H-8086

   Amend House File 2610 as follows:
   1.  Page 6, after line 2 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 257.11, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The department may authorize the recipient of a grant awarded pursuant to this section to deposit all or a portion of the grant award into a protected investment or endowment account. The principal shall not be expended. Dividends and interest earnings may be expended for career academy program development and sustainability.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  For purposes of this section, a regional center may include a physical facility, a career academy program, or both.>
   2.  Title page, by striking line 4 and inserting <common course numbering systems, the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community colleges, and the career academy fund.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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KRESSIG of Black Hawk