year shall not exceed the state appropriation
 21 24 made to the qualifying hospital for treatment of indigent
 21 25 patients as provided in chapter 255.  The department of human
 21 26 services shall deposit the portion of these funds equal to the
 21 27 state share in the department's medical assistance account and
 21 28 the balance shall be credited to the general fund of the
 21 29 state.  To the extent that state funds appropriated to a
 21 30 qualifying hospital for the treatment of indigent patients as
 21 31 provided in chapter 255 have been transferred to the
 21 32 department of human services as a result of these supplemental
 21 33 payments made to the qualifying hospital, the department shall
 21 34 not, directly or indirectly, recoup the supplemental payments
 21 35 made to a qualifying hospital for any reason, unless an
 22  1 equivalent amount of the funds transferred to the department
 22  2 of human services by a qualifying hospital pursuant to this
 22  3 provision is transferred to the qualifying hospital by the
 22  4 department.
 22  5    If the state supplemental amount allotted to the state of
 22  6 Iowa for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 1998,
 22  7 and ending September 30, 1999, pursuant to section 1923(f)(3)
 22  8 of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or pursuant to
 22  9 federal payments for indirect medical education is greater
 22 10 than the amount necessary to fund the federal share of the
 22 11 supplemental payments specified in the preceding paragraph,
 22 12 the department of human services shall increase the
 22 13 supplemental disproportionate share or supplemental indirect
 22 14 medical education adjustment by the lesser of the amount
 22 15 necessary to utilize fully the state supplemental amount or
 22 16 the amount of state funds appropriated to the state university
 22 17 of Iowa general education fund and allocated to the university
 22 18 for the college of medicine.  The state university of Iowa
 22 19 shall transfer from the allocation for the college of medicine
 22 20 to the department of human services, on a monthly basis, an
 22 21 amount equal to the additional supplemental payments made
 22 22 during the previous month pursuant to this paragraph.  A
 22 23 qualifying hospital receiving supplemental payments pursuant
 22 24 to this paragraph that are greater than the state
 22 25 appropriation made to the qualifying hospital for treatment of
 22 26 indigent patients as provided in chapter 255 shall be
 22 27 obligated as a condition of its participation in the medical
 22 28 assistance program to transfer to the state university of Iowa
 22 29 general education fund on a monthly basis an amount equal to
 22 30 the funds transferred by the state university of Iowa to the
 22 31 department of human services.  To the extent that state funds
 22 32 appropriated to the state university of Iowa and allocated to
 22 33 the college of medicine have been transferred to the
 22 34 department of human services as a result of these supplemental
 22 35 payments made to the qualifying hospital, the department shall
 23  1 not, directly or indirectly, recoup these supplemental
 23  2 payments made to a qualifying hospital for any reason, unless
 23  3 an equivalent amount of the funds transferred to the
 23  4 department of human services by the state university of Iowa
 23  5 pursuant to this paragraph is transferred to the qualifying
 23  6 hospital by the department.
 23  7    Continuation of the supplemental disproportionate share and
 23  8 supplemental indirect medical education adjustment shall
 23  9 preserve the funds available to the university hospital for
 23 10 medical and surgical treatment of indigent patients as
 23 11 provided in chapter 255 and to the state university of Iowa
 23 12 for educational purposes at the same level as provided by the
 23 13 state funds initially appropriated for that purpose.
 23 14    The department of human services shall, in any compilation
 23 15 of data or other report distributed to the public concerning
 23 16 payments to providers under the medical assistance program,
 23 17 set forth reimbursements to a qualifying hospital through the
 23 18 supplemental disproportionate share and supplemental indirect
 23 19 medical education adjustment as a separate item and shall not
 23 20 include such payments in the amounts otherwise reported as the
 23 21 reimbursement to a qualifying hospital for services to medical
 23 22 assistance recipients.
 23 23    For purposes of this section, "supplemental payment" means
 23 24 a supplemental payment amount paid for medical assistance to a
 23 25 hospital qualifying for that payment under this section.
 23 26    Sec. 19.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA – DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
 23 27 SERVICES.  The department of human services shall transfer to
 23 28 the state university of Iowa for the purposes of the creative
 23 29 employment options program the same amount of moneys in the
 23 30 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999,
 23 31 as was transferred in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997,
 23 32 and ending June 30, 1998.
 23 33    Sec. 20.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and
 23 34 ending June 30, 1999, the state board of regents may use
 23 35 notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under
 24  1 section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy
 24  2 cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to
 24  3 recover the cost of the projects within an average of six
 24  4 years.
 24  5    Sec. 21.  Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of
 24  6 revenue and finance shall pay the state school for the deaf
 24  7 and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
 24  8 collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
 24  9 July 1, 1998, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
 24 10 for students attending the state school for the deaf and the
 24 11 Iowa braille and sight saving school.
 24 12    Sec. 22.  1997 Iowa Acts, chapter 212, section 11,
 24 13 subsection 1, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), is amended to
 24 14 read as follows:
 24 15    (2)  Notwithstanding section 8.33, funds Funds appropriated
 24 16 in this lettered paragraph remaining unencumbered or
 24 17 unobligated on June 30, 1998, shall not revert to the general
 24 18 fund of the state but shall be available for expenditure for
 24 19 the purposes listed in this lettered paragraph during the
 24 20 subsequent fiscal year.
 24 21    Sec. 23.  Section 256.9, subsection 29, Code 1997, is
 24 22 amended by striking the subsection.
 24 23    Sec. 24.  Section 256.16, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
 24 24 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 24 25    Pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 5, the state board
 24 26 shall adopt rules requiring all higher education institutions
 24 27 providing practitioner preparation to include in the
 24 28 professional education program, preparation that contributes
 24 29 to education of students with disabilities and students who
 24 30 are gifted and talented, along with preparation in reading
 24 31 recovery and other reading programs, which must be
 24 32 successfully completed before graduation from the practitioner
 24 33 preparation program.
 24 34    Sec. 25.  Section 256.22, subsection 1, unnumbered
 24 35 paragraph 1, if enacted by 1998 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2366,
 25  1 is amended to read as follows:
 25  2    Subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds by the
 25  3 general assembly, the department shall establish a frontier
 25  4 school and extended year school grant program to provide for
 25  5 the allocation of grants to school districts, or a
 25  6 collaboration of school districts, to provide technical
 25  7 assistance for conversion of an existing school to a frontier
 25  8 school or to an extended school year calendar, or for
 25  9 investigating the possibility of converting an existing school
 25 10 within a district to a frontier school or to an extended
 25 11 school year calendar.  A district that wants to participate in
 25 12 the program shall submit to the department a written request
 25 13 for a grant by September October 1, 1998.  The school district
 25 14 or collaboration of school districts shall agree to appoint a
 25 15 planning committee composed of parents, guardians, teachers,
 25 16 administrators, and individuals representing business, and the
 25 17 local community.  The school district or collaboration shall
 25 18 also indicate in its request its intention to use any grant
 25 19 moneys received under this section to examine, at a minimum,
 25 20 all of the following:
 25 21    Sec. 26.  Section 256.22, subsections 2 and 5, if enacted
 25 22 by 1998 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2366, are amended to read as
 25 23 follows:
 25 24    2.  Grant moneys shall be distributed to qualifying school
 25 25 districts by the department no later than October 15, 1998 30
 25 26 annually.  Grant amounts shall be distributed as determined by
 25 27 the department.  Not more than fifteen of the grants awarded
 25 28 per year in accordance with this section shall be used for
 25 29 purposes of frontier school planning or conversion.  A grant
 25 30 awarded to a school district under this section shall not
 25 31 exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.  Notwithstanding the
 25 32 other provisions of this section, the department shall not
 25 33 award grant moneys for technical assistance for conversion of
 25 34 an existing school to a frontier school or to an extended
 25 35 school year calendar prior to July 1, 1999.
 26  1    5.  Except as provided in this subsection, frontier schools
 26  2 are exempt from all statutes and rules applicable to a school,
 26  3 a school board, or a school district, although a frontier
 26  4 school may elect to comply with one or more provisions of
 26  5 statute or rule.  However, a frontier school shall meet all
 26  6 applicable state and local health and safety requirements; the
 26  7 frontier school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
 26  8 cooperative association under chapter 498 or nonprofit
 26  9 corporation under chapter 504A; the provisions of chapters 21
 26 10 and 22 shall apply to meetings and records of the frontier
 26 11 school board; and frontier schools are subject to and shall
 26 12 comply with chapters 216 and 216A relating to civil and human
 26 13 rights, and sections 275.55A, 279.9A, 280.17B, 280.21B, and
 26 14 282.4, relating to suspension and expulsion of a student.  The
 26 15 frontier school shall employ or contract with necessary
 26 16 teachers, as defined in section 272.1, who hold a valid
 26 17 license with an endorsement for the type of service for which
 26 18 the teacher is employed.  Frontier schools are subject to the
 26 19 same financial audits, audit procedures, and audit
 26 20 requirements as a school district.  The audits shall be
 26 21 consistent with the requirements of sections 11.6, 11.14,
 26 22 11.19, 256.9, subsection 19, and section 279.29, except to the
 26 23 extent deviations are necessary because of the program at the
 26 24 school.  The department, auditor of state, or the legislative
 26 25 fiscal bureau may conduct financial, program, or compliance
 26 26 audits.  The provisions of chapter 20 shall not apply to the
 26 27 board of directors of a frontier school or its employees.
 26 28    Sec. 27.  Section 256.22, if enacted by 1998 Iowa Acts,
 26 29 Senate File 2366, section 4, is amended by adding the
 26 30 following new subsection:
 26 31    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Notwithstanding section 8.33,
 26 32 unencumbered or unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the
 26 33 fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated shall not
 26 34 revert but shall be available for expenditure for the
 26 35 following fiscal year for purposes of this section.
 27  1    Sec. 28.  NEW SECTION.  256.24  MATHEMATICS PILOT PROGRAMS.
 27  2    1.  The Iowa mathematics and science coalition shall
 27  3 administer a two-year mathematics pilot program to help
 27  4 teachers become aware of possibilities for mathematics
 27  5 instruction other than traditional approaches and discuss
 27  6 those approaches with other teachers, employ new problem-
 27  7 centered approaches, develop routines that create an
 27  8 environment that promotes problem solving and student
 27  9 autonomy, and integrate new approaches to teaching mathematics
 27 10 in the regular mathematics curriculum.
 27 11    2.  The Iowa mathematics and science coalition shall locate
 27 12 the pilot programs in at least four public school districts,
 27 13 one located in a large school district, one located in a
 27 14 medium-sized school district, and two located in small school
 27 15 districts.  In the case of a large school district, the
 27 16 district shall apply for a secondary school in the district
 27 17 provided that the middle and elementary schools within the
 27 18 secondary school attendance area shall be represented in the
 27 19 application.  Districts participating in the program shall
 27 20 require all teachers employed by the district who teach
 27 21 mathematics to participate in the pilot program.  However, in
 27 22 the case of a large district, only teachers employed to teach
 27 23 mathematics in the secondary school for which the application
 27 24 was made, and the teachers employed to teach mathematics in
 27 25 the middle and elementary schools within the secondary school
 27 26 attendance area, shall be required to participate in the pilot
 27 27 program.  For purposes of this section, a large school
 27 28 district is a district with an actual enrollment of five
 27 29 thousand or more pupils; a medium-sized school district is a
 27 30 district with an actual enrollment that is greater than one
 27 31 thousand one hundred ninety-nine pupils, but less than five
 27 32 thousand pupils; and a small school district is a district
 27 33 with an actual enrollment of one thousand one hundred ninety-
 27 34 nine or fewer pupils.
 27 35    3.  Funds appropriated for purposes of this section may be
 28  1 used for administrative costs of the program and shall be used
 28  2 to provide partial financial assistance to a participating
 28  3 school district.  The portion of the program costs for which a
 28  4 district does not receive financial assistance pursuant to
 28  5 this section shall be paid by the district.  However, the
 28  6 district may use phase III funds to pay this portion of the
 28  7 program costs.
 28  8    Sec. 29.  Section 256.44, subsection 3, if enacted by 1998
 28  9 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2366, section 5, is amended to read as
 28 10 follows:
 28 11    3.  To receive a five-year annual award for achieving
 28 12 certification by the national board of professional teaching
 28 13 standards, a teacher shall apply to the department within one
 28 14 year of eligibility.  Payment for awards shall be made only
 28 15 upon departmental approval of an application or
 28 16 recertification of eligibility.  A nonrenewable term of
 28 17 eligibility shall be for five years or for the years the
 28 18 certificate is valid, whichever time period is shorter.  In
 28 19 order to continue receipt of payments, a recipient shall
 28 20 annually recertify eligibility.  It is the intent of the
 28 21 general assembly to appropriate not more than one million
 28 22 dollars from the general fund for purposes of this program
 28 23 during the lifetime of this program.
 28 24    Sec. 30.  Section 257B.1A, Code 1997, is amended by
 28 25 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
 28 26 following:
 28 27    257B.1A  INTEREST FOR IOWA SCHOOLS FUND – TRANSFER OF
 28 28 INTEREST.
 28 29    An interest for Iowa schools fund is established in the
 28 30 office of treasurer of state.  The department of revenue and
 28 31 finance shall deposit interest earned on the permanent school
 28 32 fund in the interest for Iowa schools fund.  The treasurer
 28 33 shall transfer moneys in the interest for Iowa schools fund on
 28 34 a quarterly basis as follows:
 28 35    1.  Fifty-five percent of the moneys deposited in the fund
 29  1 to the department of education for allocation to assist school
 29  2 districts in developing reading recovery programs.  From the
 29  3 moneys allocated in this subsection, $100,000 shall be
 29  4 distributed to the reading recovery center, and the remaining
 29  5 balance shall be distributed to the area education agencies in
 29  6 the proportion that the number of children who are eligible
 29  7 for free or reduced price meals under the federal National
 29  8 School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966,
 29  9 42 U.S.C. } 1751-1785, in the basic enrollment of grades one
 29 10 through six in the area served by an agency, bears to the sum
 29 11 of the number of children who are eligible for free or reduced
 29 12 price meals under the federal National School Lunch Act and
 29 13 the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751-
 29 14 1785, in the basic enrollments of grades one through six in
 29 15 all of the areas served by area education agencies in the
 29 16 state for the budget year.
 29 17    2.  Forty-five percent of the moneys deposited in the fund
 29 18 to the credit of the international center endowment fund of
 29 19 the international center for gifted and talented education
 29 20 established in section 263.8A.
 29 21    Sec. 31.  Section 260C.28, subsection 3, Code 1997, is
 29 22 amended to read as follows:
 29 23    3.  If the board of directors wishes to certify for a levy
 29 24 under subsection 2, the board shall direct the county
 29 25 commissioner of elections to call an election to submit the
 29 26 question of such authorization for the board at a regular or
 29 27 special election.  If a majority of those voting on the
 29 28 question at the election favors authorization of the board to
 29 29 make such a levy, the board may certify for a levy as provided
 29 30 under subsection 2 during each of the ten years following the
 29 31 election.  If a majority of those voting on the question at
 29 32 the election does not favor authorization of the board to make
 29 33 a levy under subsection 2, the board shall not submit the
 29 34 question to the voters again until twelve months three hundred
 29 35 fifty-five days have lapsed elapsed from the election.
 30  1    Sec. 32.  Section 261.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding
 30  2 the following new subsection:
 30  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  Be prohibited from expending interest
 30  4 moneys earned on accounts of the commission located within the
 30  5 office of the treasurer of state unless the general assembly
 30  6 specifically appropriates the interest moneys for use by the
 30  7 commission.  If the general assembly appropriates interest
 30  8 moneys transferred from the Pub. L. No. 105-33 recall account
 30  9 within the office of the treasurer of state to the fund 61
 30 10 default reduction account, the commission shall adopt rules
 30 11 for the expenditure of the interest moneys for purposes of
 30 12 issuing emergency loans to assist needy students in avoiding
 30 13 default on a guaranteed or parental loan made under this
 30 14 chapter.
 30 15    Sec. 33.  Section 261.12, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
 30 16 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 30 17    b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996 1998, and
 30 18 for each following fiscal year, three thousand four six
 30 19 hundred fifty dollars.
 30 20    Sec. 34.  Section 261.17, Code Supplement 1997, is amended
 30 21 by adding the following new subsection:
 30 22    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  All classes, including liberal arts
 30 23 classes, identified by the community college as required for
 30 24 completion of the student's vocational-technical or career
 30 25 option program shall be considered a part of the student's
 30 26 vocational-technical or career option program for the purpose
 30 27 of determining the student's eligibility for a grant.
 30 28 Notwithstanding subsection 2, if a student is making
 30 29 satisfactory academic progress but the student cannot complete
 30 30 a vocational-technical or career option program in the time
 30 31 frame allowed for a student to receive a vocational-technical
 30 32 tuition grant as provided in subsection 2 because additional
 30 33 classes are required to complete the program, the student may
 30 34 continue to receive a vocational-technical tuition grant for
 30 35 not more than one additional enrollment period.
 31  1    Sec. 35.  Section 261.17, subsection 6, Code Supplement
 31  2 1997, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
 31  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Establish a late application deadline
 31  4 for new applicants which shall not be earlier than August 1 of
 31  5 the fiscal year in which the appropriation received pursuant
 31  6 to section 261.25, subsection 3, is made.  From the funds
 31  7 appropriated by section 261.25, subsection 3, not less than
 31  8 sixty-three thousand dollars shall be used for tuition grants
 31  9 for late applicants as provided in this paragraph.
 31 10    Sec. 36.  NEW SECTION.  261.24  IOWA STATE FAIR
 31 11 SCHOLARSHIP.
 31 12    The Iowa state fair scholarship fund is established in the
 31 13 office of treasurer of state to be administered by the
 31 14 commission.  The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to
 31 15 chapter 17A for the administration of this section.  The rules
 31 16 shall provide, at a minimum, that only residents of Iowa who
 31 17 have actively participated in the Iowa state fair and
 31 18 graduated from an accredited secondary school in Iowa shall be
 31 19 eligible to receive an Iowa state fair scholarship for
 31 20 matriculation at an eligible institution as defined in section
 31 21 261.35.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest earned on
 31 22 money in the Iowa state fair scholarship fund shall be
 31 23 deposited into the fund and may be used by the commission only
 31 24 for Iowa state fair scholarship awards.
 31 25    Sec. 37.  Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 3, Code
 31 26 Supplement 1997, are amended to read as follows:
 31 27    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 31 28 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-
 31 29 one forty-four million six hundred sixty-four thousand seven
 31 30 hundred fifty dollars for tuition grants.
 31 31    3.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 31 32 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of one
 31 33 two million six two hundred eight forty-four thousand two one
 31 34 hundred fifty-seven ninety-seven dollars for vocational-
 31 35 technical tuition grants.
 32  1    Sec. 38.  Section 261.25, Code Supplement 1997, is amended
 32  2 by adding the following new subsection:
 32  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  There is appropriated from the
 32  4 general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal
 32  5 year the sum of ninety thousand dollars for the industrial
 32  6 technology forgivable loan program established in section
 32  7 261.111.
 32  8    Sec. 39.  NEW SECTION.  261.111  INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
 32  9 FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM.
 32 10    1.  There is established an industrial technology
 32 11 forgivable loan program to be administered by the college
 32 12 student aid commission.  An individual is eligible for the
 32 13 forgivable loan program if the individual meets all of the
 32 14 following conditions:
 32 15    a.  Is a resident of this state who is enrolled as a
 32 16 sophomore, junior, or senior in the area of industrial
 32 17 technology education at an institution of higher learning
 32 18 under the control of the state board of regents or an
 32 19 accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9,
 32 20 or, is a resident of this state who is enrolled in the area of
 32 21 industrial technology at a community college in the state and
 32 22 the credits for the coursework in industrial technology are
 32 23 transferable to an institution of higher learning under the
 32 24 control of the state board of regents, or to an accredited
 32 25 private institution as defined in section 261.9.
 32 26    b.  Completes and files an application for an industrial
 32 27 technology forgivable loan.  The individual shall be
 32 28 responsible for the submission of the parents' confidential
 32 29 statement for processing to both the commission and the
 32 30 institution in which the applicant is enrolling.
 32 31    c.  Reports promptly to the commission any information
 32 32 requested.
 32 33    d.  Files a new application and parents' confidential
 32 34 statement annually on the basis of which the applicant's
 32 35 eligibility for a renewed industrial technology forgivable
 33  1 loan will be evaluated and determined.
 33  2    2.  Forgivable loans to eligible students shall not become
 33  3 due until after the student graduates or leaves school.  The
 33  4 individual's total loan amount, including principal and
 33  5 interest, shall be reduced by twenty percent for each year in
 33  6 which the individual remains an Iowa resident and is employed
 33  7 by a school district or an accredited nonpublic school as an
 33  8 industrial technology teacher.  If the commission determines
 33  9 that the person does not meet the criteria for forgiveness of
 33 10 the principal and interest payments, the commission shall
 33 11 establish a plan for repayment of the principal and interest
 33 12 over a ten-year period.  If a person required to make the
 33 13 repayment does not make the required payments, the commission
 33 14 shall provide for payment collection.
 33 15    3.  There is created an industrial technology forgivable
 33 16 loan repayment fund for deposit of payments made by forgivable
 33 17 loan recipients who do not fulfill the conditions of the
 33 18 forgivable loan program.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
 33 19 deposited in the industrial technology forgivable loan
 33 20 repayment fund shall not revert to the general fund of the
 33 21 state at the end of any fiscal year but shall remain in the
 33 22 industrial technology forgivable loan repayment fund and be
 33 23 continuously available to make additional loans under the
 33 24 program.
 33 25    Sec. 40.  NEW SECTION.  261.112  INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
 33 26 FORGIVABLE LOAN ADMINISTRATION.
 33 27    1.  The college student aid commission shall administer the
 33 28 industrial technology forgivable loan program.  The amount of
 33 29 an industrial technology forgivable loan shall not exceed
 33 30 three thousand dollars annually, or the amount of the
 33 31 student's established financial need, whichever is less.
 33 32    2.  The interest rate for the forgivable loan shall be
 33 33 equal to the interest rate collected by an eligible lender
 33 34 under the Iowa guaranteed student loan program for the year in
 33 35 which the forgivable loan is made.
 34  1    Sec. 41.  Section 279.14, subsection 2, if enacted by 1998
 34  2 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2366, is amended by striking the
 34  3 subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
 34  4    2.  The determination of standards of performance expected
 34  5 of school district personnel shall be reserved as an exclusive
 34  6 management right of the school board and shall not be subject
 34  7 to mandatory negotiations under chapter 20.  Notwithstanding
 34  8 chapter 20, objections to the procedures, use, or content of
 34  9 an evaluation in a teacher termination proceeding brought
 34 10 before the school board in a hearing held in accordance with
 34 11 section 279.16 or 279.27 shall not be subject to the grievance
 34 12 procedures negotiated in accordance with chapter 20.  A school
 34 13 district shall not be obligated to process any evaluation
 34 14 grievance after service of a notice and recommendation to
 34 15 terminate an individual's continuing teaching contract in
 34 16 accordance with chapter 279.
 34 17    Sec. 42.  Section 279.14A, subsection 1, if enacted by 1998
 34 18 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2366, is amended to read as follows:
 34 19    1.  The department of education shall establish and
 34 20 implement a voluntary practitioner performance improvement
 34 21 program that shall provide technical assistance to teachers
 34 22 and administrators from each public school district and area
 34 23 education agency.  Individuals under contract with a school
 34 24 district may receive technical assistance in accordance with
 34 25 this subsection.  The department shall consult with the Iowa
 34 26 state education association, the Iowa association of school
 34 27 boards, the school administrators of Iowa, the professional
 34 28 educators of Iowa, and, as practicable, other entities
 34 29 providing similar programs, in developing the program.  At a
 34 30 minimum, the program shall provide administrators with
 34 31 training, including but not limited to, seminars and written
 34 32 materials, relating to the areas of employment policies and
 34 33 procedures, employment documentation, performance evaluations,
 34 34 corrective performance techniques, discipline, termination,
 34 35 and support by qualified individuals for implementation of the
 35  1 program.  The program shall not be used to provide
 35  2 consultation or assistance on specific employment situations.
 35  3 Training received by an administrator in accordance with this
 35  4 section shall apply toward an administrator's evaluator
 35  5 approval renewal.
 35  6    Sec. 43.  Section 279.19, Code 1997, is amended by adding
 35  7 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
 35  8    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Notwithstanding any provision to
 35  9 the contrary, the grievance procedures of section 20.18
 35 10 relating to job performance or job retention shall not apply
 35 11 to a teacher during the first two years of the teacher's
 35 12 probationary period.  However, this paragraph shall not apply
 35 13 to a teacher who has successfully completed a probationary
 35 14 period in a school district in Iowa.
 35 15    Sec. 44.  Section 279.51, subsection 4, Code Supplement
 35 16 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 35 17    4.  The department shall seek assistance from the first in
 35 18 the nation in education foundation established in chapter 257A
 35 19 and other foundations and public and private agencies in the
 35 20 evaluation of the programs funded under this section, and in
 35 21 the provision of support to school districts in developing and
 35 22 implementing the programs funded under this section.
 35 23    Sec. 45.  Section 279.60, subsection 5, if enacted by 1998
 35 24 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2366, section 29, is amended to read as
 35 25 follows:
 35 26    5.  The ranked list of nominees shall be submitted to the
 35 27 board of directors of the school district for review and
 35 28 approval.  The board of directors shall be responsible for
 35 29 determining the number of awards and the amount of the awards
 35 30 based upon the moneys received by the school district pursuant
 35 31 to section 279.61.  The board of directors shall also consult
 35 32 with practitioners to plan appropriate recognition events
 35 33 within the school district for presentation of the awards.
 35 34    Sec. 46.  Section 294A.19, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 35 35 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 36  1    Annually, by November 1, the department shall summarize the
 36  2 information contained in the phase III reports filed by the
 36  3 school districts and area education agencies.  The reports
 36  4 summary shall be available upon request contain information
 36  5 including the numbers of districts and area education agencies
 36  6 that have implemented a performance-based pay plan, a
 36  7 supplemental pay plan, a combination of a performance-based
 36  8 and supplemental pay plan, and the number of districts and
 36  9 area education agencies that have established comprehensive
 36 10 school transformation programs.  The summary shall highlight
 36 11 and briefly describe innovative and successful uses of phase
 36 12 III funds that have had a positive effect on student
 36 13 achievement within the district as measured by means of a
 36 14 widely recognized educational assessment tool or test.  The
 36 15 department, in conjunction with the legislative fiscal bureau,
 36 16 shall identify additional items to be reported.  Copies of the
 36 17 annual summary shall be submitted to each school district, the
 36 18 general assembly, and the legislative fiscal bureau by
 36 19 December 1.
 36 20    Sec. 47.  Section 294A.25, subsection 5, Code Supplement
 36 21 1997, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
 36 22 lieu thereof the following:
 36 23    5.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and for
 36 24 each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of fifty thousand
 36 25 dollars to be paid to the department of cultural affairs for
 36 26 contracting with the Iowa alliance for arts education to
 36 27 execute the local arts comprehensive educational strategies
 36 28 program.
 36 29    Sec. 48.  Section 294A.25, subsection 6, Code Supplement
 36 30 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 36 31    6.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997 1998, and
 36 32 ending June 30, 1998 each succeeding fiscal year, the amount
 36 33 of fifty thousand dollars to the department of education for
 36 34 the geography alliance.
 36 35    Sec. 49.  Section 294A.25, subsection 9, Code Supplement
 37  1 1997, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
 37  2 lieu thereof the following:
 37  3    9.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and for
 37  4 each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of fifty thousand
 37  5 dollars to the department of education for the Iowa
 37  6 mathematics and science coalition from phase III moneys.
 37  7    Sec. 50.  Section 294A.25, subsection 10, Code Supplement
 37  8 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 37  9    10.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997 1998, and
 37 10 ending June 30, 1998 for each succeeding fiscal year, the
 37 11 amount of seventy thousand dollars to the state board of
 37 12 regents for equal distribution to the Iowa braille and sight
 37 13 saving school and the Iowa state school for the deaf from
 37 14 phase III moneys.
 37 15    Sec. 51.  Section 294A.25, subsection 11, Code Supplement
 37 16 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 37 17    11.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997 1998, and
 37 18 ending June 30, 1998 1999, to the department of education from
 37 19 phase III moneys the amount of one million two hundred fifty
 37 20 thousand dollars for support for the operations of the new
 37 21 Iowa schools development corporation and for school
 37 22 transformation design and implementation projects administered
 37 23 by the corporation.  Of the amount provided in this
 37 24 subsection, one hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be used
 37 25 for the school and community planning initiative.
 37 26    Sec. 52.  Section 294A.25, Code Supplement 1997, is amended
 37 27 by adding the following new subsections:
 37 28    NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  For each fiscal year of the fiscal
 37 29 period beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 2000, the
 37 30 amount of seventy-five thousand dollars from phase III moneys
 37 31 to the department of education for distribution to the Iowa
 37 32 mathematics and science coalition for purposes of mathematics
 37 33 pilot programs in accordance with section 256.24.
 37 34    NEW SUBSECTION.  10A.  For the fiscal year beginning July
 37 35 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the amount of thirty-five
 38  1 thousand dollars from phase III moneys to the department of
 38  2 education for allocation to the Sioux City community school
 38  3 district for purposes of developing and implementing a
 38  4 listening curriculum.
 38  5    NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 38  6 1998, and for each succeeding fiscal year, to the department
 38  7 of education from phase III moneys the amount of one hundred
 38  8 fifty thousand dollars to the Iowa public broadcasting
 38  9 division for overnight transmitter feeds.
 38 10    Sec. 53.  Section 303.1, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
 38 11 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
 38 12    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Encourage the use of volunteers
 38 13 throughout its divisions, especially for purposes of restoring
 38 14 books and manuscripts.
 38 15    Sec. 54.  NEW SECTION.  303.3A  ARTS AND CULTURAL
 38 16 CONFERENCES AND CAUCUSES.
 38 17    1.  For the purposes of this section, the following
 38 18 definitions apply:
 38 19    a.  "Arts" means music, dance, theater, opera and music
 38 20 theater, visual arts, literature, design arts, media arts, and
 38 21 folk and traditional arts.
 38 22    b.  "Culture" or "cultural" means programs and activities
 38 23 which explore past and present human experience.
 38 24    c.  "Department" means the department of cultural affairs.
 38 25    d.  "Enhancement" means programs that allow arts and
 38 26 cultural organizations to improve or enhance the quality of
 38 27 programs currently offered, and increase and support
 38 28 professional and student artists and arts educators.
 38 29    e.  "Outreach" means programs that increase rural access to
 38 30 cultural resources, social awareness, cultural diversity, and
 38 31 which serve special populations.
 38 32    2.  The department shall administer regional conferences
 38 33 and a statewide caucus on arts and cultural enhancement.  The
 38 34 purpose of the conferences and caucus is to encourage the
 38 35 development of the arts and culture in the state by
 39  1 identifying opportunities for programs involving education,
 39  2 outreach, and enhancement; by reviewing possible changes in
 39  3 enhancement program policies, programs, and funding; and by
 39  4 making recommendations to the department regarding funding
 39  5 allocations and priorities for arts and cultural enhancement.
 39  6    3.  Every four years beginning in June 2001, the department
 39  7 shall convene a statewide caucus on arts and cultural
 39  8 enhancement.
 39  9    a.  Prior to the statewide caucus, the department shall
 39 10 make arrangements to hold a conference in each of several
 39 11 regions of the state as determined by the Iowa arts council.
 39 12 The department shall promote attendance of interested persons
 39 13 at each conference.  A designee of the department shall serve
 39 14 as temporary chairperson until persons attending the
 39 15 conference elect a chairperson.  The department shall provide
 39 16 persons attending the conference with current information
 39 17 regarding cultural programs and expenditures.  Persons
 39 18 attending the conference shall identify opportunities for
 39 19 programs in the areas of education, outreach, and enhancement,
 39 20 and make recommendations in the form of a resolution.  The
 39 21 persons attending the conference shall elect six persons from
 39 22 among the attendees to serve as regional, voting delegates to
 39 23 the statewide caucus.  The conference attendees shall elect a
 39 24 chairperson from among the six representatives.  Other
 39 25 interested persons are encouraged to attend the statewide
 39 26 caucus as nonvoting attendees.
 39 27    b.  The department shall charge a reasonable fee for
 39 28 attendance at the statewide caucus on arts and cultural
 39 29 enhancement.
 39 30    c.  A designee of the department shall call the statewide
 39 31 caucus to order and serve as temporary chairperson until
 39 32 persons attending the caucus elect a chairperson.  Persons
 39 33 attending the caucus shall discuss the recommendations of the
 39 34 regional conferences and decide upon recommendations to be
 39 35 made to the department and the general assembly.  Elected
 40  1 chairpersons of the regional conferences shall meet with
 40  2 representatives of the department and present the
 40  3 recommendations of the caucus.
 40  4    Sec. 55.  Section 304A.10, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 40  5 follows:
 40  6    304A.10  COST OF FINE ARTS – PERCENTAGE.
 40  7    The total estimated cost of the fine arts elements included
 40  8 in a plan and specifications for a state building or group of
 40  9 state buildings in accordance with the purposes of this
 40 10 division shall in no case be less than one-half of one percent
 40 11 of the total estimated cost of such building or group of
 40 12 buildings.  This percentage allocation shall not be diminished
 40 13 by professional fees.  By September 1 annually, the
 40 14 contracting officer or principal user shall submit to the
 40 15 department of cultural affairs the total amount of state
 40 16 financial assistance expended in accordance with this section
 40 17 during the previous fiscal year.  If deemed in the best
 40 18 interests of the citizens, funds allocated for the acquisition
 40 19 of fine arts may be accumulated over more than one
 40 20 appropriation or fiscal period or combined to complete
 40 21 significant projects, however, this sentence does not
 40 22 authorize interproject transfers.  The total estimated cost of
 40 23 the fine arts elements included in a plan and specifications
 40 24 for a state building or group of state buildings in accordance
 40 25 with this section shall be included by the department of
 40 26 cultural affairs in calculating the amount of state financial
 40 27 assistance for the arts for purposes of national ranking
 40 28 surveys.  By January 1 annually, the department of cultural
 40 29 affairs shall submit a summary of the total amount of state
 40 30 financial assistance expended in accordance with this section
 40 31 and for which state buildings the assistance was expended.
 40 32    Sec. 56.  Section 256.17A, if enacted by 1998 Iowa Acts,
 40 33 Senate File 2366, section 3, is repealed.
 40 34    Sec. 57.  Chapters 257A and 303C, Code 1997, are repealed.
 40 35    Sec. 58.  1998 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2366, section 40, if
 41  1 enacted, is amended to read as follows:
 41  2    SEC. 40.  EMERGENCY RULES.  The department may adopt
 41  3 emergency rules as necessary for the administration of chapter
 41  4 256E and sections 256.17A 256.22, 257.13, and 279.60, if
 41  5 enacted.
 41  6    Sec. 59.  Notwithstanding section 257A.4, Code 1997, with
 41  7 the repeal of chapter 257A pursuant to this Act, the rights
 41  8 and properties of the first in the nation in education
 41  9 foundation shall remain with the nonprofit corporation which
 41 10 shall continue its existence as a nonprofit corporation but
 41 11 shall no longer be a quasi-public instrumentality.  However,
 41 12 debts and other financial obligations shall not succeed to the
 41 13 state.
 41 14    Sec. 60.  AUDIT OF AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES.  Subject to an
 41 15 appropriation of sufficient funds by the general assembly, the
 41 16 auditor of state shall analyze area education agency finances
 41 17 and operations for the 1996-1997 fiscal year.  In conducting
 41 18 the analysis, the auditor of state shall utilize reports on
 41 19 audits of area education agencies conducted in accordance with
 41 20 section 11.6, information available from the department of
 41 21 education, the department of management, the area education
 41 22 agencies, and from any other source necessary.  The auditor of
 41 23 state shall have access to all records of the area education
 41 24 agencies.
 41 25    The analysis shall include, but shall not be limited to,
 41 26 major areas of expenditure by area education agency districts,
 41 27 such as media services, special education services, additional
 41 28 services pursuant to section 273.7, services to school
 41 29 districts pursuant to section 273.7A, services for preschool
 41 30 children with disabilities, juvenile shelter services, and
 41 31 detention home instruction; and a comparison by area education
 41 32 agency of staffing levels, number of students served, purchase
 41 33 or lease of equipment and facilities, and funding from local
 41 34 school districts.  The results of the analysis, and any
 41 35 recommendations, shall be submitted to the general assembly
 42  1 and the legislative fiscal bureau by January 1, 1999, and
 42  2 shall be utilized in the comprehensive study of school finance
 42  3 requested in accordance with House Concurrent Resolution 15,
 42  4 if resolved by the Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
 42  5    Sec. 61.  CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION.  In the event the funds
 42  6 transferred in accordance with section 257B.1A are not
 42  7 received by the department of education in the fiscal year
 42  8 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, for
 42  9 allocation to assist school districts in developing reading
 42 10 recovery programs, in addition to the allocations provided for
 42 11 in section 294A.25, there is allocated to the department of
 42 12 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and
 42 13 ending June 30, 1999, from phase III moneys, $200,000, or so
 42 14 much thereof as is necessary, for allocation to assist school
 42 15 districts in developing reading recovery programs.  From the
 42 16 moneys allocated in this section, $100,000 shall be
 42 17 distributed to the reading recovery center, and the remaining
 42 18 balance shall be distributed to the area education agencies in
 42 19 the proportion that the number of children who are eligible
 42 20 for free or reduced price meals under the federal National
 42 21 School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966,
 42 22 42 U.S.C. } 1751-1785, in the basic enrollment of grades one
 42 23 through six in the area served by an agency, bears to the sum
 42 24 of the number of children who are eligible for free or reduced
 42 25 price meals under the federal National School Lunch Act and
 42 26 the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751-
 42 27 1785, in the basic enrollments of grades one through six in
 42 28 all of the areas served by area education agencies in the
 42 29 state for the budget year.
 42 30    Sec. 62.  EFFECTIVE DATES.
 42 31    1.  Section 6 of this Act, relating to historic sites and
 42 32 the western trails center, being deemed of immediate
 42 33 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 42 34    2.  Sections 11 and 12 of this Act, relating to
 42 35 reallocation of moneys to the division of libraries and
 43  1 information services for purposes of the open access program,
 43  2 being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon
 43  3 enactment.
 43  4    3.  Section 13 of this Act, relating to the nonreversion of
 43  5 funds appropriated for rehabilitating computers for school and
 43  6 libraries, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
 43  7 upon enactment.
 43  8    4.  Section 14 of this Act, relating to the state board of
 43  9 educational examiners licensing fees, being deemed of
 43 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 43 11    5.  Section 22 of this Act, relating to the reversion of
 43 12 funds appropriated for tuition replacement, being deemed of
 43 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 43 14    Sec. 63.  Sections 23 and 59 of this Act, relating to the
 43 15 first in the nation in education foundation, section 36 of
 43 16 this Act, relating to the Iowa state fair scholarship, and the
 43 17 portion of section 57 of this Act repealing chapter 257A, take
 43 18 effect December 31, 1998.
 43 19    Section 56 of this Act, relating to the repeal of section
 43 20 256.17A, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
 43 21 upon enactment.  
 43 22 
 43 23 
 43 24                                                             
 43 25                               RON J. CORBETT
 43 26                               Speaker of the House
 43 27 
 43 28 
 43 29                                                             
 43 30                               MARY E. KRAMER
 43 31                               President of the Senate
 43 32 
 43 33    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 43 34 is known as House File 2533, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
 43 35 
 44  1 
 44  2                                                             
 44  3                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
 44  4                               Chief Clerk of the House
 44  5 Approved                , 1998
 44  6 
 44  7 
 44  8                         
 44  9 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
 44 10 Governor
     
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