Senate File 588 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1332)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, 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 education, and
4 the state board of regents, and providing effective dates.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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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, 2007, and ending June 30,
1 5 2008, 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 .................................................. $ 2,404,747
1 11 ............................................... FTEs 97.00
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, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 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 .................................................. $ 376,053
1 23 ............................................... FTEs 4.30
1 24 The commission shall conduct a study of the estimated
1 25 family contribution limit eligibility requirement for Iowa
1 26 tuition grants to determine whether the current requirement is
1 27 fair and equitable for prospective recipients and their
1 28 families. The findings and recommendations, which the
1 29 commission shall submit in a report to the general assembly by
1 30 January 14, 2008, shall include transition plans to ensure
1 31 that students with the greatest financial need receive full
1 32 grants.
1 33 2. STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
1 34 For payments to students for the Iowa grant program:
1 35 .................................................. $ 1,070,976
2 1 3. DES MOINES UNIVERSITY == OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
2 2 a. For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending Des
2 3 Moines university == osteopathic medical center under the
2 4 forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19:
2 5 .................................................. $ 100,000
2 6 To receive funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph,
2 7 Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center shall
2 8 match the funds with institutional funds on a dollar=for=
2 9 dollar basis.
2 10 b. For Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center
2 11 for an initiative in primary health care to direct primary
2 12 care physicians to shortage areas in the state:
2 13 .................................................. $ 346,451
2 14 4. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2 15 For purposes of providing national guard educational
2 16 assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
2 17 .................................................. $ 3,800,000
2 18 5. TEACHER SHORTAGE PROGRAMS
2 19 For the teacher shortage programs established in section
2 20 261.111 and section 261.112, as enacted in this Act:
2 21 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
2 22 It is the intent of the general assembly that
2 23 appropriations made for teacher shortage program purposes for
2 24 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and each succeeding
2 25 fiscal year, be distributed under the teacher shortage loan
2 26 forgiveness program created pursuant to section 261.112, as
2 27 enacted by this Act.
2 28 6. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2 29 For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity assistance
2 30 program, which includes the all Iowa opportunity foster care
2 31 grant program established pursuant to section 261.6, as
2 32 enacted by this Act, and the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
2 33 program established pursuant to section 261.88, as enacted by
2 34 this Act:
2 35 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
3 1 From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection, up
3 2 to $500,000 shall be used for purposes of the all Iowa
3 3 opportunity foster care grant program established pursuant to
3 4 section 261.6, as enacted by this Act, and at least $500,000
3 5 shall be used for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity
3 6 scholarship program as established in section 261.88, as
3 7 enacted by this Act.
3 8 Sec. 3. WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2007=2008.
3 9 Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning
3 10 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the amount
3 11 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college
3 12 student aid commission for the work=study program under
3 13 section 261.85 shall be $395,600, and from the moneys
3 14 appropriated in this section, $215,600 shall be allocated to
3 15 institutions of higher education under the state board of
3 16 regents and community colleges and the remaining dollars
3 17 appropriated in this section shall be allocated by the college
3 18 student aid commission on the basis of need as determined by
3 19 the portion of the federal formula for distribution for work=
3 20 study funds that relates to the current need of institutions.
3 21 Sec. 4. REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN
3 22 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FUNDS. From the funds appropriated for
3 23 tuition grants pursuant to section 261.25, subsection 1, as
3 24 amended in this Act, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3 25 2007, up to $100,000 shall be used to provide loan forgiveness
3 26 as provided in section 261.23, as amended in this Act. The
3 27 college student aid commission shall submit in a report to the
3 28 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
3 29 subcommittee on education by January 1, 2009, the number of
3 30 registered nurses and nurse educators who received loan
3 31 forgiveness in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007,
3 32 pursuant to section 261.23, as amended in this Act, and the
3 33 amount paid to each of the registered nurses and nurse
3 34 educators.
3 35 It is the intent of the general assembly that
4 1 appropriations made for purposes of the registered nurse and
4 2 nurse educator loan forgiveness program for the fiscal year
4 3 beginning July 1, 2007, and each succeeding fiscal year, be
4 4 distributed under the program created pursuant to section
4 5 261.23, as amended in this Act, for registered nurses and
4 6 nurse educators.
4 7 Sec. 5. SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION GRANT RESERVE FUND
4 8 APPROPRIATION == BARBER SCHOOL AND SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY ARTS
4 9 AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANTS. Notwithstanding the maximum
4 10 allowed balance requirement of the scholarship and tuition
4 11 grant reserve fund as provided in section 261.20, there is
4 12 appropriated from the scholarship and tuition grant reserve
4 13 fund to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
4 14 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, an amount up
4 15 to $100,000 to be used to award Iowa vocational=technical
4 16 tuition grants to residents of Iowa who establish financial
4 17 need and are admitted and in attendance as a full=time or
4 18 part=time student in a course of study at a school of
4 19 cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under chapter 157 or a
4 20 barber school licensed pursuant to section 158.7 and
4 21 accredited by a national accrediting agency recognized by the
4 22 United States department of education. If the grant recipient
4 23 discontinues attendance before the end of any term after
4 24 receiving payment of the grant, the entire amount of any
4 25 refund due that student, up to the amount of any payments made
4 26 under the annual grant, shall be paid by the institution to
4 27 the state. Funds appropriated in this section are in addition
4 28 to funds appropriated in section 261.25, subsection 3, as
4 29 amended in this Act.
4 30 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
4 31 Sec. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
4 32 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
4 33 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
4 34 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
4 35 be used for the purposes designated:
5 1 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
5 2 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
5 3 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
5 4 positions:
5 5 .................................................. $ 7,919,382
5 6 ............................................... FTEs 85.37
5 7 From the funds appropriated in this subsection, $225,000
5 8 shall be allocated for purposes of conducting, supporting, and
5 9 managing the accreditation of school districts and for
5 10 purposes of various other duties such as conducting
5 11 reorganization feasibility studies.
5 12 Of the full=time equivalent positions authorized in this
5 13 subsection, 10.00 full=time equivalent positions are allocated
5 14 to support management of the community college management
5 15 information system; for the expansion of the state board of
5 16 education model core curriculum; for the development and
5 17 implementation of strategic educational goals; for the
5 18 implementation of the grant request for proposals, technical
5 19 assistance, and monitoring provisions in the student
5 20 advancement policy; for the collection and dissemination of
5 21 resources related to human growth and development curriculum;
5 22 for district sharing incentive purposes; and for the senior
5 23 year plus program study.
5 24 Of the full=time equivalent positions authorized in this
5 25 subsection, 1.00 full=time equivalent position is allocated
5 26 for district sharing incentive purposes and 4.00 full=time
5 27 equivalent positions are allocated for purposes of the student
5 28 achievement and teacher quality program.
5 29 The director of the department of education shall ensure
5 30 that all school districts are aware of the state education
5 31 resources available on the state website for listing teacher
5 32 job openings and shall make every reasonable effort to enable
5 33 qualified practitioners to post their resumes on the state
5 34 website. The department shall administer the posting of job
5 35 vacancies for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools,
6 1 and area education agencies on the state website. The
6 2 department may coordinate this activity with the Iowa school
6 3 board association or other interested education associations
6 4 in the state. The department shall strongly encourage school
6 5 districts to seek direct claiming under the medical assistance
6 6 program for funding of school district nursing services for
6 7 students.
6 8 2. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
6 9 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
6 10 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
6 11 positions:
6 12 .................................................. $ 553,758
6 13 ............................................... FTEs 13.50
6 14 3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
6 15 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
6 16 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
6 17 equivalent positions:
6 18 .................................................. $ 5,419,890
6 19 ............................................... FTEs 273.50
6 20 The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall
6 21 seek funding from other sources, such as local funds, for
6 22 purposes of matching the state's federal vocational
6 23 rehabilitation allocation, as well as for matching other
6 24 federal vocational rehabilitation funding that may become
6 25 available.
6 26 Except where prohibited under federal law, the division of
6 27 vocational rehabilitation services of the department of
6 28 education shall accept client assessments, or assessments of
6 29 potential clients, performed by other agencies in order to
6 30 reduce duplication of effort.
6 31 Notwithstanding the full=time equivalent position limit
6 32 established in this lettered paragraph, for the fiscal year
6 33 ending June 30, 2008, if federal funding is received to pay
6 34 the costs of additional employees for the vocational
6 35 rehabilitation services division who would have duties
7 1 relating to vocational rehabilitation services paid for
7 2 through federal funding, authorization to hire not more than
7 3 4.00 additional full=time equivalent employees shall be
7 4 provided, the full=time equivalent position limit shall be
7 5 exceeded, and the additional employees shall be hired by the
7 6 division.
7 7 b. For matching funds for programs to enable persons with
7 8 severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
7 9 independently, including salaries and support, and for not
7 10 more than the following full=time equivalent position:
7 11 .................................................. $ 54,709
7 12 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
7 13 The highest priority use for the moneys appropriated under
7 14 this lettered paragraph shall be for programs that emphasize
7 15 employment and assist persons with severe physical or mental
7 16 disabilities to find and maintain employment to enable them to
7 17 function more independently.
7 18 4. STATE LIBRARY
7 19 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
7 20 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
7 21 equivalent positions:
7 22 .................................................. $ 1,926,761
7 23 ............................................... FTEs 19.00
7 24 b. For the enrich Iowa program:
7 25 .................................................. $ 1,948,432
7 26 5. LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM
7 27 For state aid:
7 28 .................................................. $ 1,586,000
7 29 6. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
7 30 For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
7 31 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
7 32 full=time equivalent positions:
7 33 .................................................. $ 8,854,049
7 34 ............................................... FTEs 93.00
7 35 7. REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
8 1 For state aid:
8 2 .................................................. $ 1,364,525
8 3 The regional telecommunications councils established in
8 4 section 8D.5 shall use the funds appropriated in this
8 5 subsection to provide technical assistance for network
8 6 classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area
8 7 networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support
8 8 activities.
8 9 8. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
8 10 For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures
8 11 made by secondary schools:
8 12 .................................................. $ 2,936,904
8 13 Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
8 14 expenditures made by school districts to meet the standards
8 15 set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14 as a result of the
8 16 enactment of 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278. Funds shall be used
8 17 as reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by
8 18 secondary schools in the manner provided by the department of
8 19 education for implementation of the standards set in 1989 Iowa
8 20 Acts, chapter 278.
8 21 9. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
8 22 For use as state matching funds for federal programs that
8 23 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
8 24 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
8 25 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
8 26 positions:
8 27 .................................................. $ 2,509,683
8 28 ............................................... FTEs 17.43
8 29 10. IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND
8 30 For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
8 31 the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:
8 32 .................................................. $ 23,781,594
8 33 a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
8 34 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
8 35 ending June 30, 2008, not more than $300,000 is allocated for
9 1 the community empowerment office and other technical
9 2 assistance activities and of that amount, not more than
9 3 $50,000 shall be used to administer the early childhood
9 4 coordinator's position pursuant to section 28.3, subsection 7,
9 5 and not more than $50,000 shall be used to promote and provide
9 6 ongoing support to the parent website and to support and
9 7 coordinate a network of websites that provide support and
9 8 resources to parents and the general public. It is the intent
9 9 of the general assembly that regional technical assistance
9 10 teams will be established and will include staff from various
9 11 agencies, as appropriate, including the area education
9 12 agencies, community colleges, and the Iowa state university of
9 13 science and technology cooperative extension service in
9 14 agriculture and home economics. The Iowa empowerment board
9 15 shall direct staff to work with the advisory council to
9 16 inventory technical assistance needs. Funds allocated under
9 17 this lettered paragraph may be used by the Iowa empowerment
9 18 board for the purpose of skills development and support for
9 19 ongoing training of the regional technical assistance teams.
9 20 However, funds shall not be used for additional staff or for
9 21 the reimbursement of staff.
9 22 b. As a condition of receiving funding appropriated in
9 23 this subsection, each community empowerment area board shall
9 24 report to the Iowa empowerment board progress on each of the
9 25 state indicators approved by the state board, as well as
9 26 progress on local indicators. The community empowerment area
9 27 board must also submit a written plan amendment extending by
9 28 one year the area's comprehensive school ready children grant
9 29 plan developed for providing services for children from birth
9 30 through five years of age and provide other information
9 31 specified by the Iowa empowerment board. The amendment may
9 32 also provide for changes in the programs and services provided
9 33 under the plan. The Iowa empowerment board shall establish a
9 34 submission deadline for the plan amendment that allows a
9 35 reasonable period of time for preparation of the plan
10 1 amendment and for review and approval or request for
10 2 modification of the plan amendment by the Iowa empowerment
10 3 board. In addition, the community empowerment board must
10 4 continue to comply with reporting provisions and other
10 5 requirements adopted by the Iowa empowerment board in
10 6 implementing section 28.8.
10 7 c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
10 8 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
10 9 Iowa empowerment fund that is used for distribution to areas,
10 10 $4,650,000 shall be used to assist low=income parents with
10 11 preschool tuition.
10 12 d. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
10 13 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
10 14 Iowa empowerment fund, $1,000,000 shall be used for support of
10 15 professional development and training activities for persons
10 16 working in early care, health, and education by the Iowa
10 17 empowerment board in collaboration with representation from
10 18 Iowa state university of science and technology cooperative
10 19 extension service in agriculture and home economics, area
10 20 education agencies, community colleges, child care resource
10 21 and referral services, and community empowerment area boards.
10 22 Expenditures shall be limited to professional development and
10 23 training activities agreed upon by the parties participating
10 24 in the collaboration.
10 25 e. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
10 26 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
10 27 Iowa empowerment fund, $100,000 shall be allocated to the
10 28 public broadcasting division of the department of education
10 29 for support of community empowerment as a ready=to=learn
10 30 coordinator.
10 31 11. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
10 32 For expansion of the federal Individuals With Disabilities
10 33 Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108=446, as
10 34 amended to January 1, 2007, birth through age three services
10 35 due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those
11 1 services:
11 2 .................................................. $ 1,721,400
11 3 From the funds appropriated in this subsection, $421,400
11 4 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinic at the
11 5 state university of Iowa to provide additional support for
11 6 infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug=exposed,
11 7 or medically fragile.
11 8 12. EARLY HEAD START PILOT PROJECTS
11 9 For transfer to the department of human services for
11 10 implementation of early head start pilot projects addressing
11 11 the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional, and
11 12 developmental needs of children from birth to age three,
11 13 including prenatal support for qualified families:
11 14 .................................................. $ 400,000
11 15 Early head start pilot projects shall promote healthy
11 16 prenatal outcomes, healthy family functioning, and strengthen
11 17 the development of infants and toddlers in low=income
11 18 families.
11 19 13. STATEWIDE MANDATORY CHILD CARE REGISTRATION STUDY
11 20 To transfer to the department of human services for
11 21 development and implementation of a statewide mandatory child
11 22 care registration study:
11 23 .................................................. $ 100,000
11 24 14. FOUR=YEAR=OLD PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
11 25 For allocation to eligible school districts for the
11 26 four=year=old preschool program under chapter 256C, if
11 27 enacted, and for not more than the following full=time
11 28 equivalent positions:
11 29 .................................................. $ 15,000,000
11 30 ................................................ FTEs 3.00
11 31 From the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
11 32 not more than $330,000 shall be used by the department for
11 33 administration of the four=year=old preschool program
11 34 established pursuant to chapter 256C, if enacted.
11 35 15. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
12 1 To provide funds for costs of providing textbooks to each
12 2 resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by
12 3 section 301.1. The funding is limited to $20 per pupil and
12 4 shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident
12 5 public school pupils:
12 6 .................................................. $ 664,165
12 7 16. JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
12 8 For school districts to provide direct services to the most
12 9 at=risk senior high school students enrolled in school
12 10 districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America's
12 11 graduates specialist:
12 12 .................................................. $ 600,000
12 13 17. VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE YOUTH ORGANIZATION
12 14 To assist a vocational agriculture youth organization
12 15 sponsored by the schools to support the foundation established
12 16 by that vocational agriculture youth organization and for
12 17 other youth activities:
12 18 .................................................. $ 50,000
12 19 Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
12 20 only to the extent that the state moneys are matched from
12 21 other sources by the organization on a dollar=for=dollar
12 22 basis.
12 23 18. STATEWIDE EDUCATION DATA WAREHOUSE
12 24 For the implementation of an educational data warehouse
12 25 that will be utilized by teachers, parents, school district
12 26 administrators, area education agency staff, department of
12 27 education staff, and policymakers, and for not more than the
12 28 following full=time equivalent positions:
12 29 .................................................. $ 400,000
12 30 ............................................... FTEs 4.00
12 31 The department may use a portion of these funds for
12 32 administrative purposes.
12 33 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under
12 34 this subsection which remain unobligated or unexpended on June
12 35 30, 2008, shall not revert but shall remain available to be
13 1 used for the purposes designated in the following fiscal year.
13 2 19. ADVANCED PLACEMENT
13 3 For distribution to the Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank
13 4 international center for gifted education and talent
13 5 development located at the state university of Iowa for
13 6 purposes of increasing student participation in advanced
13 7 placement courses and exams in Iowa high schools through
13 8 support of the Iowa online advanced placement academy:
13 9 .................................................. $ 500,000
13 10 State funds shall not be used by the center for
13 11 reimbursement of advanced placement examination fees for
13 12 students participating in advanced placement courses and exams
13 13 through the online academy.
13 14 20. SUPPLEMENTAL STRATEGIES AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES GRANT
13 15 PROGRAM
13 16 For purposes of the supplemental strategies and educational
13 17 services grant program established pursuant to section 279.65,
13 18 if enacted by this Act:
13 19 .................................................. $ 3,000,000
13 20 21. BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
13 21 For the before and after school grant program established
13 22 pursuant to section 256.26, if enacted by this Act:
13 23 .................................................. $ 400,000
13 24 22. BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING AND INDUCTION
13 25 PROGRAM
13 26 For purposes of administering the beginning administrator
13 27 mentoring and induction program established pursuant to
13 28 chapter 284A:
13 29 .................................................. $ 250,000
13 30 23. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
13 31 For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined
13 32 in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
13 33 .................................................. $171,962,414
13 34 Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
13 35 the funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
14 1 as follows:
14 2 a. Merged Area I ............................. $ 8,472,001
14 3 b. Merged Area II ............................ $ 9,282,134
14 4 c. Merged Area III ........................... $ 8,544,806
14 5 d. Merged Area IV ............................ $ 4,200,810
14 6 e. Merged Area V ............................. $ 9,408,978
14 7 f. Merged Area VI ............................ $ 8,169,643
14 8 g. Merged Area VII ........................... $ 12,077,303
14 9 h. Merged Area IX ............................ $ 15,025,656
14 10 i. Merged Area X ............................. $ 25,854,970
14 11 j. Merged Area XI ............................ $ 25,758,739
14 12 k. Merged Area XII ........................... $ 9,918,232
14 13 l. Merged Area XIII .......................... $ 10,041,096
14 14 m. Merged Area XIV ........................... $ 4,251,743
14 15 n. Merged Area XV ............................ $ 13,348,554
14 16 o. Merged Area XVI ........................... $ 7,607,749
14 17 Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION VOLUNTARY MODEL CORE
14 18 CURRICULUM REPORT. The department of education shall evaluate
14 19 the readiness of school districts to adopt and support the
14 20 voluntary model core curriculum established pursuant to
14 21 section 256.7, subsection 26; assess the professional
14 22 development necessary in order for school districts to support
14 23 teachers in improved instruction; identify the barriers to
14 24 full adoption of the voluntary model core curriculum by school
14 25 districts statewide; and develop the technical assistance
14 26 required to assist all school districts to implement the
14 27 voluntary model core curriculum. The department shall submit
14 28 a report summarizing its activities, findings, and
14 29 recommendations, including recommendations for action by the
14 30 general assembly, to assist school districts in delivering the
14 31 voluntary model core curriculum to students, in a report to
14 32 the general assembly by January 14, 2008.
14 33 Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == COMMUNITY COLLEGE
14 34 QUALITY FACULTY WORKING GROUP. The department of education
14 35 shall convene a working group to study comprehensive community
15 1 college quality faculty issues. The working group shall
15 2 include but is not limited to equal numbers of community
15 3 college faculty and administrators. The director of the
15 4 department of education may appoint additional education
15 5 stakeholders if appropriate. The Iowa association of
15 6 community college trustees shall appoint community college
15 7 administrators to the working group and the Iowa state
15 8 education association shall appoint college faculty to the
15 9 working group. The working group shall submit its findings
15 10 and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by
15 11 January 14, 2008.
15 12 STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
15 13 Sec. 9. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
15 14 state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
15 15 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
15 16 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
15 17 be used for the purposes designated:
15 18 1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
15 19 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
15 20 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
15 21 equivalent positions:
15 22 .................................................. $ 1,167,137
15 23 ............................................... FTEs 16.00
15 24 The state board of regents, the department of management,
15 25 and the legislative services agency shall cooperate to
15 26 determine and agree upon, by November 15, 2007, the amount
15 27 that needs to be appropriated for tuition replacement for the
15 28 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.
15 29 The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
15 30 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
15 31 office and the legislative services agency.
15 32 The state board of regents shall not circumvent the
15 33 requirements of section 270.10 and as the board develops any
15 34 plan regarding the Iowa braille and sight saving school, it
15 35 shall comply with the requirements of section 270.10 and shall
16 1 report monthly to the legislative standing committee on
16 2 government oversight during the legislative interim.
16 3 b. For allocation by the state board of regents to the
16 4 state university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science
16 5 and technology, and the university of northern Iowa to
16 6 reimburse the institutions for deficiencies in their operating
16 7 funds resulting from the pledging of tuitions, student fees
16 8 and charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of
16 9 providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities
16 10 and utility services at the institutions:
16 11 .................................................. $ 13,975,431
16 12 Notwithstanding section 8.33, funds appropriated for the
16 13 purposes in this lettered paragraph remaining unencumbered or
16 14 unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert but
16 15 shall be available for expenditure for the purposes specified
16 16 in this lettered paragraph during the subsequent fiscal year.
16 17 c. For funds to be allocated to the southwest Iowa
16 18 graduate studies center:
16 19 .................................................. $ 105,956
16 20 d. For funds to be allocated to the siouxland interstate
16 21 metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center
16 22 under section 262.9, subsection 21:
16 23 .................................................. $ 77,941
16 24 e. For funds to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
16 25 studies center:
16 26 .................................................. $ 157,144
16 27 f. For funds for regents universities general operating
16 28 budgets for strategic operating initiatives that enhance
16 29 salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and for
16 30 miscellaneous purposes:
16 31 .................................................. $ 25,000,000
16 32 g. For funds to be distributed to the midwestern higher
16 33 education compact to pay Iowa's member state annual
16 34 obligation:
16 35 .................................................. $ 90,000
17 1 2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
17 2 a. General university, including lakeside laboratory
17 3 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
17 4 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
17 5 full=time equivalent positions:
17 6 .................................................. $230,843,903
17 7 ............................................... FTEs 5,058.55
17 8 b. Psychiatric hospital
17 9 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
17 10 miscellaneous purposes, for the care, treatment, and
17 11 maintenance of committed and voluntary public patients, and
17 12 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
17 13 positions:
17 14 .................................................. $ 7,043,056
17 15 ............................................... FTEs 269.65
17 16 c. Center for disabilities and development
17 17 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
17 18 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
17 19 positions:
17 20 .................................................. $ 6,363,265
17 21 ............................................... FTEs 130.37
17 22 From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
17 23 $200,000 shall be allocated for purposes of the employment
17 24 policy group.
17 25 d. Oakdale campus
17 26 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
17 27 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
17 28 positions:
17 29 .................................................. $ 2,657,335
17 30 ............................................... FTEs 38.25
17 31 e. State hygienic laboratory
17 32 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
17 33 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
17 34 positions:
17 35 .................................................. $ 3,849,461
18 1 ............................................... FTEs 102.50
18 2 f. Family practice program
18 3 For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
18 4 approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants, to
18 5 carry out chapter 148D for the family practice program,
18 6 including salaries and support, and for not more than the
18 7 following full=time equivalent positions:
18 8 .................................................. $ 2,075,948
18 9 ............................................... FTEs 190.40
18 10 g. Child health care services
18 11 For specialized child health care services, including
18 12 childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
18 13 rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa
18 14 high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries and
18 15 support, and for not more than the following full=time
18 16 equivalent positions:
18 17 .................................................. $ 649,066
18 18 ............................................... FTEs 57.97
18 19 h. Statewide cancer registry
18 20 For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than
18 21 the following full=time equivalent positions:
18 22 .................................................. $ 178,739
18 23 ............................................... FTEs 2.10
18 24 i. Substance abuse consortium
18 25 For funds to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
18 26 substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
18 27 the following full=time equivalent position:
18 28 .................................................. $ 64,871
18 29 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
18 30 j. Center for biocatalysis
18 31 For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
18 32 following full=time equivalent positions:
18 33 .................................................. $ 881,384
18 34 ............................................... FTEs 6.28
18 35 k. Primary health care initiative
19 1 For the primary health care initiative in the college of
19 2 medicine and for not more than the following full=time
19 3 equivalent positions:
19 4 .................................................. $ 759,875
19 5 ............................................... FTEs 5.89
19 6 From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
19 7 $330,000 shall be allocated to the department of family
19 8 practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
19 9 for family practice faculty and support staff.
19 10 l. Birth defects registry
19 11 For the birth defects registry and for not more than the
19 12 following full=time equivalent position:
19 13 .................................................. $ 44,636
19 14 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
19 15 m. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
19 16 For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center:
19 17 .................................................. $ 200,000
19 18 n. Agricultural health and safety programs
19 19 For a program for farmers with disabilities:
19 20 .................................................. $ 130,000
19 21 Funds appropriated for purposes of this lettered paragraph
19 22 shall be used for a grant to a national nonprofit organization
19 23 with over eighty years of experience in assisting children and
19 24 adults with disabilities and special needs and their families
19 25 through services that include medical rehabilitation, job
19 26 training and employment services, child care, adult day
19 27 services, and camping and recreation. The appropriation
19 28 replaces expired federal funding for a nationally recognized
19 29 program that has been replicated in at least thirty other
19 30 states, but which is not available through any other entity in
19 31 this state, that provides assistance to farmers with
19 32 disabilities in all 99 counties to allow the farmers to remain
19 33 in their own homes and be gainfully engaged in farming through
19 34 provision of agricultural worksite and home modification
19 35 consultations, peer support services, services to families,
20 1 information and referral, and equipment loan services.
20 2 3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
20 3 a. General university
20 4 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
20 5 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
20 6 full=time equivalent positions:
20 7 .................................................. $180,198,164
20 8 ............................................... FTEs 3,647.42
20 9 b. Agricultural experiment station
20 10 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
20 11 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
20 12 positions:
20 13 .................................................. $ 32,984,653
20 14 ............................................... FTEs 546.98
20 15 c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
20 16 economics
20 17 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
20 18 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
20 19 positions:
20 20 .................................................. $ 21,232,579
20 21 ............................................... FTEs 383.34
20 22 d. Leopold center
20 23 For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university
20 24 under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following
20 25 full=time equivalent positions:
20 26 .................................................. $ 464,319
20 27 ............................................... FTEs 11.25
20 28 e. Livestock disease research
20 29 For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease
20 30 research fund under section 267.8:
20 31 .................................................. $ 220,708
20 32 4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
20 33 a. General university
20 34 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
20 35 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
21 1 full=time equivalent positions:
21 2 .................................................. $ 82,701,063
21 3 ............................................... FTEs 1,449.48
21 4 b. Recycling and reuse center
21 5 For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
21 6 more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
21 7 .................................................. $ 211,858
21 8 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
21 9 5. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
21 10 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
21 11 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
21 12 positions:
21 13 .................................................. $ 9,530,007
21 14 ............................................... FTEs 126.60
21 15 6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
21 16 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
21 17 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
21 18 positions:
21 19 .................................................. $ 5,332,607
21 20 ............................................... FTEs 62.87
21 21 7. TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
21 22 For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
21 23 transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
21 24 and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
21 25 pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain
21 26 clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students
21 27 at these schools pursuant to section 270.5:
21 28 .................................................. $ 15,020
21 29 Sec. 10. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
21 30 ending June 30, 2008, the state board of regents may use
21 31 notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under
21 32 section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy
21 33 cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to
21 34 recover the cost of the projects within an average of six
21 35 years.
22 1 Sec. 11. Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of
22 2 administrative services shall pay the state school for the
22 3 deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
22 4 collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
22 5 July 1, 2007, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
22 6 for students attending the state school for the deaf and the
22 7 Iowa braille and sight saving school.
22 8 Sec. 12. STATE EMPLOYEE TELECOMMUTING == POLICY
22 9 DEVELOPMENT == IMPLEMENTATION.
22 10 1. The director of a department or state agency to which
22 11 appropriations are made pursuant to the provisions of this Act
22 12 shall assess the extent to which job classifications or
22 13 individual employment positions with the department or agency
22 14 might be effectively performed from an employee's residence or
22 15 other remote location through telecommuting, thereby
22 16 increasing office space within the department or agency and
22 17 reducing administrative costs. The assessment shall include
22 18 an estimate of the number of department or agency employees
22 19 whose job responsibilities could be effectively performed on a
22 20 telecommuting basis, projected costs of establishing and
22 21 maintaining work stations at an employee's residence or other
22 22 remote location and providing telecommuter support,
22 23 anticipated savings to the department or agency through a
22 24 reduction in the office=based workforce, and anticipated time
22 25 and cost savings to telecommuting employees. A report
22 26 summarizing the assessment shall be submitted to the director
22 27 of the department of administrative services, and the members
22 28 of the general assembly, by November 1, 2007.
22 29 2. Based on the assessment conducted pursuant to
22 30 subsection 1, the director shall develop a telecommuter
22 31 employment policy for the department or agency and a timeline
22 32 for initial policy implementation and plans for expanding the
22 33 number of telecommuting employees. Specific office=based
22 34 workforce reduction percentages shall be left to the
22 35 discretion of the director, but the director shall implement a
23 1 policy by January 1, 2008. The director shall report to the
23 2 director of the department of administrative services and the
23 3 members of the general assembly on an annual basis beginning
23 4 January 1, 2009, the number of telecommuting employees, cost
23 5 savings achieved by the department or agency, and plans for
23 6 continued transfer of office=based employees to telecommuter
23 7 status.
23 8 Sec. 13. Section 256.7, subsection 26, Code 2007, is
23 9 amended to read as follows:
23 10 26. Set a goal of increasing to eighty percent the number
23 11 of students graduating from all secondary schools in school
23 12 districts in this state who have successfully completed the
23 13 core curriculum recommended by the college testing service
23 14 whose college entrance examination is taken by the majority of
23 15 Iowa's high school students. The state goal shall be
23 16 exclusive of students who have special or alternative means
23 17 for satisfying graduation requirements under individualized
23 18 educational plans developed for the students. The state board
23 19 shall require each school district to annually report,
23 20 beginning with the 2006==2007 school year, the percentage of
23 21 students graduating from high school in the school district
23 22 who complete the core curriculum. The school district shall
23 23 report, in the comprehensive school improvement plan submitted
23 24 in accordance with subsection 21, how the district plans to
23 25 increase the number of students completing the recommended
23 26 core curriculum. Taking into consideration the
23 27 recommendations of the college testing service whose college
23 28 entrance examination is taken by the majority of Iowa's high
23 29 school students, Adopt rules that establish a voluntary model
23 30 core curriculum and requiring, beginning with the students in
23 31 the 2010==2011 school year graduating class, the requirements
23 32 for high school graduation requirements for all students in
23 33 school districts shall be and accredited nonpublic schools
23 34 that include at a minimum satisfactory completion of four
23 35 years of English and language arts, three years of
24 1 mathematics, three years of science, and three years of social
24 2 studies. The voluntary model core curriculum adopted shall
24 3 address the core content standards in subsection 27 and the
24 4 skills and knowledge students need to be successful in the
24 5 twenty=first century. The voluntary model core curriculum
24 6 shall include social studies and twenty=first century learning
24 7 skills which include but are not limited to civic literacy,
24 8 health literacy, technology literacy, financial literacy, and
24 9 employability skills; and shall address the curricular needs
24 10 of students in kindergarten through grade twelve in those
24 11 areas. The state board shall continue the inclusive process
24 12 begun during the initial development of a voluntary model core
24 13 curriculum for grades nine through twelve including
24 14 stakeholder involvement, including but not limited to
24 15 representatives from the private sector and the business
24 16 community, and alignment of the voluntary model core
24 17 curriculum to other recognized sets of national and
24 18 international standards. The state board shall also recommend
24 19 quality assessments to school districts and accredited
24 20 nonpublic schools to measure the voluntary model core
24 21 curriculum.
24 22 Sec. 14. Section 256.7, Code 2007, is amended by adding
24 23 the following new subsection:
24 24 NEW SUBSECTION. 27. Adopt a set of core content standards
24 25 applicable to all students in kindergarten through grade
24 26 twelve in every school district and accredited nonpublic
24 27 school. For purposes of this subsection, "core content
24 28 standards" includes reading, mathematics, and science. The
24 29 core content standards shall be identical to the core content
24 30 standards included in Iowa's approved 2006 standards and
24 31 assessment system under Title I of the federal Elementary and
24 32 Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. } 6301 et seq., as
24 33 amended by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub.
24 34 L. No. 107=110. School districts and accredited nonpublic
24 35 schools shall include, at a minimum, the core content
25 1 standards adopted pursuant to this subsection in any set of
25 2 locally developed content standards. School districts and
25 3 accredited nonpublic schools are strongly encouraged to
25 4 include the voluntary model core curriculum or set higher
25 5 expectations in local standards. As changes in federal law or
25 6 regulation occur, the state board is authorized to amend the
25 7 core content standards as appropriate.
25 8 Sec. 15. NEW SECTION. 256.26 BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL
25 9 GRANT PROGRAM.
25 10 1. There is established a before and after school grant
25 11 program to provide competitive grants to school districts and
25 12 other public and private organizations to expand the
25 13 availability of before and after school programs, including
25 14 but not limited to summer programs.
25 15 2. Grant applications shall be assessed by the department
25 16 based on the targeted student population and whether the
25 17 application meets all of the following conditions:
25 18 a. Demonstrates partnerships and collaboration with
25 19 not=for=profit community organizations.
25 20 b. Indicates that the applicant has a plan for continually
25 21 improving quality in the program.
25 22 c. Provides for a safe and engaging environment.
25 23 d. Combines academic, enrichment, cultural, and
25 24 recreational activities.
25 25 e. Provides for not less than a twenty percent match of
25 26 any state funds received for purposes of the program.
25 27 f. Demonstrates that the applicant is able to sustain the
25 28 program after the grant is exhausted.
25 29 3. Activities supported by an applicant may include but
25 30 are not limited to tutoring and supplementing instruction in
25 31 basic skills, such as reading, math, and science; drug and
25 32 violence prevention curricula and counseling; youth leadership
25 33 activities; volunteer and service learning opportunities;
25 34 career and vocational awareness preparation; courses and
25 35 enrichment in arts and culture; computer instruction;
26 1 character development and civic participation; language
26 2 instruction, including English as a second language;
26 3 mentoring; positive interaction with law enforcement;
26 4 supervised recreation programs; and health and nutrition
26 5 programs.
26 6 4. The department shall make every effort to award grants
26 7 to a balance of rural and urban programs.
26 8 5. The department shall make every effort to leverage
26 9 additional funding from other public and private sources to
26 10 support the grant program.
26 11 6. From funds appropriated for a fiscal year for purposes
26 12 of this section, not more than one hundred thousand dollars
26 13 may be used to retain a contractor to work with the department
26 14 on long=term planning and development of a statewide
26 15 infrastructure to provide coordination, support, and technical
26 16 assistance to before and after school programs. The
26 17 contractor shall be qualified to provide services in policy
26 18 development, before and after school funding mechanisms,
26 19 public and private partnerships, data collection, the
26 20 promotion of quality, and working with various state and local
26 21 interests.
26 22 Sec. 16. Section 257.11, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
26 23 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
26 24 thereof the following:
26 25 6. SHARED CLASSES DELIVERED OVER THE IOWA COMMUNICATIONS
26 26 NETWORK.
26 27 a. A school district that provides a class to a pupil in
26 28 another school district via the Iowa communications network
26 29 and a school district receiving that class for a pupil from
26 30 the other school district via the Iowa communications network
26 31 shall each receive a supplemental funding weighting of
26 32 one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school day
26 33 during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
26 34 b. Fifty percent of the funding the school district
26 35 providing the virtual class receives as a result of this
27 1 subsection shall be reserved as additional pay for the virtual
27 2 class instructor.
27 3 c. A school district receiving a community college class
27 4 for a pupil via the Iowa communications network, which class
27 5 meets the sharing agreement requirements in section 257.11,
27 6 subsection 3, shall receive a supplemental funding weighting
27 7 of one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school day
27 8 during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
27 9 Sec. 17. Section 260C.36, subsection 1, unnumbered
27 10 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
27 11 By October 1, 2002, the The community college
27 12 administration shall establish a committee consisting of
27 13 instructors and administrators, equally representative of the
27 14 arts and sciences faculty and the vocational=technical
27 15 faculty, which has no more than a simple majority of members
27 16 of the same gender. The faculty members shall be appointed by
27 17 the certified employee organization if one exists and if not,
27 18 by the college administration. The administrators shall be
27 19 appointed by the college administration. The committee shall
27 20 develop and maintain a plan for hiring and developing quality
27 21 faculty that includes all of the following:
27 22 Sec. 18. Section 260C.36, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
27 23 amended by striking the subsection.
27 24 Sec. 19. Section 260C.48, subsection 1, unnumbered
27 25 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
27 26 The state board shall develop standards and rules for the
27 27 accreditation of community college programs. Except as
27 28 provided in this subsection and subsection 4, standards
27 29 developed shall be general in nature so as to apply to more
27 30 than one specific program of instruction. With regard to
27 31 community college=employed instructors, the standards adopted
27 32 shall at a minimum require that full=time community college
27 33 instructors who are under contract for at least half=time or
27 34 more meet the following requirements:
27 35 Sec. 20. Section 261.2, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
28 1 amended to read as follows:
28 2 6. Develop and implement, in cooperation with the
28 3 department of human services and the judicial branch, a
28 4 program to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or
28 5 older and who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or
28 6 237 or are otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in
28 7 applying for federal and state aid available for higher
28 8 education. The commission shall also develop and implement
28 9 the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant program in
28 10 accordance with section 261.6.
28 11 Sec. 21. NEW SECTION. 261.6 ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER
28 12 CARE GRANT PROGRAM.
28 13 1. The commission shall develop and implement, in
28 14 cooperation with the department of human services and the
28 15 judicial branch, the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant
28 16 program in accordance with this section.
28 17 2. The program shall provide financial assistance for
28 18 postsecondary education or training to persons who have a high
28 19 school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma under
28 20 chapter 259A, are age eighteen through twenty=three, and are
28 21 described by any of the following:
28 22 a. On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
28 23 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
28 24 the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant to
28 25 a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
28 26 custody of the department of human services or juvenile court
28 27 services.
28 28 b. On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
28 29 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
28 30 the person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live
28 31 with a relative or other suitable person.
28 32 c. The person was in a licensed foster care placement
28 33 pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being
28 34 legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.
28 35 d. On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
29 1 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
29 2 the person was placed in the state training school or the Iowa
29 3 juvenile home pursuant to a court order entered under chapter
29 4 232 under the care and custody of the department of human
29 5 services.
29 6 3. The program requirements shall include but are not
29 7 limited to all of the following:
29 8 a. Program assistance shall cover a program participant's
29 9 expenses associated with attending an approved postsecondary
29 10 education or training program in this state. The expenses
29 11 shall include tuition and fees, books and supplies, child
29 12 care, transportation, housing, and other expenses approved by
29 13 the commission. If a participant is attending on less than a
29 14 full=time basis, assistance provisions shall be designed to
29 15 cover tuition and fees and books and supplies, and assistance
29 16 for other expenses shall be prorated to reflect the hours
29 17 enrolled.
29 18 b. If the approved education or training program is more
29 19 than one year in length, the program assistance may be
29 20 renewed. To renew the assistance, the participant must
29 21 annually reapply for the program and meet the academic
29 22 progress standards of the postsecondary educational
29 23 institution or make satisfactory progress toward completion of
29 24 the training program.
29 25 c. A person shall be less than age twenty=three upon both
29 26 the date of the person's initial application for the program
29 27 and the start date of the education or training program for
29 28 which the assistance is provided. Eligibility for program
29 29 assistance shall end upon the participant reaching age
29 30 twenty=four.
29 31 d. Assistance under the program shall not be provided for
29 32 expenses that are paid for by other programs for which funding
29 33 is available to assist the participant.
29 34 e. The commission shall implement assistance provisions in
29 35 a manner to ensure that the total amount of assistance
30 1 provided under the program remains within the funding
30 2 available for the program.
30 3 4. The commission shall develop and implement a tracking
30 4 system that maintains a record of the postsecondary and
30 5 workforce participation for those assisted under the program.
30 6 The system shall maintain a record for each participant for up
30 7 to ten years after the first year of assistance. The
30 8 commission shall deliver a report on the outcomes of the
30 9 program to the governor and general assembly by January 1
30 10 annually.
30 11 Sec. 22. Section 261.23, Code 2007, is amended by striking
30 12 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
30 13 261.23 REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN
30 14 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
30 15 1. A registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness
30 16 program is established to be administered by the commission.
30 17 The program shall consist of loan forgiveness for eligible
30 18 federally guaranteed loans for registered nurses and nurse
30 19 educators who practice or teach in this state. For purposes
30 20 of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "nurse
30 21 educator" means a registered nurse who holds a master's degree
30 22 or doctorate degree and is employed as a faculty member who
30 23 teaches nursing as provided in 655 IAC 2.6(152) at an
30 24 accredited private institution or an institution of higher
30 25 education governed by the state board of regents.
30 26 2. Each applicant for loan forgiveness shall, in
30 27 accordance with the rules of the commission, do the following:
30 28 a. Complete and file an application for registered nurse
30 29 or nurse educator loan forgiveness. The individual shall be
30 30 responsible for the prompt submission of any information
30 31 required by the commission.
30 32 b. File a new application and submit information as
30 33 required by the commission annually on the basis of which the
30 34 applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness will
30 35 be evaluated and determined.
31 1 c. Complete and return on a form approved by the
31 2 commission an affidavit of practice verifying that the
31 3 applicant is a registered nurse practicing in this state or a
31 4 nurse educator teaching at an accredited private institution
31 5 or an institution of higher learning governed by the state
31 6 board of regents.
31 7 3. a. The annual amount of registered nurse loan
31 8 forgiveness for a registered nurse who completes a course of
31 9 study which leads to a baccalaureate or associate degree of
31 10 nursing, diploma in nursing, or a graduate or equivalent
31 11 degree in nursing, and who practices in this state, shall not
31 12 exceed the resident tuition rate established for institutions
31 13 of higher learning governed by the state board of regents for
31 14 the first year following the registered nurse's graduation
31 15 from a nursing education program approved by the board of
31 16 nursing pursuant to section 152.5, or twenty percent of the
31 17 registered nurse's total federally guaranteed Stafford loan
31 18 amount under the federal family education loan program or the
31 19 federal direct loan program, including principal and interest,
31 20 whichever amount is less. A registered nurse shall be
31 21 eligible for the loan forgiveness program for not more than
31 22 five consecutive years.
31 23 b. The annual amount of nurse educator loan forgiveness
31 24 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
31 25 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of
31 26 regents for the first year following the nurse educator's
31 27 graduation from an advanced formal academic nursing education
31 28 program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to section
31 29 152.5, or twenty percent of the nurse educator's total
31 30 federally guaranteed Stafford loan amount under the federal
31 31 family education loan program or the federal direct loan
31 32 program, including principal and interest, whichever amount is
31 33 less. A nurse educator shall be eligible for the loan
31 34 forgiveness program for not more than five consecutive years.
31 35 4. A registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness
32 1 repayment fund is created for deposit of moneys appropriated
32 2 to or received by the commission for use under the program.
32 3 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys deposited in the fund
32 4 shall not revert to any fund of the state at the end of any
32 5 fiscal year but shall remain in the loan forgiveness repayment
32 6 fund and be continuously available for loan forgiveness under
32 7 the program. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
32 8 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be
32 9 credited to the fund.
32 10 5. The commission shall submit in a report to the general
32 11 assembly by January 1, annually, the number of individuals who
32 12 received loan forgiveness pursuant to this section, where the
32 13 participants practiced or taught, the amount paid to each
32 14 program participant, and other information identified by the
32 15 commission as indicators of outcomes from the program.
32 16 6. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
32 17 17A to administer this section.
32 18 Sec. 23. Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code
32 19 2007, are amended to read as follows:
32 20 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
32 21 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of
32 22 forty=six forty=eight million five three hundred six
32 23 seventy=three thousand two seven hundred eighteen dollars for
32 24 tuition grants.
32 25 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
32 26 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of five
32 27 million one three hundred sixty=seven seventy=four thousand
32 28 three eight hundred fifty=eight dollars for tuition grants for
32 29 students attending for=profit accredited private institutions
32 30 located in Iowa. A for=profit institution which, effective
32 31 March 9, 2005, purchased an accredited private institution
32 32 that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the
32 33 Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution under
32 34 the tuition grant program. In the case of a qualified student
32 35 who was enrolled in such accredited private institution that
33 1 was purchased by the for=profit institution effective March 9,
33 2 2005, and who continues to be enrolled in the eligible
33 3 institution in succeeding years, the amount the student
33 4 qualifies for under this subsection shall be not less than the
33 5 amount the student qualified for in the fiscal year beginning
33 6 July 1, 2004. For purposes of the tuition grant program,
33 7 "for=profit accredited private institution" means an
33 8 accredited private institution which is not exempt from
33 9 taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
33 10 but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
33 11 subsection 1, paragraph "b", and whose students were eligible
33 12 to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
33 13 2003.
33 14 3. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
33 15 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
33 16 million five seven hundred thirty=three eighty=three thousand
33 17 one hundred fifteen dollars for vocational=technical tuition
33 18 grants.
33 19 Sec. 24. NEW SECTION. 261.88 ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY
33 20 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND FUND.
33 21 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this division, unless the
33 22 context otherwise requires:
33 23 a. "Commission" means the college student aid commission.
33 24 b. "Eligible institution" means a community college
33 25 established under chapter 260C or an institution of higher
33 26 learning governed by the state board of regents.
33 27 c. "Financial need" means the difference between the
33 28 student's financial resources available, including those
33 29 available from the student's parents as determined by a
33 30 completed parents' confidential statement, and the student's
33 31 anticipated expenses while attending an eligible institution.
33 32 d. "Full=time resident student" means an individual
33 33 resident of Iowa who is enrolled at an eligible institution in
33 34 a program of study including at least twelve semester hours or
33 35 the trimester or quarter equivalent.
34 1 e. "Part=time resident student" means an individual
34 2 resident of Iowa who is enrolled at an eligible institution in
34 3 a program of study including at least three semester hours or
34 4 the trimester or quarter equivalent.
34 5 f. "Qualified student" means a resident student who has
34 6 established financial need and who is meeting all program
34 7 requirements.
34 8 2. PROGRAM == ELIGIBILITY. An all Iowa opportunity
34 9 scholarship program is established to be administered by the
34 10 commission. The awarding of scholarships under the program is
34 11 subject to appropriations made by the general assembly. A
34 12 person who meets all of the following requirements is eligible
34 13 for the program:
34 14 a. Is a resident of Iowa and a citizen of the United
34 15 States or a lawful permanent resident.
34 16 b. Achieves a cumulative high school grade point average
34 17 upon graduation of at least two point five on a four=point
34 18 grade scale, or its equivalent if another grade scale is used.
34 19 c. Applies in a timely manner for admission to an eligible
34 20 institution and is accepted for admission.
34 21 d. Applies in a timely manner for any federal or state
34 22 student financial assistance available to the student to
34 23 attend an eligible institution.
34 24 e. Files a new application and parents' confidential
34 25 statement, as applicable, annually on the basis of which the
34 26 applicant's eligibility for a renewed scholarship will be
34 27 evaluated and determined.
34 28 f. Maintains satisfactory academic progress during each
34 29 term for which a scholarship is awarded.
34 30 g. Begins enrollment at an eligible institution within two
34 31 academic years of graduation from high school and continuously
34 32 receives awards as a full=time or part=time student to
34 33 maintain eligibility. However, the student may defer
34 34 participation in the program for up to two years in order to
34 35 pursue obligations that meet conditions established by the
35 1 commission by rule or to fulfill military obligations.
35 2 3. EXTENT OF SCHOLARSHIP.
35 3 a. A qualified student at a two=year eligible institution
35 4 may receive scholarships for not more than the equivalent of
35 5 four full=time semesters of undergraduate study, or the
35 6 trimester or quarter equivalent.
35 7 b. A qualified student at a four=year eligible institution
35 8 may receive scholarships for not more than the equivalent of
35 9 two full=time semesters of undergraduate study, or the
35 10 trimester or quarter equivalent.
35 11 c. Scholarships awarded pursuant to this section shall not
35 12 exceed the student's financial need, as determined by the
35 13 commission, the average resident tuition rate and mandatory
35 14 fees established for institutions of higher learning governed
35 15 by the state board of regents, or the resident tuition and
35 16 mandatory fees charged for the program of enrollment by the
35 17 eligible institution at which the student is enrolled,
35 18 whichever is least.
35 19 4. DISCONTINUANCE OF ATTENDANCE == REMITTANCE. If a
35 20 student receiving a scholarship pursuant to this section
35 21 discontinues attendance before the end of any academic term,
35 22 the entire amount of any refund due to the student, up to the
35 23 amount of any payments made by the state, shall be remitted by
35 24 the eligible institution to the commission. The commission
35 25 shall deposit refunds paid to the commission in accordance
35 26 with this subsection into the fund established pursuant to
35 27 subsection 5.
35 28 5. FUND ESTABLISHED. An all Iowa opportunity scholarship
35 29 fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under
35 30 the control of the commission. All moneys deposited or paid
35 31 into the fund are appropriated and made available to the
35 32 commission to be used for scholarships for students meeting
35 33 the requirements of this section. Notwithstanding section
35 34 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of each fiscal year
35 35 shall not revert to the general fund of the state, but shall
36 1 be available for purposes of this section in subsequent fiscal
36 2 years.
36 3 Sec. 25. Section 261.111, subsection 9, Code 2007, is
36 4 amended to read as follows:
36 5 9. The commission shall submit in a report to the
36 6 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
36 7 subcommittee on education general assembly by January 1,
36 8 annually, the number of students who received forgivable loans
36 9 pursuant to this section, which institutions the students were
36 10 enrolled in, and the amount paid to each of the institutions
36 11 on behalf of the students who received forgivable loans
36 12 pursuant to this section and the total amount of loans
36 13 outstanding, including a schedule of years remaining on the
36 14 outstanding loans.
36 15 Sec. 26. Section 261.111, subsection 10, Code 2007, is
36 16 amended by striking the subsection.
36 17 Sec. 27. NEW SECTION. 261.112 TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN
36 18 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
36 19 1. A teacher shortage loan forgiveness program is
36 20 established to be administered by the commission. A teacher
36 21 is eligible for the program if the teacher is practicing in a
36 22 teacher shortage area as designated by the department of
36 23 education pursuant to subsection 2. For purposes of this
36 24 section, "teacher" means an individual holding a
36 25 practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, who is
36 26 employed in a nonadministrative position in a designated
36 27 shortage area by a school district or area education agency
36 28 pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under
36 29 section 279.13.
36 30 2. The director of the department of education shall
36 31 annually designate the geographic or subject areas
36 32 experiencing teacher shortages. The director shall
36 33 periodically conduct a survey of school districts, accredited
36 34 nonpublic schools, and approved practitioner preparation
36 35 programs to determine current shortage areas.
37 1 3. Each applicant for loan forgiveness shall, in
37 2 accordance with the rules of the commission, do the following:
37 3 a. Complete and file an application for teacher shortage
37 4 loan forgiveness. The individual shall be responsible for the
37 5 prompt submission of any information required by the
37 6 commission.
37 7 b. File a new application and submit information as
37 8 required by the commission annually on the basis of which the
37 9 applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness will
37 10 be evaluated and determined.
37 11 c. Complete and return on a form approved by the
37 12 commission an affidavit of practice verifying that the
37 13 applicant is a teacher in an eligible teacher shortage area.
37 14 4. The annual amount of teacher shortage loan forgiveness
37 15 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
37 16 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of
37 17 regents for the first year following the teacher's graduation
37 18 from an approved practitioner preparation program, or twenty
37 19 percent of the teacher's total federally guaranteed Stafford
37 20 loan amount under the federal family education loan program or
37 21 the federal direct loan program, including principal and
37 22 interest, whichever amount is less. A teacher shall be
37 23 eligible for the loan forgiveness program for not more than
37 24 five consecutive years.
37 25 5. A teacher shortage loan forgiveness repayment fund is
37 26 created for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received by
37 27 the commission for use under the program. Notwithstanding
37 28 section 8.33, moneys deposited in the fund shall not revert to
37 29 any fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year but shall
37 30 remain in the loan forgiveness repayment fund and be
37 31 continuously available for loan forgiveness under the program.
37 32 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
37 33 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to
37 34 the fund.
37 35 6. The commission shall submit in a report to the general
38 1 assembly by January 1, annually, the number of individuals who
38 2 received loan forgiveness pursuant to this section, which
38 3 shortage areas the teachers taught in, the amount paid to each
38 4 program participant, and other information identified by the
38 5 commission as indicators of outcomes from the program.
38 6 7. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
38 7 17A to administer this section.
38 8 Sec. 28. Section 262.9, subsection 18, Code 2007, is
38 9 amended to read as follows:
38 10 18. a. Not less than thirty days prior to action by the
38 11 board on any proposal to increase tuition, fees, or charges at
38 12 one or more of the institutions of higher education under its
38 13 control, send written notification of the amount of the
38 14 proposed increase including a copy of the proposed tuition
38 15 increase docket memorandum prepared for its consideration to
38 16 the presiding officers of the student government organization
38 17 of the affected institutions. The final decision on an
38 18 increase in tuition or mandatory fees charged to all students
38 19 at an institution for a fiscal year shall be made at a regular
38 20 meeting and shall be reflected in a final docket memorandum
38 21 that states the estimated total cost of attending each of the
38 22 institutions of higher education under the board's control.
38 23 The regular meeting shall be held in Ames, Cedar Falls, or
38 24 Iowa City and shall not be held during a period in which
38 25 classes have been suspended for university holiday or break.
38 26 b. Authorize, at its discretion, each institution of
38 27 higher education to retain the student fees and charges it
38 28 collects to further the institution's purposes as authorized
38 29 by the board. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
38 30 student fees and charges, as defined in section 262A.2, shall
38 31 not be considered repayment receipts as defined in section
38 32 8.2.
38 33 Sec. 29. Section 275.15, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
38 34 amended to read as follows:
38 35 4. The administrator shall at once publish the decision in
39 1 the same newspaper in which the original notice was published.
39 2 Within twenty days after the publication, the decision
39 3 rendered by the area education agency board may be appealed to
39 4 the district court in the county involved by any school
39 5 district affected. For purposes of appeal, only those school
39 6 districts who filed reorganization petitions are school
39 7 districts affected. An appeal from a decision of an area
39 8 education agency board or joint area education agency boards
39 9 under section 275.4, 275.16, or this section is subject to
39 10 appeal procedures under this chapter and is not subject to
39 11 appeal under procedures set forth in chapter 290.
39 12 Sec. 30. Section 279.61, Code 2007, is amended to read as
39 13 follows:
39 14 279.61 STUDENT PLAN FOR PROGRESS TOWARD UNIVERSITY
39 15 ADMISSIONS == REPORT.
39 16 1. For the school year beginning July 1, 2006 2007, and
39 17 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
39 18 school district shall cooperate with each student enrolled in
39 19 grade eight to develop for the student a core curriculum plan
39 20 to guide the student toward the goal of successfully
39 21 completing, at a minimum, the voluntary model core curriculum
39 22 developed by the state board of education pursuant to section
39 23 256.7, subsection 26, by the time the student graduates from
39 24 high school. The plan shall include career options and shall
39 25 identify the coursework needed in grades nine through twelve
39 26 to support the student's postsecondary education and career
39 27 options. If the pupil is under eighteen years of age, the
39 28 pupil's The student's parent or guardian shall sign the core
39 29 curriculum plan developed with the student and the signed plan
39 30 shall be included in the student's cumulative records.
39 31 2. For the school year beginning July 1, 2006 2007, and
39 32 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
39 33 school district shall report annually to each student enrolled
39 34 in grades nine through twelve in the school district, and, if
39 35 the student is under the age of eighteen, to each student's
40 1 parent or guardian, the student's progress toward meeting the
40 2 goal of successfully completing the model core curriculum
40 3 developed by high school graduation requirements adopted by
40 4 the state board of education pursuant to section 256.7,
40 5 subsection 26.
40 6 Sec. 31. NEW SECTION. 279.65 STUDENT ADVANCEMENT POLICY
40 7 == FINDINGS == SUPPLEMENTAL STRATEGIES AND EDUCATIONAL
40 8 SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.
40 9 1. The general assembly finds and declares that students
40 10 should be able to meet or exceed the expectations established
40 11 by the school district of enrollment in order to advance to
40 12 the next grade level.
40 13 2. The board of directors of each school district shall
40 14 adopt a student advancement policy which provides for the
40 15 following:
40 16 a. Supplemental strategies to be provided to all students
40 17 in kindergarten through grade five who do not meet the grade
40 18 level expectations established by the school district for
40 19 English=language arts, social studies, mathematics, and
40 20 science.
40 21 b. A requirement that students in grades six through eight
40 22 who fail one or more of the core courses make up deficiencies
40 23 before advancing to the next level in the subject area. "Core
40 24 course", for purposes of this section, means a course in the
40 25 following subject areas: English=language arts, social
40 26 studies, mathematics, and science.
40 27 c. Opportunities for students to meet the school
40 28 district's expectations as provided in paragraphs "a" and "b"
40 29 which shall include but not be limited to supplemental
40 30 educational services such as tutoring that may be offered
40 31 before and after school or during the summer and that may be
40 32 provided by private service providers.
40 33 3. If a student in kindergarten through grade eight does
40 34 not meet the grade level core course expectations established
40 35 by the school district as provided in this section, the school
41 1 district shall develop a plan for supplemental strategies or
41 2 supplemental educational services, and for measuring student
41 3 progress, in consultation with the student's parent or
41 4 guardian.
41 5 4. In deciding student placement and advancement, the
41 6 board of directors of a school district shall make every
41 7 effort to reach agreement with parents and guardians.
41 8 5. A supplemental strategies and educational services
41 9 grant program is established to be administered by the
41 10 department of education to award grants to school districts
41 11 for purposes of providing supplemental strategies and
41 12 educational services to students who do not meet the grade
41 13 level expectations established by the school district for
41 14 English=language arts, social studies, mathematics, and
41 15 science. The department shall develop the criteria and a
41 16 process for awarding supplemental strategies and educational
41 17 services grants to school districts when moneys are
41 18 appropriated for the grant program. By January 15 of the
41 19 fiscal year following each fiscal year for which the general
41 20 assembly appropriated funds to the department of education for
41 21 purposes of this subsection, the department shall assess the
41 22 effectiveness of the program and shall submit its findings and
41 23 recommendations in a report to the general assembly.
41 24 Sec. 32. Section 284A.3, Code 2007, is amended to read as
41 25 follows:
41 26 284A.3 BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING AND INDUCTION
41 27 PROGRAM APPROPRIATION == PROGRAM FUNDS.
41 28 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and each
41 29 succeeding fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general
41 30 fund of the state to the department of education the sum of
41 31 two hundred fifty thousand dollars for purposes of
41 32 administering the beginning administrator mentoring and
41 33 induction program established pursuant to this chapter.
41 34 2. A To the extent moneys are available, a school district
41 35 shall receive one thousand five hundred dollars per beginning
42 1 administrator participating in the program. If the funds
42 2 appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors
42 3 and school districts as provided in this subsection section,
42 4 the department shall prorate the amount distributed to school
42 5 districts based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received
42 6 by a school district pursuant to this subsection section shall
42 7 be expended to provide each mentor with an award of five
42 8 hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation
42 9 in the school district's beginning administrator mentoring and
42 10 induction program; to implement the plan; and to pay any
42 11 applicable costs of the employer's share of contributions to
42 12 federal social security and the Iowa public employees'
42 13 retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement system
42 14 established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the
42 15 district.
42 16 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys remaining
42 17 unobligated or unexpended from the moneys appropriated under
42 18 subsection 1 shall not revert, but shall remain available in
42 19 the succeeding fiscal year for expenditure for the purposes
42 20 designated. The provisions of section 8.39 shall not apply to
42 21 the funds appropriated pursuant to this section.
42 22 Sec. 33. Section 321.178, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
42 23 2007, is amended to read as follows:
42 24 c. Every public school district in Iowa shall offer or
42 25 make available to all students residing in the school district
42 26 or Iowa students attending a nonpublic school in the district
42 27 an approved course in driver education. The receiving
42 28 district shall be the school district responsible for making
42 29 driver education available to a student participating in open
42 30 enrollment under section 282.18. The courses may be offered
42 31 at sites other than at the public school, including nonpublic
42 32 school facilities within the public school districts. An
42 33 approved course offered during the summer months, on
42 34 Saturdays, after regular school hours during the regular terms
42 35 or partly in one term or summer vacation period and partly in
43 1 the succeeding term or summer vacation period, as the case may
43 2 be, shall satisfy the requirements of this section to the same
43 3 extent as an approved course offered during the regular school
43 4 hours of the school term. A student who successfully
43 5 completes and obtains certification in an approved course in
43 6 driver education or an approved course in motorcycle education
43 7 may, upon proof of such fact, be excused from any field test
43 8 which the student would otherwise be required to take in
43 9 demonstrating the student's ability to operate a motor
43 10 vehicle. A student shall not be excused from any field test
43 11 if a parent, guardian, or instructor requests that a test be
43 12 administered. Street or highway driving instruction may be
43 13 provided by a person qualified as a classroom driver education
43 14 instructor or a person certified by the department and
43 15 authorized by the board of educational examiners. A person
43 16 shall not be required to hold a current Iowa teacher or
43 17 administrator license at the elementary or secondary level or
43 18 to have satisfied the educational requirements for an Iowa
43 19 teacher license at the elementary or secondary level in order
43 20 to be certified by the department or authorized by the board
43 21 of educational examiners to provide street or highway driving
43 22 instruction. A final field test prior to a student's
43 23 completion of an approved course shall be administered by a
43 24 person qualified as a classroom driver education instructor.
43 25 The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
43 26 provide for certification of persons qualified to provide
43 27 street or highway driving instruction. The board of
43 28 educational examiners shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
43 29 17A to provide for authorization of persons certified by the
43 30 department to provide street or highway driving instruction.
43 31 Sec. 34. 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1157, section 18, is
43 32 amended to read as follows:
43 33 SEC. 18. EARLY CARE, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS == FY
43 34 2007=2008 AND 2008=2009.
43 35 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
44 1 state to the department of education for deposit in the school
44 2 ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund for
44 3 each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007,
44 4 and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much
44 5 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
44 6 designated:
44 7 For early care, health, and education and preschool
44 8 programs, to continue programs and initiatives developed
44 9 pursuant to the appropriation made in this division of this
44 10 Act for this purpose for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
44 11 2006:
44 12 .................................................. $ 15,000,000
44 13 10,000,000
44 14 2. Expenditure of the amounts Funds appropriated in this
44 15 section is subject to enactment of law specifying how the
44 16 amounts are to be distributed. It is the intent of the
44 17 general assembly that the increase in funding provided by this
44 18 section of $5,000,000 over the amount appropriated in this
44 19 division of this Act for the same purpose for the fiscal year
44 20 beginning July 1, 2006, will be designated for the expansion
44 21 of the initiatives implemented pursuant to the business
44 22 community investment advisory council recommendations adopted
44 23 pursuant to this Act shall be allocated in the same manner as
44 24 provided in section 17.
44 25 Sec. 35. 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 6,
44 26 subsection 14, is amended to read as follows:
44 27 14. READING INSTRUCTION PILOT PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM
44 28 For the implementation of the reading instruction pilot
44 29 project grant program, if enacted by this Act:
44 30 .................................................. $ 250,000
44 31 From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
44 32 $62,500 shall be allocated equally amongst five pilot projects
44 33 for purposes of teacher training in descubriendo la lectura,
44 34 the reconstruction of reading recovery in Spanish, including
44 35 books and materials for teaching, travel expenses, and
45 1 professional development; and $187,500 shall be allocated to
45 2 the Iowa empowerment fund for implementation of the business
45 3 community investment advisory council report and
45 4 recommendations.
45 5 Sec. 36. Section 256.25, Code 2007, is repealed.
45 6 Sec. 37. EFFECTIVE DATES.
45 7 1. The sections of this Act amending 2006 Iowa Acts,
45 8 chapters 1157 and 1180, being deemed of immediate importance,
45 9 take effect upon enactment.
45 10 2. The section of this Act amending section 262.9, being
45 11 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
45 12 EXPLANATION
45 13 This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2007=2008
45 14 from the general fund of the state to the college student aid
45 15 commission, the department for the blind, the department of
45 16 education, and the state board of regents and its
45 17 institutions.
45 18 The bill appropriates to the department for the blind for
45 19 its administration.
45 20 The bill includes appropriations to the college student aid
45 21 commission for general administrative purposes, student aid
45 22 programs, an initiative directing primary care physicians to
45 23 areas of the state experiencing physician shortages,
45 24 forgivable loans for Des Moines university == osteopathic
45 25 medical center students, the national guard educational
45 26 assistance program, the teacher shortage programs, for the
45 27 registered nurse loan and nurse educator forgiveness program,
45 28 and for the all Iowa opportunity assistance program created in
45 29 the bill.
45 30 The bill reduces the $2.75 million standing appropriation
45 31 for the Iowa work=study program for fiscal year 2007=2008 to
45 32 $395,600. In statute, the bill provides for modest increases
45 33 to the tuition grant program for not=for=profit and for=profit
45 34 postsecondary institutions and for vocational=technical
45 35 grants. The bill appropriates funds from the scholarship and
46 1 tuition grant reserve fund for barber school and school of
46 2 cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grants.
46 3 The bill creates an all Iowa opportunity foster care grant
46 4 program and an all Iowa opportunity scholarship program and
46 5 fund under the purview of the college student aid commission.
46 6 The grant program provides financial assistance for
46 7 postsecondary education or training for young adults age 18
46 8 through 23 who were involved with the state's foster care or
46 9 juvenile justice programs. A young adult must apply for the
46 10 financial assistance program and commence the education or
46 11 training prior to becoming age 23. The scholarship program
46 12 provides grants to pay the tuition and mandatory fee costs for
46 13 resident students attending Iowa's community colleges and
46 14 regents universities.
46 15 The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education
46 16 for purposes of the department's general administration,
46 17 vocational education administration, division of vocational
46 18 rehabilitation services, independent living, state library for
46 19 general administration and the enrich Iowa program, library
46 20 service area system, public broadcasting division, regional
46 21 telecommunications councils, vocational education to secondary
46 22 schools, school food service, Iowa empowerment fund, textbooks
46 23 for nonpublic school pupils, statewide education data
46 24 warehouse, advanced placement, vocational agriculture youth
46 25 organizations, jobs for America's graduates specialist, and
46 26 community colleges.
46 27 The bill also appropriates money for a four=year=old
46 28 preschool program, expansion of the federal Individuals With
46 29 Disabilities Education Improvement Act birth through age three
46 30 services, a before and after school grant program established
46 31 by the bill, a beginning administrator mentoring and induction
46 32 program, and a statewide education data warehouse.
46 33 The bill amends 2006 Iowa Acts to reallocate a portion of
46 34 the funds from the reading instruction pilot project grant
46 35 program for teacher training and the reconstruction of reading
47 1 recovery in Spanish program and for the Iowa empowerment fund
47 2 for implementation of the business community investment
47 3 advisory council report and recommendations. The bill also
47 4 amends 2006 Iowa Acts to reduce from $15 million to $10
47 5 million the appropriation for early care, health, and
47 6 education and preschool programs and initiatives for FY
47 7 2007=2008 and FY 2008=2009. These provisions take effect upon
47 8 enactment.
47 9 The bill also appropriates funds to the department of
47 10 education for transfer to the department of human services for
47 11 early head start pilot projects, a statewide mandatory child
47 12 care registration study, and state child care assistance
47 13 eligibility extension.
47 14 The bill also expands the standards for community college
47 15 instructors by providing that all instructors who are under
47 16 contract for at least half=time or more must meet the
47 17 standards, not just the full=time faculty.
47 18 The bill makes contingent appropriations for the
47 19 supplemental strategies and educational services grant program
47 20 established in the bill, and for the implementation of the
47 21 core contents standards and establishment of the voluntary
47 22 model core curriculum which the bill directs the state board
47 23 of education in statute, to adopt.
47 24 Also in statute, the bill permits an appeal to a
47 25 reorganization decision by an area education agency board to
47 26 be appealed to the state board of education, requires school
47 27 districts to adopt a student advancement policy, and makes a
47 28 student's receiving district responsible for making driver
47 29 education available to a student participating in open
47 30 enrollment. The bill also repeals the reading instruction
47 31 pilot project grant program, which was scheduled for repeal
47 32 June 30, 2008, and for which the department of education
47 33 failed to receive applications from school districts.
47 34 The bill treats virtual shared classes like other types of
47 35 shared classes that receive supplemental funding by providing
48 1 that both the school district that provides the class and the
48 2 instructor and the school district that receives the class
48 3 over the Iowa communications network receive supplemental
48 4 funding of one=twentieth of the percentage of a student's
48 5 school day spent in the virtual class. The bill provides the
48 6 same percentage of supplemental funding for a school district
48 7 that receives a community college class meeting the criteria
48 8 under Code section 257.11, subsection 3, over the Iowa
48 9 communications network. The bill provides for a teacher
48 10 incentive, requiring that the school district that provides
48 11 the instructor and class reserves 50 percent of the
48 12 supplemental funding it receives for extra pay to the
48 13 instructor.
48 14 The bill requires the department of education to evaluate
48 15 the readiness of school districts to adopt and support the
48 16 voluntary model core curriculum; and to convene a community
48 17 college faculty working group; and to submit its findings and
48 18 recommendations in reports to the general assembly by January
48 19 14, 2008.
48 20 The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents
48 21 for the board office, for tuition replacement, universities'
48 22 general operating budgets, the southwest Iowa graduate studies
48 23 center, the tristate graduate center, the quad=cities graduate
48 24 studies center, Iowa's obligation as a member of the
48 25 midwestern higher education compact, the state university of
48 26 Iowa, Iowa state university of science and technology, the
48 27 university of northern Iowa, the Iowa school for the deaf, the
48 28 Iowa braille and sight saving school, and for tuition and
48 29 transportation costs for students residing in the Iowa Braille
48 30 and sight saving school and the Iowa school for the deaf. The
48 31 bill also funds the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit
48 32 resources center at the state university of Iowa.
48 33 The bill includes a provision that requires the director of
48 34 a department or agency to which appropriations are made under
48 35 the bill to assess employment positions that could be
49 1 effectively performed via telecommuting, to report assessment
49 2 results to the director of administrative services and the
49 3 general assembly by November 1, 2007, and to implement a
49 4 policy by January 1, 2008, and begin submitting annual reports
49 5 to the department of administrative services and the general
49 6 assembly beginning January 1, 2009.
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