HF 2151 (LSB 5661YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2151

BY  MATSON, RAMIREZ, EHLERT, MADISON, GOSA, KURTH, LEVIN, GJERDE, WICHTENDAHL, AMOS JR., BROWN-POWERS, B. MEYER, WILSON, KONFRST, KRESSIG, WILBURN, McBURNEY, SCHOLTEN, R. JOHNSON, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, and BAGNIEWSKI

A BILL FOR

An Act making appropriations to the department of education for the therapeutic classroom incentive grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS —— DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund established pursuant to section 256.25:
   ...................................................................... $  5,000,000
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 $5 million from the general fund of the state to the department of education (DE) for FY 2026-2027 for deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund. Moneys in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund are appropriated to DE for purposes of distributing grants to school districts for the establishment of therapeutic classrooms for learners ages 3 to 21 whose emotional, social, or behavioral needs interfere with their ability to be successful in their current educational environments.