House File 816 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 256) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and 2 appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission, 3 the department for the blind, the department of cultural 4 affairs, the department of education, and the state board of 5 regents and providing an effective date. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 HF 816 8 kh/es/25 PAG LIN 1 1 DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND 1 2 Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the 1 3 general fund of the state to the department for the blind for 1 4 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 1 5 2006, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 1 6 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 1 7 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes 1 8 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 1 9 positions: 1 10 .................................................. $ 1,886,842 1 11 ............................................... FTEs 109.50 1 12 COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION 1 13 Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 1 14 state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal 1 15 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the 1 16 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to 1 17 be used for the purposes designated: 1 18 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 1 19 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 1 20 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 1 21 positions: 1 22 .................................................. $ 349,494 1 23 ............................................... FTEs 4.30 1 24 2. STUDENT AID PROGRAMS 1 25 For payments to students for the Iowa grant program: 1 26 .................................................. $ 1,029,784 1 27 3. DES MOINES UNIVERSITY == OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER 1 28 a. For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending the Des 1 29 Moines university == osteopathic medical center under the 1 30 forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19: 1 31 .................................................. $ 50,000 1 32 To receive funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph, 1 33 Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center shall 1 34 match the funds with institutional funds on a dollar=for= 1 35 dollar basis. 2 1 b. For the Des Moines university == osteopathic medical 2 2 center for an initiative in primary health care to direct 2 3 primary care physicians to shortage areas in the state: 2 4 .................................................. $ 346,451 2 5 4. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 2 6 For purposes of providing national guard educational 2 7 assistance under the program established in section 261.86: 2 8 .................................................. $ 3,800,000 2 9 5. TEACHER SHORTAGE FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM 2 10 For the teacher shortage forgivable loan program 2 11 established in section 261.111: 2 12 .................................................. $ 285,000 2 13 Sec. 3. WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION NULLIFICATION FOR FY 2 14 2005=2006. Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal 2 15 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the 2 16 amount appropriated for the work=study program under section 2 17 261.85 shall be zero. 2 18 DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS 2 19 Sec. 4. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 2 20 state to the department of cultural affairs for the fiscal 2 21 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the 2 22 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 2 23 used for the purposes designated: 2 24 1. ADMINISTRATION 2 25 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous 2 26 purposes: 2 27 .................................................. $ 235,636 2 28 The department of cultural affairs shall coordinate 2 29 activities with the tourism office of the department of 2 30 economic development to promote attendance at the state 2 31 historical building and at this state's historic sites. 2 32 2. COMMUNITY CULTURAL GRANTS 2 33 For planning and programming for the community cultural 2 34 grants program established under section 303.3: 2 35 .................................................. $ 299,240 3 1 3. HISTORICAL DIVISION 3 2 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 3 3 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 3 4 positions: 3 5 .................................................. $ 3,040,920 3 6 ............................................... FTEs 65.00 3 7 4. HISTORIC SITES 3 8 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous 3 9 purposes: 3 10 .................................................. $ 526,459 3 11 5. ARTS DIVISION 3 12 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 3 13 including funds to match federal grants and for not more than 3 14 the following full=time equivalent positions: 3 15 .................................................. $ 1,157,486 3 16 ............................................... FTEs 11.25 3 17 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 3 18 Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 3 19 state to the department of education for the fiscal year 3 20 beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the 3 21 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to 3 22 be used for the purposes designated: 3 23 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 3 24 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 3 25 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 3 26 positions: 3 27 ................................................. $ 5,139,542 3 28 ............................................... FTEs 76.27 3 29 The director of the department of education shall ensure 3 30 that all school districts are aware of the state education 3 31 resources available on the state website for listing teacher 3 32 job openings and shall make every reasonable effort to enable 3 33 qualified practitioners to post their resumes on the state 3 34 website. The department shall administer the posting of job 3 35 vacancies for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, 4 1 and area education agencies on the state website. The 4 2 department may coordinate this activity with the Iowa school 4 3 board association or other interested education associations 4 4 in the state. The department shall strongly encourage school 4 5 districts to seek direct claiming under the medical assistance 4 6 program for funding of school district nursing services for 4 7 students. 4 8 2. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION 4 9 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 4 10 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 4 11 positions: 4 12 .................................................. $ 514,828 4 13 ............................................... FTEs 13.80 4 14 3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION 4 15 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 4 16 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time 4 17 equivalent positions: 4 18 .................................................. $ 4,340,050 4 19 ............................................... FTEs 273.50 4 20 The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall 4 21 seek funding from other sources, such as local funds, for 4 22 purposes of matching the state's federal vocational 4 23 rehabilitation allocation, as well as for matching other 4 24 federal vocational rehabilitation funding that may become 4 25 available. 4 26 Except where prohibited under federal law, the division of 4 27 vocational rehabilitation services of the department of 4 28 education shall accept client assessments, or assessments of 4 29 potential clients, performed by other agencies in order to 4 30 reduce duplication of effort. 4 31 Notwithstanding the full=time equivalent position limit 4 32 established in this lettered paragraph, for the fiscal year 4 33 ending June 30, 2006, if federal funding is received to pay 4 34 the costs of additional employees for the vocational 4 35 rehabilitation services division who would have duties 5 1 relating to vocational rehabilitation services paid for 5 2 through federal funding, authorization to hire not more than 5 3 4.00 additional full=time equivalent employees shall be 5 4 provided, the full=time equivalent position limit shall be 5 5 exceeded, and the additional employees shall be hired by the 5 6 division. 5 7 b. For matching funds for programs to enable persons with 5 8 severe physical or mental disabilities to function more 5 9 independently, including salaries and support, and for not 5 10 more than the following full=time equivalent position: 5 11 .................................................. $ 54,150 5 12 ............................................... FTEs 1.00 5 13 The highest priority use for the moneys appropriated under 5 14 this lettered paragraph shall be for programs that emphasize 5 15 employment and assist persons with severe physical or mental 5 16 disabilities to find and maintain employment to enable them to 5 17 function more independently. 5 18 4. STATE LIBRARY 5 19 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 5 20 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time 5 21 equivalent positions: 5 22 .................................................. $ 1,378,555 5 23 ............................................... FTEs 18.00 5 24 b. For the enrich Iowa program: 5 25 .................................................. $ 1,698,432 5 26 (1) Funds allocated for purposes of the enrich Iowa 5 27 program as provided in this lettered paragraph shall be 5 28 distributed by the division of libraries and information 5 29 services to provide support for Iowa's libraries. The 5 30 commission of libraries shall develop rules governing the 5 31 allocation of funds provided by the general assembly for the 5 32 enrich Iowa program to provide direct state assistance to 5 33 public libraries and to fund the open access and access plus 5 34 programs. Direct state assistance to eligible public 5 35 libraries is provided as an incentive to improve library 6 1 services and to reduce inequities among communities in the 6 2 delivery of library services based on recognized and adopted 6 3 performance measures. Funds distributed as direct state 6 4 assistance shall be distributed to eligible public libraries 6 5 that are in compliance with performance measures adopted by 6 6 rule by the commission of libraries. The funds allocated as 6 7 provided in this lettered paragraph shall not be used for the 6 8 costs of administration by the division. The amount of direct 6 9 state assistance distributed to each eligible public library 6 10 shall be based upon the following: 6 11 (a) The level of compliance by the eligible public library 6 12 with the performance measures adopted by the commission as 6 13 provided in this subparagraph. 6 14 (b) The number of people residing within an eligible 6 15 library's geographic service area for whom the library 6 16 provides services. 6 17 (c) The amount of other funding the eligible public 6 18 library received in the previous fiscal year for providing 6 19 services to rural residents and to contracting communities. 6 20 (2) Moneys received by a public library under this 6 21 lettered paragraph shall supplement, not supplant, any other 6 22 funding received by the library. 6 23 (3) For purposes of this section, "eligible public 6 24 library" means a public library that meets all of the 6 25 following requirements: 6 26 (a) Submits to the division all of the following: 6 27 (i) The report provided for under section 256.51, 6 28 subsection 1, paragraph "h". 6 29 (ii) An application and accreditation report, in a format 6 30 approved by the commission, that provides evidence of the 6 31 library's compliance with at least one level of the standards 6 32 established in accordance with section 256.51, subsection 1, 6 33 paragraph "k". 6 34 (iii) Any other application or report the division deems 6 35 necessary for the implementation of the enrich Iowa program. 7 1 (b) Participates in the library resource and information 7 2 sharing programs established by the state library. 7 3 (c) Is a public library established by city ordinance or a 7 4 library district as provided in chapter 336. 7 5 (4) Each eligible public library shall maintain a separate 7 6 listing within its budget for payments received and 7 7 expenditures made pursuant to this lettered paragraph, and 7 8 shall annually submit this listing to the division. 7 9 (5) By January 15, 2007, the division shall submit a 7 10 program evaluation report to the general assembly and the 7 11 governor detailing the uses and the impacts of funds allocated 7 12 under this lettered paragraph. 7 13 (6) A public library that receives funds in accordance 7 14 with this lettered paragraph shall have an internet use policy 7 15 in place, which may or may not include internet filtering. 7 16 The library shall submit a report describing the library's 7 17 internet use efforts to the division. 7 18 (7) A public library that receives funds in accordance 7 19 with this lettered paragraph shall provide open access, the 7 20 reciprocal borrowing program, as a service to its patrons, at 7 21 a reimbursement rate determined by the state library. 7 22 5. LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM 7 23 For state aid: 7 24 .................................................. $ 1,376,558 7 25 6. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION 7 26 For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures, 7 27 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following 7 28 full=time equivalent positions: 7 29 .................................................. $ 7,356,722 7 30 ............................................... FTEs 86.00 7 31 7. REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS 7 32 For state aid: 7 33 .................................................. $ 1,240,478 7 34 The regional telecommunications councils established in 7 35 section 8D.5 shall use the funds appropriated in this 8 1 subsection to provide technical assistance for network 8 2 classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area 8 3 networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support 8 4 activities. 8 5 8. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS 8 6 For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures 8 7 made by secondary schools: 8 8 .................................................. $ 2,936,904 8 9 Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be used for 8 10 expenditures made by school districts to meet the standards 8 11 set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14 as a result of the 8 12 enactment of 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278. Funds shall be used 8 13 as reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by 8 14 secondary schools in the manner provided by the department of 8 15 education for implementation of the standards set in 1989 Iowa 8 16 Acts, chapter 278. 8 17 9. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE 8 18 For use as state matching funds for federal programs that 8 19 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including 8 20 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes: 8 21 .................................................. $ 2,509,683 8 22 10. IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND 8 23 For deposit in the school ready children grants account of 8 24 the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9: 8 25 .................................................. $ 22,481,594 8 26 a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children 8 27 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and 8 28 ending June 30, 2006, not more than $300,000 is allocated for 8 29 the community empowerment office and other technical 8 30 assistance activities. It is the intent of the general 8 31 assembly that regional technical assistance teams will be 8 32 established and will include staff from various agencies, as 8 33 appropriate, including the area education agencies, community 8 34 colleges, and the Iowa state university of science and 8 35 technology cooperative extension service in agriculture and 9 1 home economics. The Iowa empowerment board shall direct staff 9 2 to work with the advisory council to inventory technical 9 3 assistance needs. Funds allocated under this lettered 9 4 paragraph may be used by the Iowa empowerment board for the 9 5 purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training 9 6 of the regional technical assistance teams. However, funds 9 7 shall not be used for additional staff or for the 9 8 reimbursement of staff. 9 9 b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 9 10 contrary, the community empowerment office shall use the 9 11 documentation created by the legislative services agency to 9 12 continue the implementation of the four=year phase=in period 9 13 of the distribution formula approved by the community 9 14 empowerment board. 9 15 c. As a condition of receiving funding appropriated in 9 16 this subsection, each community empowerment area board shall 9 17 report to the Iowa empowerment board progress on each of the 9 18 state indicators approved by the state board, as well as 9 19 progress on local indicators. The community empowerment area 9 20 board must also submit a written plan amendment extending by 9 21 one year the area's comprehensive school ready children grant 9 22 plan developed for providing services for children from birth 9 23 through five years of age and provide other information 9 24 specified by the Iowa empowerment board. The amendment may 9 25 also provide for changes in the programs and services provided 9 26 under the plan. The Iowa empowerment board shall establish a 9 27 submission deadline for the plan amendment that allows a 9 28 reasonable period of time for preparation of the plan 9 29 amendment and for review and approval or request for 9 30 modification of the plan amendment by the Iowa empowerment 9 31 board. In addition, the community empowerment board must 9 32 continue to comply with reporting provisions and other 9 33 requirements adopted by the Iowa empowerment board in 9 34 implementing section 28.8. 9 35 d. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for 10 1 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the 10 2 Iowa empowerment fund, $1,000,000 shall be allocated to a 10 3 collaborative effort between the Iowa community empowerment 10 4 board and Iowa state university extension to provide hands=on 10 5 assistance to child care providers. 10 6 e. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for 10 7 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the 10 8 Iowa empowerment fund that is used for distribution to areas, 10 9 $3,000,000 shall be used to assist low=income parents with 10 10 preschool tuition. 10 11 f. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for 10 12 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the 10 13 Iowa empowerment fund that is used for distribution to areas, 10 14 $1,000,000 shall be used to collaborate with area education 10 15 agencies and community colleges to provide both child care and 10 16 preschool providers with ready access to high=quality 10 17 professional development. 10 18 11. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS 10 19 To provide funds for costs of providing textbooks to each 10 20 resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by 10 21 section 301.1. The funding is limited to $20 per pupil and 10 22 shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident 10 23 public school pupils: 10 24 .................................................. $ 614,058 10 25 12. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM 10 26 For purposes, as provided in law, of the student 10 27 achievement and teacher quality program established pursuant 10 28 to chapter 284: 10 29 .................................................. $ 58,718,894 10 30 13. COMMUNITY COLLEGES 10 31 For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined 10 32 in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C: 10 33 .................................................. $146,063,888 10 34 The funds appropriated in this subsection shall be 10 35 allocated as follows: 11 1 a. Merged Area I ............................. $ 7,050,307 11 2 b. Merged Area II ............................ $ 8,174,864 11 3 c. Merged Area III ........................... $ 7,573,324 11 4 d. Merged Area IV ............................ $ 3,708,637 11 5 e. Merged Area V ............................. $ 7,844,724 11 6 f. Merged Area VI ............................ $ 7,187,687 11 7 g. Merged Area VII ........................... $ 10,452,573 11 8 h. Merged Area IX ............................ $ 12,871,340 11 9 i. Merged Area X ............................. $ 20,387,667 11 10 j. Merged Area XI ............................ $ 21,520,591 11 11 k. Merged Area XII ........................... $ 8,447,771 11 12 l. Merged Area XIII .......................... $ 8,664,978 11 13 m. Merged Area XIV ........................... $ 3,753,491 11 14 n. Merged Area XV ............................ $ 11,804,074 11 15 o. Merged Area XVI ........................... $ 6,621,860 11 16 Sec. 6. STATEWIDE TEACHER INTERN PROGRAM == FEDERAL GRANT 11 17 APPLICATION COORDINATION. 11 18 The department shall work cooperatively with the state 11 19 board of regents and other appropriate eligible grantees to 11 20 obtain any available federal funding, including grants that 11 21 may be available for the establishment and operation of a 11 22 teacher intern program. 11 23 Sec. 7. BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS LICENSING FEES. 11 24 Notwithstanding section 272.10, for the fiscal year 11 25 beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the 11 26 executive director of the board of educational examiners shall 11 27 deposit at least 27 percent of the fees collected annually 11 28 with the treasurer of state which shall be credited to the 11 29 general fund of the state. The remaining licensing fees 11 30 collected during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and 11 31 retained are appropriated to the board for the purposes 11 32 related to the board's duties. Notwithstanding section 8.33, 11 33 licensing fees retained by and appropriated to the board 11 34 pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or 11 35 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year in an amount of 12 1 not more than 10 percent of the total licensing fees collected 12 2 by the board by the close of the fiscal year shall not revert 12 3 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 12 4 designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. 12 5 Sec. 8. EDUCATOR LICENSING REVIEW WORKING GROUP. 12 6 1. The board of educational examiners, in consultation 12 7 with the department of education, shall convene a working 12 8 group whose work shall be conducted over a three=year period 12 9 to identify and recommend measures to improve Iowa's current 12 10 teacher and administrator preparation and licensing practices. 12 11 The working group shall review the current teacher and 12 12 administrator preparation and licensing processes to identify 12 13 essential standards to maintain quality preparation and 12 14 licensing requirements for teachers and administrators. The 12 15 review shall also do the following: 12 16 a. Identify state laws and agency rules that are no longer 12 17 essential to maintain quality. 12 18 b. Compare Iowa's teacher and administrator preparation 12 19 and licensing practices with those of neighboring states, and 12 20 identify those areas where Iowa's practices differ from, or 12 21 are consistent with, the practices of the states neighboring 12 22 Iowa. 12 23 c. Identify potential barriers preventing teacher and 12 24 administrator candidates from neighboring states from applying 12 25 for licensure in Iowa. 12 26 d. Review federal laws and regulations relating to 12 27 teachers and teacher licensure in order to ensure compliance 12 28 with federal laws and regulations, especially those relating 12 29 to highly qualified teachers. 12 30 2. The working group shall consist of teachers, 12 31 administrators, and representatives of the department of 12 32 education, the state board of education, the board of 12 33 educational examiners, and practitioner preparation 12 34 institutions. 12 35 3. The working group shall annually submit its findings 13 1 and recommendations to the chairpersons and ranking members of 13 2 the senate and house standing education committees and the 13 3 joint appropriations subcommittee on education by January 15. 13 4 Sec. 9. MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY REQUIREMENTS == FY 2005= 13 5 2006. 13 6 1. Notwithstanding section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph 13 7 "a", subparagraph (2), the minimum teacher salary paid by a 13 8 school district or area education agency for purposes of 13 9 teacher compensation in accordance with chapter 284, for the 13 10 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, 13 11 shall be the minimum salary amount the school district or area 13 12 education agency paid to a first=year beginning teacher or, 13 13 the minimum salary amount the school district or area 13 14 education agency would have paid a first=year beginning 13 15 teacher if the school district or area education agency had 13 16 participated in the program in the 2001=2002 school year, in 13 17 accordance with section 284.7, subsection 1, Code Supplement 13 18 2001. If the school district or area education agency did not 13 19 employ a first=year beginning teacher in the 2001=2002 school 13 20 year, the minimum salary is the amount that the district would 13 21 have paid a first=year beginning teacher under chapter 284 in 13 22 the 2001=2002 school year. 13 23 2. Notwithstanding section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph 13 24 "b", subparagraph (2), the minimum career teacher salary paid 13 25 to a career teacher who was a beginning teacher in the 2004= 13 26 2005 school year, by a school district or area education 13 27 agency participating in the student achievement and teacher 13 28 quality program, for the school year beginning July 1, 2005, 13 29 and ending June 30, 2006, shall be, unless the school district 13 30 has a minimum career teacher salary that exceeds thirty 13 31 thousand dollars, one thousand dollars greater than the 13 32 minimum salary amount the school district or area education 13 33 agency paid to a first=year beginning teacher if the school 13 34 district or area education agency participated in the program 13 35 during the 2001=2002 school year, or the minimum salary amount 14 1 the school district or area education agency would have paid a 14 2 first=year beginning teacher if the school district or area 14 3 education agency had participated in the program in the 2001= 14 4 2002 school year, in accordance with section 284.7, subsection 14 5 1, Code Supplement 2001. 14 6 3. Notwithstanding section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph 14 7 "b", subparagraph (2), and except as provided in subsection 2, 14 8 the minimum career teacher salary paid by a school district or 14 9 area education agency participating in the student achievement 14 10 and teacher quality program, for purposes of teacher 14 11 compensation in accordance with chapter 284, for the school 14 12 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, shall 14 13 be the minimum salary amount the school district or area 14 14 education agency paid to a career teacher if the school 14 15 district or area education agency participated in the program 14 16 during the 2001=2002 school year, or, the minimum salary 14 17 amount the school district or area education agency would have 14 18 paid a career teacher if the school district or area education 14 19 agency had participated in the program in the 2001=2002 school 14 20 year, in accordance with section 284.7, subsection 1, Code 14 21 Supplement 2001. 14 22 STATE BOARD OF REGENTS 14 23 Sec. 10. There is appropriated from the general fund of 14 24 the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year 14 25 beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the 14 26 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to 14 27 be used for the purposes designated: 14 28 1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS 14 29 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 14 30 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time 14 31 equivalent positions: 14 32 .................................................. $ 1,167,137 14 33 ............................................... FTEs 16.00 14 34 The state board of regents, the department of management, 14 35 and the legislative services agency shall cooperate to 15 1 determine and agree upon, by November 15, 2005, the amount 15 2 that needs to be appropriated for tuition replacement for the 15 3 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006. 15 4 The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial 15 5 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents 15 6 office and the legislative services agency. 15 7 b. For allocation by the state board of regents to the 15 8 state university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science 15 9 and technology, and the university of northern Iowa to 15 10 reimburse the institutions for deficiencies in their operating 15 11 funds resulting from the pledging of tuitions, student fees 15 12 and charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of 15 13 providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities 15 14 and utility services at the institutions: 15 15 .................................................. $ 13,975,431 15 16 Notwithstanding section 8.33, funds appropriated for the 15 17 purposes in this lettered paragraph remaining unencumbered or 15 18 unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert but 15 19 shall be available for expenditure for the purposes specified 15 20 in this lettered paragraph during the subsequent fiscal year. 15 21 c. For funds to be allocated to the southwest Iowa 15 22 graduate studies center: 15 23 .................................................. $ 105,956 15 24 d. For funds to be allocated to the siouxland interstate 15 25 metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center 15 26 under section 262.9, subsection 21: 15 27 .................................................. $ 77,941 15 28 e. For funds to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate 15 29 studies center: 15 30 .................................................. $ 157,144 15 31 f. For funds for regents universities' general operating 15 32 budgets: 15 33 .................................................. $ 12,569,288 15 34 The funds appropriated for purposes of this lettered 15 35 paragraph are subject to the following allocations and 16 1 requirements: 16 2 (1) The partnership for transformation and excellence is a 16 3 four=year partnership plan created by the state board of 16 4 regents for the purpose of enhancing the regents' strategic 16 5 priorities for educational quality and public accountability. 16 6 Under the plan, Iowa students and families will be subject to 16 7 moderate student tuition increases, and a clear and concise 16 8 reallocation plan that may be audited will exist to strengthen 16 9 the academic focus at the regents universities. The 16 10 reallocation plan will enhance the quality of the regents 16 11 universities and provide both an incentive and an opportunity 16 12 for university=wide reprioritization and reallocation of 16 13 resources to the most important strategic areas. 16 14 (2) The funds shall be distributed by the board as 16 15 outlined in the state board of regents partnership for 16 16 transformation and excellence. The funds may be used for any 16 17 of the following purposes: 16 18 (a) Supporting new strategic initiatives. 16 19 (b) Meeting enrollment increases. 16 20 (c) Meeting the demand for new courses and services. 16 21 (d) Funding new but unavoidable or mandated cost 16 22 increases. 16 23 (e) Supporting any other initiatives important to the core 16 24 functions of the university. 16 25 The funds may also be used for pay adjustments, expense 16 26 reimbursements, and related benefits for state board of 16 27 regents employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement 16 28 and for state board of regents employees not covered by a 16 29 collective bargaining agreement. The board shall provide from 16 30 other available sources any additional funding needed for such 16 31 pay adjustments, expense reimbursements, and related benefits. 16 32 (3) The state board of regents shall annually set a target 16 33 dollar amount or percentage figure of expected reallocation of 16 34 resources for each university. The universities shall report 16 35 to the board on a semiannual basis regarding the actions taken 17 1 relating to the reallocations. Once funds have been 17 2 reallocated, that amount shall not be redirected to the 17 3 original entity or purpose unless extraordinary circumstances 17 4 exist and an equivalent reallocation amount is increased for 17 5 the same fiscal year. A reallocation of resources may be made 17 6 for any of the following purposes: 17 7 (a) Supporting new strategic initiatives. 17 8 (b) Meeting enrollment increases. 17 9 (c) Meeting the demand for new courses and services. 17 10 (d) Funding new but unavoidable or mandated cost 17 11 increases. 17 12 (e) Supporting any other initiatives important to the core 17 13 functions of the university. 17 14 (4) For the purposes of this lettered paragraph: 17 15 (a) "Entity" means a president, vice president, or a 17 16 college, academic or nonacademic department, division, 17 17 program, or other unit. 17 18 (b) "Reallocation of resources" means funds within the 17 19 base budget of a university entity are removed by the 17 20 administrator of that entity and redirected to another 17 21 university entity or purpose. 17 22 (5) The state university of Iowa, the Iowa state 17 23 university of science and technology, and the university of 17 24 northern Iowa shall each generate matching internal 17 25 reallocations in an amount equal to 50 percent of the amounts 17 26 received by the universities pursuant to this lettered 17 27 paragraph. 17 28 (6) From the moneys allocated to the Iowa state university 17 29 of science and technology pursuant to this lettered paragraph, 17 30 an amount equal to $50,000 shall be distributed to the college 17 31 of veterinary medicine to reduce the operating fees charged by 17 32 the veterinary diagnostic laboratory. If Iowa state 17 33 university of science and technology fails to distribute funds 17 34 to the college of veterinary science in accordance with this 17 35 paragraph, the moneys shall revert to the general fund of the 18 1 state. 18 2 g. For funds to be distributed to the midwestern higher 18 3 education compact to pay Iowa's member state annual 18 4 obligation: 18 5 .................................................. $ 90,000 18 6 2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 18 7 a. General university, including lakeside laboratory 18 8 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, 18 9 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following 18 10 full=time equivalent positions: 18 11 .................................................. $220,131,572 18 12 ............................................... FTEs 5,058.55 18 13 It is the intent of the general assembly that the 18 14 university continue progress on the school of public health 18 15 and the public health initiative for the purposes of 18 16 establishing an accredited school of public health and for 18 17 funding an initiative for the health and independence of 18 18 elderly Iowans. 18 19 b. University hospitals 18 20 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and 18 21 miscellaneous purposes and for medical and surgical treatment 18 22 of indigent patients as provided in chapter 255, for medical 18 23 education, and for not more than the following full=time 18 24 equivalent positions: 18 25 .................................................. $ 27,284,584 18 26 ............................................... FTEs 6,877.34 18 27 (1) The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall, 18 28 within the context of chapter 255 and when medically 18 29 appropriate, make reasonable efforts to extend the university 18 30 of Iowa hospitals and clinics' use of home telemedicine and 18 31 other technologies to reduce the frequency of visits to the 18 32 hospital required by the indigent patients. 18 33 (2) The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall 18 34 submit quarterly a report regarding the portion of the 18 35 appropriation in this lettered paragraph expended on medical 19 1 education. The report shall be submitted in a format jointly 19 2 developed by the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, the 19 3 legislative services agency, and the department of management, 19 4 and shall delineate the expenditures and purposes of the 19 5 funds. 19 6 (3) Funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall 19 7 not be used to perform abortions except medically necessary 19 8 abortions, and shall not be used to operate the early 19 9 termination of pregnancy clinic except for the performance of 19 10 medically necessary abortions. For the purpose of this 19 11 lettered paragraph, an abortion is the purposeful interruption 19 12 of pregnancy with the intention other than to produce a live= 19 13 born infant or to remove a dead fetus, and a medically 19 14 necessary abortion is one performed under one of the following 19 15 conditions: 19 16 (a) The attending physician certifies that continuing the 19 17 pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman. 19 18 (b) The attending physician certifies that the fetus is 19 19 physically deformed, mentally deficient, or afflicted with a 19 20 congenital illness. 19 21 (c) The pregnancy is the result of a rape which is 19 22 reported within 45 days of the incident to a law enforcement 19 23 agency or public or private health agency which may include a 19 24 family physician. 19 25 (d) The pregnancy is the result of incest which is 19 26 reported within 150 days of the incident to a law enforcement 19 27 agency or public or private health agency which may include a 19 28 family physician. 19 29 (e) The abortion is a spontaneous abortion, commonly known 19 30 as a miscarriage, wherein not all of the products of 19 31 conception are expelled. 19 32 (4) The total quota allocated to the counties for indigent 19 33 patients for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, shall not 19 34 be lower than the total quota allocated to the counties for 19 35 the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1998. The total quota 20 1 shall be allocated among the counties on the basis of the 2000 20 2 census pursuant to section 255.16. 20 3 c. Psychiatric hospital 20 4 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, 20 5 miscellaneous purposes, for the care, treatment, and 20 6 maintenance of committed and voluntary public patients, and 20 7 for not more than the following full=time equivalent 20 8 positions: 20 9 .................................................. $ 7,043,056 20 10 ............................................... FTEs 269.65 20 11 d. Center for disabilities and development 20 12 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 20 13 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 20 14 positions: 20 15 .................................................. $ 6,363,265 20 16 ............................................... FTEs 130.37 20 17 From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 20 18 $200,000 shall be allocated for purposes of the employment 20 19 policy group. 20 20 e. Oakdale campus 20 21 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 20 22 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 20 23 positions: 20 24 .................................................. $ 2,657,335 20 25 ............................................... FTEs 38.25 20 26 f. State hygienic laboratory 20 27 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 20 28 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 20 29 positions: 20 30 .................................................. $ 3,849,461 20 31 ............................................... FTEs 102.50 20 32 g. Family practice program 20 33 For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with 20 34 approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants, to 20 35 carry out chapter 148D for the family practice program, 21 1 including salaries and support, and for not more than the 21 2 following full=time equivalent positions: 21 3 .................................................. $ 2,075,948 21 4 ............................................... FTEs 190.40 21 5 h. Child health care services 21 6 For specialized child health care services, including 21 7 childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs, 21 8 rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa 21 9 high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries and 21 10 support, and for not more than the following full=time 21 11 equivalent positions: 21 12 .................................................. $ 649,066 21 13 ............................................... FTEs 57.97 21 14 i. Statewide cancer registry 21 15 For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than 21 16 the following full=time equivalent positions: 21 17 .................................................. $ 178,739 21 18 ............................................... FTEs 2.10 21 19 j. Substance abuse consortium 21 20 For funds to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for 21 21 substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than 21 22 the following full=time equivalent position: 21 23 .................................................. $ 64,871 21 24 ............................................... FTEs 1.00 21 25 k. Center for biocatalysis 21 26 For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the 21 27 following full=time equivalent positions: 21 28 .................................................. $ 881,384 21 29 ............................................... FTEs 6.28 21 30 l. Primary health care initiative 21 31 For the primary health care initiative in the college of 21 32 medicine and for not more than the following full=time 21 33 equivalent positions: 21 34 .................................................. $ 759,875 21 35 ............................................... FTEs 5.89 22 1 From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 22 2 $330,000 shall be allocated to the department of family 22 3 practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine 22 4 for family practice faculty and support staff. 22 5 m. Birth defects registry 22 6 For the birth defects registry and for not more than the 22 7 following full=time equivalent position: 22 8 .................................................. $ 44,636 22 9 ............................................... FTEs 1.00 22 10 3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 22 11 a. General university 22 12 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, 22 13 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following 22 14 full=time equivalent positions: 22 15 .................................................. $173,269,729 22 16 ............................................... FTEs 3,647.42 22 17 It is the intent of the general assembly that the 22 18 university continue progress on the center for excellence in 22 19 fundamental plant sciences. 22 20 b. Agricultural experiment station 22 21 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 22 22 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 22 23 positions: 22 24 .................................................. $ 31,019,520 22 25 ............................................... FTEs 546.98 22 26 c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home 22 27 economics 22 28 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 22 29 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 22 30 positions: 22 31 .................................................. $ 19,738,432 22 32 ............................................... FTEs 383.34 22 33 d. Leopold center 22 34 For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university 22 35 under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following 23 1 full=time equivalent positions: 23 2 .................................................. $ 464,319 23 3 ............................................... FTEs 11.25 23 4 e. Livestock disease research 23 5 For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease 23 6 research fund under section 267.8: 23 7 .................................................. $ 220,708 23 8 4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA 23 9 a. General university 23 10 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, 23 11 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following 23 12 full=time equivalent positions: 23 13 .................................................. $ 77,831,821 23 14 ............................................... FTEs 1,398.01 23 15 It is the intent of the general assembly that the 23 16 university continue to allocate funds for a masters in social 23 17 work program, the roadside vegetation project, and the Iowa 23 18 office for staff development. 23 19 b. Recycling and reuse center 23 20 For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not 23 21 more than the following full=time equivalent positions: 23 22 .................................................. $ 211,858 23 23 ............................................... FTEs 3.00 23 24 5. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 23 25 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 23 26 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 23 27 positions: 23 28 .................................................. $ 8,810,471 23 29 ............................................... FTEs 126.60 23 30 6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL 23 31 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, 23 32 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent 23 33 positions: 23 34 .................................................. $ 4,930,295 23 35 ............................................... FTEs 81.00 24 1 7. TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS 24 2 For payment to local school boards for the tuition and 24 3 transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille 24 4 and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf 24 5 pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain 24 6 clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students 24 7 at these schools pursuant to section 270.5: 24 8 .................................................. $ 15,020 24 9 Sec. 11. INSTITUTE FOR TOMORROW'S WORKFORCE. There is 24 10 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the 24 11 department of management for allocation to the institute for 24 12 tomorrow's workforce created under chapter 7K, if enacted by 24 13 this Act, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and 24 14 ending June 30, 2006, the following amount, or so much thereof 24 15 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 24 16 For the activities of the institute created pursuant to 24 17 section 7K.1, and subject to the matching fund requirement of 24 18 that section, if enacted: 24 19 .................................................. $ 250,000 24 20 Sec. 12. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE == SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNTS. For 24 21 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 24 22 2006, the department of human services shall continue the 24 23 supplemental disproportionate share and a supplemental 24 24 indirect medical education adjustment applicable to state= 24 25 owned acute care hospitals with more than 500 beds and shall 24 26 reimburse qualifying hospitals pursuant to that adjustment 24 27 with a supplemental amount for services provided medical 24 28 assistance recipients. The adjustment shall generate 24 29 supplemental payments intended to equal the state 24 30 appropriation made to a qualifying hospital for treatment of 24 31 indigent patients as provided in chapter 255. To the extent 24 32 of the supplemental payments, a qualifying hospital shall, 24 33 after receipt of the funds, transfer to the department of 24 34 human services an amount equal to the actual supplemental 24 35 payments that were made in that month. The aggregate amounts 25 1 for the fiscal year shall not exceed the state appropriation 25 2 made to the qualifying hospital for treatment of indigent 25 3 patients as provided in chapter 255. The department of human 25 4 services shall deposit these funds in the department's medical 25 5 assistance account. To the extent that state funds 25 6 appropriated to a qualifying hospital for the treatment of 25 7 indigent patients as provided in chapter 255 have been 25 8 transferred to the department of human services as a result of 25 9 these supplemental payments made to the qualifying hospital, 25 10 the department shall not, directly or indirectly, recoup the 25 11 supplemental payments made to a qualifying hospital for any 25 12 reason, unless an equivalent amount of the funds transferred 25 13 to the department of human services by a qualifying hospital 25 14 pursuant to this provision is transferred to the qualifying 25 15 hospital by the department. 25 16 If the state supplemental amount allotted to the state of 25 17 Iowa for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2005, 25 18 and ending September 30, 2006, pursuant to section 1923(f)(3) 25 19 of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or pursuant to 25 20 federal payments for indirect medical education is greater 25 21 than the amount necessary to fund the federal share of the 25 22 supplemental payments specified in the preceding paragraph, 25 23 the department of human services shall increase the 25 24 supplemental disproportionate share or supplemental indirect 25 25 medical education adjustment by the lesser of the amount 25 26 necessary to utilize fully the state supplemental amount or 25 27 the amount of state funds appropriated to the state university 25 28 of Iowa general education fund and allocated to the university 25 29 for the college of medicine. The state university of Iowa 25 30 shall transfer from the allocation for the college of medicine 25 31 to the department of human services, on a monthly basis, an 25 32 amount equal to the additional supplemental payments made 25 33 during the previous month pursuant to this paragraph. A 25 34 qualifying hospital receiving supplemental payments pursuant 25 35 to this paragraph that are greater than the state 26 1 appropriation made to the qualifying hospital for treatment of 26 2 indigent patients as provided in chapter 255 shall be 26 3 obligated as a condition of its participation in the medical 26 4 assistance program to transfer to the state university of Iowa 26 5 general education fund on a monthly basis an amount equal to 26 6 the funds transferred by the state university of Iowa to the 26 7 department of human services. To the extent that state funds 26 8 appropriated to the state university of Iowa and allocated to 26 9 the college of medicine have been transferred to the 26 10 department of human services as a result of these supplemental 26 11 payments made to the qualifying hospital, the department shall 26 12 not, directly or indirectly, recoup these supplemental 26 13 payments made to a qualifying hospital for any reason, unless 26 14 an equivalent amount of the funds transferred to the 26 15 department of human services by the state university of Iowa 26 16 pursuant to this paragraph is transferred to the qualifying 26 17 hospital by the department. 26 18 Continuation of the supplemental disproportionate share and 26 19 supplemental indirect medical education adjustment shall 26 20 preserve the funds available to the university hospital for 26 21 medical and surgical treatment of indigent patients as 26 22 provided in chapter 255 and to the state university of Iowa 26 23 for educational purposes at the same level as provided by the 26 24 state funds initially appropriated for that purpose. 26 25 The department of human services shall, in any compilation 26 26 of data or other report distributed to the public concerning 26 27 payments to providers under the medical assistance program, 26 28 set forth reimbursements to a qualifying hospital through the 26 29 supplemental disproportionate share and supplemental indirect 26 30 medical education adjustment as a separate item and shall not 26 31 include such payments in the amounts otherwise reported as the 26 32 reimbursement to a qualifying hospital for services to medical 26 33 assistance recipients. 26 34 For purposes of this section, "supplemental payment" means 26 35 a supplemental payment amount paid for medical assistance to a 27 1 hospital qualifying for that payment under this section. 27 2 Sec. 13. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and 27 3 ending June 30, 2006, the state board of regents may use 27 4 notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under 27 5 section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy 27 6 cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to 27 7 recover the cost of the projects within an average of six 27 8 years. 27 9 Sec. 14. Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of 27 10 administrative services shall pay the state school for the 27 11 deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys 27 12 collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning 27 13 July 1, 2005, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs 27 14 for students attending the state school for the deaf and the 27 15 Iowa braille and sight saving school. 27 16 Sec. 15. NEW SECTION. 7K.1 INSTITUTE FOR TOMORROW'S 27 17 WORKFORCE. 27 18 1. FINDINGS. The general assembly finds that Iowa's 27 19 children are this state's greatest asset and to improve the 27 20 future for Iowa's children, it is necessary to focus 27 21 elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education efforts on 27 22 what children need to know to be successful students and 27 23 successful participants in Iowa's global workforce. Iowa's 27 24 state community and business leaders are at the forefront of 27 25 this ongoing conversation. The general assembly further finds 27 26 that the creation of an institute for tomorrow's workforce 27 27 provides a long=term forum for bold, innovative 27 28 recommendations to improve Iowa's education system to meet the 27 29 workforce needs of Iowa's new economy. 27 30 2. INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED == DUTIES. An institute for 27 31 tomorrow's workforce is created as an independent agency, 27 32 which shall, at a minimum, do the following: 27 33 a. Review educational standards to determine relevance and 27 34 rigor necessary for continuous improvement in student 27 35 achievement and meeting workforce needs. 28 1 b. Identify jobs skills and corresponding high school 28 2 coursework necessary to achieve success in the Iowa workforce. 28 3 c. Review the state's education accountability measures, 28 4 including but not limited to student proficiency and 28 5 individual and organization program accountability. 28 6 d. Identify state and local barriers to improved student 28 7 achievement and student success as well as barriers to sharing 28 8 among and within all areas of Iowa's education system. 28 9 e. Identify effective education structure and delivery 28 10 models that promote optimum student achievement opportunities 28 11 for all Iowa students that include, but are not limited to, 28 12 the role of technology. 28 13 f. Serve as a clearinghouse for existing and emerging 28 14 innovative educational sharing and collaborative efforts among 28 15 and between Iowa's secondary education system as well as 28 16 Iowa's postsecondary education system. 28 17 g. Promote partnerships between private sector business 28 18 and all areas of Iowa's education system. 28 19 h. Promote partnerships between other Iowa governance 28 20 structures including, but not limited to, cities and counties, 28 21 and all areas of Iowa's education system. 28 22 i. Identify ways to reduce the achievement gap between 28 23 white and non=white, non=Asian students. 28 24 3. MEMBERSHIP. The board of directors of the institute 28 25 for tomorrow's workforce shall consist of fifteen members 28 26 serving staggered three=year terms beginning on May 1 of the 28 27 year of appointment who shall be appointed as follows: 28 28 a. Five members shall be appointed by the governor as 28 29 follows: 28 30 (1) A school district superintendent from a school 28 31 district with enrollment of one thousand one hundred forty= 28 32 nine or fewer pupils. 28 33 (2) An individual representing an Iowa business employing 28 34 more than two hundred fifty employees. 28 35 (3) A community college president. 29 1 (4) An individual representing labor and workforce 29 2 interests. 29 3 (5) An individual representing an Iowa agriculture 29 4 association. 29 5 b. Five members shall be appointed by the speaker of the 29 6 house of representatives as follows: 29 7 (1) An individual representing the area education 29 8 agencies. 29 9 (2) The president of an accredited private institution as 29 10 defined in section 261.9. 29 11 (3) An individual representing an Iowa business employing 29 12 more than fifty employees but less than two hundred fifty 29 13 employees. 29 14 (4) An individual representing urban economic development 29 15 interests. 29 16 (5) An individual from an association representing Iowa 29 17 businesses. 29 18 c. Five members shall be appointed by the president of the 29 19 senate as follows: 29 20 (1) A school district superintendent from a school 29 21 district with an enrollment of more than one thousand one 29 22 hundred forty=nine pupils. 29 23 (2) A president of an institution of higher education 29 24 under the control of the state board of regents. 29 25 (3) An individual representing an Iowa business employing 29 26 fifty or fewer employees. 29 27 (4) An individual representing rural economic development 29 28 interests. 29 29 (5) An individual representing a business that established 29 30 itself in Iowa on or after July 1, 1999. 29 31 Members, except as provided in paragraph "c", subparagraph 29 32 (2), shall not be employed by the state. One co=chairperson 29 33 shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of 29 34 representatives and one co=chairperson shall be appointed by 29 35 the president of the senate. 30 1 4. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT. Moneys appropriated by the 30 2 general assembly for purposes of the institute for tomorrow's 30 3 workforce shall be allocated only to the extent that the state 30 4 moneys are matched from other sources by the institute on a 30 5 dollar=for=dollar basis. 30 6 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. The institute for tomorrow's 30 7 workforce shall submit its findings and recommendations by 30 8 January 15 annually in a report to the governor, the speaker 30 9 of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, 30 10 the state board of education, the state board of regents, the 30 11 department of workforce development, the department of 30 12 economic development, the Iowa association of community 30 13 college trustees, the college student aid commission, the Iowa 30 14 association of independent colleges and universities, and 30 15 associations representing school boards, nonpublic schools, 30 16 area education agencies, and teachers. The report shall 30 17 include an accounting of the revenues and expenditures of the 30 18 institute. 30 19 6. This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2015. 30 20 Sec. 16. Section 256.9, Code 2005, is amended by adding 30 21 the following new subsection: 30 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 53. Develop and make available to school 30 23 districts, examples of age=appropriate materials and lists of 30 24 resources which parents may use to teach their children to 30 25 recognize unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances, to not 30 26 make unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances, to 30 27 effectively reject unwanted sexual advances, that it is wrong 30 28 to take advantage of or exploit another person, and about 30 29 counseling, medical, and legal resources available to 30 30 survivors of sexual abuse and sexual assault, including 30 31 resources for escaping violent relationships. The materials 30 32 and resources shall cover verbal, physical, and visual sexual 30 33 harassment, including nonconsensual sexual advances, and 30 34 nonconsensual physical sexual contact. In developing the 30 35 materials and resource list, the director shall consult with 31 1 entities that shall include, but not be limited to, the 31 2 departments of human services, public health, and public 31 3 safety, education stakeholders, and parent=teacher 31 4 organizations. School districts shall provide age=appropriate 31 5 materials and a list of available community and web=based 31 6 resources to parents at registration and shall also include 31 7 the age=appropriate materials and resource list in the student 31 8 handbook. School districts are encouraged to work with their 31 9 communities to provide voluntary parent education sessions to 31 10 provide parents with the skills and appropriate strategies to 31 11 teach their children as described in this subsection. School 31 12 districts shall incorporate the age=appropriate materials 31 13 into relevant curricula and shall reinforce the importance of 31 14 preventive measures when reasonable with parents and students. 31 15 Sec. 17. Section 257B.1B, subsection 1, Code 2005, is 31 16 amended to read as follows: 31 17 1.Fifty=fiveFor the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, 31 18 and each succeeding fiscal year, fifty=five percent of the 31 19 moneys deposited in the fund to the department of education 31 20 for allocation to the Iowa reading recoverycentercouncil to 31 21 assist school districts in developing reading recovery and 31 22 literacy programs. The Iowa reading recovery council shall 31 23 use the area education agency unified budget as its fiscal 31 24 agent for grant moneys and for other moneys administered by 31 25 the council. 31 26 Sec. 18. Section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 31 27 2005, is amended to read as follows: 31 28 b. Is accredited by the north central association of 31 29 colleges and secondary schools accrediting agency based on 31 30 their requirements, is exempt from taxation under section 31 31 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and annually provides 31 32 a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid 31 33 equal to at least seventy=five percent of the amount received 31 34 in a fiscal year by the institution's students for Iowa 31 35 tuition grant assistance under this chapter. Commencing with 32 1 the fiscal year beginning July 1,20052006, the matching 32 2 aggregate amount of institutional financial aid shall increase 32 3 by the percentage of increase each fiscal year of funds 32 4 appropriated for Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, 32 5 subsection 1, to a maximum match of one hundred percent. The 32 6 institution shall file annual reports with the commission 32 7 prior to receipt of tuition grant moneys under this chapter. 32 8 An institution whose income is not exempt from taxation under 32 9 section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and whose students 32 10 were eligible to receive Iowa tuition grant money in the 32 11 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, shall meet the match 32 12 requirements of this paragraph no later than June 30, 2005. 32 13 Sec. 19. Section 261.25, subsection 1, Code 2005, is 32 14 amended to read as follows: 32 15 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 32 16 state to the commission for each fiscal year the following: 32 17 a. The sum offorty=sevenforty=four milliononeeight 32 18 hundredfifty=sevenfifty=five thousandfivenine hundred 32 19fifteensixty=nine dollars for tuition grants for distribution 32 20 to qualified students enrolled at accredited private 32 21 institutions that are exempt from taxation under section 32 22 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 32 23 b.From the funds appropriated in this subsection, not 32 24 more than threeThe sum of four millionfoureight hundred 32 25 seventeen thousand six hundred six dollarsmay be distributed 32 26 tofor distribution to qualified students enrolled at 32 27 accredited private institutions whose income is not exempt 32 28 from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue 32 29 Code and whose students were eligible to receive Iowa tuition 32 30 grant moneys in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. A 32 31 for=profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, 32 32 purchased an accredited private institution that was exempt 32 33 from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue 32 34 Code, shall be an eligible institution under the Iowa tuition 32 35 grant program. 33 1 If an accredited private institution has an average default 33 2 rate of ten percent or more within the most recent consecutive 33 3 three=year period as determined by the commission using the 33 4 official cohort default rates for schools released annually by 33 5 the United States department of education, the total amount of 33 6 tuition grant moneys calculated by the commission for award to 33 7 qualified students enrolled in the accredited private 33 8 institution shall be reduced by one percent for each one=tenth 33 9 of a percentage point in which the institution exceeds the ten 33 10 percent default average. The sum of the moneys retained by 33 11 the commission as a result of the reduction shall be 33 12 redistributed by the commission on a pro rata basis under the 33 13 state student aid programs administered by the commission. 33 14 Sec. 20. NEW SECTION. 272.29 ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE RULES 33 15 REVIEW. 33 16 The executive director shall annually review the 33 17 administrative rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and 33 18 related state laws. The executive director shall annually 33 19 submit the executive director's findings and recommendations 33 20 in a report to the board and the chairpersons and ranking 33 21 members of the senate and house standing committees on 33 22 education and the joint appropriations subcommittee on 33 23 education by January 15. 33 24 Sec. 21. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a 33 25 through c, Code 2005, are amended to read as follows: 33 26 a. For each fiscal year in the fiscal period beginning 33 27 July 1, 2003, and ending June 30,20052006, the department 33 28 shall reserve up to five hundred thousand dollars of any 33 29 moneys appropriated for purposes of this chapter. For each 33 30 fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated by the general 33 31 assembly for purposes of team=based variable pay pursuant to 33 32 section 284.11, the amount of moneys allocated to school 33 33 districts shall be in the proportion that the basic enrollment 33 34 of a school district bears to the sum of the basic enrollments 33 35 of all participating school districts for the budget year. 34 1 However, the per pupil amount distributed to a school district 34 2 under the pilot program shall not exceed one hundred dollars. 34 3 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,20042005, and 34 4 ending June 30,20052006, to the department of education, the 34 5 amount ofonetwo millionone hundred thousanddollars for the 34 6 issuance of national board certification awards in accordance 34 7 with section 256.44. 34 8 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,20042005, and 34 9 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up tothreefour million 34 10fiveone hundred thousand dollars for first=year and second= 34 11 year beginning teachers, to the department of education for 34 12 distribution to school districts for purposes of the beginning 34 13 teacher mentoring and induction programs. A school district 34 14 shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars per beginning 34 15 teacher participating in the program. If the funds 34 16 appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors 34 17 and school districts as provided in this paragraph, the 34 18 department shall prorate the amount distributed to school 34 19 districts based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received 34 20 by a school district pursuant to this paragraph shall be 34 21 expended to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred 34 22 dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation in the 34 23 school district's beginning teacher mentoring and induction 34 24 program; to implement the plan; and to pay any applicable 34 25 costs of the employer's share of contributions to federal 34 26 social security and the Iowa public employees' retirement 34 27 system or a pension and annuity retirement system established 34 28 under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the district. 34 29 Sec. 22. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 34 30 2005, is amended to read as follows: 34 31 e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,20042005, and 34 32 ending June 30,20052006, up totwoone hundredfiftyeighty= 34 33 five thousand dollars to the department of education for 34 34 purposes of implementing the career development program 34 35 requirements of section 284.6, and the review panel 35 1 requirements of section 284.9. From the moneys allocated to 35 2 the department pursuant to this paragraph, not less than 35 3seventy=fiveten thousand dollars shall beused to administer 35 4 the ambassador to education position in accordance with 35 5 section 256.45distributed to the board of educational 35 6 examiners for purposes of convening an educator licensing 35 7 review working group. A portion of the funds allocated to the 35 8 department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the 35 9 department for administrative purposes. Notwithstanding 35 10 section 8.33, moneys allocated for purposes of this paragraph 35 11 prior to July 1, 2004, which remain unobligated or unexpended 35 12 at the end of the fiscal year for which the moneys were 35 13 appropriated, shall remain available for expenditure for the 35 14 purposes for which they were allocated, for the fiscal year 35 15 beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005. 35 16 Sec. 23. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2005, is 35 17 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 35 18 NEW PARAGRAPH. dd. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 35 19 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, up to eight million nine 35 20 hundred thousand dollars to the department of education for 35 21 use by school districts to add one additional teacher contract 35 22 day to the school calendar. Prior to receiving funds under 35 23 this paragraph, a school district shall submit for approval to 35 24 the department the school district's professional development 35 25 plan for use of the moneys. From the moneys allocated to the 35 26 department pursuant to this paragraph, not less than seventy= 35 27 five thousand dollars shall be used to administer the 35 28 ambassador to education position in accordance with section 35 29 256.45 and the reporting and plan requirements of this 35 30 subsection shall not apply to this allocation. The department 35 31 shall submit a report on school district use of the moneys 35 32 distributed pursuant to this paragraph to the chairpersons and 35 33 ranking members of the house and senate standing committees on 35 34 education, the joint appropriations subcommittee on education, 35 35 and the legislative services agency not later than January 15, 36 1 2006. 36 2 Sec. 24. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act that 36 3 amends section 257B.1B, being deemed of immediate importance, 36 4 takes effect upon enactment. 36 5 HF 816 36 6 kh:mg/es/25