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Senate Study Bill 1263 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to the funding of, the operation of, and
2appropriation of moneys to the college student aid
3commission, the department for the blind, the department of
4education, school districts, and the state board of regents,
5providing for properly related matters, and including
6effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
7BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2FY 2021-2022 APPROPRIATIONS
3DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
4 Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from
5the general fund of the state to the department for the blind
6for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
730, 2022, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
8necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
9For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
10purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
11equivalent positions:
.................................................. $122,517,001
............................................... FTEs1387.98
14COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
15 Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
16state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
17beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
18amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
19purposes designated:
201. ADMINISTRATION
21a. For general administration salaries, support,
22maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
23the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $24429,279
............................................... FTEs253.95
26b. For the administration of the future ready Iowa skilled
27workforce last-dollar scholarship program in accordance with
28section 261.131, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
29miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
30full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $31162,254
............................................... FTEs321.00
332. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
34For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
35established pursuant to section 261.115:
-1-.................................................. $1400,973
23. NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
3For purposes of providing national guard service
4scholarships under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $54,700,000
64. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
7a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
8program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $93,000,000
10b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, if the moneys
11appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
12commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
13program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
14section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
152021, include accredited private institutions as defined in
16section 261.9.
175. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
18For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
19pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $20400,000
216. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
22For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
23program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $241,524,502
257. HEALTH CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
26For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
27established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $28350,000
298. RURAL VETERINARIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
30For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
31program established pursuant to section 261.120:
.................................................. $32300,000
339. FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR
34SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
35For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
-2-1last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
2261.131:
.................................................. $318,004,744
4 Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
5261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
6fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
7beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, may be used
8for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
9established in section 261.73.
10 Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
11261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending
12June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general fund
13of the state to the college student aid commission for the
14work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
15 Sec. 5. TRANSFERS TO FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE
16LAST-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
171. Notwithstanding section 261.132, subsection 5, there is
18transferred from the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
19fund created pursuant to section 261.132, subsection 5, to the
20future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
21fund created pursuant to section 261.131, subsection 5, any
22moneys remaining unencumbered and unobligated on the effective
23date of this Act.
242. From the moneys appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
25and job creation fund, created in section 8.75, to the college
26student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
272020, and ending June 30, 2021, for purposes of providing
28skilled workforce shortage tuition grants, in accordance with
29section 261.130, pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1019,
30section 7, $400,000 is transferred to the future ready Iowa
31skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship fund created pursuant
32to section 261.131.
33DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 Sec. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of
35the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
-3-1beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
2amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
3purposes designated:
41. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
5a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
6purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
7equivalent positions:
.................................................. $85,975,526
............................................... FTEs965.00
10b. By January 15, 2022, the department shall submit
11a written report to the general assembly detailing the
12department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
13expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
14July 1, 2021.
152. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
16For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
.................................................. $19598,197
............................................... FTEs209.21
213. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
22a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
23purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
24equivalent positions:
.................................................. $255,996,328
............................................... FTEs26249.00
27For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
28with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
29to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
30job placement and retention services for individuals with
31significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
32January 15, 2022, the division shall submit a written report to
33the general assembly regarding the division’s outreach efforts
34with community rehabilitation program providers.
35b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
-4-1with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
2independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
3than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $484,823
............................................... FTEs51.00
6c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
7established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $8138,506
9d. For costs associated with centers for independent
10living:
.................................................. $1186,457
124. STATE LIBRARY
13a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $162,532,594
............................................... FTEs1722.00
18b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
19256.57:
.................................................. $202,464,823
215. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
22For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
23and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
24full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $257,870,316
............................................... FTEs2658.23
276. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
28For reimbursement for career and technical education
29expenditures made by regional career and technical education
30planning partnerships in accordance with section 258.14:
.................................................. $312,952,459
327. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
33For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
34shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
35salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
-5-1for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $22,176,797
............................................... FTEs323.62
48. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
5For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
6the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $723,206,799
8a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
9grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
10ending June 30, 2022, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
11the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
12activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
13may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
14purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
15of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
16subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
17for the reimbursement of staff.
18b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
19deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
20early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
21to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
22programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
23used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
24The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
25of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical
26assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
27including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
28the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
29improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
30early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
31use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
32formula, grants, or other means.
33c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
34deposit in the school ready children grants account of
35the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
-6-1support of professional development and training activities
2for persons working in early care, health, and education by
3the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
4the professional development component groups maintained by
5the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
6section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
7childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
8professional development and training activities agreed upon by
9the parties participating in the collaboration as approved by
10the early childhood Iowa state board.
119. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
12a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
13Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
14108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
15services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
16those services:
.................................................. $171,721,400
18b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
19$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
20clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
21to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
22born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
2310. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
24a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $25574,500
26b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
27used for implementation and expansion of early head start
28pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
29emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
30age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
31The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
32healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
33infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
34given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
35and received state funding to administer an early head start
-7-1project.
211. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
3a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
4to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
5authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $6852,000
7b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $30 per
8pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
9resident public school pupils.
1012. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
11For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
12program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
13than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $142,965,467
............................................... FTEs156.00
1613. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
17For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the
18department of education on behalf of school districts and
19accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated
20with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance
21with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $223,000,000
23From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
24than $300,000 shall be distributed to the Iowa testing programs
25within the university of Iowa college of education to offset
26the costs of administering the statewide student assessment at
27accredited nonpublic schools.
2814. STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK-BASED LEARNING
29For support costs associated with the creation of a
30statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based learning as a part
31of the future ready Iowa initiative:
.................................................. $32300,000
3315. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
34PROGRAM
35For support costs associated with the creation of a program
-8-1to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils
2enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to attend a community college
3for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a
4community college-employed instructor during the summer and
5outside of the regular school year through a contractual
6agreement between a community college and a school district
7under the future ready Iowa initiative:
.................................................. $8600,000
9Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
10department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
11or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
12but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
13specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
1416. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
15For school districts to provide direct services to the
16most at-risk middle school or high school students enrolled
17in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
18America’s graduates specialist:
.................................................. $194,666,188
2017. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
21DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
22For administration of a process for school districts to
23establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
24performance of each attendance center operated by the district
25in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
26report card for each attendance center, for internet site
27and data system support, and for not more than the following
28full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $29250,000
............................................... FTEs301.85
3118. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
32For purposes of administering the online state job posting
33system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $34230,000
3519. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
-9- 1For distribution to school districts for implementation
2of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
3progression for early readers:
.................................................. $47,824,782
520. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
6For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
7warning assessment and administering the early warning system
8for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
9rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $101,915,000
11The department shall administer and distribute to school
12districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
13assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
14student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
15six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
16nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
17costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
18assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
19this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
20actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
21the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
22system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
23moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
24moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
25subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
2621. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
27a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
28order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
29agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
30paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $311,550,176
32b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
33than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state
34board of education relating to the approval of practitioner
35preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3,
-10-1paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for
2the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
3dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 272.2,
4subsection 23. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
5ending June 30, 2022, the center shall submit a report to the
6general assembly and the legislative services agency detailing
7the expenditures of moneys used for purposes of this paragraph
8“b”.
9c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
10department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
11or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
12but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
13specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
1422. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
15FUND
16For deposit in the computer science professional development
17incentive fund established under section 284.6A:
.................................................. $18500,000
1923. CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING AND
20SUPPORT
21For distribution to area education agencies for school-based
22children’s mental health services, including mental health
23awareness training for educators:
.................................................. $242,100,000
2524. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
26For school districts to create opportunities for one-to-one
27friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development
28for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities:
.................................................. $2925,000
30The department of education shall establish criteria for
31the distribution of moneys appropriated under this subsection
32and shall require an organization receiving moneys under this
33subsection to annually report student identifying data for
34students participating in the program to the department in the
35manner prescribed by the department as a condition of receiving
-11-1such moneys.
225. ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY PROGRAMS
3For distribution as grants to community colleges for
4the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
5requiring instruction in English as a second language:
.................................................. $6500,000
7In issuing grants under this subsection, the department
8shall use the same application process and criteria as are
9used for purposes of awarding grants to community colleges for
10the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
11requiring instruction in English as a second language using
12moneys that are appropriated to the department from the Iowa
13skilled worker and job creation fund.
1426. STUDENT FIRST SCHOLARSHIPS
15For deposit in the student first scholarship fund created
16pursuant to section 257.11B, subsection 4, 2021 Iowa Acts,
17Senate File 159, if enacted:
.................................................. $183,000,000
1927. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
20a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
21compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $22115,000
23b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
24for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
25pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
26unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
27but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
28designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2928. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
30COMMUNITY COLLEGES
31For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
32enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under
33section 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $341,000,000
35Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
-12-1department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
2or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
3but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
4specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
529. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
6For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
7section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $8215,158,161
9Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
10the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
11as follows:
12a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $1310,591,082
14b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $1510,697,390
16c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $179,874,933
18d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $194,885,250
20e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $2112,209,860
22f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $239,495,500
24g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $2514,478,952
26h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $2718,363,876
28i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $2933,626,681
30j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $3136,393,873
32k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $3311,943,091
34l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $3513,022,781
-13- 1m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $24,979,075
3n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $415,583,807
5o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $69,012,010
7 Sec. 7. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATION FOR AT-RISK
8CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
9section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
10ending June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general
11fund of the state to the department of education for programs
12for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
13than $10,524,389. The amount of any reduction in this section
14shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
15279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
16 Sec. 8. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 5, subsection
1727, as amended by 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1121, section 76,
18subsection 27, is amended to read as follows:
1927. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
20COMMUNITY COLLEGES
21For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
22enrollment of accredited nonpublic students under section
23261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, if enacted by 2019 Iowa
24Acts, Senate File 603:
.................................................. $251,000,000
26Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
27subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
28of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
29for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
30the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2020 2021.
31 Sec. 9. 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1108, section 13, is amended
32to read as follows:
33SEC. 13. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM
34INCENTIVE FUND. There is appropriated from the general fund of
35the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
-14-1beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
2amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
3purposes designated:
4For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund
5established pursuant to section 256.25, as enacted by this Act:
.................................................. $61,582,650
71,626,075
8STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
9 Sec. 10. There is appropriated from the general fund of
10the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
11beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
12amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
13purposes designated:
141. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
15a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
16purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
17equivalent positions:
.................................................. $18764,642
............................................... FTEs192.48
20For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
2130, 2022, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly
22financial report to the general assembly and the legislative
23services agency in a format agreed upon by the state board
24of regents office and the legislative services agency. The
25report submitted for the quarter ending December 31, 2021,
26shall include the five-year graduation rates for the regents
27universities.
28b. For distribution to the western Iowa regents resource
29center:
.................................................. $30268,297
31c. For distribution to Iowa public radio for public radio
32operations:
.................................................. $33345,669
34d. For allocation by the state board of regents to the state
35university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science and
-15-1technology, and the university of northern Iowa to support
2new strategic initiatives, meet needs caused by enrollment
3increases, meet the demand for new courses and services, to
4fund new but unavoidable or mandated cost increases, and to
5support any other initiatives important to the core functions
6of the universities:
.................................................. $78,212,575
82. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
9a. General university
10For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
11aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
12following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $13215,605,480
............................................... FTEs145,058.55
15b. Oakdale campus
16For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
.................................................. $192,103,819
............................................... FTEs2038.25
21c. State hygienic laboratory
22For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
23purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
24equivalent positions:
.................................................. $254,822,610
............................................... FTEs26102.51
27d. Family practice program
28For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
29approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
30to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
31practice residency education program, including salaries
32and support, and for not more than the following full-time
33equivalent positions:
.................................................. $341,720,598
............................................... FTEs352.71
-16- 1e. Child health care services
2For specialized child health care services, including
3childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
4rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
5Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
6and support, and for not more than the following full-time
7equivalent positions:
.................................................. $8634,502
............................................... FTEs94.16
10f. Statewide cancer registry
11For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
12following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $13143,410
............................................... FTEs142.10
15g. Substance abuse consortium
16For distribution to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse
17research and evaluation, and for not more than the following
18full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1953,427
............................................... FTEs200.99
21h. Center for biocatalysis
22For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
23following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $24696,342
............................................... FTEs256.28
26i. Primary health care initiative
27For the primary health care initiative in the college
28of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
29equivalent positions:
.................................................. $30624,374
............................................... FTEs316.23
32From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
33$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
34practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
35for family practice faculty and support staff.
-17- 1j. Birth defects registry
2For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
3following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $436,839
............................................... FTEs50.38
6k. Larned A.Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
7For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
8and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
9positions:
.................................................. $10156,389
............................................... FTEs112.75
12l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
13technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
14For the Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
15technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative established
16pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $17463,616
18m. Iowa flood center
19For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
20of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $211,154,593
223. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
23a. General university
24For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
25aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
26following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $27172,144,766
............................................... FTEs283,647.42
29b. Agricultural experiment station
30For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
31maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
32the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3329,462,535
............................................... FTEs34546.98
35c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
-18-1economics
2For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
3and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
4miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
5full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $618,307,366
............................................... FTEs7382.34
8From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, not
9more than $300,000 shall be used for supporting efforts of the
10Iowa agricultural extension association relating to the state’s
11hosting of the national association of county agricultural
12agents 2023 national meeting.
134. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
14a. General university
15For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
16aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
17following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1898,296,620
............................................... FTEs191,250.28
20b. Recycling and reuse center
21For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
22more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $23172,768
............................................... FTEs241.93
25c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
26collaborative initiative
27For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
28and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
29pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
30full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $316,354,848
............................................... FTEs325.50
33(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
34paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
35shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
-19-1support, activities directly related to recruitment of
2kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
3and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
4students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
5(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
6community colleges to develop STEM professional development
7programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
8development.
9(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
10paragraph, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide
11technology education opportunities to high school,
12career academy, and community college students through a
13public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
14students and faculties at these institutions to secure
15broad-based information technology certification. The
16partnership shall provide all of the following:
17(a) A research-based curriculum.
18(b) Online access to the curriculum.
19(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
20(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
21of information technology-related skill areas.
22(e) Professional development for teachers.
23(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
24limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
25(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
26appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered
27or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
28equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
29appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert but shall
30remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
31students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
32d. Real estate education program
33For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
34not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $35123,523
-20-............................................... FTEs10.86
25. IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
3For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
4purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
5equivalent positions:
.................................................. $610,789,039
............................................... FTEs7120.00
86. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
9For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
10purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
11equivalent positions:
.................................................. $124,540,886
............................................... FTEs1362.20
14 Sec. 11. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
15the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30,
162022, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
17other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
18finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
19amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
20the projects within an average of six years.
21 Sec. 12. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. The department of
22administrative services shall pay the Iowa school for the
23deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
24collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
25July 1, 2021, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
26for students attending the Iowa school for the deaf and the
27Iowa braille and sight saving school.
28 Sec. 13. TASK FORCE ON GROWING A DIVERSE K-12 TEACHER BASE
29IN IOWA.
301. The director of the department of education, in
31consultation with Iowa jobs for America’s graduates, shall
32convene a task force on growing a diverse kindergarten through
33grade twelve teacher base in Iowa.
342. The director of the department of education or the
35director’s designee shall serve as the chairperson of the task
-21-1force. The department of education shall provide staffing
2services for the task force.
33. The task force shall, at a minimum, consist of the
4following members:
5a. Representatives from public and private institutions of
6higher education engaged in practitioner preparation.
7b. Representatives from state agencies engaged in
8practitioner preparation and licensure.
9c. Representatives from area education agencies and
10school districts, including but not limited to teachers,
11administrators, and counselors, particularly those involved in
12competency-based education.
13d. Representatives from apprenticeship programs and
14workforce development organizations.
15e. Representatives from organizations that provide direct
16student support leading to graduation and career pathways or
17that provide remedial academic and career support outside the
18traditional classroom or school day.
19f. Representatives from community-based organizations that
20have demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of
21workforce development.
22g. Persons representing current teachers, administrators,
23and school board members.
244. The task force shall do all of the following:
25a. Develop a framework that expands opportunities for
26a more diverse teacher workforce and establishes a unique
27teacher career pathway for participants to achieve a bachelor’s
28degree and teacher licensure while engaged meaningfully in the
29education system.
30b. Demonstrate how the proposed pathway maintains a
31high-quality standard of learning and teacher preparation for
32all participants.
33c. Recommend methods to attract, engage, and retain a high
34number of participants to make up a diverse teacher workforce
35that reflects the growing diverse population of students across
-22-1Iowa, both rural and urban.
2d. Recommend a pilot or experimental opportunity for a
3finite group of participants during the 2022-2023 school year
4that may be developed within an organization such as Iowa jobs
5for America’s graduates.
65. The task force shall submit a report regarding
7its findings and recommendations, including any proposed
8legislative or administrative rule changes, to the governor,
9the general assembly, and the state board of education by
10December 15, 2021.
11 Sec. 14. Section 256I.8, subsection 1, paragraph c,
12subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
13(3) Identify federal, state, local, and private funding
14sources including funding estimates available in the early
15childhood Iowa area that will be used to provide services to
16children from zero through age five.
17 Sec. 15. Section 256I.11, subsection 3, Code 2021, is
18amended to read as follows:
193. Unless a different amount is authorized by law, up to
20three five percent of the school ready children grant moneys
21distributed to an area board may be used by the area board for
22administrative costs.
23 Sec. 16. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a,
24subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
25(1) In order to provide additional funding to increase
26student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
27programming for school districts that share operational
28functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
29one or more operational functions of a curriculum director,
30master social worker, independent social worker, a bachelor
31social worker under the supervision of a master social
32worker or an independent social worker, or school counselor,
33or one or more operational functions in the areas of
34superintendent management, business management, human
35resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
-23-1least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
2supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
3A school district that shares an operational function in
4the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
5supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the function. A
6school district that shares an operational function in the area
7of business management, human resources, transportation, or
8operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
9weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
10that shares the operational functions of a curriculum
11director,; a master social worker or an independent social
12worker or a bachelor social worker under the supervision of a
13master social worker or an independent social worker licensed
14under chapters 147 and 154C,; or a school counselor shall be
15assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils for the
16function. The additional weighting shall be assigned for
17each discrete operational function shared. However, a school
18district may receive the additional weighting under this
19subsection for sharing the services of an individual with a
20political subdivision even if the type of operational function
21performed by the individual for the school district and the
22type of operational function performed by the individual
23for the political subdivision are not the same operational
24function, so long as both operational functions are eligible
25for weighting under this subsection. In such case, the school
26district shall be assigned the additional weighting for the
27type of operational function that the individual performs for
28the school district, and the school district shall not receive
29additional weighting for any other function performed by the
30individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does
31not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to
32receive supplementary weighting under this subsection.
33 Sec. 17. Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, are
34amended to read as follows:
351. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
-24-1to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-seven
2 forty-eight million seven hundred three thousand four hundred
3sixty-three dollars for tuition grants to qualified students
4who are enrolled in accredited private institutions.
52. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
6state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of four
7hundred twenty-six thirty-six thousand two eight hundred twenty
8 seventy-six dollars for tuition grants for qualified students
9who are enrolled in eligible institutions. Of the moneys
10appropriated under this subsection, not more than eighty one
11hundred thousand dollars annually shall be used for tuition
12grants to qualified students who are attending an eligible
13institution under section 261.9, subsection 3, paragraph “b”.
14 Sec. 18. Section 261.132, Code 2021, is amended by adding
15the following new subsection:
16 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. New awards prohibited. For the fiscal
17year beginning July 1, 2021, and each succeeding fiscal year,
18the commission shall not award a future ready Iowa skilled
19workforce grant to any new applicant, but may award a future
20ready Iowa skilled workforce grant to an applicant who received
21a grant awarded under the program in the fiscal year beginning
22July 1, 2020, and who continues to meet the eligibility
23requirements of this section.
24 Sec. 19. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
25e, f, and g, Code 2021, are amended to read as follows:
26a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
27ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department, the amount of
28five hundred eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the
29issuance of national board certification awards in accordance
30with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated under this
31paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand dollars shall
32be used to administer the ambassador to education position in
33accordance with section 256.45.
34b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
35ending June 30, 2020 2022, up to seven hundred twenty-eight
-25-1thousand two hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
2purposes of implementing the professional development program
3requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model
4evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
5section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and the evaluator
6training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds
7allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
8be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
9not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
10c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021,
11and ending June 30, 2020 2022, an amount up to one million
12seventy-seven thousand eight hundred ten dollars to the
13department for the establishment of teacher development
14academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A
15portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes
16of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
17e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
18ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department an amount up to
19twenty-five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
20beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
21256.34.
22f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
23ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department an amount up
24to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
25dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
26in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
27implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
28pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
29not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
30education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
31technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
32training and staff development, and the contracting of external
33expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
34of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
35districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
-26-1students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
2department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
3department for administrative purposes and for not more than
4five full-time equivalent positions.
5g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 2022, and
6for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department, ten
7million dollars for purposes of implementing the supplemental
8assistance for high-need schools provisions of section 284.11.
9Annually, of the moneys allocated to the department for
10purposes of this paragraph, up to one hundred thousand dollars
11may be used by the department for administrative purposes and
12for not more than one full-time equivalent position.
13 Sec. 20. EFFECTIVE DATES. The following, being deemed of
14immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
151. The section of this Act transferring moneys to the future
16ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship fund
17established pursuant to section 261.131.
182. The section of this Act amending 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter
19135, section 5, subsection 27, as amended by 2020 Iowa Acts,
20chapter 1121, section 76, subsection 27.
21 Sec. 21. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies
22retroactively to July 1, 2020:
23The section of this Act transferring moneys to the future
24ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship fund
25established pursuant to section 261.131.
26DIVISION II
27workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2021-2022
28 Sec. 22. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
29and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
30departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
31beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
32amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
33purposes designated:
341. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
35For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
-27-1grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $25,000,000
32. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
4a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
5development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $615,100,000
7From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
8“a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
9for administration of the workforce training and economic
10development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
11b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
12of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
13to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $145,500,000
15(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
16“b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
17established in section 260C.18C.
18(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
19“b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department
20for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
21pursuant to section 260C.50.
22(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
23“b”, not more than $1,257,000 shall be distributed as grants
24to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
25programs for students requiring instruction in English
26as a second language. The department shall establish an
27application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
28this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
29based on need for instruction in English as a second language
30in the region served by each community college as determined by
31factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
32and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
33(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
34“b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
35services for purposes of administering a program to provide
-28-1access to international resources to Iowans and new Iowans
2to provide economic and leadership development resulting in
3Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live, work,
4and raise a family. The program shall provide supplemental
5support services for international refugees to improve
6learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural competencies,
7and integration in a county with a population over 350,000
8as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census. The
9department of human services shall utilize a request for
10proposals process to identify the entity best qualified to
11implement the program.
12c. For capital projects at community colleges that meet the
13definition of the term “vertical infrastructure” in section
148.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $156,000,000
16Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
17disbursed pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3. Projects
18that qualify for moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
19shall include at least one of the following:
20(1) Accelerated career education program capital projects.
21(2) Major renovations and major repair needs, including
22health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
23the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.
24d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
25employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $265,000,000
27From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
28not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
29for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
30pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
31equivalent position.
32e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
33established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $342,000,000
35f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
-29-1intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $21,500,000
3From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
4“f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department to
5provide statewide support for work-based learning.
6g. For support costs associated with administering a
7workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
8of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
9and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
10receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $11200,000
123. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
13in this section of this division of this Act that remain
14unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
15shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
16for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
17fiscal year.
18EXPLANATION
19The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
20the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
21This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2021-2022 from
22the general fund of the state and other funds to the college
23student aid commission, the department for the blind, the
24department of education, and the state board of regents and its
25institutions. The bill is organized by divisions.
26DIVISION I — FY 2021-2022. The bill appropriates moneys to
27the department for the blind for its administration.
28The bill includes appropriations to the college student aid
29commission for general administrative purposes, administration
30of the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
31scholarship program, the health care professional recruitment
32program, the national guard service scholarship program, the
33all Iowa opportunity scholarship program, the teach Iowa
34scholar program, the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
35program, the health care loan repayment program, the rural
-30-1veterinarian loan repayment program, and the future ready Iowa
2skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program.
3The bill provides for the transfer of any moneys remaining
4unencumbered and unobligated on the effective date of the bill,
5in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant fund to the
6future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
7fund; and provides for transfer of $400,000 from moneys
8appropriated to the college student aid commission for purposes
9of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition grants,
10pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1019, section 7, to the
11future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
12fund. These provisions take effect upon enactment and are
13retroactively effective to July 1, 2020.
14The bill reduces the standing appropriations for the
15Iowa tuition grant program, but increases, from the moneys
16appropriated for Iowa tuition grant awards for students
17attending accredited private institutions, the amount used for
18students who are attending barber and cosmetology arts and
19sciences schools to $100,000.
20The bill amends Code section 261.132 to prohibit, for FY
212020-2021, and each succeeding fiscal year, the commission from
22awarding a grant under the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
23grant program to any new applicant, but allows the commission
24to award the grants to applicants who received a grant under
25the program in FY 2020-2021, and continue to meet the program
26eligibility requirements.
27The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education
28for purposes of the department’s general administration,
29career and technical education (CTE) administration, division
30of vocational rehabilitation services including independent
31living programs, the entrepreneurs with disabilities program,
32and independent living centers, state library for general
33administration and the enrich Iowa program, public broadcasting
34division, career and technical education reimbursement for
35expenditures made by CTE regional planning partnerships, school
-31-1food service, early childhood Iowa fund, expansion of the
2federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
3Act birth through age three services, early head start
4projects, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the student
5achievement and teacher quality program, statewide student
6assessment, statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based
7learning, postsecondary summer classes for high school
8students program, jobs for America’s graduates specialists,
9attendance center performance/general internet site and
10data system support, the online state job posting system,
11successful progression for early readers, an early warning
12system for literacy, the Iowa reading research center, computer
13science professional development incentive fund, children’s
14mental health school-based training and support, for school
15districts for students with intellectual and developmental
16disabilities, adult education and literacy programs, student
17first scholarship fund distribution to the midwestern higher
18education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation,
19and community colleges.
20The bill provides that expenditures for professional
21development and training activities agreed to by the parties
22participating in a collaboration must also be approved by the
23early childhood Iowa state board; and amends the Iowa Code to
24eliminate a requirement for the comprehensive community plan
25each early childhood Iowa area board must develop, and to raise
26from 3 percent to 5 percent the amount of school ready children
27grant moneys distributed to area boards that may be used by
28such boards for administrative costs.
29Moneys appropriated in FY 2020-2021 to the department for
30nonpublic school concurrent enrollment payments to community
31colleges do not revert to the general fund of the state but may
32be used for the purposes designated until June 30, 2022. This
33provision takes effect upon enactment.
34For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the bill reduces the standing
35appropriations for at-risk children under Code section 279.51.
-32-1The bill amends 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1108, to increase the
2amount appropriated for deposit in the therapeutic classroom
3incentive fund.
4The bill requires the director of the department of
5education, in consultation with Iowa jobs for America’s
6graduates, to convene a task force on growing a diverse
7kindergarten through grade 12 teacher base in Iowa. The task
8force shall submit a report to the governor, the general
9assembly, and the state board of education by December 15,
102021.
11The bill amends the Iowa Code to add a bachelor social
12worker supervised by a master social worker or an independent
13social worker to the list of operational functions for which
14supplementary weighting, in the amount of three pupils, is
15provided to school districts and AEAs.
16The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents
17for the board office, universities’ general operating budgets;
18the western Iowa regents resource center; Iowa public radio;
19the state university of Iowa; Iowa state university of science
20and technology; the university of northern Iowa; and for the
21Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving
22school.
23DIVISION II — WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS — APPROPRIATIONS
24FY 2021-2022. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa
25skilled worker and job creation fund to the college student aid
26commission and the department of education.
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2appropriation of moneys to the college student aid
3commission, the department for the blind, the department of
4education, school districts, and the state board of regents,
5providing for properly related matters, and including
6effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
7BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2FY 2021-2022 APPROPRIATIONS
3DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
4 Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from
5the general fund of the state to the department for the blind
6for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
730, 2022, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
8necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
9For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
10purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
11equivalent positions:
.................................................. $122,517,001
............................................... FTEs1387.98
14COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
15 Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
16state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
17beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
18amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
19purposes designated:
201. ADMINISTRATION
21a. For general administration salaries, support,
22maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
23the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $24429,279
............................................... FTEs253.95
26b. For the administration of the future ready Iowa skilled
27workforce last-dollar scholarship program in accordance with
28section 261.131, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
29miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
30full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $31162,254
............................................... FTEs321.00
332. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
34For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
35established pursuant to section 261.115:
-1-.................................................. $1400,973
23. NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
3For purposes of providing national guard service
4scholarships under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $54,700,000
64. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
7a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
8program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $93,000,000
10b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, if the moneys
11appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
12commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
13program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
14section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
152021, include accredited private institutions as defined in
16section 261.9.
175. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
18For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
19pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $20400,000
216. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
22For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
23program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $241,524,502
257. HEALTH CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
26For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
27established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $28350,000
298. RURAL VETERINARIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
30For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
31program established pursuant to section 261.120:
.................................................. $32300,000
339. FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR
34SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
35For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
-2-1last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
2261.131:
.................................................. $318,004,744
4 Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
5261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
6fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
7beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, may be used
8for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
9established in section 261.73.
10 Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
11261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending
12June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general fund
13of the state to the college student aid commission for the
14work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
15 Sec. 5. TRANSFERS TO FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE
16LAST-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
171. Notwithstanding section 261.132, subsection 5, there is
18transferred from the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
19fund created pursuant to section 261.132, subsection 5, to the
20future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
21fund created pursuant to section 261.131, subsection 5, any
22moneys remaining unencumbered and unobligated on the effective
23date of this Act.
242. From the moneys appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
25and job creation fund, created in section 8.75, to the college
26student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
272020, and ending June 30, 2021, for purposes of providing
28skilled workforce shortage tuition grants, in accordance with
29section 261.130, pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1019,
30section 7, $400,000 is transferred to the future ready Iowa
31skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship fund created pursuant
32to section 261.131.
33DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 Sec. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of
35the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
-3-1beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
2amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
3purposes designated:
41. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
5a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
6purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
7equivalent positions:
.................................................. $85,975,526
............................................... FTEs965.00
10b. By January 15, 2022, the department shall submit
11a written report to the general assembly detailing the
12department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
13expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
14July 1, 2021.
152. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
16For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
.................................................. $19598,197
............................................... FTEs209.21
213. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
22a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
23purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
24equivalent positions:
.................................................. $255,996,328
............................................... FTEs26249.00
27For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
28with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
29to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
30job placement and retention services for individuals with
31significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
32January 15, 2022, the division shall submit a written report to
33the general assembly regarding the division’s outreach efforts
34with community rehabilitation program providers.
35b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
-4-1with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
2independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
3than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $484,823
............................................... FTEs51.00
6c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
7established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $8138,506
9d. For costs associated with centers for independent
10living:
.................................................. $1186,457
124. STATE LIBRARY
13a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $162,532,594
............................................... FTEs1722.00
18b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
19256.57:
.................................................. $202,464,823
215. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
22For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
23and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
24full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $257,870,316
............................................... FTEs2658.23
276. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
28For reimbursement for career and technical education
29expenditures made by regional career and technical education
30planning partnerships in accordance with section 258.14:
.................................................. $312,952,459
327. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
33For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
34shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
35salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
-5-1for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $22,176,797
............................................... FTEs323.62
48. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
5For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
6the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $723,206,799
8a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
9grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
10ending June 30, 2022, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
11the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
12activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
13may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
14purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
15of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
16subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
17for the reimbursement of staff.
18b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
19deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
20early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
21to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
22programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
23used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
24The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
25of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical
26assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
27including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
28the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
29improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
30early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
31use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
32formula, grants, or other means.
33c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
34deposit in the school ready children grants account of
35the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
-6-1support of professional development and training activities
2for persons working in early care, health, and education by
3the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
4the professional development component groups maintained by
5the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
6section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
7childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
8professional development and training activities agreed upon by
9the parties participating in the collaboration as approved by
10the early childhood Iowa state board.
119. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
12a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
13Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
14108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
15services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
16those services:
.................................................. $171,721,400
18b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
19$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
20clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
21to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
22born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
2310. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
24a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $25574,500
26b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
27used for implementation and expansion of early head start
28pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
29emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
30age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
31The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
32healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
33infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
34given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
35and received state funding to administer an early head start
-7-1project.
211. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
3a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
4to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
5authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $6852,000
7b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $30 per
8pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
9resident public school pupils.
1012. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
11For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
12program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
13than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $142,965,467
............................................... FTEs156.00
1613. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
17For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the
18department of education on behalf of school districts and
19accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated
20with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance
21with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $223,000,000
23From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
24than $300,000 shall be distributed to the Iowa testing programs
25within the university of Iowa college of education to offset
26the costs of administering the statewide student assessment at
27accredited nonpublic schools.
2814. STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK-BASED LEARNING
29For support costs associated with the creation of a
30statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based learning as a part
31of the future ready Iowa initiative:
.................................................. $32300,000
3315. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
34PROGRAM
35For support costs associated with the creation of a program
-8-1to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils
2enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to attend a community college
3for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a
4community college-employed instructor during the summer and
5outside of the regular school year through a contractual
6agreement between a community college and a school district
7under the future ready Iowa initiative:
.................................................. $8600,000
9Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
10department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
11or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
12but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
13specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
1416. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
15For school districts to provide direct services to the
16most at-risk middle school or high school students enrolled
17in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
18America’s graduates specialist:
.................................................. $194,666,188
2017. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
21DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
22For administration of a process for school districts to
23establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
24performance of each attendance center operated by the district
25in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
26report card for each attendance center, for internet site
27and data system support, and for not more than the following
28full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $29250,000
............................................... FTEs301.85
3118. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
32For purposes of administering the online state job posting
33system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $34230,000
3519. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
-9- 1For distribution to school districts for implementation
2of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
3progression for early readers:
.................................................. $47,824,782
520. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
6For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
7warning assessment and administering the early warning system
8for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
9rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $101,915,000
11The department shall administer and distribute to school
12districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
13assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
14student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
15six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
16nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
17costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
18assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
19this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
20actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
21the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
22system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
23moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
24moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
25subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
2621. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
27a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
28order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
29agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
30paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $311,550,176
32b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
33than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state
34board of education relating to the approval of practitioner
35preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3,
-10-1paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for
2the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
3dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 272.2,
4subsection 23. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
5ending June 30, 2022, the center shall submit a report to the
6general assembly and the legislative services agency detailing
7the expenditures of moneys used for purposes of this paragraph
8“b”.
9c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
10department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
11or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
12but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
13specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
1422. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
15FUND
16For deposit in the computer science professional development
17incentive fund established under section 284.6A:
.................................................. $18500,000
1923. CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING AND
20SUPPORT
21For distribution to area education agencies for school-based
22children’s mental health services, including mental health
23awareness training for educators:
.................................................. $242,100,000
2524. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
26For school districts to create opportunities for one-to-one
27friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development
28for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities:
.................................................. $2925,000
30The department of education shall establish criteria for
31the distribution of moneys appropriated under this subsection
32and shall require an organization receiving moneys under this
33subsection to annually report student identifying data for
34students participating in the program to the department in the
35manner prescribed by the department as a condition of receiving
-11-1such moneys.
225. ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY PROGRAMS
3For distribution as grants to community colleges for
4the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
5requiring instruction in English as a second language:
.................................................. $6500,000
7In issuing grants under this subsection, the department
8shall use the same application process and criteria as are
9used for purposes of awarding grants to community colleges for
10the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
11requiring instruction in English as a second language using
12moneys that are appropriated to the department from the Iowa
13skilled worker and job creation fund.
1426. STUDENT FIRST SCHOLARSHIPS
15For deposit in the student first scholarship fund created
16pursuant to section 257.11B, subsection 4, 2021 Iowa Acts,
17Senate File 159, if enacted:
.................................................. $183,000,000
1927. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
20a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
21compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $22115,000
23b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
24for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
25pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
26unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
27but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
28designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2928. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
30COMMUNITY COLLEGES
31For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
32enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under
33section 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $341,000,000
35Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
-12-1department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
2or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
3but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
4specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
529. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
6For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
7section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $8215,158,161
9Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
10the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
11as follows:
12a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $1310,591,082
14b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $1510,697,390
16c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $179,874,933
18d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $194,885,250
20e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $2112,209,860
22f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $239,495,500
24g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $2514,478,952
26h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $2718,363,876
28i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $2933,626,681
30j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $3136,393,873
32k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $3311,943,091
34l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $3513,022,781
-13- 1m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $24,979,075
3n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $415,583,807
5o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $69,012,010
7 Sec. 7. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATION FOR AT-RISK
8CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
9section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
10ending June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general
11fund of the state to the department of education for programs
12for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
13than $10,524,389. The amount of any reduction in this section
14shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
15279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
16 Sec. 8. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 5, subsection
1727, as amended by 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1121, section 76,
18subsection 27, is amended to read as follows:
1927. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
20COMMUNITY COLLEGES
21For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
22enrollment of accredited nonpublic students under section
23261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, if enacted by 2019 Iowa
24Acts, Senate File 603:
.................................................. $251,000,000
26Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
27subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
28of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
29for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
30the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2020 2021.
31 Sec. 9. 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1108, section 13, is amended
32to read as follows:
33SEC. 13. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM
34INCENTIVE FUND. There is appropriated from the general fund of
35the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
-14-1beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
2amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
3purposes designated:
4For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund
5established pursuant to section 256.25, as enacted by this Act:
.................................................. $61,582,650
71,626,075
8STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
9 Sec. 10. There is appropriated from the general fund of
10the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
11beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
12amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
13purposes designated:
141. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
15a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
16purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
17equivalent positions:
.................................................. $18764,642
............................................... FTEs192.48
20For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
2130, 2022, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly
22financial report to the general assembly and the legislative
23services agency in a format agreed upon by the state board
24of regents office and the legislative services agency. The
25report submitted for the quarter ending December 31, 2021,
26shall include the five-year graduation rates for the regents
27universities.
28b. For distribution to the western Iowa regents resource
29center:
.................................................. $30268,297
31c. For distribution to Iowa public radio for public radio
32operations:
.................................................. $33345,669
34d. For allocation by the state board of regents to the state
35university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science and
-15-1technology, and the university of northern Iowa to support
2new strategic initiatives, meet needs caused by enrollment
3increases, meet the demand for new courses and services, to
4fund new but unavoidable or mandated cost increases, and to
5support any other initiatives important to the core functions
6of the universities:
.................................................. $78,212,575
82. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
9a. General university
10For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
11aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
12following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $13215,605,480
............................................... FTEs145,058.55
15b. Oakdale campus
16For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
.................................................. $192,103,819
............................................... FTEs2038.25
21c. State hygienic laboratory
22For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
23purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
24equivalent positions:
.................................................. $254,822,610
............................................... FTEs26102.51
27d. Family practice program
28For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
29approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
30to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
31practice residency education program, including salaries
32and support, and for not more than the following full-time
33equivalent positions:
.................................................. $341,720,598
............................................... FTEs352.71
-16- 1e. Child health care services
2For specialized child health care services, including
3childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
4rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
5Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
6and support, and for not more than the following full-time
7equivalent positions:
.................................................. $8634,502
............................................... FTEs94.16
10f. Statewide cancer registry
11For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
12following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $13143,410
............................................... FTEs142.10
15g. Substance abuse consortium
16For distribution to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse
17research and evaluation, and for not more than the following
18full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1953,427
............................................... FTEs200.99
21h. Center for biocatalysis
22For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
23following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $24696,342
............................................... FTEs256.28
26i. Primary health care initiative
27For the primary health care initiative in the college
28of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
29equivalent positions:
.................................................. $30624,374
............................................... FTEs316.23
32From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
33$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
34practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
35for family practice faculty and support staff.
-17- 1j. Birth defects registry
2For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
3following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $436,839
............................................... FTEs50.38
6k. Larned A.Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
7For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
8and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
9positions:
.................................................. $10156,389
............................................... FTEs112.75
12l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
13technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
14For the Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
15technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative established
16pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $17463,616
18m. Iowa flood center
19For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
20of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $211,154,593
223. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
23a. General university
24For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
25aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
26following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $27172,144,766
............................................... FTEs283,647.42
29b. Agricultural experiment station
30For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
31maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
32the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3329,462,535
............................................... FTEs34546.98
35c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
-18-1economics
2For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
3and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
4miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
5full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $618,307,366
............................................... FTEs7382.34
8From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, not
9more than $300,000 shall be used for supporting efforts of the
10Iowa agricultural extension association relating to the state’s
11hosting of the national association of county agricultural
12agents 2023 national meeting.
134. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
14a. General university
15For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
16aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
17following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1898,296,620
............................................... FTEs191,250.28
20b. Recycling and reuse center
21For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
22more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $23172,768
............................................... FTEs241.93
25c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
26collaborative initiative
27For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
28and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
29pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
30full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $316,354,848
............................................... FTEs325.50
33(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
34paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
35shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
-19-1support, activities directly related to recruitment of
2kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
3and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
4students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
5(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
6community colleges to develop STEM professional development
7programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
8development.
9(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
10paragraph, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide
11technology education opportunities to high school,
12career academy, and community college students through a
13public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
14students and faculties at these institutions to secure
15broad-based information technology certification. The
16partnership shall provide all of the following:
17(a) A research-based curriculum.
18(b) Online access to the curriculum.
19(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
20(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
21of information technology-related skill areas.
22(e) Professional development for teachers.
23(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
24limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
25(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
26appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered
27or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
28equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
29appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert but shall
30remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
31students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
32d. Real estate education program
33For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
34not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $35123,523
-20-............................................... FTEs10.86
25. IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
3For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
4purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
5equivalent positions:
.................................................. $610,789,039
............................................... FTEs7120.00
86. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
9For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
10purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
11equivalent positions:
.................................................. $124,540,886
............................................... FTEs1362.20
14 Sec. 11. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
15the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30,
162022, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
17other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
18finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
19amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
20the projects within an average of six years.
21 Sec. 12. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. The department of
22administrative services shall pay the Iowa school for the
23deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
24collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
25July 1, 2021, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
26for students attending the Iowa school for the deaf and the
27Iowa braille and sight saving school.
28 Sec. 13. TASK FORCE ON GROWING A DIVERSE K-12 TEACHER BASE
29IN IOWA.
301. The director of the department of education, in
31consultation with Iowa jobs for America’s graduates, shall
32convene a task force on growing a diverse kindergarten through
33grade twelve teacher base in Iowa.
342. The director of the department of education or the
35director’s designee shall serve as the chairperson of the task
-21-1force. The department of education shall provide staffing
2services for the task force.
33. The task force shall, at a minimum, consist of the
4following members:
5a. Representatives from public and private institutions of
6higher education engaged in practitioner preparation.
7b. Representatives from state agencies engaged in
8practitioner preparation and licensure.
9c. Representatives from area education agencies and
10school districts, including but not limited to teachers,
11administrators, and counselors, particularly those involved in
12competency-based education.
13d. Representatives from apprenticeship programs and
14workforce development organizations.
15e. Representatives from organizations that provide direct
16student support leading to graduation and career pathways or
17that provide remedial academic and career support outside the
18traditional classroom or school day.
19f. Representatives from community-based organizations that
20have demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of
21workforce development.
22g. Persons representing current teachers, administrators,
23and school board members.
244. The task force shall do all of the following:
25a. Develop a framework that expands opportunities for
26a more diverse teacher workforce and establishes a unique
27teacher career pathway for participants to achieve a bachelor’s
28degree and teacher licensure while engaged meaningfully in the
29education system.
30b. Demonstrate how the proposed pathway maintains a
31high-quality standard of learning and teacher preparation for
32all participants.
33c. Recommend methods to attract, engage, and retain a high
34number of participants to make up a diverse teacher workforce
35that reflects the growing diverse population of students across
-22-1Iowa, both rural and urban.
2d. Recommend a pilot or experimental opportunity for a
3finite group of participants during the 2022-2023 school year
4that may be developed within an organization such as Iowa jobs
5for America’s graduates.
65. The task force shall submit a report regarding
7its findings and recommendations, including any proposed
8legislative or administrative rule changes, to the governor,
9the general assembly, and the state board of education by
10December 15, 2021.
11 Sec. 14. Section 256I.8, subsection 1, paragraph c,
12subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
13(3) Identify federal, state, local, and private funding
14sources including funding estimates available in the early
15childhood Iowa area that will be used to provide services to
16children from zero through age five.
17 Sec. 15. Section 256I.11, subsection 3, Code 2021, is
18amended to read as follows:
193. Unless a different amount is authorized by law, up to
20three five percent of the school ready children grant moneys
21distributed to an area board may be used by the area board for
22administrative costs.
23 Sec. 16. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a,
24subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
25(1) In order to provide additional funding to increase
26student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
27programming for school districts that share operational
28functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
29one or more operational functions of a curriculum director,
30master social worker, independent social worker, a bachelor
31social worker under the supervision of a master social
32worker or an independent social worker, or school counselor,
33or one or more operational functions in the areas of
34superintendent management, business management, human
35resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
-23-1least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
2supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
3A school district that shares an operational function in
4the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
5supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the function. A
6school district that shares an operational function in the area
7of business management, human resources, transportation, or
8operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
9weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
10that shares the operational functions of a curriculum
11director,; a master social worker or an independent social
12worker or a bachelor social worker under the supervision of a
13master social worker or an independent social worker licensed
14under chapters 147 and 154C,; or a school counselor shall be
15assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils for the
16function. The additional weighting shall be assigned for
17each discrete operational function shared. However, a school
18district may receive the additional weighting under this
19subsection for sharing the services of an individual with a
20political subdivision even if the type of operational function
21performed by the individual for the school district and the
22type of operational function performed by the individual
23for the political subdivision are not the same operational
24function, so long as both operational functions are eligible
25for weighting under this subsection. In such case, the school
26district shall be assigned the additional weighting for the
27type of operational function that the individual performs for
28the school district, and the school district shall not receive
29additional weighting for any other function performed by the
30individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does
31not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to
32receive supplementary weighting under this subsection.
33 Sec. 17. Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, are
34amended to read as follows:
351. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
-24-1to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-seven
2 forty-eight million seven hundred three thousand four hundred
3sixty-three dollars for tuition grants to qualified students
4who are enrolled in accredited private institutions.
52. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
6state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of four
7hundred twenty-six thirty-six thousand two eight hundred twenty
8 seventy-six dollars for tuition grants for qualified students
9who are enrolled in eligible institutions. Of the moneys
10appropriated under this subsection, not more than eighty one
11hundred thousand dollars annually shall be used for tuition
12grants to qualified students who are attending an eligible
13institution under section 261.9, subsection 3, paragraph “b”.
14 Sec. 18. Section 261.132, Code 2021, is amended by adding
15the following new subsection:
16 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. New awards prohibited. For the fiscal
17year beginning July 1, 2021, and each succeeding fiscal year,
18the commission shall not award a future ready Iowa skilled
19workforce grant to any new applicant, but may award a future
20ready Iowa skilled workforce grant to an applicant who received
21a grant awarded under the program in the fiscal year beginning
22July 1, 2020, and who continues to meet the eligibility
23requirements of this section.
24 Sec. 19. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
25e, f, and g, Code 2021, are amended to read as follows:
26a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
27ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department, the amount of
28five hundred eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the
29issuance of national board certification awards in accordance
30with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated under this
31paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand dollars shall
32be used to administer the ambassador to education position in
33accordance with section 256.45.
34b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
35ending June 30, 2020 2022, up to seven hundred twenty-eight
-25-1thousand two hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
2purposes of implementing the professional development program
3requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model
4evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
5section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and the evaluator
6training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds
7allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
8be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
9not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
10c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021,
11and ending June 30, 2020 2022, an amount up to one million
12seventy-seven thousand eight hundred ten dollars to the
13department for the establishment of teacher development
14academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A
15portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes
16of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
17e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
18ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department an amount up to
19twenty-five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
20beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
21256.34.
22f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
23ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department an amount up
24to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
25dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
26in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
27implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
28pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
29not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
30education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
31technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
32training and staff development, and the contracting of external
33expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
34of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
35districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
-26-1students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
2department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
3department for administrative purposes and for not more than
4five full-time equivalent positions.
5g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 2022, and
6for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department, ten
7million dollars for purposes of implementing the supplemental
8assistance for high-need schools provisions of section 284.11.
9Annually, of the moneys allocated to the department for
10purposes of this paragraph, up to one hundred thousand dollars
11may be used by the department for administrative purposes and
12for not more than one full-time equivalent position.
13 Sec. 20. EFFECTIVE DATES. The following, being deemed of
14immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
151. The section of this Act transferring moneys to the future
16ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship fund
17established pursuant to section 261.131.
182. The section of this Act amending 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter
19135, section 5, subsection 27, as amended by 2020 Iowa Acts,
20chapter 1121, section 76, subsection 27.
21 Sec. 21. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies
22retroactively to July 1, 2020:
23The section of this Act transferring moneys to the future
24ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship fund
25established pursuant to section 261.131.
26DIVISION II
27workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2021-2022
28 Sec. 22. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
29and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
30departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
31beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
32amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
33purposes designated:
341. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
35For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
-27-1grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $25,000,000
32. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
4a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
5development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $615,100,000
7From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
8“a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
9for administration of the workforce training and economic
10development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
11b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
12of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
13to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $145,500,000
15(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
16“b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
17established in section 260C.18C.
18(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
19“b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department
20for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
21pursuant to section 260C.50.
22(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
23“b”, not more than $1,257,000 shall be distributed as grants
24to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
25programs for students requiring instruction in English
26as a second language. The department shall establish an
27application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
28this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
29based on need for instruction in English as a second language
30in the region served by each community college as determined by
31factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
32and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
33(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
34“b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
35services for purposes of administering a program to provide
-28-1access to international resources to Iowans and new Iowans
2to provide economic and leadership development resulting in
3Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live, work,
4and raise a family. The program shall provide supplemental
5support services for international refugees to improve
6learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural competencies,
7and integration in a county with a population over 350,000
8as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census. The
9department of human services shall utilize a request for
10proposals process to identify the entity best qualified to
11implement the program.
12c. For capital projects at community colleges that meet the
13definition of the term “vertical infrastructure” in section
148.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $156,000,000
16Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
17disbursed pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3. Projects
18that qualify for moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
19shall include at least one of the following:
20(1) Accelerated career education program capital projects.
21(2) Major renovations and major repair needs, including
22health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
23the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.
24d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
25employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $265,000,000
27From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
28not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
29for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
30pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
31equivalent position.
32e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
33established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $342,000,000
35f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
-29-1intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $21,500,000
3From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
4“f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department to
5provide statewide support for work-based learning.
6g. For support costs associated with administering a
7workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
8of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
9and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
10receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $11200,000
123. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
13in this section of this division of this Act that remain
14unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
15shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
16for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
17fiscal year.
18EXPLANATION
19The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
20the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
21This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2021-2022 from
22the general fund of the state and other funds to the college
23student aid commission, the department for the blind, the
24department of education, and the state board of regents and its
25institutions. The bill is organized by divisions.
26DIVISION I — FY 2021-2022. The bill appropriates moneys to
27the department for the blind for its administration.
28The bill includes appropriations to the college student aid
29commission for general administrative purposes, administration
30of the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
31scholarship program, the health care professional recruitment
32program, the national guard service scholarship program, the
33all Iowa opportunity scholarship program, the teach Iowa
34scholar program, the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
35program, the health care loan repayment program, the rural
-30-1veterinarian loan repayment program, and the future ready Iowa
2skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program.
3The bill provides for the transfer of any moneys remaining
4unencumbered and unobligated on the effective date of the bill,
5in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant fund to the
6future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
7fund; and provides for transfer of $400,000 from moneys
8appropriated to the college student aid commission for purposes
9of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition grants,
10pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1019, section 7, to the
11future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
12fund. These provisions take effect upon enactment and are
13retroactively effective to July 1, 2020.
14The bill reduces the standing appropriations for the
15Iowa tuition grant program, but increases, from the moneys
16appropriated for Iowa tuition grant awards for students
17attending accredited private institutions, the amount used for
18students who are attending barber and cosmetology arts and
19sciences schools to $100,000.
20The bill amends Code section 261.132 to prohibit, for FY
212020-2021, and each succeeding fiscal year, the commission from
22awarding a grant under the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
23grant program to any new applicant, but allows the commission
24to award the grants to applicants who received a grant under
25the program in FY 2020-2021, and continue to meet the program
26eligibility requirements.
27The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education
28for purposes of the department’s general administration,
29career and technical education (CTE) administration, division
30of vocational rehabilitation services including independent
31living programs, the entrepreneurs with disabilities program,
32and independent living centers, state library for general
33administration and the enrich Iowa program, public broadcasting
34division, career and technical education reimbursement for
35expenditures made by CTE regional planning partnerships, school
-31-1food service, early childhood Iowa fund, expansion of the
2federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
3Act birth through age three services, early head start
4projects, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the student
5achievement and teacher quality program, statewide student
6assessment, statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based
7learning, postsecondary summer classes for high school
8students program, jobs for America’s graduates specialists,
9attendance center performance/general internet site and
10data system support, the online state job posting system,
11successful progression for early readers, an early warning
12system for literacy, the Iowa reading research center, computer
13science professional development incentive fund, children’s
14mental health school-based training and support, for school
15districts for students with intellectual and developmental
16disabilities, adult education and literacy programs, student
17first scholarship fund distribution to the midwestern higher
18education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation,
19and community colleges.
20The bill provides that expenditures for professional
21development and training activities agreed to by the parties
22participating in a collaboration must also be approved by the
23early childhood Iowa state board; and amends the Iowa Code to
24eliminate a requirement for the comprehensive community plan
25each early childhood Iowa area board must develop, and to raise
26from 3 percent to 5 percent the amount of school ready children
27grant moneys distributed to area boards that may be used by
28such boards for administrative costs.
29Moneys appropriated in FY 2020-2021 to the department for
30nonpublic school concurrent enrollment payments to community
31colleges do not revert to the general fund of the state but may
32be used for the purposes designated until June 30, 2022. This
33provision takes effect upon enactment.
34For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the bill reduces the standing
35appropriations for at-risk children under Code section 279.51.
-32-1The bill amends 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1108, to increase the
2amount appropriated for deposit in the therapeutic classroom
3incentive fund.
4The bill requires the director of the department of
5education, in consultation with Iowa jobs for America’s
6graduates, to convene a task force on growing a diverse
7kindergarten through grade 12 teacher base in Iowa. The task
8force shall submit a report to the governor, the general
9assembly, and the state board of education by December 15,
102021.
11The bill amends the Iowa Code to add a bachelor social
12worker supervised by a master social worker or an independent
13social worker to the list of operational functions for which
14supplementary weighting, in the amount of three pupils, is
15provided to school districts and AEAs.
16The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents
17for the board office, universities’ general operating budgets;
18the western Iowa regents resource center; Iowa public radio;
19the state university of Iowa; Iowa state university of science
20and technology; the university of northern Iowa; and for the
21Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving
22school.
23DIVISION II — WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS — APPROPRIATIONS
24FY 2021-2022. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa
25skilled worker and job creation fund to the college student aid
26commission and the department of education.
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