HOUSE FILE _____

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

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents, and providing for related matters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
   Section 1.  ADMINISTRATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department for the blind for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,706,053
............................................... FTEs      88.00

COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
   Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission 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.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    234,903
............................................... FTEs       3.95
   2.  STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
   For payments to students for the Iowa grant program established in section 261.93:
.................................................. $    848,761
   3.  DES MOINES UNIVERSITY —— HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
   For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center under the forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19:
.................................................. $    349,699
   4.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
   For purposes of providing national guard educational assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $  3,186,233
   5.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER CARE GRANT PROGRAM
   For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant program established pursuant to section 261.6:
.................................................. $    594,383
   6.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
   a.  For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $  2,403,949
   b.  If the moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid commission for fiscal year 2011-2012 for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in section 261.87, shall, during fiscal year 2011-2012, include accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9, subsection 1.
   7.  REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
   a.  For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.23:
.................................................. $     86,736
   b.  It is the intent of the general assembly that the commission continue to consider moneys allocated pursuant to this subsection as moneys that meet the state matching funds requirements of the federal leveraging educational assistance program and the federal supplemental leveraging educational assistance program established under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
   8.  BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT PROGRAM
   For purposes of the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant program established pursuant to section 261.18:
.................................................. $     39,626
   Sec. 3.  CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS.  Notwithstanding section 261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving fund created pursuant to section 261.72, may be used for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program established in section 261.73.
   Sec. 4.  WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2011-2012.  

Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for the work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
   Sec. 5.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education 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.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  6,019,042
............................................... FTEs      81.67
   2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    422,319
............................................... FTEs      11.50
   3.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  4,477,378
............................................... FTEs     255.00
   b.  For matching funds for programs to enable persons with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more independently, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $     39,457
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   c.  For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $    146,760
   d.  For costs associated with centers for independent living:
.................................................. $     40,633
   4.  STATE LIBRARY
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,219,799
............................................... FTEs      17.00
   b.  For the enrich Iowa program established under section 256.57:
.................................................. $  1,688,316
   5.  LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM
   For state aid:
.................................................. $    934,917
   6.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  6,710,017
............................................... FTEs      82.00
   7.  REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
   For state aid:
.................................................. $  1,001,269
   The regional telecommunications councils established in section 8D.5 shall use the moneys appropriated in this subsection to provide technical assistance for network classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support activities.
   8.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
   For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $  2,435,234
   Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to reimburse school districts for vocational education expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
   9.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
   For use as state matching funds for federal programs that shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,993,795
............................................... FTEs      20.58
   10.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— GENERAL AID
   For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $  5,386,113
   a.  From the moneys deposited in the school ready children grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, not more than $265,950 is allocated for the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance activities. The early childhood Iowa state board shall direct staff to work with the early childhood stakeholders alliance created in section 256I.12 to inventory technical assistance needs. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or for the reimbursement of staff.
   b.  As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in this subsection, each early childhood Iowa area board shall report to the early childhood Iowa state board progress on each of the local indicators approved by the area board. Each early childhood Iowa area board must also submit an annual budget for the area’s comprehensive school ready children grant developed for providing services for children from birth through five years of age, and provide other information specified by the early childhood Iowa state board, including budget amendments as needed. The early childhood Iowa state board shall establish a submission deadline for the annual budget and any budget amendments that allow a reasonable period of time for preparation by the early childhood Iowa area boards and for review and approval or request for modification of the materials by the early childhood Iowa state board. In addition, each early childhood Iowa area board must continue to comply with reporting provisions and other requirements adopted by the early childhood Iowa state board in implementing section 256I.9.
   c.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts to improve the quality of early care, health, and education programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff. The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office, including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution formula, grants, or other means.
   d.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for support of professional development and training activities for persons working in early care, health, and education by the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with the professional development component group of the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance maintained pursuant to section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to professional development and training activities agreed upon by the parties participating in the collaboration.
   11.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE
   a.  For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $  3,128,877
   b.  The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be used for early care, health, and education programs to assist low-income parents with tuition for preschool and other supportive services for children ages three, four, and five who are not attending kindergarten in order to increase the basic family income eligibility requirement to not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. In addition, if sufficient funding is available after addressing the needs of those who meet the basic income eligibility requirement, an early childhood Iowa area board may provide for eligibility for those with a family income in excess of the basic income eligibility requirement through use of a sliding scale or other copayment provisions.
   12.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT EDUCATION
   a.  For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $ 12,364,434
   b.  The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be used for family support services and parent education programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through age five and shall be distributed using the distribution formula approved by the early childhood Iowa state board and shall be used by an early childhood Iowa area board only for family support services and parent education programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant children through age five.
   13.  BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
   For expansion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-446, as amended to January 1, 2011, birth through age three services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those services:
.................................................. $  1,618,116
   From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinic at the state university of Iowa to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
   14.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
   To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $    600,987
   Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident public school pupils.
   15.  BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING AND INDUCTION PROGRAM
   For purposes of administering the beginning administrator mentoring and induction program established pursuant to chapter 284A:
.................................................. $    183,448
   16.  STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
   For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  4,498,878
............................................... FTEs       2.00
   17.  PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
   For the operation of the preschool program for four-year-old children, and to provide program scholarships to pay for eligible four-year-old children to attend preschool provided by school districts or private education partners if the Eighty-fourth General Assembly, 2011 Regular Session, enacts legislation establishing the program:
.................................................. $ 33,600,000
   18.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
   For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $144,412,677
   Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C, the funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated as follows:
   a.  Merged Area I .................................................. $  7,193,160
   b.  Merged Area II .................................................. $  7,668,517
   c.  Merged Area III .................................................. $  7,065,937
   d.  Merged Area IV .................................................. $  3,468,832
   e.  Merged Area V .................................................. $  7,920,501
   f.  Merged Area VI .................................................. $  6,754,335
   g.  Merged Area VII .................................................. $ 10,058,110
   h.  Merged Area IX .................................................. $ 12,509,932
   i.  Merged Area X .................................................. $ 22,023,317
   j.  Merged Area XI .................................................. $ 22,200,433
   k.  Merged Area XII .................................................. $  8,204,755
   l.  Merged Area XIII .................................................. $  8,448,728
   m.  Merged Area XIV .................................................. $  3,521,840
   n.  Merged Area XV .................................................. $ 11,040,426
   o.  Merged Area XVI .................................................. $  6,333,854

STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
   Sec. 6.  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.  OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,023,664
............................................... FTEs      15.00
   The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents office and the legislative services agency.
   b.  For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa graduate studies center:
.................................................. $     85,320
   c.  For moneys to be allocated to the siouxland interstate metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center under section 262.9, subsection 22:
.................................................. $     64,963
   d.  For moneys to be allocated to the quad-cities graduate studies center:
.................................................. $    126,585
   e.  For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for public radio operations:
.................................................. $    381,939
   2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
   a.  General university, including lakeside laboratory
   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $201,596,040
............................................... FTEs   5,058.55
   b.  Oakdale campus
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  2,132,789
............................................... FTEs      38.25
   c.  State hygienic laboratory
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  3,449,746
............................................... FTEs     102.50
   d.  Family practice program
   For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family practice program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,744,290
............................................... FTEs     190.40
   e.  Child health care services
   For specialized child health care services, including childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs, rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    643,239
............................................... FTEs      57.97
   f.  Statewide cancer registry
   For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    145,386
............................................... FTEs       2.10
   g.  Substance abuse consortium
   For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $     54,164
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   h.  Center for biocatalysis
   For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    705,931
............................................... FTEs       6.28
   i.  Primary health care initiative
   For the primary health care initiative in the college of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    632,972
............................................... FTEs       5.89
   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, $254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine for family practice faculty and support staff.
   j.  Birth defects registry
   For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $     37,346
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   k.  Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
   For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    158,542
............................................... FTEs       2.75
   3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
   a.  General university
   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $157,965,890
............................................... FTEs   3,647.42
   b.  Agricultural experiment station
   For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 27,420,590
............................................... FTEs     546.98
   c.  Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics
   For the cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 17,495,648
............................................... FTEs     383.34
   d.  Leopold center
   For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university of science and technology under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    387,645
............................................... FTEs      11.25
   e.  Livestock disease research
   For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $    168,595
   4.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
   a.  General university
   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 71,833,650
............................................... FTEs   1,447.50
   b.  Recycling and reuse center
   For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    170,947
............................................... FTEs       3.00
   c.  Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative
   For purposes of establishing a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,692,000
............................................... FTEs       6.20
   (1)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, up to $282,000 shall be allocated for salaries, staffing, and institutional support. The remainder of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be expended only to support activities directly related to recruitment of kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
   (2)  The university of northern Iowa shall work with the community colleges to develop STEM professional development programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum development.
   d.  Real estate education program
   For purposes of the real estate education program, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $    122,221
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  8,159,166
............................................... FTEs     126.60
   6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  3,622,320
............................................... FTEs      62.87
   7.  TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
   For payment to local school boards for the tuition and transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students at these schools pursuant to section 270.5:
.................................................. $     11,474
   8.  LICENSED CLASSROOM TEACHERS
   For distribution at the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the Iowa school for the deaf based upon the average yearly enrollment at each school as determined by the state board of regents:
.................................................. $     80,032
   Sec. 7.  ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS —— FINANCING.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of the projects within an average of six years.
   Sec. 8.  PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS.  Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs for students attending the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
   Sec. 9.  Section 256I.9, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Family support services and parent education programs promoted to parents of children from zero through age five. Family support services shall include but are not limited to home visitation. Of the state funding from all sources that an area board designates for family support programs, at least sixty percent shall be committed to programs with a home visitation component.
   Sec. 10.  Section 261.19, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   261.19Osteopathic physician Health care professional recruitment program.
   1.  A physician health care professional recruitment program is established, to be administered by the college student aid commission, for Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center. The program shall consist of aforgivable loan program and a tuition scholarship program for students and a loan repayment program for physicians health care professionals. The commission shall regularly adjust thephysician service requirement under each aspect of the program to provide, to the extent possible, an equal financial benefit for each period of service required.
   2.
  a.  Notwithstanding the administration provisions of subsection 1, the forgivable loan program established pursuant to subsection 1 shall be administered by the commission in conjunction with Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center. Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center shall match on an equal basis state aid appropriated for purposes of the forgivable loan program.
   b.  Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center shall provide recommendations to the commission for students who meet the eligibility requirements of the forgivable loan program. A forgivable loan may be awarded to a resident of Iowa who is enrolled at Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center if the student agrees to practice in this state for a period of time to be determined by the commission at the time the loan is awarded. Forgivable loans to eligible students shall not become due until after the student completes a residency program. Interest on the loans shall begin to accrue the day following the student’s graduation date. If the student completes the period of practice established by the commission and agreed to by the student, the loan amount shall be forgiven. The loan amount shall not be forgiven if the osteopathic physician fails to complete the required time period of practice in this state or fails to satisfactorily continue in the university’s program of medical education.
   3.  A student enrolled at Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center shall be eligible for a tuition scholarship for the student’s study at the university. The scholarship shall be for an amount not to exceed the annual tuition at the university. A student who receives a tuition scholarship shall not be eligible for the loan repayment program provided for by this section. A student who receives a tuition scholarship shall agree to practice in an eligible rural community in this state for a period of time to be determined by the commission at the time the scholarship is awarded. The student shall repay the scholarship to the commission if the student fails to practice in a medically underserved rural community in this state for the required period of time.
   4.  A physician health care professional shall be eligible for thephysician loan repayment program if the physician health care professional agrees to practice in an eligible rural community in this state. Des Moines university—— osteopathic medical center shall recruit and place physicians health care professionals in rural communities which have agreed to provide additional funds for the physician’s recipient’s loan repayment. The contract for the loan repayment shall stipulate the time period the physician recipient shall practice in an eligible rural community in this state. In addition, the contract shall stipulate that the physician recipient repay any funds paid on the physician’s recipient’s loan by the commission if the physician recipient fails to practice in an eligible rural community in this state for the required period of time.
   3.  A health care professional recruitment revolving fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under the control of the commission. The commission shall deposit payments made by health care professional recruitment program recipients and the proceeds from the sale of osteopathic loans awarded pursuant to section 261.19, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, Code 2011, into the health care professional recruitment revolving fund. Moneys credited to the fund shall be used to supplement moneys appropriated for the health care professional recruitment program, for loan repayment in accordance with this section, and to pay for loan or interest repayment defaults by program recipients. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
   4.  For purposes of this subsection, “eligible section:
   a.  “Eligible rural community” means a medically underserved rural community which agrees to match state funds provided on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis for the loan repayment of a physician health care professional who practices in the community.
   b.  “Health care professional” means a physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or physical therapist.
   5.  The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
   Sec. 11.  Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-four forty-three million thirteen thousand four hundred forty-eight dollars for tuition grants.
   2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of four two million six hundred fifty thousand four hundred eighty-seven dollars for tuition grants for students attending for-profit accredited private institutions located in Iowa. A for-profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, purchased an accredited private institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution under the tuition grant program. For purposes of the tuition grant program,“for-profit accredited private institution” means an accredited private institution which is not exempt from taxation undersection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and whose students were eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.
   Sec. 12.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a through c, Code 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010 2011, and ending June 30, 2011 2012, to the department of education, the amount of nine six hundred sixty-four eighty-five thousand dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated under this paragraph, not less than seventy-six eighty-five thousandfive hundred dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education position in accordance with section 256.45.
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010 2011, and succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to four three million one two hundredseven thousandtwo hundred forty dollars for first-year and second-year beginning teachers, to the department of education for distribution to school districts and area education agencies for purposes of the beginning teacher mentoring and induction programs. A school district or area education agency shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars per beginning teacher participating in the program. If the funds appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors, school districts, and area education agencies as provided in this paragraph, the department shall prorate the amount distributed to school districts and area education agencies based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received by a school district or area education agency pursuant to this paragraph shall be expended to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation in the school district’s or area education agency’s beginning teacher mentoring and induction program; to implement the plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the employer’s share of contributions to federal social security and the Iowa public employees’ retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement system established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the district or area education agency.
   c.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010 2011, and ending June 30, 2011 2012, up to six hundred thirteen thousand eight hundred seventy-eight dollars to the department for purposes of implementing the professional development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “c”, and the evaluator training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the department for administrative purposes and for not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
   Sec. 13.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 2011, is amended by striking the paragraph.
   Sec. 14.  REPEAL.  Section 261.19B, Code 2011, is repealed.
EXPLANATION
   This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2011-2012 from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents and its institutions.
   The bill appropriates to the department for the blind for its administration.
   The bill includes appropriations to the college student aid commission for general administrative purposes, student aid programs, loan forgiveness for health care professionals, the national guard educational assistance program, the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant and scholarship programs, the registered nurse loan and nurse educator forgiveness program, and the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant program.
   The bill replaces the osteopathic physician recruitment program with a health care professionals recruitment program, and the osteopathic forgivable loan program, the match requirement under the program for Des Moines university, and the osteopathic tuition scholarship.
   The bill reduces the standing appropriations for Iowa tuition grants for students attending nonprofit and for-profit institutions. The bill notwithstands the $2.75 million standing appropriation for the Iowa work-study program and provides that the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2011-2012 is zero.
   The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education for purposes of the department’s general administration, vocational education administration, division of vocational rehabilitation services including independent living and the entrepreneurs with disabilities program and independent living centers, state library for general administration and the enrich Iowa program, library service area system, public broadcasting division, regional telecommunications councils, vocational education to secondary schools, school food service, early childhood Iowa fund, expansion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act birth through age three services, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the beginning administrator mentoring and induction program, the student achievement and teacher quality program, and community colleges. The bill appropriates $33.6 million for a preschool program for four-year-old children if the legislature enacts legislation establishing the program.
   The bill amends statute to provide that of the state funding that an early childhood Iowa area board designates of family support programs, at least 60 percent shall be committed to programs with a home visitation component. Current Code requires 60 percent of all funding from all sources be used for programs with a home visitation component. The bill also amends statute to change the allocations under the student achievement and teacher quality program, and to strike the allocation for teacher development academies.
   The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents for the board office, universities’ general operating budgets; the southwest Iowa graduate studies center; the siouxland interstate metropolitan planning council; the quad-cities graduate studies center; Iowa public radio; the state university of Iowa; Iowa state university of science and technology; the university of northern Iowa; and for the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school, including tuition and transportation costs for students residing in the schools and licensed classroom teachers.
   The bill also requires the department of administrative services to pay the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school moneys collected from counties for expenses related to prescription drug costs for students attending the schools.
   The bill allows the state board of regents to use indebtedness to finance certain projects resulting in energy savings.