House File 2431 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY MASCHER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to an appropriation to the department of
2 education for purposes of allocating funds for technology that
3 advances student achievement.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is appropriated
1 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
1 3 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof
1 5 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
1 6 For purposes of providing funds to school districts,
1 7 students attending accredited nonpublic schools, and community
1 8 colleges for technology that advances student achievement:
1 9 .................................................. $ 14,500,000
1 10 1. The moneys appropriated in this section shall be used
1 11 for the purchase of technology that advances student
1 12 achievement, subject to the restrictions of subsection 4.
1 13 2. The moneys appropriated in this section shall be
1 14 allocated as follows:
1 15 a. The amount of $10 million shall be distributed to
1 16 school districts in the proportion that the basic enrollment
1 17 of a school district and the participating accredited
1 18 nonpublic schools located within the school district for the
1 19 budget year bears to the sum of the basic enrollments of all
1 20 school districts and participating accredited nonpublic
1 21 schools in the state for the budget year. However, a district
1 22 shall not receive less than $10,000 in a fiscal year except
1 23 that the amount of moneys allocated to the institutions under
1 24 the control of the department of human services as provided in
1 25 section 218.1, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 5, shall be a total of
1 26 not more than $20,000 to be distributed proportionately among
1 27 the four institutions.
1 28 b. The amount of $3 million shall be distributed to
1 29 community colleges to support community college vocational=
1 30 technical technology improvement efforts. The funds shall be
1 31 distributed to the community colleges in a manner consistent
1 32 with the formula established pursuant to section 260C.18C.
1 33 c. The amount of $1.5 million shall be distributed to
1 34 school districts for the purchase of technology for accredited
1 35 nonpublic schools as provided in subsection 5.
2 1 3. A participating accredited nonpublic school, the Iowa
2 2 braille and sight saving school, the state school for the
2 3 deaf, the Price laboratory school at the university of
2 4 northern Iowa, and the department of human services on behalf
2 5 of the institutions under the department's control as provided
2 6 in section 218.1, subsections 1 through 3, 5, 7, and 8, shall
2 7 certify their basic enrollments or average student yearly
2 8 enrollment, as applicable, to the department of education by
2 9 October 1, 2006.
2 10 4. A school district or community college shall expend
2 11 funds received pursuant to this section for the acquisition,
2 12 lease, lease=purchase, installation, and maintenance of
2 13 instructional technology equipment, including hardware and
2 14 software, materials and supplies related to instructional
2 15 technology, and staff development and training related to
2 16 instructional technology, and shall establish priorities for
2 17 the use of the funds. However, funds received pursuant to
2 18 this section shall not be expended to add a full=time
2 19 equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing unless the
2 20 school district or community college expends not more than 10
2 21 percent of the funds received to employ or enter into a
2 22 contract with information technology specialists to provide
2 23 technical consulting and integration of technology in
2 24 curriculum and instruction to advance student achievement.
2 25 5. Technology adopted and purchased by a school district
2 26 shall, to the extent funds are allocated pursuant to
2 27 subsection 1, paragraph "c", be made available to students of
2 28 accredited nonpublic schools located within the boundaries of
2 29 the school district upon the written request of the
2 30 authorities in charge of the accredited nonpublic school on
2 31 behalf of the school's students as provided in this section.
2 32 The department of education shall ascertain a maximum amount
2 33 the school district shall be required to use for the purchase
2 34 of technology for participating accredited nonpublic schools.
2 35 The amount shall be in the proportion that the basic
3 1 enrollment of a participating accredited nonpublic school
3 2 bears to the sum of the basic enrollments of all participating
3 3 accredited nonpublic schools in the state for the budget year.
3 4 By October 15, 2006, the department of education shall notify
3 5 the board of directors of each school district of the maximum
3 6 amount of its allocation that shall be made available for
3 7 purchasing nonsectarian, nonreligious technology for each of
3 8 the participating accredited nonpublic schools located within
3 9 the school district in accordance with this section. For
3 10 purposes of this section only, an accredited nonpublic
3 11 school's enrollment count shall include only students who are
3 12 residents of Iowa.
3 13 The costs of providing technology to participating
3 14 accredited nonpublic schools as provided in this section shall
3 15 not be included in the computation of district cost under
3 16 chapter 257, but shall be shown in the budget as an expense
3 17 from miscellaneous income. Technology expenditures made in
3 18 accordance with this section shall be kept on file in the
3 19 school district.
3 20 6. The department of education shall notify the department
3 21 of revenue and finance of the amount to be paid to each school
3 22 district and community college based upon the allocation
3 23 criteria set forth for the appropriation pursuant to this
3 24 section. Allocations to each school district and community
3 25 college under this section shall be made in one payment on or
3 26 about October 15 and one payment on or about February 15 of
3 27 the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made, taking
3 28 into consideration the relative budget and cash position of
3 29 the state resources.
3 30 7. Payments made to school districts and area education
3 31 agencies under this section are miscellaneous income for
3 32 purposes of chapter 257. Moneys received under this section
3 33 shall not be commingled with state aid payments made under
3 34 sections 257.16 and 257.35 to a school district or area
3 35 education agency and shall be accounted for by the local
4 1 school district or area education agency separately from state
4 2 aid payments.
4 3 8. Moneys received by a community college under this
4 4 section shall not be commingled with general state financial
4 5 aid, including financial aid to merged areas in lieu of
4 6 personal property tax replacement payments, to merged areas as
4 7 defined in section 260C.2, and including moneys received for
4 8 vocational education programs in accordance with chapters 258
4 9 and 260C. Payments made to a community college shall be
4 10 accounted for by the community college separately from other
4 11 state aid payments. Each community college shall maintain a
4 12 separate listing within its budget accounting for payments
4 13 received and expenditures made pursuant to this section.
4 14 Moneys received under this section shall supplement, not
4 15 supplant, the moneys each community college budgets for
4 16 technology. A community college may also use moneys received
4 17 under this section for vertical infrastructure projects, as
4 18 defined in section 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c", related
4 19 to the acquisition or installation of technology. A community
4 20 college shall not be eligible for funds under this section
4 21 unless the community college, without including moneys
4 22 received under this section, maintains the same average amount
4 23 of expenditures for technology per year as the community
4 24 college maintains during the fiscal period beginning July 1,
4 25 2003, and ending June 30, 2006.
4 26 9. For purposes of this section, "school district" means a
4 27 school district, the Iowa braille and sight saving school, the
4 28 state school for the deaf, the Price laboratory school at the
4 29 university of northern Iowa, and the institutions under the
4 30 control of the department of human services as provided in
4 31 section 218.1, subsections 1 through 3, 5, 7, and 8.
4 32 EXPLANATION
4 33 This bill appropriates $14.5 million from the general fund
4 34 of the state to the department of education for purposes of
4 35 allocating funds to school districts, students attending
5 1 accredited nonpublic schools, and community colleges for
5 2 technology that advances student achievement.
5 3 The bill allocates $10 million to school districts to be
5 4 distributed on a per pupil basis. However, the bill defines
5 5 "school district" to include the Iowa braille and sight saving
5 6 school, the state school for the deaf, the Price laboratory
5 7 school at the university of northern Iowa, and institutions
5 8 under the control of the department of human services that
5 9 serve children. The bill provides that a district shall not
5 10 receive less than $10,000 in a fiscal year except that $20,000
5 11 is to be distributed proportionately between Glenwood and
5 12 Woodward state resource centers, and the mental health
5 13 institutes at Cherokee and Independence.
5 14 The bill allocates $3 million to support community college
5 15 vocational=technical technology improvement efforts. The
5 16 funds are to be distributed to the community colleges in a
5 17 manner consistent with a formula established in Code.
5 18 The amount of $1.5 million shall be distributed to school
5 19 districts for the purchase of technology for accredited
5 20 nonpublic schools.
5 21 The technology funds received by a school district or
5 22 community college are to be used for the acquisition, lease,
5 23 lease=purchase, installation, and maintenance of instructional
5 24 technology equipment, including hardware and software,
5 25 materials and supplies related to instructional technology,
5 26 and staff development and training related to instructional
5 27 technology, and shall establish priorities for the use of the
5 28 funds. The funds shall not be expended to add a full=time
5 29 equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing unless the
5 30 school district or community college expends not more than 10
5 31 percent of the funds to employ or enter into a contract with
5 32 information technology specialists.
5 33 The bill requires that technology adopted and purchased by
5 34 a school district be made available to students of accredited
5 35 nonpublic schools located within the boundaries of the school
6 1 district. The department of education is directed to
6 2 ascertain a maximum amount a school district shall be required
6 3 to use for the purchase of technology for participating
6 4 accredited nonpublic schools.
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