Amend House File 604, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 

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FY 2013-2014 APPROPRIATIONS —— STATUTORY CHANGES

DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
   Section 1.  ADMINISTRATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department for the blind for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  2,191,815
............................................... FTEs      88.00
   2.  For costs associated with universal access to audio information for blind and print handicapped Iowans:
.................................................. $     50,000

COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
   Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    232,943
............................................... FTEs       3.95
   2.  STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
   For payments to students for the Iowa grant program established in section 261.93:
.................................................. $    791,177
   3.  HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
   For the loan repayment program for health care professionals established pursuant to section 261.19:
.................................................. $    400,973
   4.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
   For purposes of providing national guard educational assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $  5,100,233
   5.  TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
   For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $  5,392,452
   6.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER CARE GRANT PROGRAM
   For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant program established pursuant to section 261.6:
.................................................. $    554,057
   7.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
   a.  For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $  2,240,854
   b.  If the moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid commission for fiscal year 2013-2014 for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in section 261.87, shall, during fiscal year 2013-2014, include accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9, subsection 1.
   8.  REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
   For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.23:
.................................................. $     80,852
   9.  BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT PROGRAM
   For purposes of the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant program established pursuant to section 261.18:
.................................................. $     40,000
   10.  SKILLED WORKFORCE SHORTAGE TUITION GRANTS
   For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $  5,000,000
   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2014.
   11.  RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
   a.  For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $  2,000,000
   b.  From the moneys appropriated in paragraph “a”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the commission for loan repayments for individuals who hold a license issued under chapter 154C and are employed in a critical human service area.

   (1)  The commission shall establish an application process and criteria for loan repayment to licensed social workers and shall determine the amount of time a licensed social worker shall practice in a critical human service area in order to qualify for loan repayment under this paragraph “b”.
   (2)  The annual amount of loan repayment a recipient may receive under this paragraph “b” shall be $6,500 or 20 percent of the licensed social worker’s total federally guaranteed Stafford loan amount under the federal family education loan program or the federal direct loan program, including principal and interest, whichever amount is less. The total loan repayment a recipient may receive from the commission during a consecutive five-year period shall not exceed the total remaining balance of the recipient’s student loan debt or $25,000, whichever is less.
   (3)  If a loan repayment recipient fails to meet the criteria and requirements established by the commission pursuant to this paragraph “b”, the loan repayment recipient shall repay to the commission any funds paid by the commission on the recipient’s loan.
   (4)  For purposes of this paragraph “b”, “critical human service area” includes but is not limited to an area of the state with a shortage of social workers providing health, mental health, substance abuse, aging, HIV/AIDS, victim, or child welfare services, or communities with multilingual needs. An area designated as a mental health professional shortage area by the United States department of health and human services health resources and services administration is critical human service area.
   (5)  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys allocated for purposes of this paragraph “b” that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the following fiscal year.
   (6)  The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the administration of this paragraph “b”.
   Sec. 3.  IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2013-2014.  Notwithstanding the standing appropriations in the following designated sections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the amounts appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission pursuant to these sections for the following designated purposes shall not exceed the following amounts:
   1.  For Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection 1:
.................................................. $ 47,513,448
   2.  For tuition grants for students attending for-profit accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section 261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $  2,500,000
   Sec. 4.  CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS.  Notwithstanding section 261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving fund created pursuant to section 261.72 may be used for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program established in section 261.73.
   Sec. 5.  WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2013-2014.  Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for the work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
   Sec. 6.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  6,413,812
............................................... FTEs      81.67
   2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    598,197
............................................... FTEs      11.50
   3.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  5,113,168
............................................... FTEs     255.00
   For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts to work with community rehabilitation program providers for job placement and retention services for individuals with significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By January 15, 2014, the division shall submit a written report to the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with community rehabilitation program providers.
   b.  For matching funds for programs to enable persons with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more independently, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $     39,128
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   c.  For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $    145,535
   d.  For costs associated with centers for independent living:
.................................................. $     40,294
   4.  STATE LIBRARY
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  2,715,063
............................................... FTEs      29.00
   b.  For the enrich Iowa program established under section 256.57:
.................................................. $  2,924,228
   5.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  7,443,096
............................................... FTEs      82.00
   6.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
   For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $  2,630,134
   Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to reimburse school districts for vocational education expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
   7.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
   For use as state matching funds for federal programs that shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  2,176,797
............................................... FTEs      20.58
   8.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— GENERAL AID
   For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $  5,386,113

   a.  From the moneys deposited in the school ready children grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, not more than $265,950 is allocated for the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance activities. The early childhood Iowa state board shall direct staff to work with the early childhood stakeholders alliance created in section 256I.12 to inventory technical assistance needs. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or for the reimbursement of staff.
   b.  As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in this subsection, each early childhood Iowa area board shall report to the early childhood Iowa state board progress on each of the local indicators approved by the area board. Each early childhood Iowa area board must also submit an annual budget for the area’s comprehensive school ready children grant developed for providing services for children from birth through five years of age, and provide other information specified by the early childhood Iowa state board, including budget amendments as needed. The early childhood Iowa state board shall establish a submission deadline for the annual budget and any budget amendments that allow a reasonable period of time for preparation by the early childhood Iowa area boards and for review and approval or request for modification of the materials by the early childhood Iowa state board. In addition, each early childhood Iowa area board must continue to comply with reporting provisions and other requirements adopted by the early childhood Iowa state board in implementing section 256I.9.
   c.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts to improve the quality of early care, health, and education programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff. The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office, including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution formula, grants, or other means.
   d.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for support of professional development and training activities for persons working in early care, health, and education by the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with the professional development component group of the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance maintained pursuant to section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to professional development and training activities agreed upon by the parties participating in the collaboration.
   9.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE
   a.  For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $  5,428,877
   b.  The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be used for early care, health, and education programs to assist low-income parents with tuition for preschool and other supportive services for children ages three, four, and five who are not attending kindergarten in order to increase the basic family income eligibility requirement to not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. In addition, if sufficient funding is available after addressing the needs of those who meet the basic income eligibility requirement, an early childhood Iowa area board may provide for eligibility for those with a family income in excess of the basic income eligibility requirement through use of a sliding scale or other copayment provisions.
   10.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT EDUCATION
   a.  For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $ 12,364,434
   b.  The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be used for family support services and parent education programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through age five and shall be distributed using the distribution formula approved by the early childhood Iowa state board and shall be used by an early childhood Iowa area board only for family support services and parent education programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through age five.
   11.  BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
   For expansion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-446, as amended to January 1, 2013, birth through age three services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those services:
.................................................. $  1,721,400
   From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinic at the state university of Iowa to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
   12.  EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
   For early head start projects:
.................................................. $    800,000
   The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used for implementation and expansion of early head start pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to age three, including prenatal support for qualified families. The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be given to those organizations that have previously qualified for and received state funding to administer an early head start project.
   13.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
   To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $    560,214
   Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident public school pupils.
   14.  CORE CURRICULUM AND CAREER INFORMATION AND DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM
   For purposes of implementing the statewide core curriculum for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and a state-designated career information and decision-making system:
.................................................. $  2,000,000
   15.  STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
   For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  6,772,506
............................................... FTEs       2.00
   16.  JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
   For school districts to provide direct services to the most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s graduates specialist:
.................................................. $    800,000
   17.  EDUCATION REFORM
   For implementation of the education reform provisions pursuant to 2013 Iowa Acts, House File 215, if enacted:
.................................................. $  8,500,000
   18.  SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
   For school districts to provide intensive instructional services, curricula, initiatives, programs, and supports in accordance with section 279.68, subsection 2:
.................................................. $ 12,000,000
   19.  COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION
   For implementation of the competency-based education grant program established pursuant to section 256.24 as provided in House File 215, if enacted, and the competency-based education task force recommendations as provided in House File 215, if enacted:
.................................................. $    825,000
   a.  From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide grants under the competency-based education grant program established pursuant to section 256.24 as provided in House File 215, if enacted. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the department pursuant to this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this lettered paragraph until July 1, 2018, or until the Iowa Code section establishing the competency-based education grant program is repealed, whichever occurs first.
   b.  From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not less than $100,000 shall be used for writing model competencies, not less than $25,000 shall be used for plans and templates, not less than $100,000 shall be used to develop the assessment validation rubric and model assessments, and not less than $100,000 shall be used to design professional development in accordance with the recommendations of the competency-based education task force and as provided in House File 215, if enacted.
   20.  MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
   For distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $    100,000
   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
   21.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
   a.  For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $193,274,647
   Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C, the funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated as follows:
   (1)  Merged Area I .................................................. $  9,572,490
   (2)  Merged Area II .................................................. $  9,772,970
   (3)  Merged Area III .................................................. $  9,035,001
   (4)  Merged Area IV .................................................. $  4,443,196
   (5)  Merged Area V .................................................. $ 10,865,853
   (6)  Merged Area VI .................................................. $  8,657,389
   (7)  Merged Area VII .................................................. $ 13,121,235
   (8)  Merged Area IX .................................................. $ 16,582,059
   (9)  Merged Area X .................................................. $ 30,143,212
   (10)  Merged Area XI .................................................. $ 31,835,539
   (11)  Merged Area XII .................................................. $ 10,781,694
   (12)  Merged Area XIII .................................................. $ 11,522,373
   (13)  Merged Area XIV .................................................. $  4,527,071
   (14)  Merged Area XV .................................................. $ 14,202,552
   (15)  Merged Area XVI .................................................. $  8,212,013
   b.  For distribution to community colleges to supplement faculty salaries:
.................................................. $    500,000
   c.  For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund established pursuant to section 260I.2, subsection 2:
.................................................. $  2,000,000
   Sec. 7.  ONLINE CURRICULUM FOR UNIFORM TRANSFER OF ACADEMIC CREDIT —— STUDY AND REPORT.
   1.  The department of education shall conduct a study regarding the establishment of an online curriculum to facilitate the transfer of academic credits earned by students residing in child foster care facilities licensed under section 237.4, and in institutions controlled by the department of human services and listed in section 218.1, between those facilities and institutions and public and accredited nonpublic schools. The goal of the curriculum shall be to minimize wherever possible the loss of academic credit for coursework completed by such students.
   2.  Instruction provided through the online curriculum shall be taught by teachers licensed under chapter 272. All courses in the online curriculum shall meet existing accreditation standards.
   3.  The department shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by January 3, 2014.

STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
   Sec. 8.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,065,005
............................................... FTEs      15.00
   The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents office and the legislative services agency. The report submitted in December 2013 shall include the five-year graduation rates for the regents universities.
   b.  For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa regents resource center in Council Bluffs:
.................................................. $    182,734
   c.  For moneys to be allocated to the northwest Iowa regents resource center in Sioux City under section 262.9, subsection 22:
.................................................. $     66,601
   d.  For moneys to be allocated to the quad-cities graduate studies center:
.................................................. $     34,513
   The board may transfer moneys appropriated under paragraph “b”, “c”, or “d”, of this subsection to any of the other centers specified in paragraph “b”, “c”, or “d”, if the board notifies, in writing, the general assembly and the legislative services agency of the amount, the date, and the purpose of the transfer.
   e.  For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for public radio operations:
.................................................. $    391,568
   f.  For purposes of funding a student financial aid program for Iowa undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need and who attend an institution of higher learning governed by the board:
.................................................. $ 10,000,000
   2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
   a.  General university, including lakeside laboratory
   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $222,041,351
............................................... FTEs   5,058.55
   b.  Oakdale campus
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  2,186,558
............................................... FTEs      38.25
   c.  State hygienic laboratory
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  4,402,615
............................................... FTEs     102.50
   d.  Family practice program
   For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family practice program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,788,265
............................................... FTEs     190.40
   e.  Child health care services
   For specialized child health care services, including childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs, rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    659,456
............................................... FTEs      57.97
   f.  Statewide cancer registry
   For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    149,051
............................................... FTEs       2.10
   g.  Substance abuse consortium
   For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $     55,529
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   h.  Center for biocatalysis
   For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    723,727
............................................... FTEs       6.28
   i.  Primary health care initiative
   For the primary health care initiative in the college of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    648,930
............................................... FTEs       5.89
   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, $254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine for family practice faculty and support staff.
   j.  Birth defects registry
   For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $     38,288
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   k.  Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
   For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    162,539
............................................... FTEs       2.75
   l.  Iowa online advanced placement academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
   For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative:
.................................................. $    481,849
   m.  For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $  1,500,000
   3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
   a.  General university
   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $173,986,353
............................................... FTEs   3,647.42
   b.  Agricultural experiment station
   For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 28,111,877
............................................... FTEs     546.98
   c.  Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics
   For the cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 17,936,722
............................................... FTEs     383.34
   d.  Leopold center
   For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university of science and technology under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    397,417
............................................... FTEs      11.25
   e.  Livestock disease research
   For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $    172,844
   4.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
   a.  General university
   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 87,222,819
............................................... FTEs   1,447.50
   b.  Recycling and reuse center
   For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    175,256
............................................... FTEs       3.00
   c.  Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative
   For purposes of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  5,700,000
............................................... FTEs       6.20
   (1)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, up to $282,000 shall be allocated for salaries, staffing, and institutional support. The remainder of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be expended only to support activities directly related to recruitment of kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
   (2)  The university of northern Iowa shall work with the community colleges to develop STEM professional development programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum development.
   (3)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, up to $1,000,000 may be used to provide technology education opportunities to high school, career academy, and community college students through a public-private partnerships, as well as opportunities for students and faculties at these institutions to secure broad-based information technology certification. The Iowa governor’s STEM advisory council shall utilize a request for proposals process for contracts to make available, through the regional STEM network hubs, at high schools, career academies, and community colleges, instruction on skills and competencies that are essential for the workplace and which are requested by Iowa’s employers. Such a contract shall include the following components:
   (a)  A research-based curriculum.
   (b)  Online access to the curriculum.
   (c)  Instructional software for classroom and student use.
   (d)  Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base of information technology-related skill areas.
   (e)  Professional development for teachers.
   (f)  Deployment and program support, including but not limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
   d.  Real estate education program
   For purposes of the real estate education program, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $    125,302
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  9,207,705
............................................... FTEs     126.60
   6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  3,838,962
............................................... FTEs      62.87
   7.  TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
   For payment to local school boards for the tuition and transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students at these schools pursuant to section 270.5:
.................................................. $     11,763
   8.  LICENSED CLASSROOM TEACHERS
   For distribution at the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the Iowa school for the deaf based upon the average yearly enrollment at each school as determined by the state board of regents:
.................................................. $     82,049
   Sec. 9.  ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS —— FINANCING.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of the projects within an average of six years.
   Sec. 10.  PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS.  Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs for students attending the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
   Sec. 11.  Section 256I.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The early childhood Iowa functions for an area shall be performed under the authority of an early childhood Iowa area board. The members of an area board shall be elected officials or members of the public who are not employed by a provider of services to or for the area board. In addition, the membership of an area board shall include representation from early care, education, health, human services, business, and faith interests, and at least one parent, grandparent, or guardian of a child from zero through age five. 
 
However, not more than one member shall represent the same entity or interest.
   Sec. 12.  Section 256I.8, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  An area board shall not be a provider of services to or for the area board.
   Sec. 13.  NEW SECTION.  256I.13  Home visitation program —— funding intent.
   1.  In order to implement the legislative intent stated in sections 135.106 and 256I.9, that priority for home visitation program funding be given to programs using evidence-based or promising models for home visitation, it is the intent of the general assembly to phase in the funding priority as follows:
   a.  By July 1, 2013, twenty-five percent of state funds expended for home visiting programs are for evidence-based or promising program models.
   b.  By July 1, 2014, fifty percent of state funds expended for home visiting programs are for evidence-based or promising program models.
   c.  By July 1, 2015, seventy-five percent of state funds expended for home visiting programs are for evidence-based or promising program models.
   d.  By July 1, 2016, ninety percent of state funds expended for home visiting programs are for evidence-based or promising program models. The remaining ten percent of funds may be used for innovative program models that do not yet meet the definition of evidence-based or promising programs.
   2.  For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise provided under federal law:
   a.  “Evidence-based program” means a program that is based on scientific evidence demonstrating that the program model is effective. An evidence-based program shall be reviewed on site and compared to program model standards by the model developer or the developer’s designee at least every five years to ensure that the program continues to maintain fidelity with the program model. The program model shall have had demonstrated significant and sustained positive outcomes in an evaluation utilizing a well-designed and rigorous randomized controlled research design or a quasi-experimental research design, and the evaluation results shall have been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
   b.  “Family support programs” includes group-based parent education or home visiting programs that are designed to strengthen protective factors, including parenting skills, increasing parental knowledge of child development, and increasing family functioning and problem solving skills. A family support program may be used as an early intervention strategy to improve birth outcomes, parental knowledge, family economic success, the home learning environment, family and child involvement with others, and coordination with other community resources. A family support program may have a specific focus on preventing child maltreatment or ensuring children are safe, healthy, and ready to succeed in school.
   c.  “Promising program” means a program that meets all of the following requirements:
   (1)  The program conforms to a clear, consistent family support model that has been in existence for at least three years.
   (2)  The program is grounded in relevant empirically based knowledge.
   (3)  The program is linked to program-determined outcomes.
   (4)  The program is associated with a national or state organization that either has comprehensive program standards that ensure high-quality service delivery and continuous program quality improvement or the program model has demonstrated through the program’s benchmark outcomes that the program has achieved significant positive outcomes equivalent to those achieved by program models with published significant and sustained results in a peer-reviewed journal.
   (5)  The program has been awarded the Iowa family support credential and has been reviewed on site at least every five years to ensure the program’s adherence to the Iowa family support standards approved by the state board or a comparable set of standards. The on-site review is completed by an independent review team that is not associated with the program or the organization administering the program.
   3.
  a.  The data reporting requirements adopted by the state board pursuant to section 256I.4 for the family support programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through age five and funded through the state board shall require the programs to participate in a state-administered internet-based data collection system. The data reporting requirements shall be developed in a manner to provide for compatibility with local data collection systems. The state board’s annual report submitted each January to the governor and general assembly under section 256I.4 shall include family support program outcomes beginning with the January 2015 report.
   b.  The data on families served that is collected by the family support programs funded through the early childhood Iowa initiative shall include but is not limited to basic demographic information, services received, funding utilized, and program outcomes for the children and families served. The state board shall adopt performance benchmarks for the family support programs and shall revise the Iowa family support credential to incorporate the performance benchmarks on or before January 1, 2014.
   c.  The state board shall identify minimum competency standards for the employees and supervisors of family support programs funded through the early childhood Iowa initiative. The state board shall submit recommendations concerning the standards to the governor and general assembly on or before January 1, 2014.
   d.  The state board shall adopt criminal and child abuse record check requirements for the employees and supervisors of family support programs funded through the early childhood Iowa initiative.
   e.  The state board shall develop a plan to implement a coordinated intake and referral process for publicly funded family support programs in order to engage the families expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through age five in all communities in the state by July 1, 2015.
   Sec. 14.  Section 261.113, subsections 1, 2, 6, 8, and 10, Code 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Program established.  A rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program is established to be administered by the college student aid commission for purposes of providing loan repayments for medical students, physician assistant students, and advanced registered nurse practitioner students who agree to practice as physicians, physician assistants, or advanced registered nurse practitioners in service commitment areas for five years and meet the requirements of this section.
   2.  Eligibility.  An individual is eligible to apply to enter into a program agreement with the commission if the individual is enrolled full-time in and receives a recommendation from the state university of Iowa college of medicine or Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center in a curriculum leading to a doctor of medicine degree, or a doctor of osteopathy degree, a master of physician assistant studies degree, or a master of science in nursing degree.
   6.  Selection of service commitment area.  A loan repayment recipient shall notify the commission of the recipient’s service commitment area prior to beginning practice in the area in accordance with subsection 3, paragraph “d”, or subsection 3A, paragraph “c”, as appropriate. The commission may waive the requirement that the loan repayment recipient practice in the same service commitment area for all sixty months. 
   8.  Part-time practice —— agreement amended.  A person who entered into an agreement pursuant to subsection 3
 
or 3A may apply to the commission to amend the agreement to allow the person to engage in less than the full-time practice specified in the agreement and
 
either under subsection 3, paragraph “d”, or under subsection 3A, paragraph “c”, as appropriate. If the commission determines exceptional circumstances exist, the commission and the person may consent to amend the agreement under which the person shall engage in less than full-time practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery specializing in family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, internal medicine, or general surgery in a service commitment area for an extended period of part-time practice determined by the commission to be proportional to the amount of full-time practice remaining under the original agreement. 
   10.  Trust fund established.  A rural Iowa primary care trust fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under the control of the commission. The commission shall remit all repayments made pursuant to this section to the rural Iowa primary care trust fund. All moneys deposited or paid into the trust fund are appropriated and made available to the commission to be used for meeting the requirements of this section. Moneys in the fund up to the total amount that an eligible student may receive for an eligible loan in accordance with this section and upon fulfilling the requirements of subsection 3
 
or 3A, shall be considered encumbered for the duration of the agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3
 
or 3A. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state, but shall be available for purposes of this section in subsequent fiscal years.
   Sec. 15.  Section 261.113, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  Program agreements for physician assistant students and advanced registered nurse practitioner students.  A program agreement shall be entered into by an eligible physician assistant student or an advanced registered nurse practitioner student and the commission when the eligible student begins the curriculum leading to a master of physician assistant studies degree or a master of science in nursing degree. Under the agreement, to receive loan repayments pursuant to subsection 5, paragraph “c”, an eligible student shall agree to and shall fulfill all of the following requirements:
   a.  Receive a master of physician assistant studies degree or a master of science in nursing degree from an eligible university.
   b.  Apply for and obtain a license to practice as a physician assistant under chapter 148C or an advanced registered nurse practitioner under chapter 152 or 152E.
   c.  Within nine months of receiving a degree in accordance with paragraph “a” and receiving a license in accordance with paragraph “b”, engage in full-time primary practice as a physician assistant or an advanced registered nurse practitioner for a period of sixty consecutive months in the service commitment area specified under subsection 6, unless the loan repayment recipient receives a waiver from the commission to complete the months of practice required under the agreement in another service commitment area pursuant to subsection 6.
   Sec. 16.  Section 261.113, subsection 5, paragraphs a and b, Code 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  The amount of loan repayment an eligible student who enters into an agreement pursuant to subsection 3 shall receive upon fulfilling the requirements of subsection 3
 
if in compliance with obligations under the agreement shall be not more than fifty
 
forty thousand dollars annually for an eligible loan. Payments under this section are limited to a four-year
 
consecutive five-year period and shall not exceed a total of two hundred thousand dollars.
   b.  The commission shall not enter into more than twenty
 
twenty-five program agreements annually. Fifty percent of the agreements shall be entered into by students attending each university described in subsection 2. However, if there are fewer than ten eligible student applicants at one university, eligible student applicants enrolled in the other university may be awarded the remaining agreements.
   Sec. 17.  Section 261.113, subsection 5, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  The annual amount of loan repayment an eligible student who enters into an agreement pursuant to subsection 3A shall receive shall not exceed twenty percent of the eligible student’s eligible loan. A physician assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner in compliance with subsection 3A shall be eligible for the loan repayment under this section for not more than five consecutive years. Not more than twenty percent of the funds available for purposes of this section shall be expended for agreements entered into pursuant to subsection 3A.
   Sec. 18.  Section 261.113, subsection 9, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   The obligation to engage in practice in accordance with subsection 3
 
or subsection 3A shall be postponed for the following purposes:
   Sec. 19.  Section 261.113, subsection 9, paragraph a, subparagraph (6), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (6)  Any period of temporary medical incapacity during which the person obligated is unable, due to a medical condition, to engage in full-time practice as required under subsection 3, paragraph “d”, or subsection 3A, paragraph “c”, as appropriate. 
   Sec. 20.  Section 261.113, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Except for a postponement under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (6), an obligation to engage in practice under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3
 
or 3A, shall not be postponed for more than two years from the time the full-time practice was to have commenced under the agreement. 
   Sec. 21.  Section 261.113, subsection 9, paragraph c, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   An obligation to engage in full-time practice under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3
 
or 3A shall be considered satisfied when any of the following conditions are met:
   Sec. 22.  Section 261.113, subsection 9, paragraph c, subparagraph (3), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (3)  The person who entered into the agreement, due to a permanent disability, is unable to
 
meet the requirements for practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery
 
as required under subsection 3, paragraph “d”, or subsection 3A, paragraph “c”, as appropriate.
   Sec. 23.  Section 261.113, subsection 11, paragraph c, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  “Service commitment area” means a city in Iowa with a population of less than twenty-six thousand that is located more than twenty miles from a city with a population of fifty thousand or more and which provides a twenty thousand dollar contribution for deposit in the rural Iowa primary care trust fund for each physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner in the community who is participating in the loan repayment program.
   Sec. 24.  Section 262.9, subsection 19, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Prohibit the designation of a portion of the tuition moneys collected from resident students by institutions of higher education governed by the board for use for student aid purposes. However, such institutions may designate that a portion of the tuition moneys collected from nonresident students be used for such purposes.
   Sec. 25.  Section 262.9, subsection 22, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   22.  Assist a nonprofit organization located in Sioux City in the creation of a tristate graduate
 
northwest Iowa regents resource center, comparable to the quad cities graduate
 
southwest Iowa regents resource center, located in the quad cities in Iowa
 
Council Bluffs. The purpose of the Sioux City graduate
 
regents resource center shall be to create graduate
 
postsecondary education opportunities for students living in northwest Iowa.
   Sec. 26.  Section 273.3, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  24.  Be authorized to sell software and support services, professional development programs and materials, online professional development, and online training to entities other than school districts within the state and to school districts and other public agencies located outside of the state. The board may also sell to school districts within this state software and support services, professional development programs and materials, online professional development, and online training which the area education agency is not otherwise required to provide to a school district under this chapter or chapter 256B or 257.
   Sec. 27.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c, and d, Code 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012
 
2013, and ending June 30, 2013
 
2014, to the department of education, the amount of five
 
eight hundred eighty-five
 
forty-six thousand
 
two hundred fifty dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated under this paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education position in accordance with section 256.45.
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012
 
2013, and ending June 30, 2013
 
2014, an amount up to two
 
three million four
 
nine hundred sixty-three
 
thirty-four thousand five
 
one hundred ninety
 
twenty-four dollars for first-year and second-year beginning teachers, to the department of education for distribution to school districts and area education agencies for purposes of the beginning teacher mentoring and induction programs. A school district or area education agency shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars per beginning teacher participating in the program. If the funds appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors, school districts, and area education agencies as provided in this paragraph, the department shall prorate the amount distributed to school districts and area education agencies based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received by a school district or area education agency pursuant to this paragraph shall be expended to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation in the school district’s or area education agency’s beginning teacher mentoring and induction program; to implement the plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the employer’s share of contributions to federal social security and the Iowa public employees’ retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement system established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the district or area education agency.
   c.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012
 
2013, and ending June 30, 2013
 
2014, up to six
 
eight hundred
 
fifty-five thousand
 
seven hundred twenty-two dollars to the department for purposes of implementing the professional development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “c”, and the evaluator training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the department for administrative purposes and for not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
   d.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012
 
2013, and ending June 30, 2013
 
2014, an amount up to one million one hundred thirty-six thousand four hundred ten dollars to the department for the establishment of teacher development academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.

DIVISION II

WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS —— APPROPRIATIONS
   Sec. 28.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
   a.  For deposit in the statewide work-based learning intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40, subsection 1:
.................................................. $  3,000,000
   b.  For deposit in the workforce training and economic development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A: 
.................................................. $ 15,500,000
   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department for administration of the workforce training and economic development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
   c.  For deposit in the pathways for academic career and employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2, subsection 2:
.................................................. $  5,000,000
   d.  For distribution to community colleges for the purposes of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $  7,500,000
   (1)  From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph “d”, $5,350,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.
   (2)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department for implementation of adult education and literacy programs pursuant to section 260C.50.
   (3)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, not more than $2,000,000 shall be distributed as grants to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education programs for students requiring instruction in English as a second language. The department shall establish an application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to this subparagraph (3) to community colleges. The criteria shall be based on need for instruction in English as a second language in the region served by each community college as determined by factors including data from the latest federal decennial census and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
   Sec. 29.  Section 256.9, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  63.  Administer the workforce training and economic development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
   Sec. 30.  Section 256.40, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   256.40  Statewide work-based learning intermediary network —— fund —— steering committee —— regional networks.
   1.  A statewide work-based learning intermediary network program is established in the department and shall be administered by the department. A separate, statewide work-based learning intermediary network fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of all moneys deposited in the fund, including any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from federal or private sources for purposes of the program. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
   2.  The purpose of the program shall be to build a seamless career, future workforce, and economic development system in Iowa to accomplish all of the following
 
prepare students for the workforce by connecting business and the education system and offering relevant, work-based learning activities to students and teachers. The program shall:
   a.  Better prepare students to make informed postsecondary education and career decisions.
   b.  Provide communication and coordination in order to build and sustain relationships between employers and local youth, the education system, and the community at large.
   c.  Connect students to local career opportunities, creating economic capital for the region using a skilled and available workforce.
   d.  Facilitate the sharing of best practices statewide by business and education leaders.
   e.

d.  Provide a one-stop contact point for information useful to both educators and employers, including a state-level clearinghouse for
 
information on internships, job shadowing experiences, and other workplace learning opportunities for students that are linked to the state’s economic goals
 
students, particularly related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics occupations, occupations related to critical infrastructure and commercial and residential construction, or targeted industries as defined in section 15.102.
   f.  Implement services for all students, staff, and districts within the region and integrate workplace skills into the curriculum.
   e.  Integrate services provided through the program with other career exploration-related activities such as the student core curriculum plan and the career information and decision-making system developed and administered under section 279.61, where appropriate.
   f.  Facilitate the attainment of portable credentials of value to employers such as the national career readiness certificate, where appropriate.
   g.  Develop work-based capacity with employers.
   h.  Improve the skills of Iowa’s future workforce.
   i.

h.  Provide core services, which may include student job shadowing, student internships, and teacher or student tours.
   3.  The department shall establish and facilitate a steering committee comprised of representatives from the department of workforce development, the economic development authority, the community colleges, the institutions under the control of the state board of regents, accredited private institutions, area education agencies, school districts, and the workplace learning connection. The steering committee shall be responsible for the development and implementation of the statewide work-based learning intermediary network.
   4.  The steering committee shall develop a design for a statewide network comprised of fifteen regional work-based learning intermediary networks. The design shall include network specifications, strategic functions, and desired outcomes.

The steering committee shall recommend program parameters and reporting requirements to the department.
   5.  Each regional network shall establish an advisory council to develop and implement
 
provide advice and assistance to the regional network.

The advisory council shall include representatives of business and industry, including construction trade industry professionals, and shall meet at least annually.
   6.  Each regional network or consortium of networks shall annually submit a work-based learning plan to the department. Each plan shall include provisions to provide core services referred to in subsection 2, paragraph “h”, to all school districts within the region and for the integration of job shadowing and other work-based learning activities into secondary career and technical education programs.
   6.
  7.  a.  Funds
 
Moneys deposited in the statewide work-based learning intermediary network fund created in subsection 1 shall be distributed
 
annually to each region for the implementation of the statewide work-based learning intermediary network based upon the distribution of the kindergarten through grade twelve student enrollments in each region. The amount shall not exceed three dollars per student
 
upon approval by the department of the region’s work-based learning plan submitted pursuant to subsection 6.
   b.  If the balance in the statewide work-based learning intermediary network fund on July 1 of a fiscal year is one million five hundred thousand dollars or less, the department shall distribute moneys in the fund to regions or consortium of regions on a competitive basis. If the balance in the statewide work-based learning intermediary network fund on July 1 of a fiscal year is greater than one million five hundred thousand dollars, the department shall distribute one hundred thousand dollars to each region and distribute the remaining moneys pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.
   7.

8.  The department shall provide oversight of the statewide work-based learning intermediary network and shall annually evaluate the statewide and regional network progress toward the outcomes identified by the steering committee pursuant to subsection 4.

The department shall require each region to submit an annual report on its ongoing implementation of the statewide work-based learning intermediary network program to the department.
   8.

9.  Each regional network shall match the funds
 
moneys received pursuant to subsection 6
 
7 with financial resources equal to at least twenty-five percent of the amount of the funds
 
moneys received pursuant to subsection 6
 
7. The financial resources used to provide the match may include private donations, in-kind contributions, or public funds
 
moneys other than the funds
 
moneys received pursuant to subsection 6
 
7.
   10.  The state board of education shall adopt rules under chapter 17A for the administration of this section.
   Sec. 31.  Section 260C.18A, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Moneys in the funds shall consist of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the economic development authority
 
department from federal sources or private sources for placement in the funds. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the funds at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the funds for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
   Sec. 32.  Section 260C.18A, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  For the development and implementation of career academies designed to provide new career preparation opportunities for high school students that are formally linked with postsecondary career and technical education programs. For purposes of this section, “career academy” means a program of study that combines a minimum of two years of secondary education with an associate degree, or the equivalent, career preparatory program in a nonduplicative, sequential course of study that is standards based, integrates academic and technical instruction, utilizes work-based and worksite learning where appropriate and available, utilizes an individual career planning process with parent involvement, and leads to an associate degree or postsecondary diploma or certificate in a career field that prepares an individual for entry and advancement in a high-skill and reward career field and further education. The economic development authority
 
state board, in conjunction with the state board of education and the division of community colleges and workforce preparation of the department of education, shall adopt administrative rules for the development and implementation of such career academies pursuant to section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h”, section 260C.1, and Tit. II of Pub. L. No. 105-332, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998.
   Sec. 33.  Section 260C.18A, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 2013, is amended by striking the paragraph.
   Sec. 34.  Section 260C.18A, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The economic development authority
 
department shall allocate the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section to the community college workforce training and economic development funds utilizing the same distribution formula used for the allocation of state general aid to the community colleges.
   Sec. 35.  Section 260C.18A, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  Annually submit the two-year plan and progress report to the economic development authority
 
department in a manner prescribed by rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A.
   Sec. 36.  NEW SECTION.  260C.50  Adult education and literacy programs.
   1.  For purposes of this section, “adult education and literacy programs” means adult basic education, adult education leading to a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A, English as a second language instruction, workplace and family literacy instruction, or integrated basic education and technical skills instruction.
   2.  The department and the community colleges shall jointly implement adult education and literacy programs to assist adults and youths sixteen years of age and older who are not in school in obtaining the knowledge and skills necessary for further education, work, and community involvement.
   3.  The state board, in consultation with the community colleges, shall prescribe standards for adult education and literacy programs including but not limited to contextualized and integrated instruction, assessments, instructor qualification and professional development, data collection and reporting, and performance benchmarks.
   4.  The state board, in consultation with the community colleges, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
   Sec. 37.  Section 260H.2, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   260H.2  Pathways for academic career and employment program
 
—— fund.
   1.  A pathways for academic career and employment program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of projects in coordination with the economic development authority, the department of education, the department of workforce development, regional advisory boards established pursuant to section 84A.4, and community partners to implement a simplified, streamlined, and comprehensive process, along with customized support services, to enable eligible participants to acquire effective academic and employment training to secure gainful, quality, in-state employment.
   2.
  a.  A pathways for academic career and employment fund is created for the community colleges in the state treasury to be administered by the department of education. The moneys in the pathways for academic career and employment fund are appropriated to the department of education for the pathways for academic career and employment program.
   b.  The aggregate total of grants awarded from the pathways for academic career and employment fund during a fiscal year shall not be more than five million dollars.
   c.  Moneys in the fund shall be allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose designated for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
   Sec. 38.  Section 260H.3, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Persons earning incomes at or below two hundred
 
fifty percent of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services.
   Sec. 39.  Section 260H.4, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (5)  Any other industry designated as in-demand by a regional advisory board established pursuant to section 84A.4.
   Sec. 40.  Section 260H.4, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2013, is amended by striking the paragraph.
   Sec. 41.  NEW SECTION.  260H.7A  Pathway navigators.
   1.  A community college may use moneys for the pathways for academic career and employment program to employ pathway navigators to assist students applying for or enrolled in eligible pathways for academic career and employment projects.
   2.  Pathway navigators shall provide services and support to aid students in selecting pathways for academic career and employment projects that will result in gainful, quality, in-state employment and to ensuring students are successful once enrolled in pathways for academic career and employment projects. Services the pathway navigators may provide include but are not limited to the following:
   a.  Interviewing and selecting students for enrollment in pathways for academic career and employment projects.
   b.  Assessing students’ skills, interests, and previous academic and work experience for purposes of placement in pathways for academic career and employment projects.

   c.  Working with students to develop academic and career plans and to adjust such plans as needed.
   d.  Assisting students in applying for and receiving resources for financial aid and other forms of tuition assistance.
   e.  Assisting students with the admissions process, remedial education, academic credit transfer, meeting assessment requirements, course registration, and other procedures necessary for successful completion of pathways for academic career and employment projects.
   f.  Assisting in identifying and resolving obstacles to students’ successful completion of pathways for academic career and employment projects.
   g.  Connecting students with useful college resources or outside support services such as access to child care, transportation, and tutorial assistance, as needed.
   h.  Maintaining ongoing contact with students enrolled in pathways for academic career and employment projects and ensuring students are making satisfactory progress toward the successful completion of projects.
   i.  Providing support to students transitioning from remedial education, short-term training, and classroom experience to employment.
   j.  Coordinating activities with community-based organizations that serve as key recruiters for pathways for academic career and employment projects and assisting students throughout the recruitment process.
   k.  Coordinating adult basic education services. 
   Sec. 42.  NEW SECTION.  260H.7B  Regional industry sector partnerships.
   1.  A community college may use moneys for the pathways for academic career and employment program to provide staff and support for the development and implementation of regional industry sector partnerships within the region served by the community college.
   2.  Regional, industry sector partnerships may include but are not limited to the following activities:
   a.  Bringing together representatives from industry sectors, government, education, local workforce boards, community-based organizations, labor, economic development organizations, and other stakeholders within the regional labor market to determine how pathways for academic career and employment projects should address workforce skills gaps, occupational shortages, and wage gaps.
   b.  Integrating pathways for academic career and employment projects and other existing supply-side strategies with workforce needs within the region served by the community college.
   c.  Developing pathways for academic career and employment projects that focus on the workforce skills, from entry level to advanced, required by industry sectors within the region served by the community college.
   Sec. 43.  Section 260I.4, subsection 6, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  Eligibility for tuition assistance under this chapter shall be limited to persons earning incomes at or below two hundred
 
fifty percent of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services.
   Sec. 44.  Section 260I.5, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  Costs of providing direct staff support services including but not limited to marketing, outreach, application, interview, and assessment processes. Eligible costs for this purpose shall be limited to twenty percent of any allocation of moneys to the two smallest community colleges, ten percent of any allocation of moneys to the two largest community colleges, and fifteen percent of any allocation of moneys to the remaining eleven community colleges. Community college size shall be determined based on the most recent three-year rolling average full-time equivalent enrollment.>

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

ROBERT E. DVORSKY, CHAIRPERSON