House
File
459
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
459
BY
ROGERS
and
BERRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
making
an
appropriation
to
the
department
of
education
1
for
purposes
of
high
school
equivalency
diploma
test
costs.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
259A.1,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
259A.1
Tests
——
appropriation
.
3
1.
The
department
of
education
shall
cause
to
be
made
4
available
for
qualified
individuals
a
high
school
equivalency
5
diploma.
The
diploma
shall
be
issued
on
the
basis
of
6
satisfactory
competence
as
shown
by
tests
covering
all
of
the
7
following:
reading,
arts,
language
arts,
writing,
mathematics,
8
science,
and
social
studies.
9
2.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
10
to
the
department
of
education
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
11
July
1,
2013,
and
each
succeeding
fiscal
year,
the
sum
of
12
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
be
allocated
to
community
colleges
13
as
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
to
assist
qualified
individuals
14
in
paying
the
costs
of
tests
administered
pursuant
to
this
15
section.
16
a.
Allocation
of
the
moneys
appropriated
pursuant
to
17
subsection
1
shall
be
based
upon
the
proportion
that
the
sum
of
18
the
tests
administered
pursuant
to
this
section
by
a
community
19
college
for
the
previous
fiscal
year
bears
to
the
sum
of
the
20
tests
administered
pursuant
to
this
section
by
all
of
the
21
community
colleges
in
the
state
for
the
previous
fiscal
year,
22
as
reported
to
the
department.
23
b.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
in
this
24
subsection
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
25
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
26
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated
until
the
close
27
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year,
and
shall
not
be
transferred,
28
used,
obligated,
appropriated,
or
otherwise
encumbered
except
29
as
provided
in
this
section.
30
EXPLANATION
31
This
bill
appropriates
$50,000
annually
from
the
general
32
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
to
be
33
allocated
to
community
colleges
to
assist
qualified
individuals
34
in
paying
the
costs
of
tests
administered
for
purposes
of
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achieving
a
high
school
equivalency
diploma.
1
Allocation
of
the
moneys
appropriated
is
based
upon
the
2
proportion
that
the
sum
of
the
high
school
equivalency
tests
3
administered
by
a
community
college
for
the
previous
fiscal
4
year
bears
to
the
sum
of
the
high
school
equivalency
tests
5
administered
by
all
of
the
community
colleges
in
the
state
for
6
the
previous
fiscal
year,
as
reported
to
the
department.
7
Moneys
appropriated
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
8
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
9
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
same
purpose
until
10
the
close
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year,
and
shall
not
be
11
transferred,
used,
obligated,
appropriated,
or
otherwise
12
encumbered
for
any
other
purpose.
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