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House File 868 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to the funding of, the operation of, and
appropriation of moneys to the college student aid
commission, the department for the blind, the department of
education, and the state board of regents, providing for
properly related matters, and including effective date and
retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2021-2022 APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from
the general fund of the state to the department for the blind
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
30, 2022, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,780,724
............................................... FTEs87.98
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION
a. For general administration salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $429,279
............................................... FTEs3.95
b. For the administration of the future ready Iowa skilled
workforce last-dollar scholarship program in accordance with
section 261.131, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $162,254
............................................... FTEs1.00
2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.115:
-1-.................................................. $500,973
3. NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For purposes of providing national guard service
scholarships under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $4,700,000
4. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $3,100,000
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, if the moneys
appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2021, include accredited private institutions as defined in
section 261.9.
5. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $400,000
6. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $1,724,502
7. HEALTH CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $250,000
8. RURAL VETERINARIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.120:
.................................................. $400,000
9. FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
-2-last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
261.131:
.................................................. $23,004,744
Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, may be used
for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.73.
Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending
June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general fund
of the state to the college student aid commission for the
work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
Sec. 5. TRANSFERS TO FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE
LAST-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
1. Notwithstanding section 261.132, subsection 5, there is
transferred from the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
fund created pursuant to section 261.132, subsection 5, to the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
fund created pursuant to section 261.131, subsection 5, any
moneys remaining unencumbered and unobligated on the effective
date of this Act.
2. From the moneys appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the college
student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021, for purposes of providing
skilled workforce shortage tuition grants, in accordance with
section 261.130, pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1019,
section 7, $400,000 is transferred to the future ready Iowa
skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship fund created pursuant
to section 261.131.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
-3-beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $5,975,526
............................................... FTEs65.00
b. By January 15, 2022, the department shall submit
a written report to the general assembly detailing the
department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2021.
2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $598,197
............................................... FTEs9.21
3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $5,996,328
............................................... FTEs249.00
For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
job placement and retention services for individuals with
significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
January 15, 2022, the division shall submit a written report to
the general assembly regarding the division’s outreach efforts
with community rehabilitation program providers.
b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
-4-with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $84,823
............................................... FTEs1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $138,506
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $86,457
4. STATE LIBRARY
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,532,594
............................................... FTEs22.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57:
.................................................. $2,464,823
5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $7,870,316
............................................... FTEs58.23
6. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
For reimbursement for career and technical education
expenditures made by regional career and technical education
planning partnerships in accordance with section 258.14:
.................................................. $2,952,459
7. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
-5-for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,176,797
............................................... FTEs23.62
8. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $23,206,799
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
ending June 30, 2022, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
for the reimbursement of staff.
b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical
assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
formula, grants, or other means.
c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
-6-support of professional development and training activities
for persons working in early care, health, and education by
the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
the professional development component groups maintained by
the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
professional development and training activities agreed upon by
the parties participating in the collaboration as approved by
the early childhood Iowa state board.
9. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
those services:
.................................................. $1,721,400
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
10. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $574,500
b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
used for implementation and expansion of early head start
pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
and received state funding to administer an early head start
-7-project.
11. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $852,000
b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $30 per
pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
resident public school pupils.
12. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,965,467
............................................... FTEs6.00
13. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the
department of education on behalf of school districts and
accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated
with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance
with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $3,000,000
From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
than $300,000 shall be distributed to the Iowa testing programs
within the university of Iowa college of education to offset
the costs of administering the statewide student assessment at
accredited nonpublic schools.
14. STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK-BASED LEARNING
For support costs associated with the creation of a
statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based learning as a part
of the future ready Iowa initiative:
.................................................. $300,000
15. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
PROGRAM
For support costs associated with the creation of a program
-8-to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils
enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to attend a community college
for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a
community college-employed instructor during the summer and
outside of the regular school year through a contractual
agreement between a community college and a school district
under the future ready Iowa initiative:
.................................................. $600,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
16. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
For school districts to provide direct services to the
most at-risk middle school or high school students enrolled
in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
America’s graduates specialist:
.................................................. $4,666,188
17. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
For administration of a process for school districts to
establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
performance of each attendance center operated by the district
in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
report card for each attendance center, for internet site
and data system support, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $250,000
............................................... FTEs1.85
18. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
For purposes of administering the online state job posting
system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $230,000
19. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
-9- For distribution to school districts for implementation
of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
progression for early readers:
.................................................. $7,824,782
20. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
warning assessment and administering the early warning system
for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $1,915,000
The department shall administer and distribute to school
districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
21. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $1,550,176
b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state
board of education relating to the approval of practitioner
preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3,
-10-paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for
the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 272.2,
subsection 23. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
ending June 30, 2022, the center shall submit a report to the
general assembly and the legislative services agency detailing
the expenditures of moneys used for purposes of this paragraph
“b”.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
22. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
FUND
For deposit in the computer science professional development
incentive fund established under section 284.6A:
.................................................. $500,000
23. CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING AND
SUPPORT
a. For distribution to area education agencies for
school-based children’s mental health services, including
mental health awareness training for educators:
.................................................. $3,183,936
b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
distribution to area education agencies, $83,936 shall be
used for purposes of implementing a children’s grief and loss
rural pilot program to serve up to 375 Iowa children in up to
seven rural school districts or accredited nonpublic schools.
The pilot program shall be administered by, and the moneys
allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall be distributed to,
an existing statewide not-for-profit health care organization
that currently provides grief and loss services to children.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30,
2022, the health care organization receiving moneys pursuant to
-11-this paragraph shall prepare a report, in collaboration with
the department of education, detailing the expenditures of
moneys used for the purposes of this program and its outcomes,
which shall be submitted to the general assembly by September
30, 2022.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, or any other provision to
the contrary, moneys appropriated pursuant to 2019 Iowa Acts,
chapter 135, section 5, subsection 23, and 2020 Iowa Acts,
chapter 1121, section 1, subsection 2, for allocation to area
education agencies to create a clearinghouse of mental health
resources for use by schools and community providers that
remain unobligated and unexpended at the close of the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2019, or at the close of the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020, shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this
subsection until the close of the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2021.
24. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
For school districts to create opportunities for one-to-one
friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development
for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities:
.................................................. $25,000
The department of education shall establish criteria for
the distribution of moneys appropriated under this subsection
and shall require an organization receiving moneys under this
subsection to annually report student identifying data for
students participating in the program to the department in the
manner prescribed by the department as a condition of receiving
such moneys.
25. ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY PROGRAMS
For distribution as grants to community colleges for
the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
requiring instruction in English as a second language:
.................................................. $500,000
In issuing grants under this subsection, the department
-12-shall use the same application process and criteria as are
used for purposes of awarding grants to community colleges for
the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
requiring instruction in English as a second language using
moneys that are appropriated to the department from the Iowa
skilled worker and job creation fund.
26. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $115,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
27. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under
section 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $1,000,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
28. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $215,158,161
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
a. Merged Area I
-13-.................................................. $10,591,082
b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $10,697,390
c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $9,874,933
d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $4,885,250
e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $12,209,860
f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $9,495,500
g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $14,478,952
h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $18,363,876
i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $33,626,681
j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $36,393,873
k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $11,943,091
l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $13,022,781
m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $4,979,075
n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $15,583,807
o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $9,012,010
Sec. 7. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATION FOR AT-RISK
CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
ending June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department of education for programs
for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
-14-than $10,524,389. The amount of any reduction in this section
shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
Sec. 8. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 5, subsection
27, as amended by 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1121, section 76,
subsection 27, is amended to read as follows:
27. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
enrollment of accredited nonpublic students under section
261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, if enacted by 2019 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 603:
.................................................. $1,000,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2020 2021.
Sec. 9. 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1108, section 13, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 13. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM
INCENTIVE FUND. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund
established pursuant to section 256.25, as enacted by this Act:
.................................................. $1,582,650
1,626,075
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 10. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
-15-purposes designated:
1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $764,642
............................................... FTEs2.48
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
30, 2022, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly
financial report to the general assembly and the legislative
services agency in a format agreed upon by the state board
of regents office and the legislative services agency. The
report submitted for the quarter ending December 31, 2021,
shall include the five-year graduation rates for the regents
universities.
b. For distribution to the western Iowa regents resource
center:
.................................................. $268,297
c. For distribution to Iowa public radio for public radio
operations:
.................................................. $345,669
d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending
June 30, 2022, the state board of regents and the institutions
of higher learning governed by the state board are prohibited
from reducing moneys budgeted for fiscal year 2021-2022 for the
universities’ police departments.
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $215,605,480
............................................... FTEs5,058.55
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
-16-purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,103,819
............................................... FTEs38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,822,610
............................................... FTEs102.51
d. Family practice program
For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
practice residency education program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,720,598
............................................... FTEs2.71
e. Child health care services
For specialized child health care services, including
childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $634,502
............................................... FTEs4.16
f. Statewide cancer registry
For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $143,410
............................................... FTEs2.10
g. Substance abuse consortium
For distribution to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse
-17-research and evaluation, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $53,427
............................................... FTEs0.99
h. Center for biocatalysis
For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $696,342
............................................... FTEs6.28
i. Primary health care initiative
For the primary health care initiative in the college
of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $624,374
............................................... FTEs6.23
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
for family practice faculty and support staff.
j. Birth defects registry
For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $36,839
............................................... FTEs0.38
k. Larned A.Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $156,389
............................................... FTEs2.75
l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
For the Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative established
pursuant to section 263.8A:
-18-.................................................. $463,616
m. Iowa flood center
For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $1,154,593
3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $172,144,766
............................................... FTEs3,647.42
b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $29,462,535
............................................... FTEs546.98
c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
economics
For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $18,157,366
............................................... FTEs385.34
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$150,000 shall be used for the costs incurred by the Iowa
agricultural extension association as host of the 2023 national
meeting of the national association of county agricultural
agents.
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
-19-following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $98,296,620
............................................... FTEs1,250.28
b. Recycling and reuse center
For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $172,768
............................................... FTEs1.93
c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
collaborative initiative
For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,354,848
............................................... FTEs5.50
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
support, activities directly related to recruitment of
kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
community colleges to develop STEM professional development
programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
development.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide
technology education opportunities to high school,
career academy, and community college students through a
public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
students and faculties at these institutions to secure
broad-based information technology certification. The
partnership shall provide all of the following:
-20- (a) A research-based curriculum.
(b) Online access to the curriculum.
(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
of information technology-related skill areas.
(e) Professional development for teachers.
(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert but shall
remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
d. Real estate education program
For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $123,523
............................................... FTEs0.86
5. IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10,789,039
............................................... FTEs120.00
6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,540,886
............................................... FTEs62.20
Sec. 11. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30,
2022, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
-21-other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
the projects within an average of six years.
Sec. 12. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. The department of
administrative services shall pay the Iowa school for the
deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2021, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
for students attending the Iowa school for the deaf and the
Iowa braille and sight saving school.
Sec. 13. Section 256I.8, subsection 1, paragraph c,
subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(3) Identify federal, state, local, and private funding
sources including funding estimates available in the early
childhood Iowa area that will be used to provide services to
children from zero through age five.
Sec. 14. Section 256I.11, subsection 3, Code 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Unless a different amount is authorized by law, up to
three five percent of the school ready children grant moneys
distributed to an area board may be used by the area board for
administrative costs.
Sec. 15. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(1) In order to provide additional funding to increase
student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
programming for school districts that share operational
functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
one or more operational functions of a curriculum director,
master social worker, independent social worker, mental
health professional who holds a statement of recognition
issued by the board of educational examiners, or school
counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas
of superintendent management, business management, human
-22-resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
A school district that shares an operational function in
the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the function. A
school district that shares an operational function in the area
of business management, human resources, transportation, or
operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
that shares the operational functions of a curriculum
director,; a master social worker or an independent social
worker licensed under chapters 147 and 154C,; a mental health
professional who holds a statement of recognition issued by
the board of educational examiners; or a school counselor
shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils
for the function. The additional weighting shall be assigned
for each discrete operational function shared. However, a
school district may receive the additional weighting under this
subsection for sharing the services of an individual with a
political subdivision even if the type of operational function
performed by the individual for the school district and the
type of operational function performed by the individual
for the political subdivision are not the same operational
function, so long as both operational functions are eligible
for weighting under this subsection. In such case, the school
district shall be assigned the additional weighting for the
type of operational function that the individual performs for
the school district, and the school district shall not receive
additional weighting for any other function performed by the
individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does
not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to
receive supplementary weighting under this subsection.
Sec. 16. Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, are
amended to read as follows:
-23- 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-seven
forty-eight million seven eight hundred three ninety-six
thousand four hundred sixty-three fifty dollars for tuition
grants to qualified students who are enrolled in accredited
private institutions.
2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of four hundred
twenty-six fifty-six thousand two hundred twenty dollars for
tuition grants for qualified students who are enrolled in
eligible institutions. Of the moneys appropriated under this
subsection, not more than eighty one hundred thousand dollars
annually shall be used for tuition grants to qualified students
who are attending an eligible institution under section 261.9,
subsection 3, paragraph “b”.
Sec. 17. Section 261.87, subsection 1, paragraph d,
subparagraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), Code 2021, are amended
to read as follows:
(1) Is the child or stepchild of a peace officer, as
defined in section 97A.1, who was killed in the line of duty
as determined by the board of trustees of the Iowa department
of public safety peace officers’ retirement, accident, and
disability system in accordance with section 97A.6, subsection
16.
(2) Is the child or stepchild of a police officer or a fire
fighter, as each is defined in section 411.1, who was killed in
the line of duty as determined by the statewide fire and police
retirement system in accordance with section 411.6, subsection
15.
(3) Is the child or stepchild of a sheriff or deputy sheriff
as each is defined in section 97B.49C, who was killed in
the line of duty as determined by the Iowa public employees’
retirement system in accordance with section 97B.52, subsection
2.
(4) Is the child or stepchild of a fire fighter or police
-24-officer included under section 97B.49B, who was killed in
the line of duty as determined by the Iowa public employees’
retirement system in accordance with section 97B.52, subsection
2.
Sec. 18. Section 261.87, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
2021, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (5) Is the child or stepchild of an
employee of the Iowa department of corrections, or of a
judicial district department of correctional services, who was
killed in the line of duty.
Sec. 19. Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. i. “Stepchild” means the same as defined in
section 450.l.
Sec. 20. Section 261.132, Code 2021, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 6. New awards prohibited. For the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2021, and each succeeding fiscal year,
the commission shall not award a future ready Iowa skilled
workforce grant to any new applicant, but may award a future
ready Iowa skilled workforce grant to an applicant who received
a grant awarded under the program in the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2020, and who continues to meet the eligibility
requirements of this section.
Sec. 21. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
e, f, and g, Code 2021, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department, the amount of
five hundred eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the
issuance of national board certification awards in accordance
with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated under this
paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand dollars shall
be used to administer the ambassador to education position in
accordance with section 256.45.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
-25-ending June 30, 2020 2022, up to seven hundred twenty-eight
thousand two hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
purposes of implementing the professional development program
requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model
evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and the evaluator
training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds
allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021,
and ending June 30, 2020 2022, an amount up to one million
seventy-seven thousand eight hundred ten dollars to the
department for the establishment of teacher development
academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A
portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes
of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department an amount up to
twenty-five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
256.34.
f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department an amount up
to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
training and staff development, and the contracting of external
expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
-26-districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
department for administrative purposes and for not more than
five full-time equivalent positions.
g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 2022, and
for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department, ten
million dollars for purposes of implementing the supplemental
assistance for high-need schools provisions of section 284.11.
Annually, of the moneys allocated to the department for
purposes of this paragraph, up to one hundred thousand dollars
may be used by the department for administrative purposes and
for not more than one full-time equivalent position.
Sec. 22. TASK FORCE ON GROWING A DIVERSE PREK-12 TEACHER
BASE IN IOWA.
1. The director of the department of education, in
consultation with Iowa jobs for America’s graduates, shall
convene a task force on growing a diverse prekindergarten
through grade twelve teacher base in Iowa.
2. The director of the department of education or the
director’s designee shall serve as the chairperson of the task
force. The department of education shall provide staffing
services for the task force.
3. The task force shall, at a minimum, consist of the
following members:
a. Representatives from public and private institutions of
higher education engaged in practitioner preparation.
b. Representatives from state agencies engaged in
practitioner preparation and licensure.
c. Representatives from area education agencies and
school districts, including but not limited to teachers,
administrators, and counselors, particularly those involved in
competency-based education.
d. Representatives from apprenticeship programs and
workforce development organizations.
-27- e. Representatives from organizations that provide direct
student support leading to graduation and career pathways or
that provide remedial academic and career support outside the
traditional classroom or school day.
f. Representatives from community-based organizations that
have demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of
workforce development.
g. Persons representing current teachers, administrators,
and school board members.
4. The task force shall do all of the following:
a. Develop a framework that expands opportunities for
a more diverse teacher workforce and establishes a unique
teacher career pathway for participants to achieve a bachelor’s
degree and teacher licensure while engaged meaningfully in the
education system.
b. Demonstrate how the proposed pathway maintains a
high-quality standard of learning and teacher preparation for
all participants.
c. Recommend methods to attract, engage, and retain a high
number of participants to make up a diverse teacher workforce
that reflects the growing diverse population of students across
Iowa, both rural and urban.
d. Recommend a pilot or experimental opportunity for a
finite group of participants during the 2022-2023 school year
that may be developed within an organization such as Iowa jobs
for America’s graduates.
5. The task force shall submit a report regarding
its findings and recommendations, including any proposed
legislative or administrative rule changes, to the governor,
the general assembly, and the state board of education by
December 15, 2021.
Sec. 23. INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE — REGENTS UNIVERSITIES.
1. The legislative council is requested to establish an
interim study committee to examine the administrative costs,
staffing levels, and allocation of staff at the institutions of
-28-higher learning governed by the state board of regents, as well
as the graduation and student retention rates for each academic
program at each such institution of higher learning.
2. The interim study committee shall submit a report,
including findings and recommendations, to the general assembly
by December 15, 2021, for the 2022 legislative session.
Sec. 24. EFFECTIVE DATES. The following, being deemed of
immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
1. The section of this division of this Act transferring
moneys to the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship fund established pursuant to section 261.131.
2. The section of this division of this Act amending 2019
Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 5, subsection 27, as amended by
2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1121, section 76, subsection 27.
Sec. 25. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following apply
retroactively to July 1, 2020:
1. The section of this division of this Act enacting section
261.87, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (5).
2. The section of this division of this Act enacting section
261.87, subsection 1, paragraph “i”.
3. The section of this division of this Act transferring
moneys to the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship fund established pursuant to section 261.131.
DIVISION II
workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2021-2022
Sec. 26. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $5,000,000
-29- 2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $15,100,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
for administration of the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $5,500,000
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
established in section 260C.18C.
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department
for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
pursuant to section 260C.50.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“b”, not more than $1,257,000 shall be distributed as grants
to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
programs for students requiring instruction in English
as a second language. The department shall establish an
application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
based on need for instruction in English as a second language
in the region served by each community college as determined by
factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
services for purposes of administering a program to provide
access to international resources to Iowans and new Iowans
to provide economic and leadership development resulting in
-30-Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live, work,
and raise a family. The program shall provide supplemental
support services for international refugees to improve
learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural competencies,
and integration in a county with a population over 350,000
as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census. The
department of human services shall utilize a request for
proposals process to identify the entity best qualified to
implement the program.
c. For capital projects at community colleges that meet the
definition of the term “vertical infrastructure” in section
8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $6,000,000
Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
disbursed pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3. Projects
that qualify for moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall include at least one of the following:
(1) Accelerated career education program capital projects.
(2) Major renovations and major repair needs, including
health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.
d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $5,000,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
equivalent position.
e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $2,000,000
f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $1,500,000
-31- From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department to
provide statewide support for work-based learning.
g. For support costs associated with administering a
workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $200,000
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
in this section of this division of this Act that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
DIVISION III
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES — FEES
Sec. 27. Section 256.9, Code 2021, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. 63. Develop and make available on the
department’s internet site general guidance for parents,
guardians, and community members who have concerns about school
districts or their governing boards.
NEW SUBSECTION. 64. Develop and distribute to school
districts standards of practice for equity coordinators
employed by school districts. To provide consistency in
training statewide, the director shall also develop and
distribute to school districts a training program on free
speech under the first amendment which shall be used by school
districts to provide training pursuant to section 279.75.
Sec. 28. Section 256.11, subsections 10 and 11, Code 2021,
are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
10. The state board shall establish, and the department
shall use, for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and
-32-each succeeding school year, an accreditation, monitoring,
and enforcement process for school districts and nonpublic
schools seeking accreditation pursuant to this subsection and
subsections 11 and 12. The process established shall include
all of the following requirements:
a. Phase I monitoring.
(1) Phase I monitoring shall consist of annual monitoring by
the department of all accredited schools and school districts
for compliance with state and federal school laws, regulations,
and rules adopted by the state board under chapter 17A,
including but not limited to the following:
(a) Accreditation standards adopted by the state board as
provided in this section.
(b) Fiscal compliance.
(c) Federal education laws including but not limited to the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.
§1400 et seq., as amended.
(d) The federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 216.
(e) All other requirements of this title applicable to
accredited schools and school districts.
(2) Phase I monitoring may include but shall not be limited
to the following:
(a) One or more desk audits requiring submission of
information to the department in a manner and on forms
prescribed by the department.
(b) One or more remote or on-site visits to schools or
school districts to address accreditation issues identified in
a desk audit. Such a visit may be conducted by an individual
departmental consultant or may be a comprehensive site visit
by a team of departmental consultants and other subject-matter
professionals.
(c) A review of district finances by department staff or a
neutral third party.
(d) A review of local school board policies and procedures
-33-by department staff or a neutral third party.
(3) The department shall provide a public report annually of
findings of noncompliance and required corrective actions for
each accredited school and school district. The purpose of the
phase I process is to bring schools and school districts into
minimum compliance with federal and state laws, regulations,
and rules and no citation or corrective action may be designed
to require more than minimum compliance.
(4) The department shall provide a written report
annually to the state board of any monitoring review resulting
in multiple or substantial findings of noncompliance or
noncompliance findings that remain uncorrected for more
than thirty days past the deadline set by the department for
correction.
(5) The department shall eliminate duplicative reporting
on the part of schools and school districts for phase I
monitoring, and is prohibited from collecting information not
specifically permitted by federal or state law, regulation, or
rule.
(6) Enforcement actions under phase I monitoring are
limited to actions permitted pursuant to paragraph “c”,
subparagraphs (2) and (3). Violations of federal legal
requirements shall follow the procedures and limitations of the
governing statute.
b. Phase II monitoring.
(1) Phase II monitoring shall take place when any of the
following conditions are present:
(a) When either the annual monitoring or the biennial
on-site visit of phase I indicates that an accredited school or
school district is deficient and fails to be in compliance with
accreditation standards.
(b) In response to a petition filed with the director
requesting such an accreditation committee visitation that is
signed by eligible electors residing in the school district
equal in number to at least twenty percent of the registered
-34-voters of the school district.
(c) In response to a petition filed with the director
requesting such an accreditation committee visitation that is
signed by twenty percent or more of the parents or guardians
who have children enrolled in the school or school district.
(d) At the direction of the state board.
(e) The school budget review committee submits to the
department a recommendation for a fiscal review pursuant to
section 257.31, subsection 18.
(2) Phase II monitoring shall consist of a full desk audit
of all monitoring requirements and an on-site visit to the
school or school district for the purpose of determining the
extent of noncompliance, the reason for lack of correction, if
applicable, and a recommendation for corrective action to the
director and the state board.
(3) Phase II monitoring requires the use of an accreditation
committee appointed by the director. The accreditation
committee shall be made up primarily of department staff but
may request the assistance of third-party specialists at the
discretion of the director. An accreditation committee visit
to a nonpublic school requires membership on the committee
from nonpublic school instructional or administrative staff or
board members. A member of a committee shall not have a direct
interest in the school district or nonpublic school being
visited.
(4) After visiting the school district or nonpublic
school, the accreditation committee shall, within thirty
days, determine whether the accreditation standards have been
met and shall make a report to the director, together with a
recommendation on what enforcement actions, if any, should be
recommended to the state board.
c. Enforcement.
(1) The department shall enforce the laws, regulations,
and rules applicable to school districts and nonpublic schools
consistent with the process outlined in this subsection. The
-35-department shall coordinate its enforcement of chapter 216 with
the Iowa state civil rights commission to reduce duplication
of efforts.
(2) If, after having an opportunity to correct, if
permitted, a school district is found to be in noncompliance
with federal education laws including but not limited to the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.
§1400 et seq., as amended, the federal Civil Rights Act of
1964, chapter 216, section 279.73 if enacted by House File 744,
or section 279.74 if enacted by House File 802, the director
shall recommend, and the state board may do, one of the
following within thirty days of the finding of noncompliance:
(a) Impose conditions on funding provided to a school
district, including directing the use of school district funds
and designating the school district a high-risk grantee under
2 C.F.R. §200.207.
(b) Withhold payment of state or federal funds to a
school district, in whole or in part, until noncompliance
is corrected. Initial withholding of state funds is at the
discretion of the director for a period of sixty calendar days,
after which it is subject to approval of the state board every
sixty calendar days. Withholding of federal funds is subject
to the governing federal statute or regulation.
(3) The director may use any of the following permitted
enforcement mechanisms and shall exercise discretion to ensure
that enforcement actions are proportionate to school district
or nonpublic school noncompliance:
(a) Advise the school district or nonpublic school on the
availability of appropriate technical assistance.
(b) Require the school district or nonpublic school to
complete a corrective action plan or plan for improvement by
a reasonable deadline.
(c) Recommend a phase II visit to the school district or
nonpublic school to the state board.
-36- (d) Refer conduct of school district or nonpublic school
staff or school board members, or school authorities, to the
office of the attorney general for investigation.
(e) Refer financial concerns to the auditor of state for
investigation.
(f) Recommend removal of accreditation of the school
district or school to the state board.
(g) Take any other enforcement mechanism available to the
director.
(4) The department shall focus enforcement activities on
all of the following:
(a) Improving educational results for children, families,
and students.
(b) Ensuring that public agencies and their governing
boards meet requirements of state and federal laws.
11. a. If the recommendation pursuant to subsection 10
is that a school district or nonpublic school not remain
accredited, the accreditation committee shall provide the
school district or nonpublic school with a report that includes
a list of all of the deficiencies, a plan prescribing the
actions that must be taken to correct the deficiencies, and
a deadline date for completion of the prescribed actions.
The accreditation committee shall advise the school district
or nonpublic school of available resources and technical
assistance to improve areas of weakness. The school district
or nonpublic school shall be provided with the opportunity
to respond to the accreditation committee’s report. The
director shall review the accreditation committee’s report
and the response of the school district or nonpublic school
and shall provide a report to the state board along with
copies of the accreditation committee’s report, the response
to the accreditation committee’s report, and other pertinent
information. At the request of the school district or
nonpublic school, the school district or nonpublic school may
appear before the state board and address the state board
-37-directly regarding any part of the plan specified in the
report. The state board may modify the plan. During the
period of time specified in the plan for its implementation by
a school district or nonpublic school, the school district or
school shall remain accredited.
b. The accreditation committee shall revisit the school
district or nonpublic school and shall determine whether the
deficiencies in the standards have been corrected.
c. The accreditation team shall make a report and
recommendation to the director and the state board. The
committee recommendation shall specify whether the school
district or nonpublic school shall remain accredited. For a
school district, the committee report and recommendation shall
also specify under what conditions the district may remain
accredited. The conditions may include but are not limited to
providing temporary oversight authority, operational authority,
or both oversight and operational authority to the director and
the state board for some or all aspects of the school district
in order to bring the school district into compliance with
minimum standards.
d. The state board shall review the report and
recommendation, may request additional information, and shall
determine whether the deficiencies have been corrected.
e. If the deficiencies have not been corrected, and the
conditional accreditation alternatives contained in the report
are not mutually acceptable to the state board and the local
board, the state board shall deaccredit the school district and
merge the territory of the school district with one or more
contiguous school districts at the end of the school year. The
state board may place a district under receivership for the
remainder of the school year. The receivership shall be under
the direct supervision and authority of the area education
agency in which the district is located. The decision of
whether to deaccredit the school district or to place the
district under receivership shall be based upon a determination
-38-by the state board of the best interests of the students,
parents, residents of the community, teachers, administrators,
and school district board members and upon the recommendations
of the accreditation committee and the director.
f. In the case of a nonpublic school, if the deficiencies
have not been corrected, the state board may deaccredit the
nonpublic school. The deaccreditation shall take effect on the
date established by the resolution of the state board, which
shall be no later than the end of the school year in which the
nonpublic school is deaccredited.
Sec. 29. Section 272.2, Code 2021, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 24. Establish, collect, and refund
fees from an administrator for the administrative costs
of processing complaints and conducting hearings if the
administrator is the respondent in a complaint for violation of
the code of professional conduct and ethics, developed pursuant
to subsection 1, for which final board action results in a
sanction against the administrator.
Sec. 30. Section 272.10, Code 2021, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The fees established by the board
for the administrative costs of processing complaints and
conducting hearings pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 24,
may include a fee for personal service by a sheriff, a fee for
legal notice when placed in a newspaper, transcription service
or court reporter fee, and other fees assessed as costs by
the board. The fees collected annually in accordance with
this subsection shall be retained by and are appropriated to
the board for the purposes related to the board’s duties.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, fees retained by and appropriated
to the board pursuant to this subsection that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for
the activities of the board as provided in this chapter until
-39-the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 31. NEW SECTION. 279.8B Petition — school board
meeting agenda.
1. Upon petition signed by eligible electors of a school
district equal in number to at least ten percent of the persons
who voted in the last preceding election of school officials
under section 277.1, or five hundred eligible electors,
whichever is less, the board of directors of the school
district shall place the proposal specified in the petition
on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the school board
or on the agenda of a school board meeting held within thirty
days of receipt of the petition filed in accordance with this
subsection. If the proposal relates to curriculum, the school
district may halt use of the subject instructional materials
until the school board holds the board meeting at which the
proposal is presented and discussed. The meeting notice shall
include a brief description of the proposal.
2. The board of directors of the school district shall
provide sufficient time to receive public comment on the
proposal. The board shall allow each interested member of the
public to speak at the meeting regarding the proposal, but may
impose a time limit on the amount of time a member of the public
is allowed to speak if the time limit is the same for each
speaker and necessary due to the amount of people wishing to
speak.
Sec. 32. Section 279.66, Code 2021, is amended to read as
follows:
279.66 Discipline and personal conduct standards.
1. The board of directors of a school district shall review
and modify existing policies related to student discipline
and student conduct that are designed to promote responsible
behavior on school property and at school functions in
order that the policy shall govern the conduct of students,
teachers and other school personnel, and visitors; provide
opportunities for students to exercise self-discipline
-40-and practice cooperative classroom behavior; and encourage
students and practitioners to model fairness, equity, and
respect. The policy shall specify the responsibilities of
students, parents and guardians, and practitioners in creating
an atmosphere where all individuals feel a sense of respect,
safety, and belonging, and shall set forth the consequences for
unacceptable behavior. The policy shall be published in the
student handbook.
2. The board of directors of a school district shall
include or reference in the student handbook guidance published
pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 63, by the department of
education for parents, guardians, and community members who
have concerns about school districts or their governing boards.
Sec. 33. NEW SECTION. 279.75 Training for equity
coordinators.
The board of directors of a school district shall provide
training on free speech under the first amendment to the
Constitution of the United States developed and distributed
pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 64, annually to any
equity coordinator employed by the school district.
DIVISION IV
PRESCHOOL FUNDING
Sec. 34. PRESCHOOL MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT — SCHOOL
BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE.
1. Notwithstanding section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraph
“f”, and any provision of section 257.31 to the contrary, if
fifty percent of a school district’s actual enrollment of
eligible students in preschool programming provided by the
school district within the meaning of section 256C.5 on October
1, 2021, is greater than the preschool budget enrollment
determined under section 256C.5 for the budget year beginning
July 1, 2021, the school district may apply to the school
budget review committee for a modified supplemental amount for
the budget year beginning July 1, 2021. An approved modified
supplemental amount under this section shall not exceed an
-41-amount equal to the product of the regular program state
cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021,
multiplied by the difference of fifty percent of a school
district’s actual enrollment of eligible students in preschool
programming provided by the school district on October 1, 2021,
minus the preschool budget enrollment determined under section
256C.5 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021.
2. The school budget review committee shall review a school
district’s unexpended preschool fund balance for the budget
year ending June 30, 2021, when deciding whether to grant a
modified supplemental amount request under this section. For
a school district with an unexpended preschool fund balance
that is equal to or less than twenty-five percent of the school
district’s preschool foundation aid under section 256C.5
for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, the modified
supplemental amount shall be granted. For a school district
with an unexpended preschool fund balance that is greater
than twenty-five percent of the school district’s preschool
foundation aid under section 256C.5 for the budget year
beginning July 1, 2020, the modified supplemental amount may
be granted.
3. A modified supplemental amount granted under this
section must be used for the purposes of chapter 256C,
including amounts passed through to a community-based provider.
4. Amounts received as the result of a modified supplemental
amount granted under this section shall not be eligible for
transfer to a school district’s flexibility account under
section 298A.2, subsection 2, and, notwithstanding section
256C.4, subsection 1, paragraph “e”, a school district that
is granted a modified supplemental amount under this section
shall not be eligible to transfer any preschool foundation
aid that remains unexpended and unobligated at the end of the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, to the school district’s
flexibility account under section 298A.2, subsection 2.
5. Modified supplemental amounts granted under this section
-42-shall be subject to available funding and be funded solely
through aid awarded by the school budget review committee from
funds made available to the school budget review committee for
purposes of this section. If amounts made available to the
school budget review committee for purposes of this section are
insufficient to fund all modified supplemental amounts granted
under this section, the amount of each modified supplement
amount shall be prorated.
Sec. 35. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION V
CALCULATION OF SCHOOL HOURS
Sec. 36. OFFICIAL’S FUNERAL SERVICES. Notwithstanding
section 279.10, and section 256.7, subsection 19, for each
school district and accredited nonpublic school, each hour of a
school day that students attended the public funeral services
of a member of the Iowa state patrol on Friday, April 16, 2021,
shall be considered as attending an hour of instruction during
that school day.
Sec. 37. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 38. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to April 16, 2021.
-43-______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
JAKE CHAPMANPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 868, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2021______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorkh/tm/md
appropriation of moneys to the college student aid
commission, the department for the blind, the department of
education, and the state board of regents, providing for
properly related matters, and including effective date and
retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2021-2022 APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from
the general fund of the state to the department for the blind
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
30, 2022, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,780,724
............................................... FTEs87.98
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION
a. For general administration salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $429,279
............................................... FTEs3.95
b. For the administration of the future ready Iowa skilled
workforce last-dollar scholarship program in accordance with
section 261.131, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $162,254
............................................... FTEs1.00
2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.115:
-1-.................................................. $500,973
3. NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For purposes of providing national guard service
scholarships under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $4,700,000
4. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $3,100,000
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, if the moneys
appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2021, include accredited private institutions as defined in
section 261.9.
5. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $400,000
6. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $1,724,502
7. HEALTH CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $250,000
8. RURAL VETERINARIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.120:
.................................................. $400,000
9. FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
-2-last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
261.131:
.................................................. $23,004,744
Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, may be used
for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.73.
Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending
June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general fund
of the state to the college student aid commission for the
work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
Sec. 5. TRANSFERS TO FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE
LAST-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
1. Notwithstanding section 261.132, subsection 5, there is
transferred from the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
fund created pursuant to section 261.132, subsection 5, to the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
fund created pursuant to section 261.131, subsection 5, any
moneys remaining unencumbered and unobligated on the effective
date of this Act.
2. From the moneys appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the college
student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021, for purposes of providing
skilled workforce shortage tuition grants, in accordance with
section 261.130, pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1019,
section 7, $400,000 is transferred to the future ready Iowa
skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship fund created pursuant
to section 261.131.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
-3-beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $5,975,526
............................................... FTEs65.00
b. By January 15, 2022, the department shall submit
a written report to the general assembly detailing the
department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2021.
2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $598,197
............................................... FTEs9.21
3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $5,996,328
............................................... FTEs249.00
For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
job placement and retention services for individuals with
significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
January 15, 2022, the division shall submit a written report to
the general assembly regarding the division’s outreach efforts
with community rehabilitation program providers.
b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
-4-with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $84,823
............................................... FTEs1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $138,506
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $86,457
4. STATE LIBRARY
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,532,594
............................................... FTEs22.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57:
.................................................. $2,464,823
5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $7,870,316
............................................... FTEs58.23
6. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
For reimbursement for career and technical education
expenditures made by regional career and technical education
planning partnerships in accordance with section 258.14:
.................................................. $2,952,459
7. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
-5-for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,176,797
............................................... FTEs23.62
8. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $23,206,799
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
ending June 30, 2022, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
for the reimbursement of staff.
b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical
assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
formula, grants, or other means.
c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
-6-support of professional development and training activities
for persons working in early care, health, and education by
the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
the professional development component groups maintained by
the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
professional development and training activities agreed upon by
the parties participating in the collaboration as approved by
the early childhood Iowa state board.
9. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
those services:
.................................................. $1,721,400
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
10. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $574,500
b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
used for implementation and expansion of early head start
pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
and received state funding to administer an early head start
-7-project.
11. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $852,000
b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $30 per
pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
resident public school pupils.
12. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,965,467
............................................... FTEs6.00
13. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the
department of education on behalf of school districts and
accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated
with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance
with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $3,000,000
From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
than $300,000 shall be distributed to the Iowa testing programs
within the university of Iowa college of education to offset
the costs of administering the statewide student assessment at
accredited nonpublic schools.
14. STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK-BASED LEARNING
For support costs associated with the creation of a
statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based learning as a part
of the future ready Iowa initiative:
.................................................. $300,000
15. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
PROGRAM
For support costs associated with the creation of a program
-8-to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils
enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to attend a community college
for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a
community college-employed instructor during the summer and
outside of the regular school year through a contractual
agreement between a community college and a school district
under the future ready Iowa initiative:
.................................................. $600,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
16. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
For school districts to provide direct services to the
most at-risk middle school or high school students enrolled
in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
America’s graduates specialist:
.................................................. $4,666,188
17. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
For administration of a process for school districts to
establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
performance of each attendance center operated by the district
in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
report card for each attendance center, for internet site
and data system support, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $250,000
............................................... FTEs1.85
18. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
For purposes of administering the online state job posting
system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $230,000
19. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
-9- For distribution to school districts for implementation
of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
progression for early readers:
.................................................. $7,824,782
20. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
warning assessment and administering the early warning system
for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $1,915,000
The department shall administer and distribute to school
districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
21. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $1,550,176
b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state
board of education relating to the approval of practitioner
preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3,
-10-paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for
the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 272.2,
subsection 23. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
ending June 30, 2022, the center shall submit a report to the
general assembly and the legislative services agency detailing
the expenditures of moneys used for purposes of this paragraph
“b”.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
22. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
FUND
For deposit in the computer science professional development
incentive fund established under section 284.6A:
.................................................. $500,000
23. CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING AND
SUPPORT
a. For distribution to area education agencies for
school-based children’s mental health services, including
mental health awareness training for educators:
.................................................. $3,183,936
b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
distribution to area education agencies, $83,936 shall be
used for purposes of implementing a children’s grief and loss
rural pilot program to serve up to 375 Iowa children in up to
seven rural school districts or accredited nonpublic schools.
The pilot program shall be administered by, and the moneys
allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall be distributed to,
an existing statewide not-for-profit health care organization
that currently provides grief and loss services to children.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30,
2022, the health care organization receiving moneys pursuant to
-11-this paragraph shall prepare a report, in collaboration with
the department of education, detailing the expenditures of
moneys used for the purposes of this program and its outcomes,
which shall be submitted to the general assembly by September
30, 2022.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, or any other provision to
the contrary, moneys appropriated pursuant to 2019 Iowa Acts,
chapter 135, section 5, subsection 23, and 2020 Iowa Acts,
chapter 1121, section 1, subsection 2, for allocation to area
education agencies to create a clearinghouse of mental health
resources for use by schools and community providers that
remain unobligated and unexpended at the close of the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2019, or at the close of the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020, shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this
subsection until the close of the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2021.
24. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
For school districts to create opportunities for one-to-one
friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development
for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities:
.................................................. $25,000
The department of education shall establish criteria for
the distribution of moneys appropriated under this subsection
and shall require an organization receiving moneys under this
subsection to annually report student identifying data for
students participating in the program to the department in the
manner prescribed by the department as a condition of receiving
such moneys.
25. ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY PROGRAMS
For distribution as grants to community colleges for
the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
requiring instruction in English as a second language:
.................................................. $500,000
In issuing grants under this subsection, the department
-12-shall use the same application process and criteria as are
used for purposes of awarding grants to community colleges for
the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
requiring instruction in English as a second language using
moneys that are appropriated to the department from the Iowa
skilled worker and job creation fund.
26. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $115,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
27. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under
section 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $1,000,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
28. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $215,158,161
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
a. Merged Area I
-13-.................................................. $10,591,082
b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $10,697,390
c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $9,874,933
d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $4,885,250
e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $12,209,860
f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $9,495,500
g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $14,478,952
h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $18,363,876
i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $33,626,681
j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $36,393,873
k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $11,943,091
l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $13,022,781
m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $4,979,075
n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $15,583,807
o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $9,012,010
Sec. 7. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATION FOR AT-RISK
CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
ending June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department of education for programs
for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
-14-than $10,524,389. The amount of any reduction in this section
shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
Sec. 8. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 5, subsection
27, as amended by 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1121, section 76,
subsection 27, is amended to read as follows:
27. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
enrollment of accredited nonpublic students under section
261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, if enacted by 2019 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 603:
.................................................. $1,000,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2020 2021.
Sec. 9. 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1108, section 13, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 13. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM
INCENTIVE FUND. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund
established pursuant to section 256.25, as enacted by this Act:
.................................................. $1,582,650
1,626,075
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 10. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
-15-purposes designated:
1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $764,642
............................................... FTEs2.48
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
30, 2022, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly
financial report to the general assembly and the legislative
services agency in a format agreed upon by the state board
of regents office and the legislative services agency. The
report submitted for the quarter ending December 31, 2021,
shall include the five-year graduation rates for the regents
universities.
b. For distribution to the western Iowa regents resource
center:
.................................................. $268,297
c. For distribution to Iowa public radio for public radio
operations:
.................................................. $345,669
d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending
June 30, 2022, the state board of regents and the institutions
of higher learning governed by the state board are prohibited
from reducing moneys budgeted for fiscal year 2021-2022 for the
universities’ police departments.
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $215,605,480
............................................... FTEs5,058.55
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
-16-purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,103,819
............................................... FTEs38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,822,610
............................................... FTEs102.51
d. Family practice program
For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
practice residency education program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,720,598
............................................... FTEs2.71
e. Child health care services
For specialized child health care services, including
childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $634,502
............................................... FTEs4.16
f. Statewide cancer registry
For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $143,410
............................................... FTEs2.10
g. Substance abuse consortium
For distribution to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse
-17-research and evaluation, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $53,427
............................................... FTEs0.99
h. Center for biocatalysis
For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $696,342
............................................... FTEs6.28
i. Primary health care initiative
For the primary health care initiative in the college
of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $624,374
............................................... FTEs6.23
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
for family practice faculty and support staff.
j. Birth defects registry
For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $36,839
............................................... FTEs0.38
k. Larned A.Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $156,389
............................................... FTEs2.75
l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
For the Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative established
pursuant to section 263.8A:
-18-.................................................. $463,616
m. Iowa flood center
For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $1,154,593
3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $172,144,766
............................................... FTEs3,647.42
b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $29,462,535
............................................... FTEs546.98
c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
economics
For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $18,157,366
............................................... FTEs385.34
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$150,000 shall be used for the costs incurred by the Iowa
agricultural extension association as host of the 2023 national
meeting of the national association of county agricultural
agents.
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
-19-following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $98,296,620
............................................... FTEs1,250.28
b. Recycling and reuse center
For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $172,768
............................................... FTEs1.93
c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
collaborative initiative
For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,354,848
............................................... FTEs5.50
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
support, activities directly related to recruitment of
kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
community colleges to develop STEM professional development
programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
development.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide
technology education opportunities to high school,
career academy, and community college students through a
public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
students and faculties at these institutions to secure
broad-based information technology certification. The
partnership shall provide all of the following:
-20- (a) A research-based curriculum.
(b) Online access to the curriculum.
(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
of information technology-related skill areas.
(e) Professional development for teachers.
(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert but shall
remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
d. Real estate education program
For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $123,523
............................................... FTEs0.86
5. IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10,789,039
............................................... FTEs120.00
6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,540,886
............................................... FTEs62.20
Sec. 11. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30,
2022, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
-21-other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
the projects within an average of six years.
Sec. 12. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. The department of
administrative services shall pay the Iowa school for the
deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2021, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
for students attending the Iowa school for the deaf and the
Iowa braille and sight saving school.
Sec. 13. Section 256I.8, subsection 1, paragraph c,
subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(3) Identify federal, state, local, and private funding
sources including funding estimates available in the early
childhood Iowa area that will be used to provide services to
children from zero through age five.
Sec. 14. Section 256I.11, subsection 3, Code 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Unless a different amount is authorized by law, up to
three five percent of the school ready children grant moneys
distributed to an area board may be used by the area board for
administrative costs.
Sec. 15. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(1) In order to provide additional funding to increase
student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
programming for school districts that share operational
functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
one or more operational functions of a curriculum director,
master social worker, independent social worker, mental
health professional who holds a statement of recognition
issued by the board of educational examiners, or school
counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas
of superintendent management, business management, human
-22-resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
A school district that shares an operational function in
the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the function. A
school district that shares an operational function in the area
of business management, human resources, transportation, or
operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
that shares the operational functions of a curriculum
director,; a master social worker or an independent social
worker licensed under chapters 147 and 154C,; a mental health
professional who holds a statement of recognition issued by
the board of educational examiners; or a school counselor
shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils
for the function. The additional weighting shall be assigned
for each discrete operational function shared. However, a
school district may receive the additional weighting under this
subsection for sharing the services of an individual with a
political subdivision even if the type of operational function
performed by the individual for the school district and the
type of operational function performed by the individual
for the political subdivision are not the same operational
function, so long as both operational functions are eligible
for weighting under this subsection. In such case, the school
district shall be assigned the additional weighting for the
type of operational function that the individual performs for
the school district, and the school district shall not receive
additional weighting for any other function performed by the
individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does
not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to
receive supplementary weighting under this subsection.
Sec. 16. Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, are
amended to read as follows:
-23- 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-seven
forty-eight million seven eight hundred three ninety-six
thousand four hundred sixty-three fifty dollars for tuition
grants to qualified students who are enrolled in accredited
private institutions.
2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of four hundred
twenty-six fifty-six thousand two hundred twenty dollars for
tuition grants for qualified students who are enrolled in
eligible institutions. Of the moneys appropriated under this
subsection, not more than eighty one hundred thousand dollars
annually shall be used for tuition grants to qualified students
who are attending an eligible institution under section 261.9,
subsection 3, paragraph “b”.
Sec. 17. Section 261.87, subsection 1, paragraph d,
subparagraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), Code 2021, are amended
to read as follows:
(1) Is the child or stepchild of a peace officer, as
defined in section 97A.1, who was killed in the line of duty
as determined by the board of trustees of the Iowa department
of public safety peace officers’ retirement, accident, and
disability system in accordance with section 97A.6, subsection
16.
(2) Is the child or stepchild of a police officer or a fire
fighter, as each is defined in section 411.1, who was killed in
the line of duty as determined by the statewide fire and police
retirement system in accordance with section 411.6, subsection
15.
(3) Is the child or stepchild of a sheriff or deputy sheriff
as each is defined in section 97B.49C, who was killed in
the line of duty as determined by the Iowa public employees’
retirement system in accordance with section 97B.52, subsection
2.
(4) Is the child or stepchild of a fire fighter or police
-24-officer included under section 97B.49B, who was killed in
the line of duty as determined by the Iowa public employees’
retirement system in accordance with section 97B.52, subsection
2.
Sec. 18. Section 261.87, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
2021, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (5) Is the child or stepchild of an
employee of the Iowa department of corrections, or of a
judicial district department of correctional services, who was
killed in the line of duty.
Sec. 19. Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. i. “Stepchild” means the same as defined in
section 450.l.
Sec. 20. Section 261.132, Code 2021, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 6. New awards prohibited. For the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2021, and each succeeding fiscal year,
the commission shall not award a future ready Iowa skilled
workforce grant to any new applicant, but may award a future
ready Iowa skilled workforce grant to an applicant who received
a grant awarded under the program in the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2020, and who continues to meet the eligibility
requirements of this section.
Sec. 21. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
e, f, and g, Code 2021, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department, the amount of
five hundred eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the
issuance of national board certification awards in accordance
with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated under this
paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand dollars shall
be used to administer the ambassador to education position in
accordance with section 256.45.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
-25-ending June 30, 2020 2022, up to seven hundred twenty-eight
thousand two hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
purposes of implementing the professional development program
requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model
evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and the evaluator
training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds
allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021,
and ending June 30, 2020 2022, an amount up to one million
seventy-seven thousand eight hundred ten dollars to the
department for the establishment of teacher development
academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A
portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes
of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department an amount up to
twenty-five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
256.34.
f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 2021, and
ending June 30, 2020 2022, to the department an amount up
to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
training and staff development, and the contracting of external
expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
-26-districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
department for administrative purposes and for not more than
five full-time equivalent positions.
g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 2022, and
for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department, ten
million dollars for purposes of implementing the supplemental
assistance for high-need schools provisions of section 284.11.
Annually, of the moneys allocated to the department for
purposes of this paragraph, up to one hundred thousand dollars
may be used by the department for administrative purposes and
for not more than one full-time equivalent position.
Sec. 22. TASK FORCE ON GROWING A DIVERSE PREK-12 TEACHER
BASE IN IOWA.
1. The director of the department of education, in
consultation with Iowa jobs for America’s graduates, shall
convene a task force on growing a diverse prekindergarten
through grade twelve teacher base in Iowa.
2. The director of the department of education or the
director’s designee shall serve as the chairperson of the task
force. The department of education shall provide staffing
services for the task force.
3. The task force shall, at a minimum, consist of the
following members:
a. Representatives from public and private institutions of
higher education engaged in practitioner preparation.
b. Representatives from state agencies engaged in
practitioner preparation and licensure.
c. Representatives from area education agencies and
school districts, including but not limited to teachers,
administrators, and counselors, particularly those involved in
competency-based education.
d. Representatives from apprenticeship programs and
workforce development organizations.
-27- e. Representatives from organizations that provide direct
student support leading to graduation and career pathways or
that provide remedial academic and career support outside the
traditional classroom or school day.
f. Representatives from community-based organizations that
have demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of
workforce development.
g. Persons representing current teachers, administrators,
and school board members.
4. The task force shall do all of the following:
a. Develop a framework that expands opportunities for
a more diverse teacher workforce and establishes a unique
teacher career pathway for participants to achieve a bachelor’s
degree and teacher licensure while engaged meaningfully in the
education system.
b. Demonstrate how the proposed pathway maintains a
high-quality standard of learning and teacher preparation for
all participants.
c. Recommend methods to attract, engage, and retain a high
number of participants to make up a diverse teacher workforce
that reflects the growing diverse population of students across
Iowa, both rural and urban.
d. Recommend a pilot or experimental opportunity for a
finite group of participants during the 2022-2023 school year
that may be developed within an organization such as Iowa jobs
for America’s graduates.
5. The task force shall submit a report regarding
its findings and recommendations, including any proposed
legislative or administrative rule changes, to the governor,
the general assembly, and the state board of education by
December 15, 2021.
Sec. 23. INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE — REGENTS UNIVERSITIES.
1. The legislative council is requested to establish an
interim study committee to examine the administrative costs,
staffing levels, and allocation of staff at the institutions of
-28-higher learning governed by the state board of regents, as well
as the graduation and student retention rates for each academic
program at each such institution of higher learning.
2. The interim study committee shall submit a report,
including findings and recommendations, to the general assembly
by December 15, 2021, for the 2022 legislative session.
Sec. 24. EFFECTIVE DATES. The following, being deemed of
immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
1. The section of this division of this Act transferring
moneys to the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship fund established pursuant to section 261.131.
2. The section of this division of this Act amending 2019
Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 5, subsection 27, as amended by
2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1121, section 76, subsection 27.
Sec. 25. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following apply
retroactively to July 1, 2020:
1. The section of this division of this Act enacting section
261.87, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (5).
2. The section of this division of this Act enacting section
261.87, subsection 1, paragraph “i”.
3. The section of this division of this Act transferring
moneys to the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship fund established pursuant to section 261.131.
DIVISION II
workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2021-2022
Sec. 26. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $5,000,000
-29- 2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $15,100,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
for administration of the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $5,500,000
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
established in section 260C.18C.
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department
for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
pursuant to section 260C.50.
(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“b”, not more than $1,257,000 shall be distributed as grants
to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
programs for students requiring instruction in English
as a second language. The department shall establish an
application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
based on need for instruction in English as a second language
in the region served by each community college as determined by
factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
services for purposes of administering a program to provide
access to international resources to Iowans and new Iowans
to provide economic and leadership development resulting in
-30-Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live, work,
and raise a family. The program shall provide supplemental
support services for international refugees to improve
learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural competencies,
and integration in a county with a population over 350,000
as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census. The
department of human services shall utilize a request for
proposals process to identify the entity best qualified to
implement the program.
c. For capital projects at community colleges that meet the
definition of the term “vertical infrastructure” in section
8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $6,000,000
Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
disbursed pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3. Projects
that qualify for moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall include at least one of the following:
(1) Accelerated career education program capital projects.
(2) Major renovations and major repair needs, including
health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.
d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $5,000,000
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
equivalent position.
e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $2,000,000
f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $1,500,000
-31- From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department to
provide statewide support for work-based learning.
g. For support costs associated with administering a
workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $200,000
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
in this section of this division of this Act that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
DIVISION III
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES — FEES
Sec. 27. Section 256.9, Code 2021, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. 63. Develop and make available on the
department’s internet site general guidance for parents,
guardians, and community members who have concerns about school
districts or their governing boards.
NEW SUBSECTION. 64. Develop and distribute to school
districts standards of practice for equity coordinators
employed by school districts. To provide consistency in
training statewide, the director shall also develop and
distribute to school districts a training program on free
speech under the first amendment which shall be used by school
districts to provide training pursuant to section 279.75.
Sec. 28. Section 256.11, subsections 10 and 11, Code 2021,
are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
10. The state board shall establish, and the department
shall use, for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and
-32-each succeeding school year, an accreditation, monitoring,
and enforcement process for school districts and nonpublic
schools seeking accreditation pursuant to this subsection and
subsections 11 and 12. The process established shall include
all of the following requirements:
a. Phase I monitoring.
(1) Phase I monitoring shall consist of annual monitoring by
the department of all accredited schools and school districts
for compliance with state and federal school laws, regulations,
and rules adopted by the state board under chapter 17A,
including but not limited to the following:
(a) Accreditation standards adopted by the state board as
provided in this section.
(b) Fiscal compliance.
(c) Federal education laws including but not limited to the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.
§1400 et seq., as amended.
(d) The federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 216.
(e) All other requirements of this title applicable to
accredited schools and school districts.
(2) Phase I monitoring may include but shall not be limited
to the following:
(a) One or more desk audits requiring submission of
information to the department in a manner and on forms
prescribed by the department.
(b) One or more remote or on-site visits to schools or
school districts to address accreditation issues identified in
a desk audit. Such a visit may be conducted by an individual
departmental consultant or may be a comprehensive site visit
by a team of departmental consultants and other subject-matter
professionals.
(c) A review of district finances by department staff or a
neutral third party.
(d) A review of local school board policies and procedures
-33-by department staff or a neutral third party.
(3) The department shall provide a public report annually of
findings of noncompliance and required corrective actions for
each accredited school and school district. The purpose of the
phase I process is to bring schools and school districts into
minimum compliance with federal and state laws, regulations,
and rules and no citation or corrective action may be designed
to require more than minimum compliance.
(4) The department shall provide a written report
annually to the state board of any monitoring review resulting
in multiple or substantial findings of noncompliance or
noncompliance findings that remain uncorrected for more
than thirty days past the deadline set by the department for
correction.
(5) The department shall eliminate duplicative reporting
on the part of schools and school districts for phase I
monitoring, and is prohibited from collecting information not
specifically permitted by federal or state law, regulation, or
rule.
(6) Enforcement actions under phase I monitoring are
limited to actions permitted pursuant to paragraph “c”,
subparagraphs (2) and (3). Violations of federal legal
requirements shall follow the procedures and limitations of the
governing statute.
b. Phase II monitoring.
(1) Phase II monitoring shall take place when any of the
following conditions are present:
(a) When either the annual monitoring or the biennial
on-site visit of phase I indicates that an accredited school or
school district is deficient and fails to be in compliance with
accreditation standards.
(b) In response to a petition filed with the director
requesting such an accreditation committee visitation that is
signed by eligible electors residing in the school district
equal in number to at least twenty percent of the registered
-34-voters of the school district.
(c) In response to a petition filed with the director
requesting such an accreditation committee visitation that is
signed by twenty percent or more of the parents or guardians
who have children enrolled in the school or school district.
(d) At the direction of the state board.
(e) The school budget review committee submits to the
department a recommendation for a fiscal review pursuant to
section 257.31, subsection 18.
(2) Phase II monitoring shall consist of a full desk audit
of all monitoring requirements and an on-site visit to the
school or school district for the purpose of determining the
extent of noncompliance, the reason for lack of correction, if
applicable, and a recommendation for corrective action to the
director and the state board.
(3) Phase II monitoring requires the use of an accreditation
committee appointed by the director. The accreditation
committee shall be made up primarily of department staff but
may request the assistance of third-party specialists at the
discretion of the director. An accreditation committee visit
to a nonpublic school requires membership on the committee
from nonpublic school instructional or administrative staff or
board members. A member of a committee shall not have a direct
interest in the school district or nonpublic school being
visited.
(4) After visiting the school district or nonpublic
school, the accreditation committee shall, within thirty
days, determine whether the accreditation standards have been
met and shall make a report to the director, together with a
recommendation on what enforcement actions, if any, should be
recommended to the state board.
c. Enforcement.
(1) The department shall enforce the laws, regulations,
and rules applicable to school districts and nonpublic schools
consistent with the process outlined in this subsection. The
-35-department shall coordinate its enforcement of chapter 216 with
the Iowa state civil rights commission to reduce duplication
of efforts.
(2) If, after having an opportunity to correct, if
permitted, a school district is found to be in noncompliance
with federal education laws including but not limited to the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.
§1400 et seq., as amended, the federal Civil Rights Act of
1964, chapter 216, section 279.73 if enacted by House File 744,
or section 279.74 if enacted by House File 802, the director
shall recommend, and the state board may do, one of the
following within thirty days of the finding of noncompliance:
(a) Impose conditions on funding provided to a school
district, including directing the use of school district funds
and designating the school district a high-risk grantee under
2 C.F.R. §200.207.
(b) Withhold payment of state or federal funds to a
school district, in whole or in part, until noncompliance
is corrected. Initial withholding of state funds is at the
discretion of the director for a period of sixty calendar days,
after which it is subject to approval of the state board every
sixty calendar days. Withholding of federal funds is subject
to the governing federal statute or regulation.
(3) The director may use any of the following permitted
enforcement mechanisms and shall exercise discretion to ensure
that enforcement actions are proportionate to school district
or nonpublic school noncompliance:
(a) Advise the school district or nonpublic school on the
availability of appropriate technical assistance.
(b) Require the school district or nonpublic school to
complete a corrective action plan or plan for improvement by
a reasonable deadline.
(c) Recommend a phase II visit to the school district or
nonpublic school to the state board.
-36- (d) Refer conduct of school district or nonpublic school
staff or school board members, or school authorities, to the
office of the attorney general for investigation.
(e) Refer financial concerns to the auditor of state for
investigation.
(f) Recommend removal of accreditation of the school
district or school to the state board.
(g) Take any other enforcement mechanism available to the
director.
(4) The department shall focus enforcement activities on
all of the following:
(a) Improving educational results for children, families,
and students.
(b) Ensuring that public agencies and their governing
boards meet requirements of state and federal laws.
11. a. If the recommendation pursuant to subsection 10
is that a school district or nonpublic school not remain
accredited, the accreditation committee shall provide the
school district or nonpublic school with a report that includes
a list of all of the deficiencies, a plan prescribing the
actions that must be taken to correct the deficiencies, and
a deadline date for completion of the prescribed actions.
The accreditation committee shall advise the school district
or nonpublic school of available resources and technical
assistance to improve areas of weakness. The school district
or nonpublic school shall be provided with the opportunity
to respond to the accreditation committee’s report. The
director shall review the accreditation committee’s report
and the response of the school district or nonpublic school
and shall provide a report to the state board along with
copies of the accreditation committee’s report, the response
to the accreditation committee’s report, and other pertinent
information. At the request of the school district or
nonpublic school, the school district or nonpublic school may
appear before the state board and address the state board
-37-directly regarding any part of the plan specified in the
report. The state board may modify the plan. During the
period of time specified in the plan for its implementation by
a school district or nonpublic school, the school district or
school shall remain accredited.
b. The accreditation committee shall revisit the school
district or nonpublic school and shall determine whether the
deficiencies in the standards have been corrected.
c. The accreditation team shall make a report and
recommendation to the director and the state board. The
committee recommendation shall specify whether the school
district or nonpublic school shall remain accredited. For a
school district, the committee report and recommendation shall
also specify under what conditions the district may remain
accredited. The conditions may include but are not limited to
providing temporary oversight authority, operational authority,
or both oversight and operational authority to the director and
the state board for some or all aspects of the school district
in order to bring the school district into compliance with
minimum standards.
d. The state board shall review the report and
recommendation, may request additional information, and shall
determine whether the deficiencies have been corrected.
e. If the deficiencies have not been corrected, and the
conditional accreditation alternatives contained in the report
are not mutually acceptable to the state board and the local
board, the state board shall deaccredit the school district and
merge the territory of the school district with one or more
contiguous school districts at the end of the school year. The
state board may place a district under receivership for the
remainder of the school year. The receivership shall be under
the direct supervision and authority of the area education
agency in which the district is located. The decision of
whether to deaccredit the school district or to place the
district under receivership shall be based upon a determination
-38-by the state board of the best interests of the students,
parents, residents of the community, teachers, administrators,
and school district board members and upon the recommendations
of the accreditation committee and the director.
f. In the case of a nonpublic school, if the deficiencies
have not been corrected, the state board may deaccredit the
nonpublic school. The deaccreditation shall take effect on the
date established by the resolution of the state board, which
shall be no later than the end of the school year in which the
nonpublic school is deaccredited.
Sec. 29. Section 272.2, Code 2021, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 24. Establish, collect, and refund
fees from an administrator for the administrative costs
of processing complaints and conducting hearings if the
administrator is the respondent in a complaint for violation of
the code of professional conduct and ethics, developed pursuant
to subsection 1, for which final board action results in a
sanction against the administrator.
Sec. 30. Section 272.10, Code 2021, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The fees established by the board
for the administrative costs of processing complaints and
conducting hearings pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 24,
may include a fee for personal service by a sheriff, a fee for
legal notice when placed in a newspaper, transcription service
or court reporter fee, and other fees assessed as costs by
the board. The fees collected annually in accordance with
this subsection shall be retained by and are appropriated to
the board for the purposes related to the board’s duties.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, fees retained by and appropriated
to the board pursuant to this subsection that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for
the activities of the board as provided in this chapter until
-39-the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 31. NEW SECTION. 279.8B Petition — school board
meeting agenda.
1. Upon petition signed by eligible electors of a school
district equal in number to at least ten percent of the persons
who voted in the last preceding election of school officials
under section 277.1, or five hundred eligible electors,
whichever is less, the board of directors of the school
district shall place the proposal specified in the petition
on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the school board
or on the agenda of a school board meeting held within thirty
days of receipt of the petition filed in accordance with this
subsection. If the proposal relates to curriculum, the school
district may halt use of the subject instructional materials
until the school board holds the board meeting at which the
proposal is presented and discussed. The meeting notice shall
include a brief description of the proposal.
2. The board of directors of the school district shall
provide sufficient time to receive public comment on the
proposal. The board shall allow each interested member of the
public to speak at the meeting regarding the proposal, but may
impose a time limit on the amount of time a member of the public
is allowed to speak if the time limit is the same for each
speaker and necessary due to the amount of people wishing to
speak.
Sec. 32. Section 279.66, Code 2021, is amended to read as
follows:
279.66 Discipline and personal conduct standards.
1. The board of directors of a school district shall review
and modify existing policies related to student discipline
and student conduct that are designed to promote responsible
behavior on school property and at school functions in
order that the policy shall govern the conduct of students,
teachers and other school personnel, and visitors; provide
opportunities for students to exercise self-discipline
-40-and practice cooperative classroom behavior; and encourage
students and practitioners to model fairness, equity, and
respect. The policy shall specify the responsibilities of
students, parents and guardians, and practitioners in creating
an atmosphere where all individuals feel a sense of respect,
safety, and belonging, and shall set forth the consequences for
unacceptable behavior. The policy shall be published in the
student handbook.
2. The board of directors of a school district shall
include or reference in the student handbook guidance published
pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 63, by the department of
education for parents, guardians, and community members who
have concerns about school districts or their governing boards.
Sec. 33. NEW SECTION. 279.75 Training for equity
coordinators.
The board of directors of a school district shall provide
training on free speech under the first amendment to the
Constitution of the United States developed and distributed
pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 64, annually to any
equity coordinator employed by the school district.
DIVISION IV
PRESCHOOL FUNDING
Sec. 34. PRESCHOOL MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT — SCHOOL
BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE.
1. Notwithstanding section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraph
“f”, and any provision of section 257.31 to the contrary, if
fifty percent of a school district’s actual enrollment of
eligible students in preschool programming provided by the
school district within the meaning of section 256C.5 on October
1, 2021, is greater than the preschool budget enrollment
determined under section 256C.5 for the budget year beginning
July 1, 2021, the school district may apply to the school
budget review committee for a modified supplemental amount for
the budget year beginning July 1, 2021. An approved modified
supplemental amount under this section shall not exceed an
-41-amount equal to the product of the regular program state
cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021,
multiplied by the difference of fifty percent of a school
district’s actual enrollment of eligible students in preschool
programming provided by the school district on October 1, 2021,
minus the preschool budget enrollment determined under section
256C.5 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021.
2. The school budget review committee shall review a school
district’s unexpended preschool fund balance for the budget
year ending June 30, 2021, when deciding whether to grant a
modified supplemental amount request under this section. For
a school district with an unexpended preschool fund balance
that is equal to or less than twenty-five percent of the school
district’s preschool foundation aid under section 256C.5
for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, the modified
supplemental amount shall be granted. For a school district
with an unexpended preschool fund balance that is greater
than twenty-five percent of the school district’s preschool
foundation aid under section 256C.5 for the budget year
beginning July 1, 2020, the modified supplemental amount may
be granted.
3. A modified supplemental amount granted under this
section must be used for the purposes of chapter 256C,
including amounts passed through to a community-based provider.
4. Amounts received as the result of a modified supplemental
amount granted under this section shall not be eligible for
transfer to a school district’s flexibility account under
section 298A.2, subsection 2, and, notwithstanding section
256C.4, subsection 1, paragraph “e”, a school district that
is granted a modified supplemental amount under this section
shall not be eligible to transfer any preschool foundation
aid that remains unexpended and unobligated at the end of the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, to the school district’s
flexibility account under section 298A.2, subsection 2.
5. Modified supplemental amounts granted under this section
-42-shall be subject to available funding and be funded solely
through aid awarded by the school budget review committee from
funds made available to the school budget review committee for
purposes of this section. If amounts made available to the
school budget review committee for purposes of this section are
insufficient to fund all modified supplemental amounts granted
under this section, the amount of each modified supplement
amount shall be prorated.
Sec. 35. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION V
CALCULATION OF SCHOOL HOURS
Sec. 36. OFFICIAL’S FUNERAL SERVICES. Notwithstanding
section 279.10, and section 256.7, subsection 19, for each
school district and accredited nonpublic school, each hour of a
school day that students attended the public funeral services
of a member of the Iowa state patrol on Friday, April 16, 2021,
shall be considered as attending an hour of instruction during
that school day.
Sec. 37. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 38. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to April 16, 2021.
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PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
JAKE CHAPMANPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 868, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2021______________________________
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