House Study Bill 196 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON GRASSLEY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to career and technical education programs and 1 partnerships and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2669YC (3) 87 kh/rj
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 85.20, subsection 3, Code 2017, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. For a student participating in a work-based learning 3 opportunity as provided in section 85.61 , against the student’s 4 school district of residence, receiving school district if 5 the student is participating in open enrollment under section 6 282.18 , accredited nonpublic school, or community college, and 7 the directors, officers, authorities, and employees of the 8 applicable school district corporation or school . 9 Sec. 2. Section 258.5, Code 2017, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 258.5 Reimbursement from federal and state moneys. 12 1. At the end of the fiscal year, an An approved regional 13 career and technical education planning partnership is eligible 14 to receive , from federal and state funds , reimbursement for 15 expenditures made during the fiscal year for purposes allowed 16 under section 258.14, subsection 6 . If federal and state 17 funds are not sufficient to make the reimbursement to the 18 extent provided in this section , the director shall prorate 19 the respective amounts available to the regional career 20 and technical education planning partnerships entitled to 21 reimbursement. State funds received by a school district 22 under this subsection are miscellaneous income for purposes of 23 chapter 257 or are considered encumbered. 24 2. Federal funds received as a reimbursement for allowable 25 expenditures shall be received pursuant to the multiyear state 26 plan adopted pursuant to section 258.3A, subsection 1. 27 2. 3. The director may use federal funds to reimburse 28 approved practitioner preparation schools, departments, or 29 classes for the training of teachers of agriculture, food, 30 and natural resources; arts, communications, and information 31 systems; applied sciences, technology, engineering, and 32 manufacturing; health sciences; human services; and business, 33 finance, marketing, and management. The director may also 34 use such funds to reimburse approved practitioner preparation 35 -1- LSB 2669YC (3) 87 kh/rj 1/ 3
H.F. _____ schools, departments, or classes for the training of guidance 1 counselors. 2 Sec. 3. Section 258.14, subsection 6, Code 2017, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 6. A regional career and technical education partnership 5 may use funds received from state and federal sources on behalf 6 of school districts and community colleges participating in the 7 regional career and technical education planning partnership 8 to convene, lead, and staff the regional career and technical 9 education planning partnership , ; to offer regional career and 10 technical education professional development opportunities , ; to 11 coordinate and maintain a career guidance system pursuant to 12 section 279.61 , ; and to purchase career and technical education 13 equipment on behalf of school districts and community colleges 14 participating in the regional career and technical education 15 planning partnership , including standard classroom consumable 16 supplies other than consumable supplies that will be made into 17 products to be sold or used personally by students, teachers, 18 and other persons . 19 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 20 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill relates to career and technical education 25 opportunities and partnerships. 26 The bill restores a reference to school corporations 27 mistakenly changed under 2016 Iowa Acts, chapter 1108, and 28 includes a reference to an accredited nonpublic school, 29 relating to student participation in work-based learning 30 opportunities. 31 The bill authorizes an approved regional career and 32 technical education planning partnership to receive state 33 funds for purposes allowed under Code section 258.14(6) and 34 provides that any such funds received by a school district are 35 -2- LSB 2669YC (3) 87 kh/rj 2/ 3
H.F. _____ miscellaneous income for purposes of Code chapter 257. The 1 bill amends Code section 258.14(6) to authorize a partnership 2 to purchase career and technical education equipment, including 3 standard classroom consumable supplies other than consumable 4 supplies that will be made into products to be sold or used 5 personally by students, teachers, and other persons. 6 Federal funds received as a reimbursement for allowable 7 expenditures shall be received pursuant to the multiyear 8 state plan the state board for career and technical education 9 approves under Code section 258.3A(1). 10 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 11 -3- LSB 2669YC (3) 87 kh/rj 3/ 3