Senate Study Bill 1332
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY JOINT
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
ON EDUCATION)
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 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
2 29 For purposes of the all Iowa scholarship programs
2 30 established pursuant to section 261.6, as enacted by this Act,
2 31 and section 261.88, as enacted by this Act:
2 32 .................................................. $ 1,175,000
2 33 From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection, up
2 34 to $675,000 shall be used for purposes of the all Iowa
2 35 opportunity foster care scholarship program established
3 1 pursuant to section 261.6, as enacted by this Act, and at
3 2 least $500,000 shall be used for purposes of the all Iowa
3 3 opportunity grant program as established in section 261.88, as
3 4 enacted by this Act.
3 5 Sec. 3. WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2007=2008.
3 6 Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning
3 7 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the amount
3 8 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college
3 9 student aid commission for the work=study program under
3 10 section 261.85 shall be $395,600, and from the moneys
3 11 appropriated in this section, $215,600 shall be allocated to
3 12 institutions of higher education under the state board of
3 13 regents and community colleges and the remaining dollars
3 14 appropriated in this section shall be allocated by the college
3 15 student aid commission on the basis of need as determined by
3 16 the portion of the federal formula for distribution for work=
3 17 study funds that relates to the current need of institutions.
3 18 Sec. 4. REGISTERED NURSE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FUNDS.
3 19 From the funds appropriated for tuition grants pursuant to
3 20 section 261.25, subsection 1, as amended in this Act, for the
3 21 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, up to $100,000 shall be
3 22 used to provide loan forgiveness as provided in section
3 23 261.23, as amended in this Act. The college student aid
3 24 commission shall submit in a report to the chairpersons and
3 25 ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on
3 26 education by January 1, 2009, the number of registered nurses
3 27 who received loan forgiveness in the fiscal year beginning
3 28 July 1, 2007, pursuant to section 261.23, as amended in this
3 29 Act, and the amount paid to each of the registered nurses.
3 30 It is the intent of the general assembly that
3 31 appropriations made for the registered nurse loan forgiveness
3 32 program for purposes for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3 33 2007, and each succeeding fiscal year, be distributed under
3 34 the program created pursuant to section 261.23, as amended in
3 35 this Act, for registered nurses and nurse educators.
4 1 Sec. 5. SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION GRANT RESERVE FUND
4 2 APPROPRIATION == BARBER SCHOOL AND SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY ARTS
4 3 AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANTS. Notwithstanding the maximum
4 4 allowed balance requirement of the scholarship and tuition
4 5 grant reserve fund as provided in section 261.20, there is
4 6 appropriated from the scholarship and tuition grant reserve
4 7 fund to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
4 8 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, an amount up
4 9 to $100,000 to be used to award Iowa vocational=technical
4 10 tuition grants to residents of Iowa who establish financial
4 11 need and are admitted and in attendance as a full=time or
4 12 part=time student in a course of study at a school of
4 13 cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under chapter 157 or a
4 14 barber school licensed pursuant to section 158.7 and
4 15 accredited by a national accrediting agency recognized by the
4 16 United States department of education. If the grant recipient
4 17 discontinues attendance before the end of any term after
4 18 receiving payment of the grant, the entire amount of any
4 19 refund due that student, up to the amount of any payments made
4 20 under the annual grant, shall be paid by the institution to
4 21 the state. Funds appropriated in this section are in addition
4 22 to funds appropriated in section 261.25, subsection 3, as
4 23 amended in this Act.
4 24 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
4 25 Sec. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
4 26 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
4 27 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
4 28 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
4 29 be used for the purposes designated:
4 30 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
4 31 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
4 32 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
4 33 positions:
4 34 .................................................. $ 6,559,578
4 35 ............................................... FTEs 85.37
5 1 From the funds appropriated in this subsection, $225,000
5 2 shall be allocated for purposes of conducting, supporting, and
5 3 managing the accreditation of school districts and for
5 4 purposes of various other duties such as conducting
5 5 reorganization feasibility studies; $140,196 shall be
5 6 allocated for Iowa communications network (ICN) subsidies
5 7 pursuant to section 257.11, subsection 6, as amended in this
5 8 Act; and $100,000 shall be allocated for 1.00 full=time
5 9 equivalent position, for administration of various new
5 10 initiatives, and to conduct a study of a senior year plus
5 11 program including but not limited to a review of the current
5 12 status of courses accessed under the postsecondary enrollment
5 13 options Act, chapter 261C, the accessibility to, rigor, and
5 14 acceptance of advanced placement courses and credits, and the
5 15 current availability of college=level coursework for high
5 16 school students, particularly for students assigned
5 17 supplementary weighting under section 257.11, subsection 3 or
5 18 5, and for students under dual enrollment pursuant to section
5 19 299A.8. Notwithstanding section 8.39 or any provision to the
5 20 contrary, not more than $140,196 shall be allocated or used
5 21 for ICN subsidies.
5 22 Of the full=time equivalent positions authorized in this
5 23 subsection, 1.00 full=time equivalent position is allocated
5 24 for district sharing incentive purposes and 4.00 full=time
5 25 equivalent positions are allocated for purposes of the student
5 26 achievement and teacher quality program.
5 27 The director of the department of education shall ensure
5 28 that all school districts are aware of the state education
5 29 resources available on the state website for listing teacher
5 30 job openings and shall make every reasonable effort to enable
5 31 qualified practitioners to post their resumes on the state
5 32 website. The department shall administer the posting of job
5 33 vacancies for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools,
5 34 and area education agencies on the state website. The
5 35 department may coordinate this activity with the Iowa school
6 1 board association or other interested education associations
6 2 in the state. The department shall strongly encourage school
6 3 districts to seek direct claiming under the medical assistance
6 4 program for funding of school district nursing services for
6 5 students.
6 6 2. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
6 7 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
6 8 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
6 9 positions:
6 10 .................................................. $ 553,758
6 11 ............................................... FTEs 13.50
6 12 3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
6 13 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
6 14 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
6 15 equivalent positions:
6 16 .................................................. $ 5,419,890
6 17 ............................................... FTEs 273.50
6 18 The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall
6 19 seek funding from other sources, such as local funds, for
6 20 purposes of matching the state's federal vocational
6 21 rehabilitation allocation, as well as for matching other
6 22 federal vocational rehabilitation funding that may become
6 23 available.
6 24 Except where prohibited under federal law, the division of
6 25 vocational rehabilitation services of the department of
6 26 education shall accept client assessments, or assessments of
6 27 potential clients, performed by other agencies in order to
6 28 reduce duplication of effort.
6 29 Notwithstanding the full=time equivalent position limit
6 30 established in this lettered paragraph, for the fiscal year
6 31 ending June 30, 2008, if federal funding is received to pay
6 32 the costs of additional employees for the vocational
6 33 rehabilitation services division who would have duties
6 34 relating to vocational rehabilitation services paid for
6 35 through federal funding, authorization to hire not more than
7 1 4.00 additional full=time equivalent employees shall be
7 2 provided, the full=time equivalent position limit shall be
7 3 exceeded, and the additional employees shall be hired by the
7 4 division.
7 5 b. For matching funds for programs to enable persons with
7 6 severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
7 7 independently, including salaries and support, and for not
7 8 more than the following full=time equivalent position:
7 9 .................................................. $ 54,709
7 10 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
7 11 The highest priority use for the moneys appropriated under
7 12 this lettered paragraph shall be for programs that emphasize
7 13 employment and assist persons with severe physical or mental
7 14 disabilities to find and maintain employment to enable them to
7 15 function more independently.
7 16 4. STATE LIBRARY
7 17 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
7 18 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
7 19 equivalent positions:
7 20 .................................................. $ 1,926,761
7 21 ............................................... FTEs 19.00
7 22 b. For the enrich Iowa program:
7 23 .................................................. $ 1,948,432
7 24 5. LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM
7 25 For state aid:
7 26 .................................................. $ 1,586,000
7 27 6. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
7 28 For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
7 29 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
7 30 full=time equivalent positions:
7 31 .................................................. $ 8,854,049
7 32 ............................................... FTEs 93.00
7 33 7. REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
7 34 For state aid:
7 35 .................................................. $ 1,364,525
8 1 The regional telecommunications councils established in
8 2 section 8D.5 shall use the funds appropriated in this
8 3 subsection to provide technical assistance for network
8 4 classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area
8 5 networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support
8 6 activities.
8 7 8. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
8 8 For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures
8 9 made by secondary schools:
8 10 .................................................. $ 2,936,904
8 11 Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
8 12 expenditures made by school districts to meet the standards
8 13 set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14 as a result of the
8 14 enactment of 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278. Funds shall be used
8 15 as reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by
8 16 secondary schools in the manner provided by the department of
8 17 education for implementation of the standards set in 1989 Iowa
8 18 Acts, chapter 278.
8 19 9. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
8 20 For use as state matching funds for federal programs that
8 21 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
8 22 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
8 23 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
8 24 positions:
8 25 .................................................. $ 2,509,683
8 26 ............................................... FTEs 17.43
8 27 10. IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND
8 28 For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
8 29 the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:
8 30 .................................................. $ 23,781,594
8 31 a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
8 32 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
8 33 ending June 30, 2008, not more than $300,000 is allocated for
8 34 the community empowerment office and other technical
8 35 assistance activities and of that amount, not more than
9 1 $50,000 shall be used to administer the early childhood
9 2 coordinator's position pursuant to section 28.3, subsection 7,
9 3 and not more than $50,000 shall be used to promote and provide
9 4 ongoing support to the parent website and to support and
9 5 coordinate a network of websites that provide support and
9 6 resources to parents and the general public. It is the intent
9 7 of the general assembly that regional technical assistance
9 8 teams will be established and will include staff from various
9 9 agencies, as appropriate, including the area education
9 10 agencies, community colleges, and the Iowa state university of
9 11 science and technology cooperative extension service in
9 12 agriculture and home economics. The Iowa empowerment board
9 13 shall direct staff to work with the advisory council to
9 14 inventory technical assistance needs. Funds allocated under
9 15 this lettered paragraph may be used by the Iowa empowerment
9 16 board for the purpose of skills development and support for
9 17 ongoing training of the regional technical assistance teams.
9 18 However, funds shall not be used for additional staff or for
9 19 the reimbursement of staff.
9 20 b. As a condition of receiving funding appropriated in
9 21 this subsection, each community empowerment area board shall
9 22 report to the Iowa empowerment board progress on each of the
9 23 state indicators approved by the state board, as well as
9 24 progress on local indicators. The community empowerment area
9 25 board must also submit a written plan amendment extending by
9 26 one year the area's comprehensive school ready children grant
9 27 plan developed for providing services for children from birth
9 28 through five years of age and provide other information
9 29 specified by the Iowa empowerment board. The amendment may
9 30 also provide for changes in the programs and services provided
9 31 under the plan. The Iowa empowerment board shall establish a
9 32 submission deadline for the plan amendment that allows a
9 33 reasonable period of time for preparation of the plan
9 34 amendment and for review and approval or request for
9 35 modification of the plan amendment by the Iowa empowerment
10 1 board. In addition, the community empowerment board must
10 2 continue to comply with reporting provisions and other
10 3 requirements adopted by the Iowa empowerment board in
10 4 implementing section 28.8.
10 5 c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
10 6 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
10 7 Iowa empowerment fund that is used for distribution to areas,
10 8 $4,650,000 shall be used to assist low=income parents with
10 9 preschool tuition.
10 10 d. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
10 11 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
10 12 Iowa empowerment fund, $1,000,000 shall be used for
10 13 professional development for the system of early care, health,
10 14 and education.
10 15 e. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
10 16 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
10 17 Iowa empowerment fund, $100,000 shall be allocated to the
10 18 public broadcasting division of the department of education
10 19 for support of community empowerment as a ready=to=learn
10 20 coordinator.
10 21 11. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
10 22 For expansion of the federal Individuals With Disabilities
10 23 Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108=446, as
10 24 amended to January 1, 2007, birth through age three services
10 25 due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those
10 26 services:
10 27 .................................................. $ 1,721,400
10 28 From the funds appropriated in this subsection, $421,400
10 29 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinic at the
10 30 state university of Iowa to provide additional support for
10 31 infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug=exposed,
10 32 or medically fragile.
10 33 12. EARLY HEAD START PILOT PROJECTS
10 34 For transfer to the department of human services for
10 35 implementation of early head start pilot projects addressing
11 1 the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional, and
11 2 developmental needs of children from birth to age three,
11 3 including prenatal support for qualified families:
11 4 .................................................. $ 800,000
11 5 Early head start pilot projects shall promote healthy
11 6 prenatal outcomes, healthy family functioning, and strengthen
11 7 the development of infants and toddlers in low=income
11 8 families.
11 9 13. STATEWIDE MANDATORY CHILD CARE REGISTRATION STUDY
11 10 To transfer to the department of human services for
11 11 development and implementation of a statewide mandatory child
11 12 care registration study:
11 13 .................................................. $ 100,000
11 14 14. STATE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY EXTENSION
11 15 For transfer to the department of human services for a
11 16 change in policy so that the eligibility redetermination of a
11 17 family's financial and general eligibility for state child
11 18 care assistance is extended from six months to twelve months:
11 19 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
11 20 15. FOUR=YEAR=OLD PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
11 21 For allocation to eligible school districts for the
11 22 four=year=old preschool program under chapter 256C, if
11 23 enacted:
11 24 .................................................. $ 15,000,000
11 25 From the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
11 26 not more than $330,000 shall be used by the department for
11 27 administration of the four=year=old preschool program
11 28 established pursuant to chapter 256C, if enacted.
11 29 16. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
11 30 To provide funds for costs of providing textbooks to each
11 31 resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by
11 32 section 301.1. The funding is limited to $20 per pupil and
11 33 shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident
11 34 public school pupils:
11 35 .................................................. $ 664,165
12 1 17. JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
12 2 For school districts to provide direct services to the most
12 3 at=risk senior high school students enrolled in school
12 4 districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America's
12 5 graduates specialist:
12 6 .................................................. $ 600,000
12 7 18. VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE YOUTH ORGANIZATION
12 8 To assist a vocational agriculture youth organization
12 9 sponsored by the schools to support the foundation established
12 10 by that vocational agriculture youth organization and for
12 11 other youth activities:
12 12 .................................................. $ 50,000
12 13 Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
12 14 only to the extent that the state moneys are matched from
12 15 other sources by the organization on a dollar=for=dollar
12 16 basis.
12 17 19. STATEWIDE EDUCATION DATA WAREHOUSE
12 18 For the implementation of an educational data warehouse
12 19 that will be utilized by teachers, parents, school district
12 20 administrators, area education agency staff, department of
12 21 education staff, and policymakers, and for not more than the
12 22 following full=time equivalent positions:
12 23 .................................................. $ 400,000
12 24 ............................................... FTEs 4.00
12 25 The department may use a portion of these funds for
12 26 administrative purposes.
12 27 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under
12 28 this subsection which remain unobligated or unexpended on June
12 29 30, 2008, shall not revert but shall remain available to be
12 30 used for the purposes designated in the following fiscal year.
12 31 20. ADVANCED PLACEMENT
12 32 For distribution to the Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank
12 33 international center for gifted education and talent
12 34 development located at the state university of Iowa for
12 35 purposes of increasing student participation in advanced
13 1 placement courses and exams in Iowa high schools through
13 2 support of the Iowa online advanced placement academy:
13 3 .................................................. $ 500,000
13 4 21. SUPPLEMENTAL STRATEGIES AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES GRANT
13 5 PROGRAM
13 6 For purposes of the supplemental strategies and educational
13 7 services grant program established pursuant to section 279.65,
13 8 if enacted by 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 81:
13 9 .................................................. $ 3,500,000
13 10 22. CORE CONTENT STANDARDS AND MODEL CORE CURRICULUM
13 11 For implementation of the core content standards and
13 12 establishment of the model core curriculum in accordance with
13 13 section 256.7, subsections 26 and 27, if amended and enacted
13 14 by any Act enacted by the Eighty=second General Assembly:
13 15 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
13 16 23. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
13 17 For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined
13 18 in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
13 19 .................................................. $171,962,414
13 20 Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
13 21 the funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
13 22 as follows:
13 23 a. Merged Area I ............................. $ 8,472,001
13 24 b. Merged Area II ............................ $ 9,282,134
13 25 c. Merged Area III ........................... $ 8,544,806
13 26 d. Merged Area IV ............................ $ 4,200,810
13 27 e. Merged Area V ............................. $ 9,408,978
13 28 f. Merged Area VI ............................ $ 8,169,643
13 29 g. Merged Area VII ........................... $ 12,077,303
13 30 h. Merged Area IX ............................ $ 15,025,656
13 31 i. Merged Area X ............................. $ 25,854,970
13 32 j. Merged Area XI ............................ $ 25,758,739
13 33 k. Merged Area XII ........................... $ 9,918,232
13 34 l. Merged Area XIII .......................... $ 10,041,096
13 35 m. Merged Area XIV ........................... $ 4,251,743
14 1 n. Merged Area XV ............................ $ 13,348,554
14 2 o. Merged Area XVI ........................... $ 7,607,749
14 3 STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
14 4 Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
14 5 state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
14 6 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
14 7 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
14 8 be used for the purposes designated:
14 9 1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
14 10 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
14 11 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
14 12 equivalent positions:
14 13 .................................................. $ 1,167,137
14 14 ............................................... FTEs 16.00
14 15 The state board of regents, the department of management,
14 16 and the legislative services agency shall cooperate to
14 17 determine and agree upon, by November 15, 2007, the amount
14 18 that needs to be appropriated for tuition replacement for the
14 19 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.
14 20 The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
14 21 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
14 22 office and the legislative services agency.
14 23 The state board of regents shall not circumvent the
14 24 requirements of section 270.10 and as the board develops any
14 25 plan regarding the Iowa braille and sight saving school, it
14 26 shall comply with the requirements of section 270.10 and shall
14 27 report monthly to the legislative standing committee on
14 28 government oversight during the legislative interim.
14 29 b. For allocation by the state board of regents to the
14 30 state university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science
14 31 and technology, and the university of northern Iowa to
14 32 reimburse the institutions for deficiencies in their operating
14 33 funds resulting from the pledging of tuitions, student fees
14 34 and charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of
14 35 providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities
15 1 and utility services at the institutions:
15 2 .................................................. $ 13,975,431
15 3 Notwithstanding section 8.33, funds appropriated for the
15 4 purposes in this lettered paragraph remaining unencumbered or
15 5 unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert but
15 6 shall be available for expenditure for the purposes specified
15 7 in this lettered paragraph during the subsequent fiscal year.
15 8 c. For funds to be allocated to the southwest Iowa
15 9 graduate studies center:
15 10 .................................................. $ 105,956
15 11 d. For funds to be allocated to the siouxland interstate
15 12 metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center
15 13 under section 262.9, subsection 21:
15 14 .................................................. $ 77,941
15 15 e. For funds to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
15 16 studies center:
15 17 .................................................. $ 157,144
15 18 f. For funds for regents universities general operating
15 19 budgets for strategic operating initiatives that enhance
15 20 salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and for
15 21 miscellaneous purposes:
15 22 .................................................. $ 25,000,000
15 23 g. For funds to be distributed to the midwestern higher
15 24 education compact to pay Iowa's member state annual
15 25 obligation:
15 26 .................................................. $ 90,000
15 27 2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
15 28 a. General university, including lakeside laboratory
15 29 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
15 30 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
15 31 full=time equivalent positions:
15 32 .................................................. $230,843,903
15 33 ............................................... FTEs 5,058.55
15 34 b. Psychiatric hospital
15 35 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
16 1 miscellaneous purposes, for the care, treatment, and
16 2 maintenance of committed and voluntary public patients, and
16 3 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
16 4 positions:
16 5 .................................................. $ 7,043,056
16 6 ............................................... FTEs 269.65
16 7 c. Center for disabilities and development
16 8 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
16 9 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
16 10 positions:
16 11 .................................................. $ 6,363,265
16 12 ............................................... FTEs 130.37
16 13 From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
16 14 $200,000 shall be allocated for purposes of the employment
16 15 policy group.
16 16 d. Oakdale campus
16 17 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
16 18 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
16 19 positions:
16 20 .................................................. $ 2,657,335
16 21 ............................................... FTEs 38.25
16 22 e. State hygienic laboratory
16 23 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
16 24 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
16 25 positions:
16 26 .................................................. $ 3,849,461
16 27 ............................................... FTEs 102.50
16 28 f. Family practice program
16 29 For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
16 30 approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants, to
16 31 carry out chapter 148D for the family practice program,
16 32 including salaries and support, and for not more than the
16 33 following full=time equivalent positions:
16 34 .................................................. $ 2,075,948
16 35 ............................................... FTEs 190.40
17 1 g. Child health care services
17 2 For specialized child health care services, including
17 3 childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
17 4 rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa
17 5 high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries and
17 6 support, and for not more than the following full=time
17 7 equivalent positions:
17 8 .................................................. $ 649,066
17 9 ............................................... FTEs 57.97
17 10 h. Statewide cancer registry
17 11 For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than
17 12 the following full=time equivalent positions:
17 13 .................................................. $ 178,739
17 14 ............................................... FTEs 2.10
17 15 i. Substance abuse consortium
17 16 For funds to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
17 17 substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
17 18 the following full=time equivalent position:
17 19 .................................................. $ 64,871
17 20 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
17 21 j. Center for biocatalysis
17 22 For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
17 23 following full=time equivalent positions:
17 24 .................................................. $ 881,384
17 25 ............................................... FTEs 6.28
17 26 k. Primary health care initiative
17 27 For the primary health care initiative in the college of
17 28 medicine and for not more than the following full=time
17 29 equivalent positions:
17 30 .................................................. $ 759,875
17 31 ............................................... FTEs 5.89
17 32 From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
17 33 $330,000 shall be allocated to the department of family
17 34 practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
17 35 for family practice faculty and support staff.
18 1 l. Birth defects registry
18 2 For the birth defects registry and for not more than the
18 3 following full=time equivalent position:
18 4 .................................................. $ 44,636
18 5 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
18 6 m. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
18 7 For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center:
18 8 .................................................. $ 200,000
18 9 3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18 10 a. General university
18 11 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
18 12 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
18 13 full=time equivalent positions:
18 14 .................................................. $180,198,164
18 15 ............................................... FTEs 3,647.42
18 16 b. Agricultural experiment station
18 17 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
18 18 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
18 19 positions:
18 20 .................................................. $ 32,984,653
18 21 ............................................... FTEs 546.98
18 22 c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
18 23 economics
18 24 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
18 25 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
18 26 positions:
18 27 .................................................. $ 21,232,579
18 28 ............................................... FTEs 383.34
18 29 d. Leopold center
18 30 For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university
18 31 under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following
18 32 full=time equivalent positions:
18 33 .................................................. $ 464,319
18 34 ............................................... FTEs 11.25
18 35 e. Livestock disease research
19 1 For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease
19 2 research fund under section 267.8:
19 3 .................................................. $ 220,708
19 4 4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
19 5 a. General university
19 6 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
19 7 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
19 8 full=time equivalent positions:
19 9 .................................................. $ 82,701,063
19 10 ............................................... FTEs 1,449.48
19 11 b. Recycling and reuse center
19 12 For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
19 13 more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
19 14 .................................................. $ 211,858
19 15 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
19 16 5. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
19 17 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
19 18 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
19 19 positions:
19 20 .................................................. $ 9,530,007
19 21 ............................................... FTEs 126.60
19 22 6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
19 23 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
19 24 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
19 25 positions:
19 26 .................................................. $ 5,332,607
19 27 ............................................... FTEs 62.87
19 28 7. TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
19 29 For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
19 30 transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
19 31 and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
19 32 pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain
19 33 clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students
19 34 at these schools pursuant to section 270.5:
19 35 .................................................. $ 15,020
20 1 Sec. 8. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
20 2 ending June 30, 2008, the state board of regents may use
20 3 notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under
20 4 section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy
20 5 cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to
20 6 recover the cost of the projects within an average of six
20 7 years.
20 8 Sec. 9. Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of
20 9 administrative services shall pay the state school for the
20 10 deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
20 11 collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
20 12 July 1, 2007, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
20 13 for students attending the state school for the deaf and the
20 14 Iowa braille and sight saving school.
20 15 Sec. 10. Section 257.11, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
20 16 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
20 17 thereof the following:
20 18 6. SHARED CLASSES DELIVERED OVER THE IOWA COMMUNICATIONS
20 19 NETWORK.
20 20 a. A school district that provides a class to a pupil in
20 21 another school district via the Iowa communications network
20 22 and a school district receiving that class for a pupil from
20 23 the other school district via the Iowa communications network
20 24 shall each receive a supplemental funding weighting of
20 25 one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school day
20 26 during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
20 27 b. Fifty percent of the funding the school district
20 28 providing the virtual class receives as a result of this
20 29 subsection shall be reserved as additional pay for the virtual
20 30 class instructor.
20 31 c. A school district receiving a community college class
20 32 for a pupil via the Iowa communications network, which class
20 33 meets the sharing agreement requirements in section 257.11,
20 34 subsection 3, shall receive a supplemental funding weighting
20 35 of one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school day
21 1 during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
21 2 Sec. 11. Section 260C.36, subsection 1, unnumbered
21 3 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
21 4 By October 1, 2002, the The community college
21 5 administration shall establish a committee consisting of
21 6 instructors and administrators, equally representative of the
21 7 arts and sciences faculty and the vocational=technical
21 8 faculty, which has no more than a simple majority of members
21 9 of the same gender. The faculty members shall be appointed by
21 10 the certified employee organization if one exists and if not,
21 11 by the college administration. The administrators shall be
21 12 appointed by the college administration. The committee shall
21 13 develop and maintain a plan for hiring and developing quality
21 14 faculty that includes all of the following:
21 15 Sec. 12. Section 260C.36, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
21 16 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
21 17 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. An evaluator training program for
21 18 administrators who are required to evaluate faculty. The
21 19 program shall be substantially equivalent to the evaluator
21 20 training program set forth in section 284.10.
21 21 NEW PARAGRAPH. j. Specification of the faculty included
21 22 in the plan, including but not limited to all instructors,
21 23 counselors, and media specialists.
21 24 Sec. 13. Section 260C.36, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
21 25 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
21 26 thereof the following:
21 27 2. The state accreditation team appointed pursuant to
21 28 section 260C.47, subsection 1, shall review the quality
21 29 faculty plan and ensure that the community college is meeting
21 30 the requirements of this section.
21 31 Sec. 14. Section 260C.36, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
21 32 amended by striking the subsection.
21 33 Sec. 15. Section 260C.48, subsection 1, unnumbered
21 34 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
21 35 The state board shall develop standards and rules for the
22 1 accreditation of community college programs. Except as
22 2 provided in this subsection and subsection 4, standards
22 3 developed shall be general in nature so as to apply to more
22 4 than one specific program of instruction. With regard to
22 5 community college=employed instructors, the standards adopted
22 6 shall at a minimum require that full=time community college
22 7 instructors meet the following requirements:
22 8 Sec. 16. Section 261.2, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
22 9 amended to read as follows:
22 10 6. Develop and implement, in cooperation with the
22 11 department of human services and the judicial branch, a
22 12 program to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or
22 13 older and who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or
22 14 237 or are otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in
22 15 applying for federal and state aid available for higher
22 16 education. The commission shall also develop and implement
22 17 the all Iowa opportunity foster care scholarship program in
22 18 accordance with section 261.6.
22 19 Sec. 17. NEW SECTION. 261.6 ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER
22 20 CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
22 21 1. The commission shall develop and implement, in
22 22 cooperation with the department of human services and the
22 23 judicial branch, the all Iowa opportunity foster care
22 24 scholarship program in accordance with this section.
22 25 2. The program shall provide financial assistance for
22 26 postsecondary education or training to persons who have a high
22 27 school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma under
22 28 chapter 259A, are age eighteen through twenty=three, and are
22 29 described by any of the following:
22 30 a. On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
22 31 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
22 32 the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant to
22 33 a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
22 34 custody of the department of human services or juvenile court
22 35 services.
23 1 b. On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
23 2 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
23 3 the person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live
23 4 with a relative or other suitable person.
23 5 c. The person was in a licensed foster care placement
23 6 pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being
23 7 legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.
23 8 d. On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
23 9 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
23 10 the person was placed in the state training school or the Iowa
23 11 juvenile home pursuant to a court order entered under chapter
23 12 232 under the care and custody of the department of human
23 13 services.
23 14 3. The program requirements shall include but are not
23 15 limited to all of the following:
23 16 a. Program assistance shall cover a program participant's
23 17 expenses associated with attending an approved postsecondary
23 18 education or training program in this state. The expenses
23 19 shall include tuition and fees, books and supplies, child
23 20 care, transportation, housing, and other expenses approved by
23 21 the commission. If a participant is attending on less than a
23 22 full=time basis, assistance provisions shall be designed to
23 23 cover tuition and fees and books and supplies, and assistance
23 24 for other expenses shall be prorated to reflect the hours
23 25 enrolled.
23 26 b. If the approved education or training program is more
23 27 than one year in length, the program assistance may be
23 28 renewed. To renew the assistance, the participant must
23 29 annually reapply for the program and meet the academic
23 30 progress standards of the postsecondary educational
23 31 institution or make satisfactory progress toward completion of
23 32 the training program.
23 33 c. A person shall be less than age twenty=three upon both
23 34 the date of the person's initial application for the program
23 35 and the start date of the education or training program for
24 1 which the assistance is provided. Eligibility for program
24 2 assistance shall end upon the participant reaching age
24 3 twenty=four.
24 4 d. Assistance under the program shall not be provided for
24 5 expenses that are paid for by other programs for which funding
24 6 is available to assist the participant.
24 7 e. The commission shall implement assistance provisions in
24 8 a manner to ensure that the total amount of assistance
24 9 provided under the program remains within the funding
24 10 available for the program.
24 11 4. The commission shall develop and implement a tracking
24 12 system that maintains a record of the postsecondary and
24 13 workforce participation for those assisted under the program.
24 14 The system shall maintain a record for each participant for up
24 15 to ten years after the first year of assistance. The
24 16 commission shall deliver a report on the outcomes of the
24 17 program to the governor and general assembly by January 1
24 18 annually.
24 19 Sec. 18. Section 261.23, Code 2007, is amended by striking
24 20 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
24 21 261.23 REGISTERED NURSE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
24 22 1. A registered nurse loan forgiveness program is
24 23 established to be administered by the commission. The program
24 24 shall consist of loan forgiveness for registered nurses and
24 25 nurse educators who practice or teach in this state. For
24 26 purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise
24 27 requires, "nurse educator" means a registered nurse who holds
24 28 a master's degree or doctorate degree, or is a certified
24 29 clinical nurse specialist, and is employed as a faculty member
24 30 who teaches nursing as provided in 655 IAC 2.6(152) at an
24 31 accredited private institution or an institution of higher
24 32 education governed by the state board of regents.
24 33 2. Each applicant for loan forgiveness shall, in
24 34 accordance with the rules of the commission, do the following:
24 35 a. Complete and file an application for registered nurse
25 1 loan forgiveness. The individual shall be responsible for the
25 2 prompt submission of any information required by the
25 3 commission.
25 4 b. File a new application and submit information as
25 5 required by the commission annually on the basis of which the
25 6 applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness will
25 7 be evaluated and determined.
25 8 c. Complete and return on a form approved by the
25 9 commission an affidavit of practice verifying that the
25 10 applicant is a registered nurse practicing in this state or a
25 11 nurse educator teaching at an accredited private institution
25 12 or an institution of higher learning governed by the state
25 13 board of regents.
25 14 3. a. The annual amount of registered nurse loan
25 15 forgiveness for a nonnurse educator shall not exceed the
25 16 resident tuition rate established for institutions of higher
25 17 learning governed by the state board of regents for the first
25 18 year following the registered nurse's graduation from a
25 19 nursing education program approved by the board of nursing
25 20 pursuant to section 152.5, or twenty percent of the registered
25 21 nurse's total federally guaranteed Stafford loan amount under
25 22 the federal family education loan program or the federal
25 23 direct loan program, including principal and interest,
25 24 whichever amount is less. A registered nurse shall be
25 25 eligible for the loan forgiveness program for not more than
25 26 five consecutive years.
25 27 b. The annual amount of nurse educator loan forgiveness
25 28 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
25 29 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of
25 30 regents for the first year following the nurse educator's
25 31 graduation from an advanced formal academic nursing education
25 32 program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to section
25 33 152.5, or twenty percent of the nurse educator's total
25 34 federally guaranteed Stafford loan amount under the federal
25 35 family education loan program or the federal direct loan
26 1 program, including principal and interest, whichever amount is
26 2 less. A nurse educator shall be eligible for the loan
26 3 forgiveness program for not more than five consecutive years.
26 4 4. A registered nurse loan forgiveness repayment fund is
26 5 created for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received by
26 6 the commission for use under the program. Notwithstanding
26 7 section 8.33, moneys deposited in the fund shall not revert to
26 8 any fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year but shall
26 9 remain in the loan forgiveness repayment fund and be
26 10 continuously available for loan forgiveness under the program.
26 11 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
26 12 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to
26 13 the fund.
26 14 5. The commission shall submit in a report to the general
26 15 assembly by January 1, annually, the number of individuals who
26 16 received loan forgiveness pursuant to this section, where the
26 17 participants practiced or taught, the amount paid to each
26 18 program participant, and other information identified by the
26 19 commission as indicators of outcomes from the program.
26 20 6. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
26 21 17A to administer this section.
26 22 Sec. 19. Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code
26 23 2007, are amended to read as follows:
26 24 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
26 25 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of
26 26 forty=six forty=eight million five three hundred six
26 27 seventy=three thousand two seven hundred eighteen dollars for
26 28 tuition grants.
26 29 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
26 30 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of five
26 31 million one three hundred sixty=seven seventy=four thousand
26 32 three eight hundred fifty=eight dollars for tuition grants for
26 33 students attending for=profit accredited private institutions
26 34 located in Iowa. A for=profit institution which, effective
26 35 March 9, 2005, purchased an accredited private institution
27 1 that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the
27 2 Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution under
27 3 the tuition grant program. In the case of a qualified student
27 4 who was enrolled in such accredited private institution that
27 5 was purchased by the for=profit institution effective March 9,
27 6 2005, and who continues to be enrolled in the eligible
27 7 institution in succeeding years, the amount the student
27 8 qualifies for under this subsection shall be not less than the
27 9 amount the student qualified for in the fiscal year beginning
27 10 July 1, 2004. For purposes of the tuition grant program,
27 11 "for=profit accredited private institution" means an
27 12 accredited private institution which is not exempt from
27 13 taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
27 14 but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
27 15 subsection 1, paragraph "b", and whose students were eligible
27 16 to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
27 17 2003.
27 18 3. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
27 19 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
27 20 million five seven hundred thirty=three eighty=three thousand
27 21 one hundred fifteen dollars for vocational=technical tuition
27 22 grants.
27 23 Sec. 20. NEW SECTION. 261.88 ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY GRANT
27 24 PROGRAM AND FUND.
27 25 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this division, unless the
27 26 context otherwise requires:
27 27 a. "Commission" means the college student aid commission.
27 28 b. "Eligible institution" means a community college
27 29 established under chapter 260C or an institution of higher
27 30 learning governed by the state board of regents.
27 31 c. "Financial need" means the difference between the
27 32 student's financial resources available, including those
27 33 available from the student's parents as determined by a
27 34 completed parents' confidential statement, and the student's
27 35 anticipated expenses while attending an eligible institution.
28 1 d. "Full=time resident student" means an individual
28 2 resident of Iowa who is enrolled at an eligible institution in
28 3 a program of study including at least twelve semester hours or
28 4 the trimester or quarter equivalent.
28 5 e. "Part=time resident student" means an individual
28 6 resident of Iowa who is enrolled at an eligible institution in
28 7 a program of study including at least three semester hours or
28 8 the trimester or quarter equivalent.
28 9 f. "Qualified student" means a resident student who has
28 10 established financial need and who is meeting all program
28 11 requirements.
28 12 2. PROGRAM == ELIGIBILITY. An all Iowa opportunity grant
28 13 program is established to be administered by the commission.
28 14 The awarding of grants under the program is subject to
28 15 appropriations made by the general assembly. A person who
28 16 meets all of the following requirements is eligible for the
28 17 program:
28 18 a. Is a resident of Iowa and a citizen of the United
28 19 States or a lawful permanent resident.
28 20 b. Achieves a cumulative high school grade point average
28 21 upon graduation of at least two point five on a four=point
28 22 grade scale, or its equivalent if another grade scale is used.
28 23 c. Applies in a timely manner for admission to an eligible
28 24 institution and is accepted for admission.
28 25 d. Applies in a timely manner for any federal or state
28 26 student financial assistance available to the student to
28 27 attend an eligible institution.
28 28 e. Files a new application and parents' confidential
28 29 statement, as applicable, annually on the basis of which the
28 30 applicant's eligibility for a renewed grant will be evaluated
28 31 and determined.
28 32 f. Maintains satisfactory academic progress during each
28 33 term for which a grant is awarded.
28 34 g. Begins enrollment at an eligible institution within two
28 35 academic years of graduation from high school and continuously
29 1 receives awards as a full=time or part=time student to
29 2 maintain eligibility. However, the student may defer
29 3 participation in the program for up to two years in order to
29 4 pursue obligations that meet conditions established by the
29 5 commission by rule or to fulfill military obligations.
29 6 3. EXTENT OF GRANT.
29 7 a. A qualified student at a two=year eligible institution
29 8 may receive grants for not more than the equivalent of four
29 9 full=time semesters of undergraduate study, or the trimester
29 10 or quarter equivalent.
29 11 b. A qualified student at a four=year eligible institution
29 12 may receive grants for not more than the equivalent of two
29 13 full=time semesters of undergraduate study, or the trimester
29 14 or quarter equivalent.
29 15 c. Grants awarded pursuant to this section shall not
29 16 exceed the student's financial need, as determined by the
29 17 commission, the average resident tuition rate and mandatory
29 18 fees established for institutions of higher learning governed
29 19 by the state board of regents, or the resident tuition and
29 20 mandatory fees charged for the program of enrollment by the
29 21 eligible institution at which the student is enrolled,
29 22 whichever is least.
29 23 4. DISCONTINUANCE OF ATTENDANCE == REMITTANCE. If a
29 24 student receiving a grant pursuant to this section
29 25 discontinues attendance before the end of any academic term,
29 26 the entire amount of any refund due to the student, up to the
29 27 amount of any payments made by the state, shall be remitted by
29 28 the eligible institution to the commission. The commission
29 29 shall deposit refunds paid to the commission in accordance
29 30 with this subsection into the fund established pursuant to
29 31 subsection 5.
29 32 5. FUND ESTABLISHED. An all Iowa opportunity grant fund
29 33 is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under the
29 34 control of the commission. All moneys deposited or paid into
29 35 the fund are appropriated and made available to the commission
30 1 to be used for grants for students meeting the requirements of
30 2 this section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in
30 3 the fund on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not revert to
30 4 the general fund of the state, but shall be available for
30 5 purposes of this section in subsequent fiscal years.
30 6 Sec. 21. Section 261.111, subsection 9, Code 2007, is
30 7 amended to read as follows:
30 8 9. The commission shall submit in a report to the
30 9 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
30 10 subcommittee on education general assembly by January 1,
30 11 annually, the number of students who received forgivable loans
30 12 pursuant to this section, which institutions the students were
30 13 enrolled in, and the amount paid to each of the institutions
30 14 on behalf of the students who received forgivable loans
30 15 pursuant to this section and the total amount of loans
30 16 outstanding, including a schedule of years remaining on the
30 17 outstanding loans.
30 18 Sec. 22. Section 261.111, subsection 10, Code 2007, is
30 19 amended by striking the subsection.
30 20 Sec. 23. NEW SECTION. 261.112 TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN
30 21 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
30 22 1. A teacher shortage loan forgiveness program is
30 23 established to be administered by the commission. A teacher
30 24 is eligible for the program if the teacher is practicing in a
30 25 teacher shortage area as designated by the department of
30 26 education pursuant to subsection 2. For purposes of this
30 27 section, "teacher" means an individual holding a
30 28 practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, who is
30 29 employed in a nonadministrative position in a designated
30 30 shortage area by a school district or area education agency
30 31 pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under
30 32 section 279.13.
30 33 2. The director of the department of education shall
30 34 annually designate the geographic or subject areas
30 35 experiencing teacher shortages. The director shall
31 1 periodically conduct a survey of school districts, accredited
31 2 nonpublic schools, and approved practitioner preparation
31 3 programs to determine current shortage areas.
31 4 3. Each applicant for loan forgiveness shall, in
31 5 accordance with the rules of the commission, do the following:
31 6 a. Complete and file an application for teacher shortage
31 7 loan forgiveness. The individual shall be responsible for the
31 8 prompt submission of any information required by the
31 9 commission.
31 10 b. File a new application and submit information as
31 11 required by the commission annually on the basis of which the
31 12 applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness will
31 13 be evaluated and determined.
31 14 c. Complete and return on a form approved by the
31 15 commission an affidavit of practice verifying that the
31 16 applicant is a teacher in an eligible teacher shortage area.
31 17 4. The annual amount of teacher shortage loan forgiveness
31 18 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
31 19 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of
31 20 regents for the first year following the teacher's graduation
31 21 from an approved practitioner preparation program, or twenty
31 22 percent of the teacher's total federally guaranteed Stafford
31 23 loan amount under the federal family education loan program or
31 24 the federal direct loan program, including principal and
31 25 interest, whichever amount is less. A teacher shall be
31 26 eligible for the loan forgiveness program for not more than
31 27 five consecutive years.
31 28 5. A teacher shortage loan forgiveness repayment fund is
31 29 created for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received by
31 30 the commission for use under the program. Notwithstanding
31 31 section 8.33, moneys deposited in the fund shall not revert to
31 32 any fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year but shall
31 33 remain in the loan forgiveness repayment fund and be
31 34 continuously available for loan forgiveness under the program.
31 35 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
32 1 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to
32 2 the fund.
32 3 6. The commission shall submit in a report to the general
32 4 assembly by January 1, annually, the number of individuals who
32 5 received loan forgiveness pursuant to this section, which
32 6 shortage areas the teachers taught in, the amount paid to each
32 7 program participant, and other information identified by the
32 8 commission as indicators of outcomes from the program.
32 9 7. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
32 10 17A to administer this section.
32 11 Sec. 24. Section 262.9, subsection 18, Code 2007, is
32 12 amended to read as follows:
32 13 18. a. Not less than thirty days prior to action by the
32 14 board on any proposal to increase tuition, fees, or charges at
32 15 one or more of the institutions of higher education under its
32 16 control, send written notification of the amount of the
32 17 proposed increase including a copy of the proposed tuition
32 18 increase docket memorandum prepared for its consideration to
32 19 the presiding officers of the student government organization
32 20 of the affected institutions. The final decision on an
32 21 increase in tuition or mandatory fees charged to all students
32 22 at an institution for a fiscal year shall be made at a regular
32 23 meeting and shall be reflected in a final docket memorandum
32 24 that states the estimated total cost of attending each of the
32 25 institutions of higher education under the board's control.
32 26 The regular meeting shall be held in Ames, Cedar Falls, or
32 27 Iowa City and shall not be held during a period in which
32 28 classes have been suspended for university holiday or break.
32 29 b. Authorize, at its discretion, each institution of
32 30 higher education to retain the student fees and charges it
32 31 collects to further the institution's purposes as authorized
32 32 by the board. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
32 33 student fees and charges, as defined in section 262A.2, shall
32 34 not be considered repayment receipts as defined in section
32 35 8.2.
33 1 Sec. 25. 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1157, section 18, is
33 2 amended to read as follows:
33 3 SEC. 18. EARLY CARE, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS == FY
33 4 2007=2008 AND 2008=2009.
33 5 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
33 6 state to the department of education for deposit in the school
33 7 ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund for
33 8 each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007,
33 9 and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much
33 10 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
33 11 designated:
33 12 For early care, health, and education and preschool
33 13 programs, to continue programs and initiatives developed
33 14 pursuant to the appropriation made in this division of this
33 15 Act for this purpose for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
33 16 2006:
33 17 .................................................. $ 15,000,000
33 18 10,000,000
33 19 2. Expenditure of the amounts Funds appropriated in this
33 20 section is subject to enactment of law specifying how the
33 21 amounts are to be distributed. It is the intent of the
33 22 general assembly that the increase in funding provided by this
33 23 section of $5,000,000 over the amount appropriated in this
33 24 division of this Act for the same purpose for the fiscal year
33 25 beginning July 1, 2006, will be designated for the expansion
33 26 of the initiatives implemented pursuant to the business
33 27 community investment advisory council recommendations adopted
33 28 pursuant to this Act shall be allocated in the same manner as
33 29 provided in section 17.
33 30 Sec. 26. 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 6,
33 31 subsection 14, is amended to read as follows:
33 32 14. READING INSTRUCTION PILOT PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM
33 33 For the implementation of the reading instruction pilot
33 34 project grant program, if enacted by this Act:
33 35 .................................................. $ 250,000
34 1 From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
34 2 $62,500 shall be allocated for purposes of teacher training in
34 3 descubriendo la lectura, the reconstruction of reading
34 4 recovery in Spanish, including books and materials for
34 5 teaching, travel expenses, and professional development; and
34 6 $187,500 shall be allocated to the Iowa empowerment fund for
34 7 implementation of the business community investment advisory
34 8 council report and recommendations.
34 9 Sec. 27. EFFECTIVE DATES.
34 10 1. The sections of this Act amending 2006 Iowa Acts,
34 11 chapters 1157 and 1180, being deemed of immediate importance,
34 12 take effect upon enactment.
34 13 2. The section of this Act amending section 262.9, being
34 14 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
34 15 EXPLANATION
34 16 This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2007=2008
34 17 from the general fund of the state to the college student aid
34 18 commission, the department for the blind, the department of
34 19 education, and the state board of regents and its
34 20 institutions.
34 21 The bill appropriates to the department for the blind for
34 22 its administration.
34 23 The bill includes appropriations to the college student aid
34 24 commission for general administrative purposes, student aid
34 25 programs, an initiative directing primary care physicians to
34 26 areas of the state experiencing physician shortages,
34 27 forgivable loans for Des Moines university == osteopathic
34 28 medical center students, the national guard educational
34 29 assistance program, the teacher shortage programs, for the
34 30 registered nurse loan forgiveness program, and for the all
34 31 Iowa opportunity scholarship programs created in the bill.
34 32 The bill reduces the $2.75 million standing appropriation
34 33 for the Iowa work=study program for fiscal year 2007=2008 to
34 34 $395,600. In statute, the bill provides for modest increases
34 35 to the tuition grant program for not=for=profit and for=profit
35 1 postsecondary institutions and for vocational=technical
35 2 grants. The bill appropriates funds from the scholarship and
35 3 tuition grant reserve fund for barber school and school of
35 4 cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grants.
35 5 The bill creates an all Iowa opportunity foster care
35 6 scholarship program and an all Iowa opportunity grant program
35 7 and fund under the purview of the college student aid
35 8 commission. The scholarship program provides financial
35 9 assistance for postsecondary education or training for young
35 10 adults age 18 through 23 who were involved with the state's
35 11 foster care or juvenile justice programs. A young adult must
35 12 apply for the financial assistance program and commence the
35 13 education or training prior to becoming age 23. The grant
35 14 program provides grants to pay the tuition and mandatory fee
35 15 costs for resident students attending Iowa's community
35 16 colleges and regents universities.
35 17 The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education
35 18 for purposes of the department's general administration,
35 19 vocational education administration, division of vocational
35 20 rehabilitation services, independent living, state library for
35 21 general administration and the enrich Iowa program, library
35 22 service area system, public broadcasting division, regional
35 23 telecommunications councils, vocational education to secondary
35 24 schools, school food service, Iowa empowerment fund, textbooks
35 25 for nonpublic school pupils, advanced placement, vocational
35 26 agriculture youth organizations, jobs for America's graduates
35 27 specialist, and community colleges.
35 28 The bill appropriates money for a four=year=old preschool
35 29 program, for expansion of federal Individuals With
35 30 Disabilities Education Improvement Act birth through age three
35 31 services, and for a statewide education data warehouse.
35 32 The bill amends 2006 Iowa Acts to reallocate a portion of
35 33 the funds from the reading instruction pilot project grant
35 34 program for teacher training and the reconstruction of reading
35 35 recovery in Spanish program and for the Iowa empowerment fund
36 1 for implementation of the business community investment
36 2 advisory council report and recommendations. The bill also
36 3 amends 2006 Iowa Acts to reduce from $15 million to $10
36 4 million the appropriation for early care, health, and
36 5 education and preschool programs and initiatives for FY
36 6 2007=2008 and FY 2008=2009. These provisions take effect upon
36 7 enactment.
36 8 The bill also appropriates funds to the department of
36 9 education for transfer to the department of human services for
36 10 early head start pilot projects, a statewide mandatory child
36 11 care registration study, and state child care assistance
36 12 eligibility extension.
36 13 The bill adds requirements to the quality faculty plans
36 14 community colleges are required to develop. The plans must
36 15 include an evaluator training program substantially equivalent
36 16 to the evaluator training program required in Code for school
36 17 administrators, and specification of the faculty included in
36 18 the plan, including but not limited to all instructors,
36 19 counselors, and media specialists. Each community college
36 20 accreditation team must review its college's quality faculty
36 21 plan and ensure that the community college is meeting the Code
36 22 requirements. The bill also expands the standards for
36 23 community college instructors by providing that all
36 24 instructors must meet the standards, not just the full=time
36 25 faculty.
36 26 The bill makes contingent appropriations for the
36 27 supplemental strategies and educational services grant
36 28 program, if it is enacted, and for the implementation of the
36 29 core contents standards and establishment of the model core
36 30 curriculum, if these are enacted.
36 31 The bill treats virtual shared classes like other types of
36 32 shared classes that receive supplemental funding by providing
36 33 that both the school district that provides the class and the
36 34 instructor and the school district that receives the class
36 35 over the Iowa communications network receive supplemental
37 1 funding of one=twentieth of the percentage of a student's
37 2 school day spent in the virtual class. The bill provides the
37 3 same percentage of supplemental funding for a school district
37 4 that receives a community college class meeting the criteria
37 5 under Code section 257.11, subsection 3, over the Iowa
37 6 communications network. The bill provides for a teacher
37 7 incentive, requiring that the school district that provides
37 8 the instructor and class reserves 50 percent of the
37 9 supplemental funding it receives for extra pay to the
37 10 instructor.
37 11 The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents
37 12 for the board office, for tuition replacement, universities'
37 13 general operating budgets, the southwest Iowa graduate studies
37 14 center, the tristate graduate center, the quad=cities graduate
37 15 studies center, Iowa's obligation as a member of the
37 16 midwestern higher education compact, the state university of
37 17 Iowa, Iowa state university of science and technology, the
37 18 university of northern Iowa, the Iowa school for the deaf, the
37 19 Iowa braille and sight saving school, and for tuition and
37 20 transportation costs for students residing in the Iowa Braille
37 21 and sight saving school and the Iowa school for the deaf. The
37 22 bill also funds the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit
37 23 resources center at the state university of Iowa.
37 24 LSB 1129JB 82
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