House Study Bill 256



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                         APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY
                                         HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
                                         SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and
  2    appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission,
  3    the department for the blind, the department of cultural
  4    affairs, the department of education, and the state board of
  5    regents.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  7 TLSB 1087HA 81
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  1  1                    DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
  1  2    Section 1.  ADMINISTRATION.  There is appropriated from the
  1  3 general fund of the state to the department for the blind for
  1  4 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30,
  1  5 2006, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  1  6 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  1  7    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes
  1  8 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  1  9 positions:
  1 10 .................................................. $  1,886,842
  1 11 ............................................... FTEs     109.50
  1 12                 COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
  1 13    Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1 14 state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal
  1 15 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the
  1 16 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
  1 17 be used for the purposes designated:
  1 18    1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
  1 19    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  1 20 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  1 21 positions:
  1 22 .................................................. $    349,494
  1 23 ............................................... FTEs       4.30
  1 24    2.  STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
  1 25    For payments to students for the Iowa grant program:
  1 26 .................................................. $  1,029,784
  1 27    3.  DES MOINES UNIVERSITY == OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
  1 28    a.  For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending the Des
  1 29 Moines university == osteopathic medical center under the
  1 30 forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19:
  1 31 .................................................. $     50,000
  1 32    To receive funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph,
  1 33 Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center shall
  1 34 match the funds with institutional funds on a dollar=for=
  1 35 dollar basis.
  2  1    b.  For the Des Moines university == osteopathic medical
  2  2 center for an initiative in primary health care to direct
  2  3 primary care physicians to shortage areas in the state:
  2  4 .................................................. $    346,451
  2  5    4.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
  2  6    For purposes of providing national guard educational
  2  7 assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
  2  8 .................................................. $  3,800,000
  2  9    5.  TEACHER SHORTAGE FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM
  2 10    For the teacher shortage forgivable loan program
  2 11 established in section 261.111:
  2 12 .................................................. $    285,000
  2 13    Sec. 3.  WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION NULLIFICATION FOR FY
  2 14 2005=2006.  Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal
  2 15 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the
  2 16 amount appropriated for the work=study program under section
  2 17 261.85 shall be zero.
  2 18                 DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
  2 19    Sec. 4.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  2 20 state to the department of cultural affairs for the fiscal
  2 21 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the
  2 22 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  2 23 used for the purposes designated:
  2 24    1.  ADMINISTRATION
  2 25    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  2 26 purposes:
  2 27 .................................................. $    235,636
  2 28    The department of cultural affairs shall coordinate
  2 29 activities with the tourism office of the department of
  2 30 economic development to promote attendance at the state
  2 31 historical building and at this state's historic sites.
  2 32    2.  COMMUNITY CULTURAL GRANTS
  2 33    For planning and programming for the community cultural
  2 34 grants program established under section 303.3:
  2 35 .................................................. $    299,240
  3  1    3.  HISTORICAL DIVISION
  3  2    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  3  3 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  3  4 positions:
  3  5 .................................................. $  3,040,920
  3  6 ............................................... FTEs      66.00
  3  7    4.  HISTORIC SITES
  3  8    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  3  9 purposes:
  3 10 .................................................. $    526,459
  3 11    5.  ARTS DIVISION
  3 12    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  3 13 including funds to match federal grants and for not more than
  3 14 the following full=time equivalent positions:
  3 15 .................................................. $  1,157,486
  3 16 ............................................... FTEs      11.25
  3 17                     DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  3 18    Sec. 5.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  3 19 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
  3 20 beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the
  3 21 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
  3 22 be used for the purposes designated:
  3 23    1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
  3 24    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  3 25 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  3 26 positions:
  3 27 .................................................. $  5,419,542
  3 28 ............................................... FTEs      81.27
  3 29    The director of the department of education shall ensure
  3 30 that all school districts are aware of the state education
  3 31 resources available on the state website for listing teacher
  3 32 job openings and shall make every reasonable effort to enable
  3 33 qualified practitioners to post their resumes on the state
  3 34 website.  The department shall administer the posting of job
  3 35 vacancies for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools,
  4  1 and area education agencies on the state website.  The
  4  2 department may coordinate this activity with the Iowa school
  4  3 board association or other interested education associations
  4  4 in the state.  The department shall strongly encourage school
  4  5 districts to seek direct claiming under the medical assistance
  4  6 program for funding of school district nursing services for
  4  7 students.
  4  8    2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
  4  9    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  4 10 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  4 11 positions:
  4 12 .................................................. $    514,828
  4 13 ............................................... FTEs      13.80
  4 14    3.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
  4 15    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  4 16 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
  4 17 equivalent positions:
  4 18 .................................................. $  4,340,050
  4 19 ............................................... FTEs     273.50
  4 20    The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall
  4 21 seek funding from other sources, such as local funds, for
  4 22 purposes of matching the state's federal vocational
  4 23 rehabilitation allocation, as well as for matching other
  4 24 federal vocational rehabilitation funding that may become
  4 25 available.
  4 26    Except where prohibited under federal law, the division of
  4 27 vocational rehabilitation services of the department of
  4 28 education shall accept client assessments, or assessments of
  4 29 potential clients, performed by other agencies in order to
  4 30 reduce duplication of effort.
  4 31    Notwithstanding the full=time equivalent position limit
  4 32 established in this lettered paragraph, for the fiscal year
  4 33 ending June 30, 2006, if federal funding is received to pay
  4 34 the costs of additional employees for the vocational
  4 35 rehabilitation services division who would have duties
  5  1 relating to vocational rehabilitation services paid for
  5  2 through federal funding, authorization to hire not more than
  5  3 4.00 additional full=time equivalent employees shall be
  5  4 provided, the full=time equivalent position limit shall be
  5  5 exceeded, and the additional employees shall be hired by the
  5  6 division.
  5  7    b.  For matching funds for programs to enable persons with
  5  8 severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
  5  9 independently, including salaries and support, and for not
  5 10 more than the following full=time equivalent position:
  5 11 .................................................. $     54,150
  5 12 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
  5 13    The highest priority use for the moneys appropriated under
  5 14 this lettered paragraph shall be for programs that emphasize
  5 15 employment and assist persons with severe physical or mental
  5 16 disabilities to find and maintain employment to enable them to
  5 17 function more independently.
  5 18    4.  STATE LIBRARY
  5 19    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  5 20 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
  5 21 equivalent positions:
  5 22 .................................................. $  1,378,555
  5 23 ............................................... FTEs      18.00
  5 24    b.  For the enrich Iowa program:
  5 25 .................................................. $  1,698,432
  5 26    (1)  Funds allocated for purposes of the enrich Iowa
  5 27 program as provided in this lettered paragraph shall be
  5 28 distributed by the division of libraries and information
  5 29 services to provide support for Iowa's libraries.  The
  5 30 commission of libraries shall develop rules governing the
  5 31 allocation of funds provided by the general assembly for the
  5 32 enrich Iowa program to provide direct state assistance to
  5 33 public libraries and to fund the open access and access plus
  5 34 programs.  Direct state assistance to eligible public
  5 35 libraries is provided as an incentive to improve library
  6  1 services and to reduce inequities among communities in the
  6  2 delivery of library services based on recognized and adopted
  6  3 performance measures.  Funds distributed as direct state
  6  4 assistance shall be distributed to eligible public libraries
  6  5 that are in compliance with performance measures adopted by
  6  6 rule by the commission of libraries.  The funds allocated as
  6  7 provided in this lettered paragraph shall not be used for the
  6  8 costs of administration by the division.  The amount of direct
  6  9 state assistance distributed to each eligible public library
  6 10 shall be based upon the following:
  6 11    (a)  The level of compliance by the eligible public library
  6 12 with the performance measures adopted by the commission as
  6 13 provided in this subparagraph.
  6 14    (b)  The number of people residing within an eligible
  6 15 library's geographic service area for whom the library
  6 16 provides services.
  6 17    (c)  The amount of other funding the eligible public
  6 18 library received in the previous fiscal year for providing
  6 19 services to rural residents and to contracting communities.
  6 20    (2)  Moneys received by a public library under this
  6 21 lettered paragraph shall supplement, not supplant, any other
  6 22 funding received by the library.
  6 23    (3)  For purposes of this section, "eligible public
  6 24 library" means a public library that meets all of the
  6 25 following requirements:
  6 26    (a)  Submits to the division all of the following:
  6 27    (i)  The report provided for under section 256.51,
  6 28 subsection 1, paragraph "h".
  6 29    (ii)  An application and accreditation report, in a format
  6 30 approved by the commission, that provides evidence of the
  6 31 library's compliance with at least one level of the standards
  6 32 established in accordance with section 256.51, subsection 1,
  6 33 paragraph "k".
  6 34    (iii)  Any other application or report the division deems
  6 35 necessary for the implementation of the enrich Iowa program.
  7  1    (b)  Participates in the library resource and information
  7  2 sharing programs established by the state library.
  7  3    (c)  Is a public library established by city ordinance or a
  7  4 library district as provided in chapter 336.
  7  5    (4)  Each eligible public library shall maintain a separate
  7  6 listing within its budget for payments received and
  7  7 expenditures made pursuant to this lettered paragraph, and
  7  8 shall annually submit this listing to the division.
  7  9    (5)  By January 15, 2007, the division shall submit a
  7 10 program evaluation report to the general assembly and the
  7 11 governor detailing the uses and the impacts of funds allocated
  7 12 under this lettered paragraph.
  7 13    (6)  A public library that receives funds in accordance
  7 14 with this lettered paragraph shall have an internet use policy
  7 15 in place, which may or may not include internet filtering.
  7 16 The library shall submit a report describing the library's
  7 17 internet use efforts to the division.
  7 18    (7)  A public library that receives funds in accordance
  7 19 with this lettered paragraph shall provide open access, the
  7 20 reciprocal borrowing program, as a service to its patrons, at
  7 21 a reimbursement rate determined by the state library.
  7 22    5.  LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM
  7 23    For state aid:
  7 24 .................................................. $  1,376,558
  7 25    6.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
  7 26    For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
  7 27 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
  7 28 full=time equivalent positions:
  7 29 .................................................. $  7,356,722
  7 30 ............................................... FTEs      86.00
  7 31    7.  REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
  7 32    For state aid:
  7 33 .................................................. $  1,240,478
  7 34    The regional telecommunications councils shall use the
  7 35 funds to provide technical assistance for network classrooms,
  8  1 planning and troubleshooting for local area networks,
  8  2 scheduling of video sites, and other related support
  8  3 activities.
  8  4    8.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  8  5    For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures
  8  6 made by secondary schools:
  8  7 .................................................. $  2,936,904
  8  8    Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
  8  9 expenditures made by school districts to meet the standards
  8 10 set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14 as a result of the
  8 11 enactment of 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278.  Funds shall be used
  8 12 as reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by
  8 13 secondary schools in the manner provided by the department of
  8 14 education for implementation of the standards set in 1989 Iowa
  8 15 Acts, chapter 278.
  8 16    9.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
  8 17    For use as state matching funds for federal programs that
  8 18 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
  8 19 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
  8 20 .................................................. $  2,509,683
  8 21    10.  IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND
  8 22    For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
  8 23 the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:
  8 24 .................................................. $ 22,481,594
  8 25    a.  From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
  8 26 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and
  8 27 ending June 30, 2006, not more than $300,000 is allocated for
  8 28 the community empowerment office and other technical
  8 29 assistance activities.  It is the intent of the general
  8 30 assembly that regional technical assistance teams will be
  8 31 established and will include staff from various agencies, as
  8 32 appropriate, including the area education agencies, community
  8 33 colleges, and the Iowa state university of science and
  8 34 technology cooperative extension service in agriculture and
  8 35 home economics.  The Iowa empowerment board shall direct staff
  9  1 to work with the advisory council to inventory technical
  9  2 assistance needs.  Funds allocated under this lettered
  9  3 paragraph may be used by the Iowa empowerment board for the
  9  4 purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
  9  5 of the regional technical assistance teams.  However, funds
  9  6 shall not be used for additional staff or for the
  9  7 reimbursement of staff.
  9  8    b.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
  9  9 contrary, the community empowerment office shall use the
  9 10 documentation created by the legislative services agency to
  9 11 continue the implementation of the four=year phase=in period
  9 12 of the distribution formula approved by the community
  9 13 empowerment board.
  9 14    c.  As a condition of receiving funding appropriated in
  9 15 this subsection, each community empowerment area board shall
  9 16 report to the Iowa empowerment board progress on each of the
  9 17 state indicators approved by the state board, as well as
  9 18 progress on local indicators.  The community empowerment area
  9 19 board must also submit a written plan amendment extending by
  9 20 one year the area's comprehensive school ready children grant
  9 21 plan developed for providing services for children from birth
  9 22 through five years of age and provide other information
  9 23 specified by the Iowa empowerment board.  The amendment may
  9 24 also provide for changes in the programs and services provided
  9 25 under the plan.  The Iowa empowerment board shall establish a
  9 26 submission deadline for the plan amendment that allows a
  9 27 reasonable period of time for preparation of the plan
  9 28 amendment and for review and approval or request for
  9 29 modification of the plan amendment by the Iowa empowerment
  9 30 board.  In addition, the community empowerment board must
  9 31 continue to comply with reporting provisions and other
  9 32 requirements adopted by the Iowa empowerment board in
  9 33 implementing section 28.8.
  9 34    d.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
  9 35 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
 10  1 Iowa empowerment fund, $1,000,000 shall be allocated to a
 10  2 collaborative effort between the Iowa community empowerment
 10  3 board and Iowa state university extension to provide hands=on
 10  4 assistance to child care providers.
 10  5    e.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
 10  6 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
 10  7 Iowa empowerment fund that is used for distribution to areas,
 10  8 $3,000,000 shall be used to assist low=income parents with
 10  9 preschool tuition.
 10 10    f.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
 10 11 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
 10 12 Iowa empowerment fund that is used for distribution to areas,
 10 13 $1,000,000 shall be used to collaborate with area education
 10 14 agencies and community colleges to provide both child care and
 10 15 preschool providers with ready access to high=quality
 10 16 professional development.
 10 17    11.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
 10 18    To provide funds for costs of providing textbooks to each
 10 19 resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by
 10 20 section 301.1.  The funding is limited to $20 per pupil and
 10 21 shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident
 10 22 public school pupils:
 10 23 .................................................. $    614,058
 10 24    12.  STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
 10 25    For purposes, as provided in law, of the student
 10 26 achievement and teacher quality program established pursuant
 10 27 to chapter 284:
 10 28 .................................................. $ 59,818,894
 10 29    13.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
 10 30    For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined
 10 31 in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
 10 32 .................................................. $146,063,888
 10 33    The funds appropriated in this subsection shall be
 10 34 allocated as follows:
 10 35    a.  Merged Area I ............................. $  7,050,307
 11  1    b.  Merged Area II ............................ $  8,174,864
 11  2    c.  Merged Area III ........................... $  7,573,324
 11  3    d.  Merged Area IV ............................ $  3,708,637
 11  4    e.  Merged Area V ............................. $  7,844,724
 11  5    f.  Merged Area VI ............................ $  7,187,687
 11  6    g.  Merged Area VII ........................... $ 10,452,573
 11  7    h.  Merged Area IX ............................ $ 12,871,340
 11  8    i.  Merged Area X ............................. $ 20,387,667
 11  9    j.  Merged Area XI ............................ $ 21,520,591
 11 10    k.  Merged Area XII ........................... $  8,447,771
 11 11    l.  Merged Area XIII .......................... $  8,664,978
 11 12    m.  Merged Area XIV ........................... $  3,753,491
 11 13    n.  Merged Area XV ............................ $ 11,804,074
 11 14    o.  Merged Area XVI ........................... $  6,621,860
 11 15    Sec. 6.  STATEWIDE TEACHER INTERN PROGRAM == FEDERAL GRANT
 11 16 APPLICATION COORDINATION.
 11 17    The department shall work cooperatively with the state
 11 18 board of regents and other appropriate eligible grantees to
 11 19 obtain any available federal funding, including grants that
 11 20 may be available for the establishment and operation of a
 11 21 teacher intern program.
 11 22    Sec. 7.  BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS LICENSING FEES.
 11 23 Notwithstanding section 272.10, up to 85 percent of any funds
 11 24 received annually resulting from an increase in fees approved
 11 25 and implemented for licensing by the state board of
 11 26 educational examiners after July 1, 1997, and before June 30,
 11 27 2003, and up to 70 percent of any funds received annually
 11 28 resulting from an increase in fees approved and implemented
 11 29 for licensing by the state board after July 1, 2003, shall be
 11 30 available for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, to the
 11 31 state board for purposes related to the state board's duties,
 11 32 including, but not limited to, additional full=time equivalent
 11 33 positions.  The director of the department of administrative
 11 34 services shall draw warrants upon the treasurer of state from
 11 35 the funds appropriated as provided in this section and shall
 12  1 make the funds resulting from the increase in fees available
 12  2 during the fiscal year to the state board on a monthly basis.
 12  3    Sec. 8.  MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY REQUIREMENTS == FY 2005=
 12  4 2006.
 12  5    1.  Notwithstanding section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph
 12  6 "a", subparagraph (2), the minimum teacher salary paid by a
 12  7 school district or area education agency for purposes of
 12  8 teacher compensation in accordance with chapter 284, for the
 12  9 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006,
 12 10 shall be the minimum salary amount the school district or area
 12 11 education agency paid to a first=year beginning teacher or,
 12 12 the minimum salary amount the school district or area
 12 13 education agency would have paid a first=year beginning
 12 14 teacher if the school district or area education agency had
 12 15 participated in the program in the 2001=2002 school year, in
 12 16 accordance with section 284.7, subsection 1, Code Supplement
 12 17 2001.  If the school district or area education agency did not
 12 18 employ a first=year beginning teacher in the 2001=2002 school
 12 19 year, the minimum salary is the amount that the district would
 12 20 have paid a first=year beginning teacher under chapter 284 in
 12 21 the 2001=2002 school year.
 12 22    2.  Notwithstanding section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph
 12 23 "b", subparagraph (2), the minimum career teacher salary paid
 12 24 to a career teacher who was a beginning teacher in the 2004=
 12 25 2005 school year, by a school district or area education
 12 26 agency participating in the student achievement and teacher
 12 27 quality program, for the school year beginning July 1, 2005,
 12 28 and ending June 30, 2006, shall be, unless the school district
 12 29 has a minimum career teacher salary that exceeds thirty
 12 30 thousand dollars, one thousand dollars greater than the
 12 31 minimum salary amount the school district or area education
 12 32 agency paid to a first=year beginning teacher if the school
 12 33 district or area education agency participated in the program
 12 34 during the 2001=2002 school year, or the minimum salary amount
 12 35 the school district or area education agency would have paid a
 13  1 first=year beginning teacher if the school district or area
 13  2 education agency had participated in the program in the 2001=
 13  3 2002 school year, in accordance with section 284.7, subsection
 13  4 1, Code Supplement 2001.
 13  5    3.  Notwithstanding section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph
 13  6 "b", subparagraph (2), and except as provided in subsection 2,
 13  7 the minimum career teacher salary paid by a school district or
 13  8 area education agency participating in the student achievement
 13  9 and teacher quality program, for purposes of teacher
 13 10 compensation in accordance with chapter 284, for the school
 13 11 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, shall
 13 12 be the minimum salary amount the school district or area
 13 13 education agency paid to a career teacher if the school
 13 14 district or area education agency participated in the program
 13 15 during the 2001=2002 school year, or, the minimum salary
 13 16 amount the school district or area education agency would have
 13 17 paid a career teacher if the school district or area education
 13 18 agency had participated in the program in the 2001=2002 school
 13 19 year, in accordance with section 284.7, subsection 1, Code
 13 20 Supplement 2001.
 13 21                     STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
 13 22    Sec. 9.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 13 23 state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
 13 24 beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the
 13 25 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
 13 26 be used for the purposes designated:
 13 27    1.  OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
 13 28    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
 13 29 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 13 30 equivalent positions:
 13 31 .................................................. $  1,167,137
 13 32 ............................................... FTEs      16.00
 13 33    The state board of regents, the department of management,
 13 34 and the legislative services agency shall cooperate to
 13 35 determine and agree upon, by November 15, 2005, the amount
 14  1 that needs to be appropriated for tuition replacement for the
 14  2 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006.
 14  3    The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
 14  4 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
 14  5 office and the legislative services agency.
 14  6    b.  For allocation by the state board of regents to the
 14  7 state university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science
 14  8 and technology, and the university of northern Iowa to
 14  9 reimburse the institutions for deficiencies in their operating
 14 10 funds resulting from the pledging of tuitions, student fees
 14 11 and charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of
 14 12 providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities
 14 13 and utility services at the institutions:
 14 14 .................................................. $ 13,975,431
 14 15    Notwithstanding section 8.33, funds appropriated for the
 14 16 purposes in this lettered paragraph remaining unencumbered or
 14 17 unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert but
 14 18 shall be available for expenditure for the purposes specified
 14 19 in this lettered paragraph during the subsequent fiscal year.
 14 20    c.  For funds to be allocated to the southwest Iowa
 14 21 graduate studies center:
 14 22 .................................................. $    105,956
 14 23    d.  For funds to be allocated to the siouxland interstate
 14 24 metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center
 14 25 under section 262.9, subsection 21:
 14 26 .................................................. $     77,941
 14 27    e.  For funds to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
 14 28 studies center:
 14 29 .................................................. $    157,144
 14 30    f.  For funds for regents universities' general operating
 14 31 budgets:
 14 32 .................................................. $  6,284,644
 14 33    Funds appropriated for purposes of this lettered paragraph
 14 34 shall be allocated on a pro rata basis to the universities'
 14 35 general operating budget units by the board as outlined in the
 15  1 state board of regents partnership for transformation and
 15  2 excellence.  The state university of Iowa, the Iowa state
 15  3 university of science and technology, and the university of
 15  4 northern Iowa shall each generate matching internal
 15  5 reallocations in an amount equal to 50 percent of the prorated
 15  6 amounts received by the universities pursuant to this lettered
 15  7 paragraph.
 15  8    g.  For funds to be distributed to the midwestern higher
 15  9 education compact to pay Iowa's member state annual
 15 10 obligation:
 15 11 .................................................. $     90,000
 15 12    2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
 15 13    a.  General university, including lakeside laboratory
 15 14    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 15 15 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 15 16 full=time equivalent positions:
 15 17 .................................................. $220,131,572
 15 18 ............................................... FTEs   5,058.55
 15 19    It is the intent of the general assembly that the
 15 20 university continue progress on the school of public health
 15 21 and the public health initiative for the purposes of
 15 22 establishing an accredited school of public health and for
 15 23 funding an initiative for the health and independence of
 15 24 elderly Iowans.
 15 25    b.  University hospitals
 15 26    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
 15 27 miscellaneous purposes and for medical and surgical treatment
 15 28 of indigent patients as provided in chapter 255, for medical
 15 29 education, and for not more than the following full=time
 15 30 equivalent positions:
 15 31 .................................................. $ 27,284,584
 15 32 ............................................... FTEs   6,877.34
 15 33    (1)  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall,
 15 34 within the context of chapter 255 and when medically
 15 35 appropriate, make reasonable efforts to extend the university
 16  1 of Iowa hospitals and clinics' use of home telemedicine and
 16  2 other technologies to reduce the frequency of visits to the
 16  3 hospital required by the indigent patients.
 16  4    (2)  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall
 16  5 submit quarterly a report regarding the portion of the
 16  6 appropriation in this lettered paragraph expended on medical
 16  7 education.  The report shall be submitted in a format jointly
 16  8 developed by the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, the
 16  9 legislative services agency, and the department of management,
 16 10 and shall delineate the expenditures and purposes of the
 16 11 funds.
 16 12    (3)  Funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall
 16 13 not be used to perform abortions except medically necessary
 16 14 abortions, and shall not be used to operate the early
 16 15 termination of pregnancy clinic except for the performance of
 16 16 medically necessary abortions.  For the purpose of this
 16 17 lettered paragraph, an abortion is the purposeful interruption
 16 18 of pregnancy with the intention other than to produce a live=
 16 19 born infant or to remove a dead fetus, and a medically
 16 20 necessary abortion is one performed under one of the following
 16 21 conditions:
 16 22    (a)  The attending physician certifies that continuing the
 16 23 pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman.
 16 24    (b)  The attending physician certifies that the fetus is
 16 25 physically deformed, mentally deficient, or afflicted with a
 16 26 congenital illness.
 16 27    (c)  The pregnancy is the result of a rape which is
 16 28 reported within 45 days of the incident to a law enforcement
 16 29 agency or public or private health agency which may include a
 16 30 family physician.
 16 31    (d)  The pregnancy is the result of incest which is
 16 32 reported within 150 days of the incident to a law enforcement
 16 33 agency or public or private health agency which may include a
 16 34 family physician.
 16 35    (e)  The abortion is a spontaneous abortion, commonly known
 17  1 as a miscarriage, wherein not all of the products of
 17  2 conception are expelled.
 17  3    (4)  The total quota allocated to the counties for indigent
 17  4 patients for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, shall not
 17  5 be lower than the total quota allocated to the counties for
 17  6 the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1998.  The total quota
 17  7 shall be allocated among the counties on the basis of the 2000
 17  8 census pursuant to section 255.16.
 17  9    c.  Psychiatric hospital
 17 10    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 17 11 miscellaneous purposes, for the care, treatment, and
 17 12 maintenance of committed and voluntary public patients, and
 17 13 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 17 14 positions:
 17 15 .................................................. $  7,043,056
 17 16 ............................................... FTEs     269.65
 17 17    d.  Center for disabilities and development
 17 18    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 17 19 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 17 20 positions:
 17 21 .................................................. $  6,363,265
 17 22 ............................................... FTEs     130.37
 17 23    From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
 17 24 $200,000 shall be allocated for purposes of the employment
 17 25 policy group.
 17 26    e.  Oakdale campus
 17 27    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 17 28 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 17 29 positions:
 17 30 .................................................. $  2,657,335
 17 31 ............................................... FTEs      38.25
 17 32    f.  State hygienic laboratory
 17 33    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 17 34 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 17 35 positions:
 18  1 .................................................. $  3,849,461
 18  2 ............................................... FTEs     102.50
 18  3    g.  Family practice program
 18  4    For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
 18  5 approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants, to
 18  6 carry out chapter 148D for the family practice program,
 18  7 including salaries and support, and for not more than the
 18  8 following full=time equivalent positions:
 18  9 .................................................. $  2,075,948
 18 10 ............................................... FTEs     190.40
 18 11    h.  Child health care services
 18 12    For specialized child health care services, including
 18 13 childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
 18 14 rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa
 18 15 high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries and
 18 16 support, and for not more than the following full=time
 18 17 equivalent positions:
 18 18 .................................................. $    649,066
 18 19 ............................................... FTEs      57.97
 18 20    i.  Statewide cancer registry
 18 21    For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than
 18 22 the following full=time equivalent positions:
 18 23 .................................................. $    178,739
 18 24 ............................................... FTEs       2.10
 18 25    j.  Substance abuse consortium
 18 26    For funds to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
 18 27 substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
 18 28 the following full=time equivalent position:
 18 29 .................................................. $     64,871
 18 30 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
 18 31    k.  Center for biocatalysis
 18 32    For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
 18 33 following full=time equivalent positions:
 18 34 .................................................. $    881,384
 18 35 ............................................... FTEs       6.28
 19  1    l.  Primary health care initiative
 19  2    For the primary health care initiative in the college of
 19  3 medicine and for not more than the following full=time
 19  4 equivalent positions:
 19  5 .................................................. $    759,875
 19  6 ............................................... FTEs       5.89
 19  7    From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
 19  8 $330,000 shall be allocated to the department of family
 19  9 practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
 19 10 for family practice faculty and support staff.
 19 11    m.  Birth defects registry
 19 12    For the birth defects registry and for not more than the
 19 13 following full=time equivalent position:
 19 14 .................................................. $     44,636
 19 15 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
 19 16    3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 19 17    a.  General university
 19 18    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 19 19 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 19 20 full=time equivalent positions:
 19 21 .................................................. $173,269,729
 19 22 ............................................... FTEs   3,647.42
 19 23    It is the intent of the general assembly that the
 19 24 university continue progress on the center for excellence in
 19 25 fundamental plant sciences.
 19 26    b.  Agricultural experiment station
 19 27    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 19 28 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 19 29 positions:
 19 30 .................................................. $ 31,019,520
 19 31 ............................................... FTEs     546.98
 19 32    c.  Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
 19 33 economics
 19 34    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 19 35 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 20  1 positions:
 20  2 .................................................. $ 19,738,432
 20  3 ............................................... FTEs     383.34
 20  4    d.  Leopold center
 20  5    For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university
 20  6 under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following
 20  7 full=time equivalent positions:
 20  8 .................................................. $    464,319
 20  9 ............................................... FTEs      11.25
 20 10    e.  Livestock disease research
 20 11    For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease
 20 12 research fund under section 267.8:
 20 13 .................................................. $    220,708
 20 14    4.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
 20 15    a.  General university
 20 16    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 20 17 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 20 18 full=time equivalent positions:
 20 19 .................................................. $ 77,831,821
 20 20 ............................................... FTEs   1,398.01
 20 21    It is the intent of the general assembly that the
 20 22 university continue to allocate funds for a masters in social
 20 23 work program, the roadside vegetation project, and the Iowa
 20 24 office for staff development.
 20 25    b.  Recycling and reuse center
 20 26    For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
 20 27 more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
 20 28 .................................................. $    211,858
 20 29 ............................................... FTEs       3.00
 20 30    5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
 20 31    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 20 32 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 20 33 positions:
 20 34 .................................................. $  8,810,471
 20 35 ............................................... FTEs     126.60
 21  1    6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
 21  2    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 21  3 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 21  4 positions:
 21  5 .................................................. $  4,930,295
 21  6 ............................................... FTEs      81.00
 21  7    7.  TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
 21  8    For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
 21  9 transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
 21 10 and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
 21 11 pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain
 21 12 clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students
 21 13 at these schools pursuant to section 270.5:
 21 14 .................................................. $     15,020
 21 15    Sec. 10.  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE == SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNTS.  For
 21 16 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30,
 21 17 2006, the department of human services shall continue the
 21 18 supplemental disproportionate share and a supplemental
 21 19 indirect medical education adjustment applicable to state=
 21 20 owned acute care hospitals with more than 500 beds and shall
 21 21 reimburse qualifying hospitals pursuant to that adjustment
 21 22 with a supplemental amount for services provided medical
 21 23 assistance recipients.  The adjustment shall generate
 21 24 supplemental payments intended to equal the state
 21 25 appropriation made to a qualifying hospital for treatment of
 21 26 indigent patients as provided in chapter 255.  To the extent
 21 27 of the supplemental payments, a qualifying hospital shall,
 21 28 after receipt of the funds, transfer to the department of
 21 29 human services an amount equal to the actual supplemental
 21 30 payments that were made in that month.  The aggregate amounts
 21 31 for the fiscal year shall not exceed the state appropriation
 21 32 made to the qualifying hospital for treatment of indigent
 21 33 patients as provided in chapter 255.  The department of human
 21 34 services shall deposit these funds in the department's medical
 21 35 assistance account.  To the extent that state funds
 22  1 appropriated to a qualifying hospital for the treatment of
 22  2 indigent patients as provided in chapter 255 have been
 22  3 transferred to the department of human services as a result of
 22  4 these supplemental payments made to the qualifying hospital,
 22  5 the department shall not, directly or indirectly, recoup the
 22  6 supplemental payments made to a qualifying hospital for any
 22  7 reason, unless an equivalent amount of the funds transferred
 22  8 to the department of human services by a qualifying hospital
 22  9 pursuant to this provision is transferred to the qualifying
 22 10 hospital by the department.
 22 11    If the state supplemental amount allotted to the state of
 22 12 Iowa for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2005,
 22 13 and ending September 30, 2006, pursuant to section 1923(f)(3)
 22 14 of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or pursuant to
 22 15 federal payments for indirect medical education is greater
 22 16 than the amount necessary to fund the federal share of the
 22 17 supplemental payments specified in the preceding paragraph,
 22 18 the department of human services shall increase the
 22 19 supplemental disproportionate share or supplemental indirect
 22 20 medical education adjustment by the lesser of the amount
 22 21 necessary to utilize fully the state supplemental amount or
 22 22 the amount of state funds appropriated to the state university
 22 23 of Iowa general education fund and allocated to the university
 22 24 for the college of medicine.  The state university of Iowa
 22 25 shall transfer from the allocation for the college of medicine
 22 26 to the department of human services, on a monthly basis, an
 22 27 amount equal to the additional supplemental payments made
 22 28 during the previous month pursuant to this paragraph.  A
 22 29 qualifying hospital receiving supplemental payments pursuant
 22 30 to this paragraph that are greater than the state
 22 31 appropriation made to the qualifying hospital for treatment of
 22 32 indigent patients as provided in chapter 255 shall be
 22 33 obligated as a condition of its participation in the medical
 22 34 assistance program to transfer to the state university of Iowa
 22 35 general education fund on a monthly basis an amount equal to
 23  1 the funds transferred by the state university of Iowa to the
 23  2 department of human services.  To the extent that state funds
 23  3 appropriated to the state university of Iowa and allocated to
 23  4 the college of medicine have been transferred to the
 23  5 department of human services as a result of these supplemental
 23  6 payments made to the qualifying hospital, the department shall
 23  7 not, directly or indirectly, recoup these supplemental
 23  8 payments made to a qualifying hospital for any reason, unless
 23  9 an equivalent amount of the funds transferred to the
 23 10 department of human services by the state university of Iowa
 23 11 pursuant to this paragraph is transferred to the qualifying
 23 12 hospital by the department.
 23 13    Continuation of the supplemental disproportionate share and
 23 14 supplemental indirect medical education adjustment shall
 23 15 preserve the funds available to the university hospital for
 23 16 medical and surgical treatment of indigent patients as
 23 17 provided in chapter 255 and to the state university of Iowa
 23 18 for educational purposes at the same level as provided by the
 23 19 state funds initially appropriated for that purpose.
 23 20    The department of human services shall, in any compilation
 23 21 of data or other report distributed to the public concerning
 23 22 payments to providers under the medical assistance program,
 23 23 set forth reimbursements to a qualifying hospital through the
 23 24 supplemental disproportionate share and supplemental indirect
 23 25 medical education adjustment as a separate item and shall not
 23 26 include such payments in the amounts otherwise reported as the
 23 27 reimbursement to a qualifying hospital for services to medical
 23 28 assistance recipients.
 23 29    For purposes of this section, "supplemental payment" means
 23 30 a supplemental payment amount paid for medical assistance to a
 23 31 hospital qualifying for that payment under this section.
 23 32    Sec. 11.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and
 23 33 ending June 30, 2006, the state board of regents may use
 23 34 notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under
 23 35 section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy
 24  1 cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to
 24  2 recover the cost of the projects within an average of six
 24  3 years.
 24  4    Sec. 12.  Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of
 24  5 administrative services shall pay the state school for the
 24  6 deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
 24  7 collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
 24  8 July 1, 2005, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
 24  9 for students attending the state school for the deaf and the
 24 10 Iowa braille and sight saving school.
 24 11    Sec. 13.  Section 257B.1B, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
 24 12 amended to read as follows:
 24 13    1.  Fifty=five percent of the moneys deposited in the fund
 24 14 to the department of education for allocation to the reading
 24 15 recovery center council to assist school districts in
 24 16 developing reading recovery programs.  The council shall
 24 17 submit a report on the use of the moneys it receives pursuant
 24 18 to this subsection annually to the department of education,
 24 19 the legislative services agency, and the chairpersons and
 24 20 ranking members of the house and senate standing committees on
 24 21 education and the joint appropriations subcommittee on
 24 22 education not later than January 15.
 24 23    Sec. 14.  Section 261.25, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
 24 24 amended to read as follows:
 24 25    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 24 26 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty=
 24 27 seven forty=eight million one eight hundred fifty=seven
 24 28 twenty=three thousand five hundred fifteen seventy=five
 24 29 dollars for tuition grants.  From the funds appropriated in
 24 30 this subsection, not more than three million four hundred
 24 31 thousand dollars may be distributed to private institutions
 24 32 whose income is not exempt from taxation under section 501(c)
 24 33 of the Internal Revenue Code and whose students were eligible
 24 34 to receive Iowa tuition grant moneys in the fiscal year
 24 35 beginning July 1, 2003.
 25  1    Sec. 15.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a
 25  2 through c, Code 2005, are amended to read as follows:
 25  3    a.  For each fiscal year in the fiscal period beginning
 25  4 July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005 2006, the department
 25  5 shall reserve up to five hundred thousand dollars of any
 25  6 moneys appropriated for purposes of this chapter.  For each
 25  7 fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated by the general
 25  8 assembly for purposes of team=based variable pay pursuant to
 25  9 section 284.11, the amount of moneys allocated to school
 25 10 districts shall be in the proportion that the basic enrollment
 25 11 of a school district bears to the sum of the basic enrollments
 25 12 of all participating school districts for the budget year.
 25 13 However, the per pupil amount distributed to a school district
 25 14 under the pilot program shall not exceed one hundred dollars.
 25 15    b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 2005, and
 25 16 ending June 30, 2005 2006, to the department of education, the
 25 17 amount of one two million one hundred thousand dollars for the
 25 18 issuance of national board certification awards in accordance
 25 19 with section 256.44.
 25 20    c.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 2005, and
 25 21 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to three four million
 25 22 five one hundred thousand dollars for first=year and second=
 25 23 year beginning teachers, to the department of education for
 25 24 distribution to school districts for purposes of the beginning
 25 25 teacher mentoring and induction programs.  A school district
 25 26 shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars per beginning
 25 27 teacher participating in the program.  If the funds
 25 28 appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors
 25 29 and school districts as provided in this paragraph, the
 25 30 department shall prorate the amount distributed to school
 25 31 districts based upon the amount appropriated.  Moneys received
 25 32 by a school district pursuant to this paragraph shall be
 25 33 expended to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred
 25 34 dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation in the
 25 35 school district's beginning teacher mentoring and induction
 26  1 program; to implement the plan; and to pay any applicable
 26  2 costs of the employer's share of contributions to federal
 26  3 social security and the Iowa public employees' retirement
 26  4 system or a pension and annuity retirement system established
 26  5 under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the district.
 26  6    Sec. 16.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
 26  7 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 26  8    e.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 2005, and
 26  9 ending June 30, 2005 2006, up to two one hundred fifty eighty=
 26 10 five thousand dollars to the department of education for
 26 11 purposes of implementing the career development program
 26 12 requirements of section 284.6, and the review panel
 26 13 requirements of section 284.9.  From the moneys allocated to
 26 14 the department pursuant to this paragraph, not less than
 26 15 seventy=five ten thousand dollars shall be used to administer
 26 16 the ambassador to education position in accordance with
 26 17 section 256.45 distributed to the board of educational
 26 18 examiners for purposes of convening an educator licensing
 26 19 review working group.  A portion of the funds allocated to the
 26 20 department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
 26 21 department for administrative purposes.  Notwithstanding
 26 22 section 8.33, moneys allocated for purposes of this paragraph
 26 23 prior to July 1, 2004, which remain unobligated or unexpended
 26 24 at the end of the fiscal year for which the moneys were
 26 25 appropriated, shall remain available for expenditure for the
 26 26 purposes for which they were allocated, for the fiscal year
 26 27 beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005.
 26 28    Sec. 17.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
 26 29 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
 26 30    NEW PARAGRAPH.  dd.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 26 31 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, up to ten million dollars to
 26 32 the department of education for use by school districts to add
 26 33 one additional teacher contract day to the school calendar.
 26 34 Prior to receiving funds under this paragraph, a school
 26 35 district shall submit for approval to the department the
 27  1 school district's professional development plan for use of the
 27  2 moneys.  From the moneys allocated to the department pursuant
 27  3 to this paragraph, not less than seventy=five thousand dollars
 27  4 shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
 27  5 position in accordance with section 256.45 and the reporting
 27  6 and plan requirements of this subsection shall not apply to
 27  7 this allocation.  The department shall submit a report on
 27  8 school district use of the moneys distributed pursuant to this
 27  9 paragraph to the chairpersons and ranking members of the house
 27 10 and senate standing committees on education, the joint
 27 11 appropriations subcommittee on education, and the legislative
 27 12 services agency not later than January 15, 2006.
 27 13                           EXPLANATION
 27 14    This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2005=2006
 27 15 from the general fund of the state to the college student aid
 27 16 commission, the department for the blind, the department of
 27 17 cultural affairs, the department of education, and the state
 27 18 board of regents and its institutions.
 27 19    The bill appropriates to the department for the blind for
 27 20 its administration.
 27 21    The bill includes appropriations to the college student aid
 27 22 commission for general administrative purposes, student aid
 27 23 programs, an initiative directing primary care physicians to
 27 24 areas of the state experiencing physician shortages,
 27 25 forgivable loans for Des Moines university == osteopathic
 27 26 medical center students, the national guard educational
 27 27 assistance program, and the teacher shortage forgivable loan
 27 28 program.  The bill nullifies the $2.75 million standing
 27 29 appropriation for the Iowa work=study program for fiscal year
 27 30 2005=2006.  The bill increases the standing appropriation for
 27 31 Iowa tuition grants by approximately $1.6 million.  The bill
 27 32 amends a Code provision to replace a reference to the reading
 27 33 recovery center with a reference to the reading recovery
 27 34 council and requires the council to provide an annual report
 27 35 on use of the state funds to the department of education, the
 28  1 legislative services agency, and the general assembly.
 28  2    The bill appropriates to the department of cultural affairs
 28  3 for its arts, historical and administration divisions, for
 28  4 historic sites, and for community cultural grants.
 28  5    The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education
 28  6 for purposes of the department's general administration,
 28  7 vocational education administration, division of vocational
 28  8 rehabilitation services, independent living, state library for
 28  9 general administration and the enrich Iowa program, library
 28 10 service area system, public broadcasting division, regional
 28 11 telecommunications councils, vocational education to secondary
 28 12 schools, school food service, Iowa empowerment fund, textbooks
 28 13 for nonpublic school pupils, student achievement and teacher
 28 14 quality program including an allocation for school districts
 28 15 to fund an additional teacher contract day and community
 28 16 colleges.
 28 17    The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents
 28 18 for the board office, for tuition replacement, universities'
 28 19 general operating budgets, the southwest Iowa graduate studies
 28 20 center, the tristate graduate center, the quad=cities graduate
 28 21 studies center, Iowa's obligation as a member of the
 28 22 Midwestern higher education compact, the state university of
 28 23 Iowa, Iowa state university of science and technology, the
 28 24 university of northern Iowa, the Iowa school for the deaf, the
 28 25 Iowa braille and sight saving school, and for tuition and
 28 26 transportation costs for students residing in the Iowa braille
 28 27 and sight saving school, and the Iowa school for the deaf.
 28 28 LSB 1087HA 81
 28 29 kh:mg/cf/24.1