SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR’S BUDGET BILL)

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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
    Section 1.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 32, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 32.
  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the following fiscal years, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   To be distributed to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
FY 2010-2011.................................................. $     39,000
FY 2011-2012.................................................. $    100,000
FY 2012-2013.................................................. $     50,000
   100,000
   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section, to the department of education for purposes of paying Iowa’s member state annual obligation under the midwestern higher education compact, that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.

DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
    Sec. 2.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 97, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 97.
  ADMINISTRATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department for the blind for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    845,908
   1,791,815
............................................... FTEs      88.00

   2.  For costs associated with universal access to audio information over the phone on demand for blind and print handicapped Iowans:
.................................................. $     25,000
   50,000

COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
    Sec. 3.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 98, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 98.
  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is 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:
.................................................. $    116,472
   232,943
............................................... FTEs       3.95
   2.  STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
   For payments to students for the Iowa grant program established in section 261.93:
.................................................. $    395,589
   791,177
   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
 
repayment program
 
for health care professionals established pursuant to section 261.19:
.................................................. $    162,987
   325,973
   4.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
   For purposes of providing national guard educational assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $  1,593,117
   5,686,233
   5.  TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
   For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $    196,226
   392,452
   6.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER CARE GRANT PROGRAM
   For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant program established pursuant to section 261.6:
.................................................. $    277,029
   554,057
   7.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
   a.  For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $  1,120,427
   2,240,854
   b.  If the moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid commission for fiscal year 2012-2013 for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in section 261.87, shall, during fiscal year 2012-2013, include accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9, subsection 1.
   8.  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:
.................................................. $     40,426
   80,852
   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.
   9.  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:
.................................................. $     18,469
   36,938

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    Sec. 4.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 102, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 102.
  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is 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:
.................................................. $  2,956,906
   5,913,812
............................................... FTEs      81.67
   2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    224,638
   547,840
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $  2,481,584
   4,963,168
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $     19,564
   39,128
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   c.  For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $     72,768
   145,535
   d.  For costs associated with centers for independent living:
.................................................. $     20,147
   40,294
   4.  STATE LIBRARY
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    604,810
   1,209,619
............................................... FTEs      17.00
   b.  For the enrich Iowa program established under section 256.57:
.................................................. $    837,114
   1,674,228
   5.  LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM
   For state aid:
.................................................. $    502,722
   1,005,444
   6.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  3,327,011
   6,654,021
............................................... FTEs      82.00
   7.  REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
   For state aid:
.................................................. $    496,457
   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:
.................................................. $  1,315,067
   2,630,134
   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:
.................................................. $  1,088,399
   2,176,797
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $  2,693,057
   5,386,113
   a.  From the moneys deposited in the school ready children grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, 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:
.................................................. $  2,714,439
   5,428,877
   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:
.................................................. $  6,182,217
   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, 2012, birth through age three services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those services:
.................................................. $    860,700
   1,721,400
   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:
.................................................. $    280,107
   560,214
   Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident public school pupils.
   15.  CORE CURRICULUM AND CAREER INFORMATION AND DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM
   For purposes of implementing the statewide core curriculum for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and a state-designated career information and decision-making system:
.................................................. $    500,000
   1,000,000
   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:
.................................................. $  2,392,500
   4,785,000
............................................... FTEs       2.00
   17.  JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
   For school districts to provide direct services to the most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s graduates specialist:
.................................................. $     20,000
   540,000
   18.  EDUCATION REFORM
   For implementation of Senate Study Bill 3009 or House Study Bill 517 if either bill is enacted by the 84th General Assembly, 2012 Regular Session:
.................................................. $ 17,000,000
   19.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
   a.  For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $ 81,887,324
   167,774,647
   The funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 206C.18C.
   b.  For distribution to community colleges to supplement faculty salaries:
.................................................. $    250,000
   500,000
   c.  For deposit in the workforce training and economic development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $  2,500,000
   3,000,000

STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
    Sec. 5.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 103, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 103.
  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is 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:
.................................................. $    532,503
   1,065,005
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $     43,736
   87,471
   c.  For moneys to be allocated to the siouxland interstate metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center under section 262.9, subsection 22:
.................................................. $     33,301
   66,601
   d.  For moneys to be allocated to the quad-cities graduate studies center:
.................................................. $     64,888
   129,776
   e.  For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for public radio operations:
.................................................. $    195,784
   391,568
   f.  For distribution by the board to priority areas identified by the board:
.................................................. $ 20,000,000
   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:
.................................................. $104,868,656
   209,737,311
............................................... FTEs   5,058.55
   b.  Oakdale campus
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,093,279
   2,186,558
............................................... FTEs      38.25
   c.  State hygienic laboratory
   For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $  1,768,358
   3,536,716
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $    894,133
   1,788,265
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $    329,728
   659,456
............................................... FTEs      57.97
   f.  Statewide cancer registry
   For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $     74,526
   149,051
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $     27,765
   55,529
............................................... FTEs       1.00
   h.  Center for biocatalysis
   For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $    361,864
   723,727
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $    324,465
   648,930
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $     19,144
   38,288
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $     81,270
   162,539
............................................... FTEs       2.75

   l.  Iowa online advanced placement academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
   For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative:
.................................................. $    240,925
   481,849
   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:
.................................................. $ 82,172,599
   164,345,198
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $ 14,055,939
   28,111,877
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $  8,968,361
   17,936,722
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $    198,709
   397,417
............................................... FTEs      11.25
   e.  Livestock disease research
   For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $     86,423
   172,845
   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:
.................................................. $ 37,367,293
   74,734,586
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $     87,628
   175,256
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $    867,328
   4,734,656
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $     62,651
   125,302
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $  4,339,982
   8,679,964
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $  1,809,466
   3,618,931
............................................... 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:
.................................................. $      5,882
   11,763
   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:
.................................................. $     41,025
   82,049
    Sec. 6.  Section 257.35, subsection 7, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, and in addition to the reduction applicable pursuant to subsection 2, the state aid for area education agencies and the portion of the combined district cost calculated for these agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, shall be reduced by the department of management by ten
 
twenty million dollars. The reduction for each area education agency shall be prorated based on the reduction that the agency received in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.
    Sec. 7.  Section 261.25, subsection 1, Code Supplement 2011, is 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-three
 
forty-five million five hundred thirteen thousand four hundred forty-eight dollars for tuition grants.
    Sec. 8.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 99, is amended by striking the section.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2012-2013 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 in 2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 132 (HF 645).
   The bill increases moneys appropriated to the department for the blind for its administration.
   The bill increases 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 teacher shortage loan forgiveness 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 increases moneys appropriated to the department of education for purposes of the midwestern higher education compact, 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, 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 core curriculum and career information and decision-making system, the student achievement and teacher quality program, jobs for America’s graduates, and community colleges. The bill adds a new line item for purposes of education reform. The bill eliminates funding for regional telecommunications councils. The bill amends statute to increase the reduction in state aid payments to area education agencies from $10 million to $20 million.
   The bill increases moneys appropriated to the state board of regents for the board office, 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 adds a new line item for purposes of priorities identified by the board.
   The bill increases the standing appropriation for Iowa tuition grants for students attending nonprofit accredited postsecondary institutions.