HOUSE FILE 667

BY  JACOBY

A BILL FOR

An Act making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing postsecondary educational programs to meet the challenges of a globally competitive economy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
  For purposes of establishing a program that provides postsecondary educational opportunities to meet the challenges of a globally competitive economy:
.................................................. $ 15,957,331
   2.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  For purposes of establishing a program that provides postsecondary educational opportunities to meet the challenges of a globally competitive economy:
.................................................. $ 15,564,870
   3.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
  For purposes of establishing a program that provides postsecondary educational opportunities to meet the challenges of a globally competitive economy:
.................................................. $  5,576,318
EXPLANATION
   This bill appropriates approximately $37.1 million to the state board of regents for allocation to the regents universities to enable the universities to establish programs that provide postsecondary educational opportunities to meet the challenges of a globally competitive economy.