HF 658 (LSB 1020HV (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 658

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 247)

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, providing for related matters, and providing effective date and retroactive and other applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DIVISION I
FY 2015-2016 APPROPRIATIONS

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, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,298,358
............................................... FTEs      88.00

   2.  For costs associated with universal access to audio information for blind and print handicapped Iowans:

.................................................. $     52,000

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, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    425,109
............................................... FTEs       3.95

   2.  HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM

   For the loan repayment program for health care professionals established pursuant to section 261.115:

.................................................. $    400,973

   3.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

   For purposes of providing national guard educational assistance under the program established in section 261.86:

.................................................. $  5,100,233

   4.  TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM

   For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program established in section 261.112:

.................................................. $    392,452

   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:

.................................................. $    554,057

   6.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
   a.  For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program established pursuant to section 261.87:

.................................................. $  2,840,854

   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, if the moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, include accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9.
   7.  REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM

   For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.116:

.................................................. $     80,852

   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 261.61:

.................................................. $     36,938

   9.  TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM

   For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established pursuant to section 261.110:

.................................................. $    500,000

   10.  RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM

   For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program established pursuant to section 261.113:

.................................................. $  1,600,000

   11.  RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM

   For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program established pursuant to section 261.114:

.................................................. $    400,000
    Sec. 3.  IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2015-2016.  Notwithstanding the standing appropriations in the following designated sections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the amounts appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission pursuant to these sections for the following designated purposes shall not exceed the following amounts:
   1.  For Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection 1:

.................................................. $ 47,413,448

   2.  For tuition grants for students attending for-profit accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section 261.25, subsection 2:

.................................................. $  1,800,000
    Sec. 4.  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. 5.  WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2015-2016.  

Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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. 6.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  7,671,071
............................................... FTEs      81.67

   a.  By January 15, 2016, the department shall submit a written report to the general assembly detailing the department’s antibullying programming and current and projected expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.
   b.  The department shall administer and distribute to school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, without cost to the school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, an early warning assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade six.
   2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    598,197
............................................... FTEs      11.50

   3.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  5,911,200
............................................... FTEs     255.00

   For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts to work with community rehabilitation program providers for job placement and retention services for individuals with significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By January 15, 2016, the division shall submit a written report to the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with community rehabilitation program providers.

   b.  For matching moneys 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:

.................................................. $     89,128
............................................... FTEs       1.00

   c.  For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:

.................................................. $    145,535

   d.  For costs associated with centers for independent living:

.................................................. $     90,294

   4.  STATE LIBRARY
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,715,063
............................................... FTEs      29.00

   b.  For the enrich Iowa program established under section 256.57:

.................................................. $  2,574,228

   5.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  7,791,846
............................................... FTEs      86.00

   6.  REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS

   For state aid:

.................................................. $    992,913

   a.  The regional telecommunications councils established pursuant to section 8D.5, subsection 2, 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.
   b.  Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be distributed by the department to the regional telecommunications councils based upon usage by region.
   7.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS

   For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by secondary schools:

.................................................. $  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.

   8.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE

   For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,176,797
............................................... FTEs      20.58

   9.  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, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, not more than $265,950 is allocated for the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance activities. 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.  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.
   c.  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 groups maintained by the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance 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.
   10.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE

   For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:

.................................................. $  5,428,877

   11.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT EDUCATION

   For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:

.................................................. $ 12,364,434

   12.  BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
   a.  For expansion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-446, as amended to January 1, 2015, birth through age three services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those services:

.................................................. $  1,721,400

   b.  From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
   13.  EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
   a.  For early head start projects:

.................................................. $    600,000

   b.  The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used for implementation and expansion of early head start pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to age three, including prenatal support for qualified families. The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be given to those organizations that have previously qualified for and received state funding to administer an early head start project.
   14.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
   a.  To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by section 301.1:

.................................................. $    650,214

   b.  Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident public school pupils.
   15.  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:

.................................................. $ 54,442,576
............................................... FTEs       2.00

   16.  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:

.................................................. $    700,000

   17.  ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT

   For development of criteria and administration of a process for school districts to establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the performance of each attendance center operated by the district in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and report card for each attendance center, for internet site and data system support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    250,000

............................................... FTEs       2.00

   18.  ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM

   For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for development and implementation of the coaching and support system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 63, paragraph “b”:

.................................................. $    750,000

   19.  ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM

   For purposes of the English language literacy for all grant program established in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 65:

.................................................. $    500,000

   By November 1, 2015, the 25 Iowa school districts with the largest number of students identified as limited English proficient and providing educational programming because of that identification shall submit a report to the department in a manner prescribed by the department that includes the following information:

   a.  A cost accounting of moneys expended on limited English proficiency programming by the school district.
   b.  An identification of all native languages represented by limited English proficient students who are served by the school district.
   c.  The average number of years spent in English language learner programming for limited English proficient students served by the school district.
   d.  The number of full-time equivalent employees directly serving limited English proficient students and the student-to-teacher ratios for such students.
   e.  A review of the number and the percentage of the total of limited English proficient students achieving English language proficiency over the previous five years.
   f.  A list of English language learner programs not developed by the district that are being utilized by the school district for limited English proficient students.
   20.  AREA EDUCATION AGENCY SUPPORT SYSTEM

   For administration of a system by which area education agencies shall support school districts implementing frameworks or comparable systems approved pursuant to section 284.15, subsection 6:

.................................................. $  1,000,000

   21.  SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS

   For distribution to school districts for implementation of section 279.68, subsection 2:

.................................................. $  8,000,000

   22.  IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
   a.  For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in order to implement, in collaboration with the area education agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 53, paragraph “c”:

.................................................. $  1,000,000

   b.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
   23.  COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION

   For implementation, in collaboration with the area education agencies, of certain recommendations of the competency-based instruction task force established pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1119, section 2:

.................................................. $    425,000

   The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to provide grants under a competency-based instruction grant program, for writing model competencies, for plans and templates, to develop the assessment validation rubric and model assessments, and to design professional development in accordance with the recommendations of the task force. 

   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.

   24.  MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
   a.  For distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:

.................................................. $    100,000

   b.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
   25.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
   a.  For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:

.................................................. $201,274,647

   Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C, the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated as follows:

   (1)  Merged Area I

.................................................. $  9,930,204

   (2)  Merged Area II

.................................................. $ 10,075,468

   (3)  Merged Area III

.................................................. $  9,325,475

   (4)  Merged Area IV

.................................................. $  4,587,267

   (5)  Merged Area V

.................................................. $ 11,389,365

   (6)  Merged Area VI

.................................................. $  8,937,757

   (7)  Merged Area VII

.................................................. $ 13,572,736

   (8)  Merged Area IX

.................................................. $ 17,191,538

   (9)  Merged Area X

.................................................. $ 31,470,426

   (10)  Merged Area XI

.................................................. $ 33,680,001

   (11)  Merged Area XII

.................................................. $ 11,164,102

   (12)  Merged Area XIII

.................................................. $ 12,118,736

   (13)  Merged Area XIV

.................................................. $  4,676,006

   (14)  Merged Area XV

.................................................. $ 14,673,082

   (15)  Merged Area XVI

.................................................. $  8,482,484

   b.  For distribution to community colleges to supplement faculty salaries:

.................................................. $    500,000

STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
    Sec. 7.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,030,609
............................................... 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. The report submitted in December 2015 shall include the five-year graduation rates for the regents universities.

   b.  For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa regents resource center in Council Bluffs:

.................................................. $    182,734

   c.  For moneys to be allocated to the northwest Iowa regents resource center in Sioux City under section 262.9, subsection 22:

.................................................. $     96,114

   d.  For moneys to be allocated to the quad-cities graduate studies center:

.................................................. $      5,000

   e.  For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for public radio operations:

.................................................. $    391,568

   2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
   a.  General university, including lakeside laboratory

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $217,951,107
............................................... FTEs   5,058.55

   b.  Oakdale campus

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,000,000
............................................... FTEs      38.25

   c.  State hygienic laboratory

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  4,402,615
............................................... 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 residency education program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  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:

.................................................. $    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:

.................................................. $    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:

.................................................. $     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:

.................................................. $    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:

.................................................. $    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:

.................................................. $     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:

.................................................. $    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 established pursuant to section 263.8A:

.................................................. $    481,849

   m.  Iowa flood center

   For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:

.................................................. $  1,000,000

   3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
   a.  General university

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $187,312,104
............................................... FTEs   3,647.42

   b.  Agricultural experiment station

   For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 29,886,877
............................................... 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, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 18,266,722
............................................... 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:

.................................................. $    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:

.................................................. $    172,844

   4.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
   a.  General university

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 95,782,333
............................................... 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:

.................................................. $    175,256
............................................... FTEs       3.00

   c.  Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative

   For purposes of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  5,165,270
............................................... FTEs       6.20

   (1)  Except as otherwise provided in this lettered paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional 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.
   (3)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide technology education opportunities to high school, career academy, and community college students through a public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for students and faculties at these institutions to secure broad-based information technology certification. The partnership shall provide all of the following:
   (a)  A research-based curriculum.
   (b)  Online access to the curriculum.
   (c)  Instructional software for classroom and student use.
   (d)  Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base of information technology-related skill areas.
   (e)  Professional development for teachers.
   (f)  Deployment and program support, including but not limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
   d.  Real estate education program

   For purposes of the real estate education program, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

.................................................. $    125,302
............................................... FTEs       1.00

   5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  9,391,859
............................................... FTEs     126.60

   6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  3,915,741
............................................... 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:

.................................................. $     11,763

   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:

.................................................. $     82,049
    Sec. 8.  ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS —— FINANCING.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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. 9.  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, 2015, 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. 10.  Section 256.11, subsection 16, paragraph d, Code 2015, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 11.  Section 256.42, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars.
    Sec. 12.  Section 256I.4, subsection 5, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Adopt common performance measures and data reporting requirements, applicable statewide, for services, programs, and activities provided by area boards. The data from common performance measures and other data shall be posted on the early childhood Iowa internet site and disseminated by other means and shall also be aggregated to provide statewide information.  The state board shall establish a submission deadline for the annual budget and any budget amendments submitted by early childhood Iowa area boards in accordance with section 256I.8, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, that allow a reasonable period of time for preparation by the area boards and for review and approval or request for modification of the materials by the state board.
    Sec. 13.  Section 256I.4, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  19.  Direct staff to work with the early childhood stakeholders alliance created in section 256I.12 to inventory technical assistance needs.
    Sec. 14.  Section 256I.8, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  Submit an annual report on the effectiveness of the community plan in addressing school readiness and children’s health and safety needs to the state board and to the local government bodies in the area. The annual report shall indicate the effectiveness of the area board in addressing state and locally determined goals and the progress on each of the community-wide indicators identified by the area board under paragraph “c”, subparagraph (5).  The report shall include an annual budget developed for the following fiscal year for the area’s comprehensive school ready children grant for providing services for children from birth through five years of age, and provide other information specified by the state board, including budget amendments, as needed. In addition, each area board must comply with reporting provisions and other requirements adopted by the state board in implementing section 256I.9.
    Sec. 15.  Section 256I.11, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A school ready children grants account is created in the fund under the authority of the director of the department of education. Moneys credited to the account are appropriated to and shall be distributed by the department in the form of grants to early childhood Iowa areas pursuant to criteria established by the state board in accordance with law.
   a.  Moneys appropriated for deposit in the school ready children grants account for purposes of preschool tuition assistance 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 two hundred 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.
   b.  Moneys appropriated for deposit in the school ready children grants account for purposes of family support services and parent education programs shall be 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.
    Sec. 16.  Section 262.9, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  39.  Prohibit the institutions under the board’s control from entering into or renewing a contract to make payments under section 364.19 or any other similar agreement with a political subdivision that has the authority to levy or certify for levy a tax, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law. Such a contract or agreement is void and unenforceable. This prohibition precludes the state board of regents from entering into such a contract or agreement on behalf of the institutions under the board’s control.
    Sec. 17.  Section 284.5, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  a.  Each Except as provided in paragraph “b”, each school district and area education agency shall provide a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program for all teachers who are beginning teachers, and notwithstanding section 284.4, subsection 1, a school district and an area education agency shall be eligible to receive moneys under section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, for purposes of implementing a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program in accordance with this section.
   b.  If a school district receives teacher leadership supplemental aid payments pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 12, or section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “e”, for purposes of implementing a framework or comparable system approved pursuant to section 284.15, subsection 6, the school district is ineligible to receive funds under section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, for purposes of implementing a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program plan.
    Sec. 18.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c, d, and f, Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 2015, and ending June 30, 2015 2016, to the department of education, the amount of eight hundred forty-six thousand two hundred fifty 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 eighty-five thousand 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, 2014 2015, and ending June 30, 2015 2016, an amount up to four one million twenty-one six hundred seventy-three thousand eight one hundred seventy-five 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 as provided in section 284.5. 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, 2014 2015, and ending June 30, 2015 2016, up to seven hundred eighty-six thousand eight hundred sixteen 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.
   d.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 2015, and ending June 30, 2015 2016, an amount up to one million one hundred thirty-six thousand four hundred ten dollars to the department for the establishment of teacher development academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
   f.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 2016, and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department of education, ten million dollars for purposes of implementing the supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions of section 284.11. Annually, of the moneys allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for administrative purposes and for not more than one full-time equivalent position.
    Sec. 19.  Section 364.19, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   364.19  Contracts to provide services to tax-exempt property.

   A city council or county board of supervisors may enter into a contract with a person whose property is totally or partially exempt from taxation under chapter 404, chapter 404B, section 427.1 except institutions under the state board of regent’s control, or section 427B.1, for the city or county to provide specified services to that person including but not limited to police protection, fire protection, street maintenance, and waste collection. The contract shall terminate as of the date previously exempt property becomes subject to taxation.
    Sec. 20.  REPEAL.  Sections 261.92, 261.93, 261.93A, 261.94, 261.95, 261.96, and 261.97, Code 2015, are repealed.

DIVISION II
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS —— APPROPRIATIONS FY 2015-2016
    Sec. 21.  There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
   a.  For deposit in the workforce training and economic development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:

.................................................. $ 15,100,000

   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department for administration of the workforce training and economic development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.

   b.  For distribution to community colleges for the purposes of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant to section 260C.50:

.................................................. $  5,500,000

   (1)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.
   (2)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department for implementation of adult education and literacy programs pursuant to section 260C.50.
   (3)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “b”, not more than $1,467,000 shall be distributed as grants to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education programs for students requiring instruction in English as a second language. The department shall establish an application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be based on need for instruction in English as a second language in the region served by each community college as determined by factors including data from the latest federal decennial census and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
   (4)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human services for purposes of administering a pilot project to provide access to international resources to Iowans and new Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live, work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide supplemental support services for international refugees to improve learning, literacy, cultural competencies, and assimilation in 10 locations within a county with a population over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census. The department of human services shall utilize a request for proposals process to identify the entity best qualified to implement the pilot project. The request for proposals shall specify that a qualified entity must be utilizing more than 100 interpreters and translators fluent in over 50 languages and dialects to help medical clinics, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals overcome language barriers so that limited English proficient individuals can receive essential services; working with the United States department of state, the United States agency for international development, and a family foundation center for international visitors that facilitates visits from international leaders to build personal and lasting connections between Iowans and professionals from around the world; partnering with business and industry, foundations, and accredited postsecondary educational institutions and other entities located in the state to offer monthly public forums by leading experts and engage youth in global leadership conferences; and leading the state in providing resources to immigrants and refugees through a multilingual guide to the state, a comprehensive resource website, and emergency interpretation services.
   c.  For accelerated career education program capital projects at community colleges that are authorized under chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:

.................................................. $  6,000,000

   d.  For deposit in the pathways for academic career and employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:

.................................................. $  5,000,000

   e.  For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund established pursuant to section 260I.2:

.................................................. $  2,000,000

   f.  For deposit in the statewide work-based learning intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:

.................................................. $  1,500,000

   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department for expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this Act.

   g.  For support costs associated with administering a workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:

.................................................. $    200,000

   2.  COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION

   For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition grants in accordance with section 261.130: 

.................................................. $  5,000,000

   3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.

DIVISION III
FY 2016-2017 APPROPRIATIONS

DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
    Sec. 22.  ADMINISTRATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department for the blind for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,149,179
............................................... FTEs      88.00

   2.  For costs associated with universal access to audio information for blind and print handicapped Iowans:

.................................................. $     26,000

COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
    Sec. 23.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    212,555
............................................... FTEs       3.95

   2.  HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM

   For the loan repayment program for health care professionals established pursuant to section 261.115:

.................................................. $    200,487

   3.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

   For purposes of providing national guard educational assistance under the program established in section 261.86:

.................................................. $  2,550,117

   4.  TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM

   For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program established in section 261.112:

.................................................. $    196,226

   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:

.................................................. $    277,029

   6.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
   a.  For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program established pursuant to section 261.87:

.................................................. $  1,420,427

   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, if the moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, include accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9.
   7.  REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM

   For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.116:

.................................................. $     40,426

   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 261.61:

.................................................. $     18,469

   9.  TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM

   For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established pursuant to section 261.110:

.................................................. $    250,000

   10.  RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM

   For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program established pursuant to section 261.113:

.................................................. $    800,000

   11.  RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM

   For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program established pursuant to section 261.114:

.................................................. $    200,000
    Sec. 24.  IOWA TUITION AND VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL GRANT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2016-2017.  Notwithstanding the standing appropriations in the following designated sections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the amounts appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission pursuant to these sections for the following designated purposes shall not exceed the following amounts:
   1.  For Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection 1:

.................................................. $ 23,706,724

   2.  For tuition grants for students attending for-profit accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section 261.25, subsection 2:

.................................................. $    900,000

   3.  For vocational-technical tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection 3:

.................................................. $  1,125,093
    Sec. 25.  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. 26.  WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2015-2016.  

Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 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. 27.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  3,835,536
............................................... FTEs      81.67

   a.  By January 15, 2017, the department shall submit a written report to the general assembly detailing the department’s antibullying programming and current and projected expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016.
   b.  The department shall administer and distribute to school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, without cost to the school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, an early warning assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade six.
   2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    299,099
............................................... FTEs      11.50

   3.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,955,600
............................................... FTEs     255.00

   For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts to work with community rehabilitation program providers for job placement and retention services for individuals with significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By January 15, 2016, the division shall submit a written report to the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with community rehabilitation program providers.

   b.  For matching moneys 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:

.................................................. $     44,564
............................................... FTEs       1.00

   c.  For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:

.................................................. $     72,768

   d.  For costs associated with centers for independent living:

.................................................. $     45,147

   4.  STATE LIBRARY
   a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,357,532
............................................... FTEs      29.00

   b.  For the enrich Iowa program established under section 256.57:

.................................................. $  1,287,114

   5.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION

   For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  3,895,923
............................................... FTEs      86.00

   6.  REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS

   For state aid:

.................................................. $    496,457

   a.  The regional telecommunications councils established pursuant to section 8D.5, subsection 2, 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.
   b.  Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be distributed by the department to the regional telecommunications councils based upon usage by region.
   7.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS

   For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by secondary schools:

.................................................. $  1,315,067

   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.

   8.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE

   For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,088,399
............................................... FTEs      20.58

   9.  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

   a.  From the moneys deposited in the school ready children grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, not more than $132,975 is allocated for the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance activities. 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.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund, $1,159,009 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 $44,325 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.
   c.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund, $412,515 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 groups maintained by the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance 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.
   10.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE

   For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:

.................................................. $  2,714,439

   11.  EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT EDUCATION

   For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:

.................................................. $  6,182,217

   12.  BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
   a.  For expansion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-446, as amended to January 1, 2016, birth through age three services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those services:

.................................................. $    860,700

   b.  From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $191,885 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
   13.  EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
   a.  For early head start projects:

.................................................. $    300,000

   b.  The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used for implementation and expansion of early head start pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to age three, including prenatal support for qualified families. The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be given to those organizations that have previously qualified for and received state funding to administer an early head start project.
   14.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
   a.  To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by section 301.1:

.................................................. $    325,107

   b.  Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident public school pupils.
   15.  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:

.................................................. $ 27,221,288
............................................... FTEs       2.00

   16.  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:

.................................................. $    350,000

   17.  ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT

   For development of criteria and administration of a process for school districts to establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the performance of each attendance center operated by the district in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and report card for each attendance center, for internet site and data system support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    125,000

............................................... FTEs       2.00

   18.  ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM

   For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for development and implementation of the coaching and support system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 63, paragraph “b”:

.................................................. $    375,000

   19.  ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM

   For purposes of the English language literacy for all grant program established in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 65:

.................................................. $    250,000

   By November 1, 2016, the 25 Iowa school districts with the largest number of students identified as limited English proficient and providing educational programming because of that identification shall submit a report to the department in a manner prescribed by the department that includes the following information:

   a.  A cost accounting of moneys expended on limited English proficiency programming by the school district.
   b.  An identification of all native languages represented by limited English proficient students who are served by the school district.
   c.  The average number of years spent in English language learner programming for limited English proficient students served by the school district.
   d.  The number of full-time equivalent employees directly serving limited English proficient students and the student-to-teacher ratios for such students.
   e.  A review of the number and the percentage of the total of limited English proficient students achieving English language proficiency over the previous five years.
   f.  A list of English language learner programs not developed by the district that are being utilized by the school district for limited English proficient students.
   20.  AREA EDUCATION AGENCY SUPPORT SYSTEM

   For administration of a system by which area education agencies shall support school districts implementing frameworks or comparable systems approved pursuant to section 284.15, subsection 6:

.................................................. $    500,000

   21.  SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS

   For distribution to school districts for implementation of section 279.68, subsection 2:

.................................................. $  4,000,000

   22.  IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
   a.  For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in order to implement, in collaboration with the area education agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 53, paragraph “c”:

.................................................. $    500,000

   b.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
   23.  COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION

   For implementation, in collaboration with the area education agencies, of certain recommendations of the competency-based instruction task force established pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1119, section 2:

.................................................. $    212,500

   The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to provide grants under a competency-based instruction grant program, for writing model competencies, for plans and templates, to develop the assessment validation rubric and model assessments, and to design professional development in accordance with the recommendations of the task force. 

   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.

   24.  MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
   a.  For distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:

.................................................. $     50,000

   b.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
   25.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
   a.  For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:

.................................................. $100,637,324

   The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.

   b.  For distribution to community colleges to supplement faculty salaries:

.................................................. $    250,000

STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
    Sec. 28.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 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, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    515,305
............................................... 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. The report submitted in December 2016 shall include the five-year graduation rates for the regents universities.

   b.  For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa regents resource center in Council Bluffs:

.................................................. $     91,367

   c.  For moneys to be allocated to the northwest Iowa regents resource center in Sioux City under section 262.9, subsection 22:

.................................................. $     48,057

   d.  For moneys to be allocated to the quad-cities graduate studies center:

.................................................. $      2,500

   e.  For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for public radio operations:

.................................................. $    195,784

   2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
   a.  General university

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $108,975,554
............................................... FTEs   5,058.55

   b.  Oakdale campus

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,000,000
............................................... FTEs      38.25

   c.  State hygienic laboratory

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,201,308
............................................... 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 residency education program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $    894,133
............................................... 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
............................................... 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
............................................... 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
............................................... 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
............................................... 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
............................................... FTEs       5.89

   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, $127,445 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
............................................... 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
............................................... 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 established pursuant to section 263.8A:

.................................................. $    240,925

   m.  Iowa flood center

   For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:

.................................................. $    500,000

   3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
   a.  General university

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 93,656,052
............................................... FTEs   3,647.42

   b.  Agricultural experiment station

   For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 14,943,439
............................................... 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, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  9,133,361
............................................... 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
............................................... FTEs      11.25

   e.  Livestock disease research

   For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research fund under section 267.8:

.................................................. $     86,422

   4.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
   a.  General university

   For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $ 47,891,167
............................................... 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
............................................... FTEs       3.00

   c.  Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative

   For purposes of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  2,582,635
............................................... FTEs       6.20

   (1)  Except as otherwise provided in this lettered paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional 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.
   (3)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, not less than $250,000 shall be used to provide technology education opportunities to high school, career academy, and community college students through a public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for students and faculties at these institutions to secure broad-based information technology certification. The partnership shall provide all of the following:
   (a)  A research-based curriculum.
   (b)  Online access to the curriculum.
   (c)  Instructional software for classroom and student use.
   (d)  Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base of information technology-related skill areas.
   (e)  Professional development for teachers.
   (f)  Deployment and program support, including but not limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
   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
............................................... FTEs       1.00

   5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  4,695,930
............................................... FTEs     126.60

   6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL

   For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

.................................................. $  1,957,871
............................................... 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

   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
    Sec. 29.  ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS —— FINANCING.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 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. 30.  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, 2016, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs for students attending the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.

DIVISION IV
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS —— APPROPRIATIONS FY 2016-2017
    Sec. 31.  There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
   a.  For deposit in the workforce training and economic development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:

.................................................. $  7,550,000

   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “a”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department for administration of the workforce training and economic development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.

   b.  For distribution to community colleges for the purposes of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant to section 260C.50:

.................................................. $  2,750,000

   (1)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “b”, $1,941,500 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.
   (2)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “b”, not more than $75,000 shall be used by the department for implementation of adult education and literacy programs pursuant to section 260C.50.
   (3)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “b”, not more than $733,500 shall be distributed as grants to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education programs for students requiring instruction in English as a second language. The department shall establish an application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be based on need for instruction in English as a second language in the region served by each community college as determined by factors including data from the latest federal decennial census and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
   (4)  From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “b”, $105,000 shall be transferred to the department of human services for purposes of administering a pilot project to provide access to international resources to Iowans and new Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live, work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide supplemental support services for international refugees to improve learning, literacy, cultural competencies, and assimilation in 10 locations within a county with a population over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census. The department of human services shall utilize a request for proposals process to identify the entity best qualified to implement the pilot project. The request for proposals shall specify that a qualified entity must be utilizing more than 100 interpreters and translators fluent in over 50 languages and dialects to help medical clinics, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals overcome language barriers so that limited English proficient individuals can receive essential services; working with the United States department of state, the United States agency for international development, and a family foundation center for international visitors that facilitates visits from international leaders to build personal and lasting connections between Iowans and professionals from around the world; partnering with business and industry, foundations, and accredited postsecondary educational institutions and other entities located in the state to offer monthly public forums by leading experts and engage youth in global leadership conferences; and leading the state in providing resources to immigrants and refugees through a multilingual guide to the state, a comprehensive resource website, and emergency interpretation services.
   c.  For accelerated career education program capital projects at community colleges that are authorized under chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:

.................................................. $  3,000,000

   d.  For deposit in the pathways for academic career and employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:

.................................................. $  2,500,000

   e.  For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund established pursuant to section 260I.2:

.................................................. $  1,000,000

   f.  For deposit in the statewide work-based learning intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:

.................................................. $    750,000

   From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “f”, not more than $25,000 shall be used by the department for expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this Act.

   g.  For support costs associated with administering a workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:

.................................................. $    100,000

   2.  COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION

   For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition grants in accordance with section 261.130: 

.................................................. $  2,500,000

   3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.

DIVISION V
STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM COSTS
    Sec. 32.  Section 256C.3, subsection 3, paragraph h, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   h.  Provision for ensuring that children receiving care from other child care arrangements can participate in the preschool program with minimal disruption due to transportation and movement from one site to another.  The children participating in the preschool program may be transported by the school district to activities associated with the program along with other children.
    Sec. 33.  Section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraphs g and h, Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   g.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 2014, and each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool foundation aid received by a school district for a fiscal year in accordance with section 257.16, not more than five percent may be used by the school district for administering the district’s approved local program. Outreach activities and rent for facilities not owned by the school district are permissive uses of the administrative funds.
   h.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 2014, and each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of preschool foundation aid received by a school district for a fiscal year in accordance with section 257.16, not less than ninety-five percent of the per pupil amount shall be passed through to a community-based provider for each pupil enrolled in the district’s approved local program. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 2014, and each succeeding fiscal year, not more than five ten percent of the amount of preschool foundation aid passed through to a community-based provider may be used by the community-based provider for administrative costs.  The costs of outreach activities and rent for facilities not owned by the school district are permissive administrative costs. The costs of transportation involving children participating in the preschool program and other children may be prorated.
    Sec. 34.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 35.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This division of this Act applies retroactively to July 1, 2014.

DIVISION VI
AT-RISK, ALTERNATIVE, AND DROPOUT PROGRAMS AND FUNDING
    Sec. 36.  Section 257.10, subsection 5, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Combined district cost per pupil.  The combined district cost per pupil for a school district is the sum of the regular program district cost per pupil and the special education support services district cost per pupil. Combined district cost per pupil does not include a modified supplemental amount added for school districts that have a negative balance of funds raised for special education instruction programs, a modified supplemental amount granted by the school budget review committee for a single school year, or a modified supplemental amount added for programs for dropout prevention established pursuant to sections 257.38 through 257.41.
    Sec. 37.  Section 257.11, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  In order to provide additional funding to school districts for programs serving at-risk pupils, alternative program and alternative school pupils in secondary schools, and pupils identified as potential dropouts or returning dropouts as defined in section 257.39, a supplementary weighting plan for at-risk such pupils is adopted. A supplementary weighting of forty-eight ten-thousandths per pupil shall be assigned to the percentage of pupils in a school district enrolled in grades one through six, as reported by the school district on the basic educational data survey for the base year, who are eligible for free and reduced price meals under the federal National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. §1751-1785, multiplied by the budget enrollment in the school district; and a supplementary weighting of one hundred fifty-six one-hundred-thousandths per pupil shall be assigned to pupils included in the budget enrollment of the school district. Amounts received as supplementary weighting for at-risk pupils under this subsection shall be utilized by a school district to develop or maintain at-risk pupils’ programs, which may include alternative programs and alternative school programs, and returning dropout and dropout prevention programs approved pursuant to section 257.40.
    Sec. 38.  Section 257.11, subsection 4, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  Up to five percent of the total amount that a school district receives as supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection or as a modified supplemental amount received under section 257.41, may be used in the budget year for purposes of providing district-wide or building-wide at-risk and dropout prevention programming targeted to pupils who are not deemed at risk.
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Notwithstanding paragraph “d” and section 282.24, if a pupil has been determined by the school district to be likely to inflict self-harm or likely to harm another pupil and all of the following apply, the school district may use amounts received pursuant to paragraph “a” to pay the instructional costs necessary to address the pupil’s behavior during instructional time when those services are not otherwise provided to pupils who do not require special education and the costs exceed the costs of instruction of pupils in a regular curriculum:
   (1)  The pupil does not require special education.
   (2)  The pupil is not in a court-ordered placement under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human services or juvenile court services.
   (3)  The pupil is not in the state training school or the Iowa juvenile home pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human services.
   (4)  The pupil is not placed in a facility licensed under chapter 135B, 135C, or 135H.
    Sec. 39.  Section 257.38, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   257.38  Programs Funding for at-risk, alternative school, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention programs —— plan.
   1.  Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with boards of other school districts, requesting to use a modified supplemental amount for costs in excess of the amount received under section 257.11, subsection 4, for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs and alternative schools, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention, shall submit comprehensive program plans for the programs and budget costs, including annual requests for a modified supplemental amount for funding the programs, to the department of education as a component of the comprehensive school improvement plan submitted to the department pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21. The program plans shall include:
   a.  Program goals, objectives, and activities to meet the needs of children who may drop out of school students identified as at risk, secondary students who attend alternative programs and alternative schools, or potential dropouts or returning dropouts.
   b.  Student identification criteria and procedures.
   c.  Staff in-service education design.
   d.  Staff utilization plans.
   e.  Evaluation criteria and procedures and performance measures.
   f.  Program budget.
   g.  Qualifications required of personnel delivering the program.
   h.  A provision for dropout prevention and integration of dropouts into the educational program of the district for at-risk students.
   i.  A provision for identifying dropouts at-risk students.
   j.  A program for returning dropouts.
   k.  j.  Other factors the department requires.
   2.  Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that will be implemented first upon approval of the request. If a district is requesting to use a modified supplemental amount to finance the program, the school district shall not identify more than five percent of its budget enrollment for the budget year as returning dropouts and potential dropouts.
    Sec. 40.  Section 257.40, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   257.40  Approval of programs for at-risk pupils, alternative programs and schools, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention —— annual report.
   1.  The board of directors of a school district requesting to use a modified supplemental amount for costs in excess of the funding received under section 257.11, subsection 4, for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs and alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention shall submit requests for a modified at-risk supplemental amount, including budget costs, to the department not later than December 15 of the year preceding the budget year during which the program will be offered. The department shall review the request and shall prior to January 15 either grant approval for the request or return the request for approval with comments of the department included. An unapproved request for a program may be resubmitted with modifications to the department not later than February 1. Not later than February 15, the department shall notify the department of management and the school budget review committee of the names of the school districts for which programs using a modified supplemental amount for funding have been approved and the approved budget of each program listed separately for each school district having an approved request.
   2.  Beginning January 15, 2007, the department shall submit an annual report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and house education committees that includes the ways school districts in the previous school year used modified supplemental amounts approved under subsection 1; identifies, by grade level, age, and district size, the students in the dropout and dropout prevention programs for which the department approves a request; describes school district progress toward increasing student achievement and attendance for the students in the programs; and describes how the school districts are using the revenues from the modified supplemental amounts to improve student achievement among minority subgroups.
    Sec. 41.  Section 257.41, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Budget.  The budget of an approved program for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs or alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention for a school district, after subtracting funds received under section 257.11, subsection 4, paragraphs “a” through “c”, and from other sources for that purpose, including any previous carryover, shall be funded annually on a basis of one-fourth or more from the district cost of the school district and up to three-fourths through establishment of a modified supplemental amount. Annually, the department of management shall establish a modified supplemental amount for each such school district equal to the difference between the approved budget for the program for returning dropouts and dropout prevention for that district and the sum of the amount funded from the district cost of the school district plus funds received under section 257.11, subsection 4, and from other sources for that purpose, including any previous carryover.
   2.  Appropriate uses of funding.  Appropriate uses of the returning dropout and dropout prevention program funding for an approved program include but are not limited to the following:
   a.  Salary and benefits for instructional staff, instructional support staff, and school-based youth services staff who are working with students who are participating in at-risk or dropout prevention programs, alternative programs, and alternative schools, in a traditional or alternative setting, if the staff person’s time is dedicated to working with returning dropouts or such students who are deemed, at any time during the school year, to be at risk of dropping out, in order to provide services beyond those which are provided by the school district to students who are not identified as at risk of dropping out participating in such programs or alternative schools. However, if the staff person works part-time with students who are participating in returning dropout and dropout prevention programs, alternative programs, and alternative schools a program or alternative school and the staff person has another unrelated staff assignment, only the portion of the staff person’s time that is related to the returning dropout and dropout prevention program, alternative program, or alternative school may be charged to the program or school. For purposes of this paragraph, if an alternative setting is necessary to provide for a program which is offered at a location off school grounds and which is intended to serve student needs by improving relationships and connections to school, decreasing truancy and tardiness, providing opportunities for course credit recovery, or helping students identified as at risk of dropping out to accelerate through multiple grade levels of achievement within a shortened time frame, the tuition costs for a student identified as at risk of dropping out shall be considered an appropriate use of the returning dropout and dropout prevention program funding under this section. 
   b.  Professional development for all teachers and staff working with at-risk students and programs involving dropout prevention strategies under a program or an alternative school setting.
   c.  Research-based resources, materials, software, supplies, and purchased services that meet all of the following criteria:
   (1)  Meets the needs of kindergarten through grade twelve students identified as at risk of dropping out and of returning dropouts.
   (2)  Are beyond those provided by the regular school program.
   (3)  Are necessary to provide the services listed in the school district’s dropout prevention plan submitted pursuant to section 257.38.
   (4)  Will remain with the kindergarten through grade twelve at-risk program, alternative program or alternative school, or returning dropout and dropout prevention program.
   d.  Up to five percent of the total budgeted amount received pursuant to subsection 1 may be used for purposes of providing district-wide or building-wide returning dropout and dropout prevention programming targeted to students who are not deemed at risk of dropping out.
    Sec. 42.  Section 257.41, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  Other uses.  Notwithstanding subsection 2 and section 282.24, if a student has been determined by the school district to be likely to inflict self-harm or likely to harm another student and all of the following apply, the school district may use the modified supplemental amount established under subsection 1 to pay the instructional costs necessary to address the student’s behavior during instructional time when those services are not otherwise provided to students who do not require special education and the costs exceed the costs of instruction of students in a regular curriculum:
   a.  The student does not require special education.
   b.  The student is not in a court-ordered placement under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human services or juvenile court services.
   c.  The student is not in the state training school or the Iowa juvenile home pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human services.
   d.  The pupil is not placed in a facility licensed under chapter 135B, 135C, or 135H.

DIVISION VII
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM —— STAFF —— FUNDING
    Sec. 43.  Section 257.42, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   257.42  Gifted and talented children.
   1.  Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with the boards of other school districts, shall annually submit program plans for gifted and talented children programs and budget costs to the department of education and to the applicable gifted and talented children advisory council, if an advisory council has been established, as provided in this chapter.
   2.  The parent or guardian of a pupil may request that a gifted and talented children program be established for pupils who qualify as gifted and talented children under section 257.44, including demonstrated achievement or potential ability in a single subject area.
   3.  a.  The department shall employ a one full-time qualified staff member or consultant for gifted and talented children programs.  Such staff member or consultant position shall be in addition to the full-time equivalent positions of the department otherwise authorized by law for the fiscal year.
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and each succeeding fiscal year, there is appropriated from the total amount of state foundation aid appropriated under section 257.16 an amount necessary to employ the staff member or consultant required under paragraph “a”.
   c.  As a result of the appropriation under paragraph “b”, state aid payments to school districts under section 257.16, subsection 2, shall be reduced during the applicable fiscal year. Each school district’s portion of the total amount of the appropriation that shall be deducted from the state aid of a school district shall be the same as the ratio that the budget enrollment for the budget year of the school district bears to the total budget enrollment in the state for that budget year.
   d.  The reduction of a school district’s state aid payments under this subsection shall not result in the recalculation of other state aid amounts or the recalculation of any property tax levy for that budget year.
   4.  The department of education shall adopt rules under chapter 17A relating to the administration of sections 257.42 through 257.49. The rules shall prescribe the format of program plans submitted under section 257.43 and shall require that programs fulfill specified objectives. The department shall encourage and assist school districts to provide programs for gifted and talented children.
   5.  The department may request that the staff of the auditor of state conduct an independent program audit to verify that the gifted and talented programs conform to a district’s program plans.

DIVISION VIII
IOWA TUITION GRANT —— AMOUNT
    Sec. 44.  Section 261.12, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time student for the fall and spring semesters, or the trimester equivalent, shall be the amount of the student’s financial need for that period. However, a tuition grant shall not exceed the lesser of:
   a.  The total tuition and mandatory fees for that student for two semesters or the trimester or quarter equivalent, less the base amount determined annually by the college student aid commission, which base amount shall be within ten dollars of the average tuition for two semesters or the trimester equivalent of undergraduate study at the state universities under the board of regents, but in any event the base amount shall not be less than four hundred dollars; or
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and for each following fiscal year, five thousand dollars.

DIVISION IX
ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
    Sec. 45.  Section 261.87, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   3.  Extent of scholarship.  A qualified student at an eligible institution may receive scholarships for not more than the equivalent of two full-time academic years of undergraduate study, excluding summer semesters, or the equivalent. Scholarships awarded pursuant to this section shall be awarded on an annual basis and shall not exceed the lesser of the following, as determined by the commission:
   a.  The student’s financial need.
   b.  One-half of the average resident tuition rate and mandatory fees established for institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.
   c.  The resident tuition and mandatory fees charged for the program of enrollment by the eligible institution at which the student is enrolled.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 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.
   DIVISION I —— FY 2015-2016. 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, the loan repayment program 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 and nurse educator loan forgiveness program, the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences tuition grant program, the teach Iowa scholar program, the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program, and the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program.
   The bill modifies 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 2015-2016 is zero.
   The bill repeals the Iowa grant program.
   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 programs, the entrepreneurs with disabilities program, and independent living centers, state library for general administration and the enrich Iowa program, 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, early head start projects, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the student achievement and teacher quality program, jobs for America’s graduates specialists, attendance center performance assessment, the beginning administrator mentoring and induction program, the English language literacy for all grant program, area education agency support system, successful progression for early readers, Iowa reading research center, implementation competency-based education recommendations, distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation, and community colleges.
   The bill reduces the statutory appropriation for the Iowa learning online initiative for FY 2015-2016 by $1 million.
   The bill strikes from statute the July 1, 2020, sunset of a provision that authorizes a nonpublic school to be accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency instead of by the state board of education. The provision requires the state board to maintain and publish on the department of education’s internet site a list of at least six approved regional or national independent accrediting agencies that are recognized as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education offered by a school.
   The bill codifies in Code chapter 256I session law from education appropriations legislation enacted in recent years relating to the duties of the early childhood Iowa state board and area boards.
   Statutory provisions under the student achievement and teacher quality program allocations for national board certification, beginning teacher mentoring and induction, professional development program, teacher quality committees, evaluator training, teacher development academies, and teacher leadership supplemental aid payments, and a teacher leadership delivery system are modified and the program allocation for high-needs schools, set to begin July 1, 2015, is pushed back to July 1, 2016.
   This bill provides that a school district is ineligible to receive moneys allocated under the student achievement and teacher quality program for purposes of implementing a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program plan if that school district receives teacher leadership supplemental aid payments for implementing the career paths, leadership roles, and compensation framework or a comparable system approved by the department of education.
   The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents for the board office, universities’ general operating budgets; the southwest Iowa regents resource center; the northwest Iowa regents resource center; 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 allows the state board of regents to use indebtedness to finance certain projects resulting in energy savings.
   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 amends statute to direct the state board of regents to prohibit the institutions under its control from entering into or complying with a contract to make payments under Code section 364.19 or any other similar agreement with a political subdivision that has the authority to levy or certify for levy a tax, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law. Such a contract or agreement is void and unenforceable. The prohibition precludes the state board from entering into such a contract or agreement on behalf of its institutions. The bill removes the statutory authority of a city council or county boards of supervisors to enter into a contract with an institution under the control of the state board of regents for police protection, fire protection, street maintenance, and waste collection.
   DIVISION II —— WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS —— APPROPRIATIONS FY 2015-2016. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund to the department of education and the college student aid commission.
   DIVISION III —— FY 2016-2017. Division II appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department for the blind, the college student aid commission, the department of education, and the state board of regents and the institutions it governs, at generally 50 percent of the amounts appropriated for the same purposes for the prior fiscal year.
   DIVISION IV —— WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS —— APPROPRIATIONS FY 2016-2017. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund to the department of education and the college student aid commission at generally 50 percent of the amounts appropriated for the same purposes for the prior fiscal year.
   DIVISION V —— STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM COSTS. The bill authorizes children participating in the preschool program to be transported by the school district to activities associated with the program along with other children. The bill specifies that for community-based providers the costs of transportation involving children participating in the preschool program and other children may be prorated.
   Under current law, a community provider under the program is authorized to use not more than 5 percent of the preschool foundation aid passed through to the provider for administrative costs. The bill increases that amount to 10 percent.
   The bill also provides that the costs of outreach activities and rent for facilities not owned by the school district are considered permissive use of administrative funds.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to July 1, 2014.
   DIVISION VI —— AT-RISK, ALTERNATIVE, AND DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND FUNDING. This bill makes changes relating to at-risk programs, alternative programs and alternative schools, and returning dropout and dropout prevention programs and funding for the schools and programs.
   The bill modifies a provision that establishes supplementary weighting for programs serving at-risk pupils and alternative school pupils in secondary schools to add alternative programs for secondary school pupils and programs for returning dropouts and dropout prevention.
   The bill authorizes a school district to use, in the budget year, up to 5 percent of the total supplementary weighting amounts received pursuant to Code section 257.11, subsection 4, or up to 5 percent of a modified supplemental amount received pursuant to Code section 257.41 for at-risk pupils, alternative program and alternative school pupils, or pupils in returning dropout and dropout prevention programs, for purposes of providing district-wide or building-wide at-risk and dropout prevention programming targeted to students who are not deemed at risk.
   The bill strikes a provision that allows a school district to use up to 5 percent of its total budgeted amount received for an approved program for returning dropouts and dropout prevention to be used for purposes of providing district-wide or building-wide returning dropout and dropout prevention programming targeted to students who are not deemed at risk of dropping out.
   The bill provides that when a student who does not require special education and who is not in a court-ordered placement under the care and custody of the department of human services or juvenile court services and who is not in the state training school or the Iowa juvenile home and who is not placed in a hospital, health care facility, or psychiatric medical institution for children and who has been determined by the school district to be likely to inflict self-harm or likely to harm another student, the school district may use the supplementary weighting amounts and the modified supplemental amounts received for at-risk, alternative program and school, or returning dropout and dropout prevention programs to pay the instructional costs necessary to address the student’s behavior during instructional time when those services are not otherwise provided to students who do not require special education and the costs exceed the costs of instruction of pupils in a regular curriculum.
   The modified supplemental amount which a school district may request must be for costs in excess of the supplementary weighting amounts received by the school district for at-risk students, alternative program and school students, and potential or returning dropouts.
   The bill makes conforming changes relating to the submission of comprehensive program plans to the department of education by school districts requesting to use a modified supplemental amount for costs in excess of the supplementary weighting received for at-risk, alternative school, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention; and relating to budgets for programs funded with modified supplemental amounts and to allowable uses of program funding.
   The bill strikes a provision requiring the department to submit an annual report to the general assembly describing the ways school districts used modified supplemental amounts for returning dropout and dropout prevention programs in the prior school year.
   DIVISION VII —— GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM —— STAFF. The bill codifies a requirement that the department of education employ one full-time qualified staff member or consultant for gifted and talented children programs. The department is currently required to employ a consultant for talented and gifted children programs. The bill provides that funding for the full-time position will be deducted from the school foundation aid appropriated to school districts. The bill specifies the method for reducing the state foundation aid payments to school districts.
   DIVISION VIII —— IOWA TUITION GRANT —— AMOUNT. The bill removes the $5,000 cap on the amount of an Iowa tuition grant that may be awarded by the college student aid commission to a qualified student enrolled full time at an accredited private institution. “Qualified student” is defined in current law as a resident student who has established financial need and who is making satisfactory progress toward graduation.
   DIVISION IX —— ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.  The bill authorizes a qualified student at an eligible institution, which is defined in the Code as a community college or regents university, to receive an all Iowa opportunity scholarship for not more than two full-time academic years of undergraduate study, excluding summer semesters. The scholarship must be awarded by the college student aid commission to the student on an annual basis. Under current law, a qualified student who receives the scholarship must each year meet the eligibility requirements established in the Code.