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House File 2575 - 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
applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2022-2023 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, 2022, and ending June
30, 2023, 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:
.................................................. $2,893,503
............................................... 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, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION
For general administration salaries, support, maintenance,
and miscellaneous purposes, and 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 related to the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
program, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $591,533
............................................... FTEs4.95
2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $500,973
3. NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
-1- 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:
.................................................. $3,229,468
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, 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,
2022, 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:
.................................................. $650,000
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:
.................................................. $2,504,933
7. HEALTH CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $500,000
8. RURAL VETERINARIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.120:
.................................................. $700,000
9. FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
261.131:
-2-.................................................. $23,927,005
10. MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
a. For deposit in the mental health practitioner loan
repayment program trust fund established pursuant to section
261.117, as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2549, or
Senate File 2195, if enacted:
.................................................. $520,000
b. Moneys appropriated in this subsection are contingent
upon the enactment of 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2549, if
enacted.
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, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 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, 2022, and ending
June 30, 2023, 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.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 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, 2023, the department shall submit
a written report to the general assembly detailing the
-3-department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2022.
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:
.................................................. $6,116,328
............................................... 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, 2023, 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
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- 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
............................................... FTEs21.00
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
............................................... FTEs58.36
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
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,176,797
............................................... FTEs24.48
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:
.................................................. $23,406,799
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and
ending June 30, 2023, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
-5-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 lettered 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
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.
d. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit
-6-in the school ready children grants account of the early
childhood Iowa fund, $200,000 shall be used to invest in this
state’s early childhood database system that integrates state
administrative data to provide results that inform and improve
the early childhood system of programs and services in this
state.
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
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
-7-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
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
-8-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 until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
16. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
For school districts to reinforce combined efforts and
regional initiatives that accelerate paraeducator and teacher
credential attainment and 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:
.................................................. $8,146,450
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
For distribution to school districts for implementation
-9-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”:
.................................................. $600,000
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,
paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for
-10-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, 2022, and
ending June 30, 2023, 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 until the close of the succeeding
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:
.................................................. $3,383,936
b. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection for
distribution to area education agencies, $200,000 shall be
used for purposes of implementing a children’s grief and loss
rural pilot program to serve Iowa children in 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, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the health
care organization receiving moneys pursuant to this paragraph
-11-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, 2023.
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:
.................................................. $35,000
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
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
-12-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 until the close of the succeeding
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:
.................................................. $221,658,161
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $10,901,112
b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $10,991,321
c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $10,128,121
d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $5,027,789
e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $12,590,460
f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $9,755,374
g. Merged Area VII
-13-.................................................. $14,902,662
h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $18,919,128
i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $34,639,366
j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $37,667,676
k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $12,311,796
l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $13,442,325
m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $5,121,413
n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $16,000,872
o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $9,258,746
Sec. 6. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATION FOR AT-RISK
CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and
ending June 30, 2023, 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
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”.
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
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
-14-equivalent positions:
.................................................. $764,642
............................................... FTEs2.48
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June
30, 2023, 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, 2022,
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 allocation by the state board of regents to the state
university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science and
technology, and the university of northern Iowa to support
new strategic initiatives, meet needs caused by enrollment
increases, meet the demand for new courses and services, to
fund new but unavoidable or mandated cost increases, and to
support any other initiatives important to the core functions
of the universities:
.................................................. $5,500,000
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
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,103,819
-15-............................................... 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:
.................................................. $2,220,598
............................................... 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
research and evaluation, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $53,427
-16-............................................... FTEs.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
............................................... FTEs.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:
.................................................. $463,616
m. Iowa flood center
For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
-17-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:
.................................................. $18,307,366
............................................... FTEs385.34
(1) 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.
(2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, if moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year, an amount not more than $150,000
shall not revert but shall remain available for costs incurred
by the Iowa agricultural extension association as host of the
2023 national meeting of the national association of county
agricultural agents until the close of the succeeding fiscal
-18-year.
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN 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:
.................................................. $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
............................................... FTEs7.00
(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,
-19-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:
(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 lettered paragraph 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 lettered paragraph 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
............................................... FTEs.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:
.................................................. $11,089,039
............................................... FTEs121.00
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:
-20-.................................................. $4,654,408
............................................... FTEs56.00
Sec. 8. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30,
2023, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
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. 9. 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, 2022, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
for students attending the Iowa school for the deaf and the
Iowa braille and sight saving school.
DIVISION II
workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2022-2023
Sec. 10. 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, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 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
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,
not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
for administration of the workforce training and economic
-21-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, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the
formula established in section 260C.18C.
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, 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, 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, $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 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
-22-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,
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 1.00
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
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 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
-23-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
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT
Sec. 11. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM
INCENTIVE FUND. There is appropriated from the general fund
of the state to the department education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 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:
.................................................. $2,351,382
Sec. 12. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM
TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS REIMBURSEMENT. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and
ending June 30, 2023, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For payment of school district claims for reimbursement
submitted under section 256.25A, subsection 1, paragraph “a”:
.................................................. $500,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated pursuant
to this section 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
section for the following fiscal year.
DIVISION IV
APPROPRIATIONS — STANDING LIMITED
-24- Sec. 13. Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2022, are
amended to read as follows:
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-eight
million eight hundred ninety-six thousand fifty fifty million
one hundred eighteen thousand four hundred fifty-one 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 five
hundred fifty-six thousand two hundred twenty thousand dollars
for tuition grants for qualified students who are enrolled
in eligible institutions. Of the moneys appropriated under
this subsection, not more than 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”.
DIVISION V
STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION
Sec. 14. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
e, f, and g, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021 2022, and
ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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, 2021 2022, and
ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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
-25-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, 2021 2022,
and ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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, 2021 2022, and
ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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, 2021 2022, and
ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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
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.
-26- g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 2023, 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.
DIVISION VI
programs for at-risk children
Sec. 15. Section 279.51, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
appropriated in this section 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.
Sec. 16. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION VII
IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Sec. 17. Section 456.5A, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Not later than January 10, 2022, and not later than
January 10 of each subsequent five-year period, the state
geologist shall publish a new long-range budget plan for
the next planning period. The long-range budget plan
shall describe how moneys appropriated, expected to the
be appropriated, or otherwise available or expected to be
available to the Iowa geological survey for each fiscal year
of that planning period are to be expended in a manner that
best allows the Iowa geological survey to exercise its powers
and carry out its duties or functions. The long-range budget
plan shall include any performance goals and measures required
by law or established by the state geologist. The state
-27-geologist shall annually evaluate the Iowa geological survey’s
progress in attaining those performance goals and shall revise
the long-term budget plan as the state geologist determines
necessary or desirable.
DIVISION VIII
THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM — APPLICATIONS
Sec. 18. Section 256.25, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The department shall develop a grant application
and selection and evaluation criteria. Selection criteria
shall include a method for prioritizing grant applications
submitted by school districts located in mental health and
disability services regions providing children’s behavioral
health services in accordance with chapter 331, subchapter
III, part 6, with those proposing to serve the most students
given highest priority. First priority shall be given to
applications submitted by school districts that submitted
an application pursuant to this section for the previous
fiscal year. Second priority shall be given to applications
submitted by school districts that, pursuant to subsection
2, are collaborating and partnering with one or more school
districts, area education agencies, accredited nonpublic
schools, nonprofit agencies, or institutions that provide
mental health services for children. Third priority shall be
given to applications submitted by school districts located
in mental health and disability services regions providing
behavioral health services for children in accordance with
chapter 331, subchapter III, part 6. Grant awards shall be
distributed as equitably as possible among small, medium, and
large school districts. For purposes of this subsection, a
small school district is a district with an actual enrollment
of fewer than six hundred pupils; a medium school district is a
district with an actual enrollment that is at least six hundred
pupils, but less than two thousand five hundred pupils; and a
large school district is a district with an actual enrollment
-28-of two thousand five hundred or more pupils.
Sec. 19. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
to grant applications submitted pursuant to section 256.25 on
or after July 1, 2022.
DIVISION IX
CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDING
Sec. 20. Section 256E.8, subsection 2, paragraphs a, b, and
c, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
a. The school district of residence shall pay to the
charter school in which the student is enrolled in the manner
required under section 282.18, and pursuant to the timeline in
section 282.20, subsection 3, shall receive under paragraph
“c” an amount equal to the sum of the state cost per pupil
for the previous school year plus the teacher leadership
supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year
as provided in section 257.9 plus any moneys received by the
school district of residence for the student as a result of the
non-English speaking weighting under section 280.4, subsection
3, for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost
per pupil for the previous year. If a student is an eligible
pupil under section 261E.6, the charter school shall pay the
tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible postsecondary
institution as provided in section 261E.7.
b. For a student requiring special education, the school
district of residence shall pay to the charter school, pursuant
to the timeline in section 282.20, subsection 3, the actual
costs incurred in providing the appropriate special education.
c. For each student enrolled in the charter school who
was not included in the actual enrollment of the district of
residence under section 257.6, subsection 1, in the previous
school year, the The amount otherwise required to be paid to
the charter school under paragraph “a” or “b” shall instead be
paid by the department to the charter school for during the
student’s initial year of enrollment school year for which the
student is enrolled in the charter school. The amount paid
-29-to the charter school under this paragraph shall result in an
equal reduction to the school district of residence’s state aid
payment amount under chapter 257 for the school budget year
following the school year for which the payment to the charter
school is made, so long as the student was counted in the
district of residence’s actual enrollment in the school year
for which the student attended the charter school.
Sec. 21. Section 256E.8, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended
to read as follows:
4. If necessary, and pursuant to rules adopted by the state
board, funding amounts required under this section for the
first school year of a new charter school shall be based on
enrollment estimates for the charter school included in the
charter school contract. Initial amounts The department shall adopt rules to establish a process for determining estimated enrollments for charter school funding purposes in school years after the first school year of a charter school. Amounts paid
using estimated enrollments shall be reconciled during the
subsequent payment payments based on actual enrollment of the
charter school during the first each school year.
Sec. 22. EMERGENCY RULES. The department of education may
adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, and
section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement the
provisions of this division of this Act and the rules shall
be effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is
specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with
this section shall also be published as a notice of intended
action as provided in section 17A.4.
Sec. 23. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION X
WAIVER OF FEES
Sec. 24. Section 272C.14, Code 2022, as amended by 2022
Iowa Acts, Senate File 2383, section 22, is amended to read as
follows:
-30- 272C.14 Waiver of fees.
1. A licensing board, agency, or department, or the board
of educational examiners shall waive any fee charged to an
applicant for a license if the applicant’s household income
does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty
income guidelines and the applicant is applying for the license
for the first time in this state.
2. A licensing board, agency, or department, or the board of
educational examiners shall waive an initial application fee
and one renewal fee for an applicant that has been honorably or
generally discharged from federal active duty or national guard
duty, as those terms are defined in section 29A.1, that would
otherwise be charged within five years of the discharge.
Sec. 25. 2022 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2383, section 23, is
amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:
SEC. 23. IMPLEMENTATION. Each board, as defined in section
272C.1, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary
to implement the section of this division of this Act amending
section 272C.14, by January 11, 2023.
DIVISION XI
FY 2021-2022 APPROPRIATION — COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE IN
AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS
Sec. 26. 2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 170, section 10, subsection
3, paragraph c, is amended to read as follows:
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
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, $150,000 shall be used for the costs incurred by
-31-the Iowa agricultural extension association as host of the
2023 national meeting of the national association of county
agricultural agents.
(2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, if moneys appropriated
in this lettered paragraph remain unencumbered or unobligated
at the close of the fiscal year, an amount of not more than
$150,000 shall not revert but shall remain available until the
close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2023, for costs
incurred by the Iowa agricultural extension association as host
of the 2023 national meeting of the national association of
county agricultural agents.
Sec. 27. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
-32-______________________________
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 2575, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2022______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjda/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
applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2022-2023 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, 2022, and ending June
30, 2023, 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:
.................................................. $2,893,503
............................................... 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, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION
For general administration salaries, support, maintenance,
and miscellaneous purposes, and 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 related to the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
program, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $591,533
............................................... FTEs4.95
2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $500,973
3. NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
-1- 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:
.................................................. $3,229,468
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, 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,
2022, 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:
.................................................. $650,000
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:
.................................................. $2,504,933
7. HEALTH CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $500,000
8. RURAL VETERINARIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.120:
.................................................. $700,000
9. FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
261.131:
-2-.................................................. $23,927,005
10. MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
a. For deposit in the mental health practitioner loan
repayment program trust fund established pursuant to section
261.117, as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2549, or
Senate File 2195, if enacted:
.................................................. $520,000
b. Moneys appropriated in this subsection are contingent
upon the enactment of 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2549, if
enacted.
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, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 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, 2022, and ending
June 30, 2023, 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.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 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, 2023, the department shall submit
a written report to the general assembly detailing the
-3-department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2022.
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:
.................................................. $6,116,328
............................................... 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, 2023, 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
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- 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
............................................... FTEs21.00
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
............................................... FTEs58.36
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
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,176,797
............................................... FTEs24.48
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:
.................................................. $23,406,799
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and
ending June 30, 2023, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
-5-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 lettered 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
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.
d. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit
-6-in the school ready children grants account of the early
childhood Iowa fund, $200,000 shall be used to invest in this
state’s early childhood database system that integrates state
administrative data to provide results that inform and improve
the early childhood system of programs and services in this
state.
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
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
-7-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
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
-8-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 until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
16. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
For school districts to reinforce combined efforts and
regional initiatives that accelerate paraeducator and teacher
credential attainment and 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:
.................................................. $8,146,450
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
For distribution to school districts for implementation
-9-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”:
.................................................. $600,000
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,
paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for
-10-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, 2022, and
ending June 30, 2023, 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 until the close of the succeeding
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:
.................................................. $3,383,936
b. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection for
distribution to area education agencies, $200,000 shall be
used for purposes of implementing a children’s grief and loss
rural pilot program to serve Iowa children in 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, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the health
care organization receiving moneys pursuant to this paragraph
-11-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, 2023.
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:
.................................................. $35,000
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
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
-12-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 until the close of the succeeding
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:
.................................................. $221,658,161
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $10,901,112
b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $10,991,321
c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $10,128,121
d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $5,027,789
e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $12,590,460
f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $9,755,374
g. Merged Area VII
-13-.................................................. $14,902,662
h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $18,919,128
i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $34,639,366
j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $37,667,676
k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $12,311,796
l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $13,442,325
m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $5,121,413
n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $16,000,872
o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $9,258,746
Sec. 6. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATION FOR AT-RISK
CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and
ending June 30, 2023, 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
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”.
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
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
-14-equivalent positions:
.................................................. $764,642
............................................... FTEs2.48
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June
30, 2023, 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, 2022,
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 allocation by the state board of regents to the state
university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science and
technology, and the university of northern Iowa to support
new strategic initiatives, meet needs caused by enrollment
increases, meet the demand for new courses and services, to
fund new but unavoidable or mandated cost increases, and to
support any other initiatives important to the core functions
of the universities:
.................................................. $5,500,000
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
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,103,819
-15-............................................... 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:
.................................................. $2,220,598
............................................... 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
research and evaluation, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $53,427
-16-............................................... FTEs.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
............................................... FTEs.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:
.................................................. $463,616
m. Iowa flood center
For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
-17-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:
.................................................. $18,307,366
............................................... FTEs385.34
(1) 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.
(2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, if moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year, an amount not more than $150,000
shall not revert but shall remain available for costs incurred
by the Iowa agricultural extension association as host of the
2023 national meeting of the national association of county
agricultural agents until the close of the succeeding fiscal
-18-year.
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN 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:
.................................................. $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
............................................... FTEs7.00
(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,
-19-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:
(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 lettered paragraph 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 lettered paragraph 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
............................................... FTEs.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:
.................................................. $11,089,039
............................................... FTEs121.00
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:
-20-.................................................. $4,654,408
............................................... FTEs56.00
Sec. 8. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30,
2023, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
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. 9. 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, 2022, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
for students attending the Iowa school for the deaf and the
Iowa braille and sight saving school.
DIVISION II
workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2022-2023
Sec. 10. 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, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 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
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,
not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
for administration of the workforce training and economic
-21-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, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the
formula established in section 260C.18C.
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, 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, 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, $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 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
-22-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,
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 1.00
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
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 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
-23-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
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT
Sec. 11. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM
INCENTIVE FUND. There is appropriated from the general fund
of the state to the department education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 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:
.................................................. $2,351,382
Sec. 12. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM
TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS REIMBURSEMENT. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and
ending June 30, 2023, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For payment of school district claims for reimbursement
submitted under section 256.25A, subsection 1, paragraph “a”:
.................................................. $500,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated pursuant
to this section 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
section for the following fiscal year.
DIVISION IV
APPROPRIATIONS — STANDING LIMITED
-24- Sec. 13. Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2022, are
amended to read as follows:
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-eight
million eight hundred ninety-six thousand fifty fifty million
one hundred eighteen thousand four hundred fifty-one 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 five
hundred fifty-six thousand two hundred twenty thousand dollars
for tuition grants for qualified students who are enrolled
in eligible institutions. Of the moneys appropriated under
this subsection, not more than 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”.
DIVISION V
STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION
Sec. 14. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
e, f, and g, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021 2022, and
ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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, 2021 2022, and
ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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
-25-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, 2021 2022,
and ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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, 2021 2022, and
ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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, 2021 2022, and
ending June 30, 2022 2023, 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
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.
-26- g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 2023, 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.
DIVISION VI
programs for at-risk children
Sec. 15. Section 279.51, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
appropriated in this section 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.
Sec. 16. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION VII
IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Sec. 17. Section 456.5A, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Not later than January 10, 2022, and not later than
January 10 of each subsequent five-year period, the state
geologist shall publish a new long-range budget plan for
the next planning period. The long-range budget plan
shall describe how moneys appropriated, expected to the
be appropriated, or otherwise available or expected to be
available to the Iowa geological survey for each fiscal year
of that planning period are to be expended in a manner that
best allows the Iowa geological survey to exercise its powers
and carry out its duties or functions. The long-range budget
plan shall include any performance goals and measures required
by law or established by the state geologist. The state
-27-geologist shall annually evaluate the Iowa geological survey’s
progress in attaining those performance goals and shall revise
the long-term budget plan as the state geologist determines
necessary or desirable.
DIVISION VIII
THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM — APPLICATIONS
Sec. 18. Section 256.25, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The department shall develop a grant application
and selection and evaluation criteria. Selection criteria
shall include a method for prioritizing grant applications
submitted by school districts located in mental health and
disability services regions providing children’s behavioral
health services in accordance with chapter 331, subchapter
III, part 6, with those proposing to serve the most students
given highest priority. First priority shall be given to
applications submitted by school districts that submitted
an application pursuant to this section for the previous
fiscal year. Second priority shall be given to applications
submitted by school districts that, pursuant to subsection
2, are collaborating and partnering with one or more school
districts, area education agencies, accredited nonpublic
schools, nonprofit agencies, or institutions that provide
mental health services for children. Third priority shall be
given to applications submitted by school districts located
in mental health and disability services regions providing
behavioral health services for children in accordance with
chapter 331, subchapter III, part 6. Grant awards shall be
distributed as equitably as possible among small, medium, and
large school districts. For purposes of this subsection, a
small school district is a district with an actual enrollment
of fewer than six hundred pupils; a medium school district is a
district with an actual enrollment that is at least six hundred
pupils, but less than two thousand five hundred pupils; and a
large school district is a district with an actual enrollment
-28-of two thousand five hundred or more pupils.
Sec. 19. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
to grant applications submitted pursuant to section 256.25 on
or after July 1, 2022.
DIVISION IX
CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDING
Sec. 20. Section 256E.8, subsection 2, paragraphs a, b, and
c, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
a. The school district of residence shall pay to the
charter school in which the student is enrolled in the manner
required under section 282.18, and pursuant to the timeline in
section 282.20, subsection 3, shall receive under paragraph
“c” an amount equal to the sum of the state cost per pupil
for the previous school year plus the teacher leadership
supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year
as provided in section 257.9 plus any moneys received by the
school district of residence for the student as a result of the
non-English speaking weighting under section 280.4, subsection
3, for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost
per pupil for the previous year. If a student is an eligible
pupil under section 261E.6, the charter school shall pay the
tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible postsecondary
institution as provided in section 261E.7.
b. For a student requiring special education, the school
district of residence shall pay to the charter school, pursuant
to the timeline in section 282.20, subsection 3, the actual
costs incurred in providing the appropriate special education.
c. For each student enrolled in the charter school who
was not included in the actual enrollment of the district of
residence under section 257.6, subsection 1, in the previous
school year, the The amount otherwise required to be paid to
the charter school under paragraph “a” or “b” shall instead be
paid by the department to the charter school for during the
student’s initial year of enrollment school year for which the
student is enrolled in the charter school. The amount paid
-29-to the charter school under this paragraph shall result in an
equal reduction to the school district of residence’s state aid
payment amount under chapter 257 for the school budget year
following the school year for which the payment to the charter
school is made, so long as the student was counted in the
district of residence’s actual enrollment in the school year
for which the student attended the charter school.
Sec. 21. Section 256E.8, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended
to read as follows:
4. If necessary, and pursuant to rules adopted by the state
board, funding amounts required under this section for the
first school year of a new charter school shall be based on
enrollment estimates for the charter school included in the
charter school contract. Initial amounts The department shall adopt rules to establish a process for determining estimated enrollments for charter school funding purposes in school years after the first school year of a charter school. Amounts paid
using estimated enrollments shall be reconciled during the
subsequent payment payments based on actual enrollment of the
charter school during the first each school year.
Sec. 22. EMERGENCY RULES. The department of education may
adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, and
section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement the
provisions of this division of this Act and the rules shall
be effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is
specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with
this section shall also be published as a notice of intended
action as provided in section 17A.4.
Sec. 23. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION X
WAIVER OF FEES
Sec. 24. Section 272C.14, Code 2022, as amended by 2022
Iowa Acts, Senate File 2383, section 22, is amended to read as
follows:
-30- 272C.14 Waiver of fees.
1. A licensing board, agency, or department, or the board
of educational examiners shall waive any fee charged to an
applicant for a license if the applicant’s household income
does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty
income guidelines and the applicant is applying for the license
for the first time in this state.
2. A licensing board, agency, or department, or the board of
educational examiners shall waive an initial application fee
and one renewal fee for an applicant that has been honorably or
generally discharged from federal active duty or national guard
duty, as those terms are defined in section 29A.1, that would
otherwise be charged within five years of the discharge.
Sec. 25. 2022 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2383, section 23, is
amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:
SEC. 23. IMPLEMENTATION. Each board, as defined in section
272C.1, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary
to implement the section of this division of this Act amending
section 272C.14, by January 11, 2023.
DIVISION XI
FY 2021-2022 APPROPRIATION — COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE IN
AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS
Sec. 26. 2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 170, section 10, subsection
3, paragraph c, is amended to read as follows:
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
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, $150,000 shall be used for the costs incurred by
-31-the Iowa agricultural extension association as host of the
2023 national meeting of the national association of county
agricultural agents.
(2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, if moneys appropriated
in this lettered paragraph remain unencumbered or unobligated
at the close of the fiscal year, an amount of not more than
$150,000 shall not revert but shall remain available until the
close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2023, for costs
incurred by the Iowa agricultural extension association as host
of the 2023 national meeting of the national association of
county agricultural agents.
Sec. 27. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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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 2575, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2022______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjda/tm/md