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Senate File 560 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to and making appropriations to the education
system, including the funding and operation of the
department for the blind, the department of education,
and the state board of regents; requiring the state
board of regents to conduct a study and prepare a report
related to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and
efforts; providing for responsibilities of the workforce
development board; establishing the Iowa workforce grant and
incentive program; requiring the department of education to
convene a task force to study issues related to programs
for at-risk students and dropout prevention programs;
modifying provisions related to the future ready Iowa
skilled workforce grant program, the all Iowa opportunity
scholarship program, the education savings account program,
the gap tuition assistance program, the Iowa educational
services for the blind and visually impaired program, career
and technical education programs, the fine arts beginning
teacher mentoring program, the equipment replacement and
program-sharing property tax levy, and the posting of
education-related job openings; and including effective
date, applicability, and retroactive applicability
provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2023-2024 APPROPRIATIONS — DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS —
ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department for the blind for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the following amount, 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:
.................................................. $3,043,503
............................................... FTEs88.98
DIVISION II
FY 2023-2024 APPROPRIATIONS — DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, 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:
.................................................. $5,893,672
............................................... FTEs63.93
b. By January 15, 2024, the department shall submit
a written report to the general assembly detailing the
department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023.
2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
-1-.................................................. $598,197
............................................... FTEs9.12
3. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $7,943,538
............................................... FTEs58.38
4. 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, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $2,952,459
5. 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
............................................... FTEs25.40
6. 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.
7. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
-2-.................................................. $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.
8. 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:
.................................................. $2,990,467
............................................... FTEs6.02
9. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
a. 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
b. 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.
10. 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
-3- 11. 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
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.
12. 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:
.................................................. $9,146,450
13. 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
-4-............................................... FTEs1.83
14. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation
of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
progression for early readers:
.................................................. $7,824,782
15. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
a. 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
b. 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.
16. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $1,500,000
b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
-5-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
the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 272.2,
subsection 22, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, the center shall submit a report to the general assembly
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.
17. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
FUND
For deposit in the computer science professional development
incentive fund established under section 284.6A:
.................................................. $500,000
18. 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
-6-not-for-profit health care organization that currently provides
grief and loss services to children. For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the health
care organization receiving moneys pursuant to this paragraph
shall prepare a report, in collaboration with the department
of education, detailing the expenditures of moneys used for
the purposes of this program and its outcomes, which shall be
submitted to the general assembly by September 30, 2024.
19. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
a. 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
b. 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.
20. 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
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
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
21. 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”:
-7-.................................................. $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
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
22. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For general state financial aid to merged areas, as defined
in section 260C.2, in accordance with chapter 258, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, and chapter 260C:
.................................................. $228,858,161
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $11,245,307
b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $11,316,993
c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $10,410,473
d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $5,187,122
e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $13,013,760
f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $10,044,832
g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $15,372,997
h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $19,535,761
i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $35,755,303
j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $39,069,627
k. Merged Area XII
-8-.................................................. $12,721,826
l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $13,906,285
m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $5,279,888
n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $16,463,807
o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $9,534,180
23. IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $11,421,710
............................................... FTEs120.00
24. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,794,040
............................................... FTEs56.00
25. 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, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 514, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,354,848
............................................... FTEs5.50
a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
moneys appropriated in this subsection 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
-9-and science programming for students enrolled in kindergarten
through grade 12.
b. The department shall work with the community colleges to
develop STEM professional development programs for community
college instructors and STEM curriculum development.
c. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not less
than $500,000 shall be used to provide technology education
opportunities to high school, career academy, and community
college students through a public-private partnership, as
well as opportunities for students and faculties at these
institutions to secure broad-based information technology
certification. The partnership shall provide all of the
following:
(1) A research-based curriculum.
(2) Online access to the curriculum.
(3) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
(4) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
of information technology-related skill areas.
(5) Professional development for teachers.
(6) Deployment and program support, including but not
limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
d. Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys appropriated
in this subsection 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 subsection
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for
summer programs for students until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
26. THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM INCENTIVE FUND
For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund
established pursuant to section 256.25:
.................................................. $2,351,382
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated pursuant
to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
-10-available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
27. THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS
REIMBURSEMENT
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 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
28. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
a. 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, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, 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
b. Health care professional recruitment program
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.115, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $500,973
c. National guard service scholarship program
For purposes of providing national guard service
scholarships under the program established in section 261.86,
as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $6,600,000
-11- d. All Iowa opportunity scholarship program
(1) For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $3,229,468
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, if the
moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph exceed $500,000,
“eligible institution” as defined in section 261.87, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, shall, during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, include accredited private
institutions as defined in section 261.9, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.
e. Teach Iowa scholar program
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 514:
.................................................. $650,000
f. Rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $2,504,933
g. Health care loan repayment program
For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.116, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $500,000
h. Rural veterinarian loan repayment program
For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.120, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $700,000
i. Future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship program
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
-12-last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
261.131, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $23,927,005
Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall not
be used to provide scholarships under the future ready Iowa
skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program to students
with expected family contributions of greater than $20,000, as
determined by the free application for federal student aid.
j. Future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
program established pursuant to section 261.132, as amended by
this Act and by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $275,000
k. Mental health professional loan repayment program
For deposit in the mental health professional loan repayment
fund established pursuant to section 261.117, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $520,000
l. Iowa workforce grant and incentive program
For deposit in the Iowa workforce grant and incentive
program fund created in section 256.230, if enacted by this
Act:
.................................................. $6,500,000
29. LEAD-K PROGRAM
For purposes of developing guidelines for a comprehensive
family support mentoring program that meets the language and
communication needs of families pursuant to section 256B.10, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $200,000
Sec. 3. IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION FUND
APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled
worker and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the
department of education for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
-13-designated:
1. For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage
tuition grants in accordance with section 261.130, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $5,000,000
2. 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 subsection, not
more than $100,000 shall be used by the department for
administration of the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
3. 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 subsection shall be disbursed
pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3. Projects that
qualify for moneys appropriated in this subsection must include
at least one of the following:
a. Accelerated career education program capital projects.
b. Major renovations and major repair needs, including
health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
4. 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 subsection, 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.
5. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $2,000,000
-14- 6. For support costs associated with administering a
workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
receiving moneys pursuant to this section:
.................................................. $200,000
7. For STEM best:
.................................................. $700,000
8. 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 until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 4. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
261.72, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, the
moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving fund
created pursuant to section 261.72, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024, may be used for purposes of the
chiropractic loan forgiveness program established in section
261.73, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.
Sec. 5. 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, 2023, 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 III
fy 2023-2024 appropriations — STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 6. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the state board of
regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
-15- 1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $764,642
............................................... FTEs2.48
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly
financial report to the general assembly 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, 2023, 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 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the state board of regents and the institutions
of higher learning governed by the state board of regents
shall not reduce moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for the
institutions’ police departments.
d. For allocation in equal parts 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 the John Pappajohn centers for
entrepreneurship:
.................................................. $125,000
The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
used to supplement, not supplant, any other funding received by
the John Pappajohn centers for entrepreneurship.
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:
-16-.................................................. $218,045,224
............................................... FTEs5,058.55
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the state university of Iowa shall not increase
moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for implementing any
programming, curricula, training, or related activities
in furtherance of the university’s diversity, equity, and
inclusion efforts.
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,103,819
............................................... FTEs38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,822,610
............................................... FTEs102.51
d. Family practice program
For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
practice residency education program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $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
-17-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
............................................... 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
............................................... FTEs6.22
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
-18- 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
of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $1,154,593
n. College of nursing
For employing additional instructors in the college of
nursing to increase the number of students who graduate from
the college of nursing:
.................................................. $2,800,000
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:
.................................................. $174,092,719
............................................... FTEs3,647.42
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the Iowa state university of science and technology
shall not increase moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for
implementing any programming, curricula, training, or related
activities in furtherance of the university’s diversity,
equity, and inclusion efforts.
b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
-19-maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $29,462,535
............................................... FTEs546.98
c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
economics
For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $18,157,366
............................................... FTEs385.34
d. Preparing Iowa’s future ready workforce and fostering
innovation
For purposes of addressing the state’s workforce needs in
the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
by expanding degree and certificate programs in the areas of
artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, computer science,
computer engineering, data science, software engineering, and
other high-demand areas related to technology, and fostering
innovation in the areas of digital agriculture, manufacturing,
water quality, vaccine delivery technologies, and biosciences:
.................................................. $2,800,000
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:
.................................................. $99,408,923
............................................... FTEs1,250.28
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the university of northern Iowa shall not
increase moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for implementing
any programming, curricula, training, or related activities
in furtherance of the university’s diversity, equity, and
-20-inclusion efforts.
b. 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
c. Educators for Iowa
For purposes of recruiting additional students to
participate in educational opportunities that lead to teacher
licensure:
.................................................. $1,500,000
Sec. 7. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, 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.
DIVISION IV
sTANDING appropriations
Sec. 8. AT-RISK CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing
appropriation in section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, 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”.
Sec. 9. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
261.85, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the college student aid commission of the department of
education for the work-study program under section 261.85, as
-21-amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, shall be zero.
Sec. 10. Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2023, 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 fifty million
one hundred eighteen thousand four hundred fifty-one million
four hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred thirty-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 five hundred
one hundred eight 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
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Sec. 11. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION EFFORTS — STUDY
— HIRING FREEZE — USE OF MONEYS.
1. The state board of regents shall conduct a comprehensive
study and review of the diversity, equity, and inclusion
programs and efforts of each institution of higher learning
under the state board’s control. The study and review must
include but is not limited to an assessment of all of the
following:
a. Each institution of higher learning’s current diversity,
equity, and inclusion programming, curricula, training, and
related activities.
b. The salary, benefits, and any other compensation paid to
employees or individuals tasked with furthering an institution
of higher learning’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
c. Each institution of higher learning’s compliance with
required applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations,
-22-court orders, settlement agreements, or executive orders
related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
d. Each institution of higher learning’s contracts or
grants requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts,
and the requirements of third-party accreditors or similar
entities in order to assess whether and to what extent these
efforts are aligned with the overall mission and purpose of the
institution.
2. The state board of regents shall prepare a report
containing its findings and recommendations to be considered
by the state board during its November 2023 meeting. The
state board of regents shall submit a final report containing
findings and recommendations to the governor and the general
assembly no later than December 1, 2023.
3. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, each institution of higher learning under the
control of the state board of regents shall cease all hiring
related to the institution’s diversity, equity, and inclusion
efforts.
DIVISION VI
iowa workforce grant and incentive program
Sec. 12. Section 84A.1B, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 17. Create, in collaboration with the state
board of regents, a list of high-wage and high-demand jobs and
corresponding academic majors offered by institutions of higher
education governed by the state board of regents for purposes
of the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program established
under section 256.230. The workforce development board, in
collaboration with the state board of regents, shall update the
list at least once every two years. In creating a list under
this subsection, the following criteria, at a minimum, apply:
a. An entry-level annual salary of not less than forty
thousand dollars.
b. Educational attainment of a qualifying credential of
-23-at least a bachelor’s degree, or attainment of an initial or
intern Iowa teaching license issued under chapter 256 through
a pathway to licensure offered by an institution of higher
education under the control of the state board of regents or an
accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9.
c. At least one of any of the following:
(1) Projected annual job openings of at least two hundred
fifty during the next five years.
(2) Projected annual growth in the number of job openings
of at least one percent.
Sec. 13. NEW SECTION. 256.230 Iowa workforce grant and
incentive program.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. “Commission” means the college student aid commission.
b. “Eligible institution” means an institution of higher
learning governed by the state board of regents.
c. “Eligible program” means any of the following:
(1) A program of study or an academic major jointly approved
by the workforce development board and the state board of
regents pursuant to section 84A.1B, subsection 17. If a
job is removed from the list created under section 84A.1B,
subsection 17, an eligible student who received a grant for
a program based on that job shall continue to receive the
grant until the eligible program is completed as long as the
student continuously enrolls and continues to meet all other
eligibility requirements.
(2) A teacher preparation program that leads to a bachelor’s
degree, or initial or intern teaching license issued under this
chapter.
d. “Eligible student” means an Iowa resident who has
established financial need and who meets all of the following
requirements:
(1) Completes and submits application forms required by the
commission, including the free application for federal student
-24-aid, by the deadline prescribed by the commission.
(2) Enrolls in at least three semester hours, or the
equivalent, in an eligible program.
(3) Is making satisfactory academic progress as defined by
the eligible institution.
e. “Financial need” means the difference between the
student’s financial resources available, including those
available from the student’s parents as determined by a
completed parents’ confidential statement, and the student’s
anticipated expenses while attending an eligible institution.
f. “Full-time” means enrollment in at least twelve semester
hours or the equivalent.
g. “Part-time” means enrollment in at least three semester
hours or the equivalent but less than twelve semester hours or
the equivalent.
2. Student eligibility. An eligible institution shall
report promptly to the commission information requested to
establish or verify student eligibility.
3. Grant limitations — requirements.
a. A full-time eligible student may receive an Iowa
workforce grant for not more than four semesters, or the
equivalent, or until the eligible student completes the
eligible program, whichever occurs first. A part-time
eligible student may receive the grant for not more than eight
semesters, or the equivalent, on a prorated basis, or until
the eligible student completes the eligible program, whichever
occurs first.
b. The amount of an Iowa workforce grant to a full-time
eligible student shall not exceed two thousand dollars per
semester, or the equivalent. The amount of an Iowa workforce
grant to a part-time eligible student shall be equal to the
amount that would be awarded to a full-time student except that
the commission shall prorate the amount based on the recipient
student’s semester hour or equivalent enrollment.
c. An Iowa workforce grant shall be awarded on an annual
-25-basis, requiring reapplication by an eligible student each
year. Payments under the grant shall be allocated equally
among the semesters, or the equivalent, and paid upon
certification by the eligible institution that the student
meets the requirements of subsection 1, paragraph “d”.
d. If a grant recipient discontinues attendance before the
end of any semester, or the equivalent, after receiving grant
payments, the entire amount of any refund due that recipient,
up to the full amount of grant payments made during that
semester, or the equivalent, shall be paid by the eligible
institution to the commission.
4. Annual submission of applications. To receive a renewal
of a grant awarded under this section, an eligible student
must annually submit a new application to the commission for
reevaluation of eligibility.
5. Priority for grant awards. In making awards under this
section, the commission shall give priority to:
a. Applicants who received an award under this section in
the prior academic year.
b. Applicants with the least financial ability to pay,
using a metric that ranks relative financial ability among all
applicants.
6. Iowa workforce incentive payment. Notwithstanding the
grant limitations in subsection 3, an individual who was an
eligible student who received an Iowa workforce grant in the
academic year in which the eligible program is completed, and
who accepts and begins employment in an aligned occupation
in this state within six months of completing the eligible
program, may apply for one incentive payment of up to two
thousand dollars. The incentive payment shall be paid upon
completion of twelve consecutive months of full-time employment
in the aligned occupation in this state, following completion
of the eligible program.
7. Commission’s duties and responsibilities. Subject to an
appropriation of moneys by the general assembly for purposes
-26-of this section, the commission shall administer the Iowa
workforce grant and incentive program and shall do all of the
following:
a. Provide application forms for distribution to students by
eligible institutions.
b. Adopt rules under chapter 17A for administration of this
section, including establishing the duties and responsibilities
of eligible institutions under the program, defining residence
and satisfactory academic progress for purposes of the program,
determining financial need, and establishing procedures for
grant and incentive payment application, processing, and
approval. The rules shall provide for determining the priority
awarding of grants and incentives if moneys available for
purposes of this section are insufficient to pay all eligible
applicants.
c. Approve and award grants and incentive payments on an
annual basis.
8. Fund created. An Iowa workforce grant and incentive
program fund is created in the state treasury under the control
of the commission. All moneys deposited or paid into the
fund are appropriated to the commission to be used for grants
and incentive payments awarded as provided in this section.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall
not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the
purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection
2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited
to the fund.
DIVISION VII
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — TASK FORCE
Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — FUNDING FOR AT-RISK
STUDENTS AND DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS — TASK FORCE.
1. The department of education shall convene and provide
administrative support to a task force that shall study all of
the following:
-27- a. How schools currently utilize state funding for programs
for at-risk students and dropout prevention programs.
b. The effectiveness of programs for at-risk students and
dropout prevention programs.
c. Whether and to what extent state funding for programs
for at-risk students and dropout prevention programs should
be reallocated to direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
graduates specialist.
d. How to best utilize state funding for programs for
at-risk students and dropout prevention programs.
2. Any expenses incurred by a member of the task force
shall be the responsibility of the individual member or the
respective entity represented by the member.
3. The task force shall submit its findings and
recommendations to the general assembly in a report by December
31, 2023.
DIVISION VIII
FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 15. Section 261.132, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2023,
are amended to read as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. “Approved virtual institution” means a nonprofit
institution of higher learning that satisfies all of the
following requirements:
(1) Is accredited by a national accrediting agency
recognized by the United States department of education.
(2) Provides instruction using exclusively a
competency-based educational model.
(3) Adopts a policy to require that the nonprofit
institution of higher learning shall, by December 15 of each
year, file a report with the governor and the general assembly
providing information and statistics for the previous five
academic years on the number of Iowa resident students per year
who are veterans who received education credit for military
-28-education, training, and service, that number as a percentage
of veterans known to be enrolled at the nonprofit institution
of higher learning, the average number of credits received by
students, and the average number of credits applied towards the
award or completion of a course of instruction, postsecondary
diploma, degree, or other evidences of distinction. For
purposes of this subparagraph, “veteran” means a veteran as
defined in section 35.1 or a member of the reserve forces
of the United States or the national guard as defined in
section 29A.1 who has served at least one year of the member’s
commitment and is eligible for or has exhausted federal
veterans education benefits under 38 U.S.C.ch.30, 32, 33, or
36, or 10 U.S.C.ch.1606 or 1607, respectively.
a. b. “Commission” means the college student aid
commission.
b. c. “Eligible institution” means an institution of
higher learning governed by the state board of regents, or an
accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9,
or an approved virtual institution, that meets all of the
following criteria:
(1) Applies to and is approved by the commission to
participate in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
program.
(2) Requires eligible students to complete and file
application forms required by the commission, apply for
all available state and federal financial aid, apply to the
eligible institution to participate in the program, attend
orientation in person or virtually, register for classes
with the assistance of an academic advisor, and participate
in academic and career advising sessions required under the
program.
(3) Certifies that prior to participating in the program
an eligible student has earned at least half of the credits
necessary for a bachelor’s degree and is able to complete a
bachelor’s degree in an eligible program of study or academic
-29-major leading to a designated high-demand job in the prescribed
grant time frame.
(4) (3) Facilitates the assignment of a volunteer mentor
or a mentor who is a member of the faculty of the eligible
institution to each eligible student based on the eligible
student’s interest. The A volunteer mentor shall have
successfully passed a background investigation and a check of
the national sex offender registry as required under section
15H.10, subsection 2, and both the eligible student and the
volunteer mentor shall have entered into a written agreement as
provided in section 15H.10, subsection 3.
(5) (4) Facilitates connections through campus career
centers and services to internships and similar local, state,
and federal programs.
(6) (5) Markets the eligible institution’s eligible
program and optional incentives, which may include but not be
limited to credit for military experience, on the eligible
institution’s internet site and to other relevant agencies
and organizations as recommended by the college student
aid commission, the commission on volunteer service, or the
department of workforce development.
(7) (6) Submits annually information and data regarding
the eligible program operated by the eligible institution, the
students and volunteer mentors participating in the eligible
program, and statistics on employment outcomes for eligible
program participants by industry, to the commission in the
manner required by the commission.
c. d. “Eligible program” means a program of study or an
academic major jointly approved by the commission and the
department of workforce development, in consultation with the
eligible institution, that leads to a bachelor’s degree aligned
with a high-demand job designated by the workforce development
board pursuant to section 84A.1B, subsection 14. If the
department removes a high-demand job from the list created
under section 84A.1B, subsection 14, an eligible student who
-30-received a grant for a program based on that high-demand
job shall continue to receive the grant until achieving a
bachelor’s degree as long as the student continues to meet all
other eligibility requirements.
d. e. “Eligible student” means an Iowa resident who meets
all of the following requirements:
(1) Has earned at least half of the credits necessary for a
bachelor’s degree and is able to complete a bachelor’s degree
in an eligible program of study or academic major leading to a
designated high-demand job in the prescribed grant time frame.
(2) (1) Completes and submits application forms required
by the commission, including the free application for federal
student aid; applies for all available state and federal
financial aid; attends orientation in person or virtually;
registers for classes with the assistance of an academic
advisor; and participates in academic and career advising
sessions required under the eligible program. To receive a
renewal of a grant awarded under this section, an eligible
student must annually submit a new application to the
commission for reevaluation of eligibility.
(3) Has not been enrolled in postsecondary education
during the twenty-four months preceding the date on which the
commission receives the individual’s application to participate
in the program.
(2) Is at least twenty-five years of age at the time the
individual enrolls in an eligible program.
(4) (3) Enrolls in at least six semester hours, or the
equivalent, in an eligible program. However, an eligible
student may enroll in fewer than six semester hours, or the
equivalent, if the eligible student needs fewer than six
semester hours of credit, or the equivalent, to achieve a
bachelor’s degree under the eligible program.
(5) (4) Is making satisfactory academic progress as defined
by the eligible institution.
(6) (5) Remains continuously enrolled unless granted a
-31-leave of absence by the eligible institution based on criteria
adopted by rule by the commission.
e. f. “Full-time” means enrollment in at least twelve
semester hours or the equivalent.
f. g. “Part-time” means enrollment in at least six but less
than twelve semester hours or the equivalent.
2. Allowable activities. An eligible student may work with
an assigned volunteer mentor, or a mentor who is a member of
the faculty of the eligible institution, to help the student
meet the requirements of this section or the requirements of
an eligible program, identify and participate in work-based
learning opportunities with the approval of the eligible
institution, and make other career-related connections.
Sec. 16. Section 261.132, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
c. A future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant shall be
awarded on an annual basis, requiring reapplication by an
eligible student each year. Payments under the grant shall be
allocated equally among the semesters, or the equivalent, and
paid upon certification by the eligible institution that the
student meets the requirements of subsection 1, paragraph “d”
“e”.
Sec. 17. Section 261.132, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
d. Transmit to the department of workforce development the
compilation of information, data, and statistics submitted in
accordance with subsection 1, paragraph “b” “c”, subparagraph
(7) (6), for the annual report required under section 84A.1B.
Sec. 18. Section 261.132, subsection 6, Code 2023, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 19. APPROVED VIRTUAL INSTITUTIONS —
APPLICATIONS. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, an approved virtual institution may apply
to the college student aid commission to participate in the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program established
-32-pursuant to section 261.132 in the current academic year.
DIVISION IX
All Iowa opportunity scholarship PROGRAM
Sec. 20. Section 261.87, subsection 1, paragraph b,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
“Eligible foster care student” means a person under
twenty-six years of age who has a high school diploma or a high
school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and is described
by any of the following:
Sec. 21. Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
f. (1) Begins Except as provided in subparagraph (2),
begins enrollment at an eligible institution within two
academic years of graduation from high school or receipt of
a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and
continuously receives awards as a full-time or part-time
student to maintain eligibility. However, the student may
defer or suspend participation in the program for up to two
years in order to pursue obligations that meet conditions
established by the commission by rule or to fulfill military
obligations.
(2) The requirements of subparagraph (1) do not apply to an
eligible foster care student.
Sec. 22. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
to applications submitted under the all Iowa opportunity
scholarship program established pursuant to section 261.87
before, on, or after the effective date of this division of
this Act.
DIVISION X
EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS — CORRECTIONS
Sec. 23. Section 257.11B, subsection 2, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), as enacted by 2023
Iowa Acts, House File 68, section 7, is amended to read as
follows:
-33- (c) A resident pupil who is eligible to enroll in grades one
through twelve and was enrolled in a nonpublic school for the
school year immediately preceding the school year for which the
education savings account payment is requested if the pupil’s
household has an annual income less than or equal to three
hundred percent of the most recently revised poverty income
guidelines published by the United States department of health
and human services.
Sec. 24. Section 257.46, subsection 3, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, House File 68, section 16, is amended to
read as follows:
3. If any portion of the gifted and talented program budget
remains unexpended at the end of the budget year, the remainder
shall be carried over to the subsequent budget year and added
to the gifted and talented program budget for that year. At
the end of a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2022,
the school district may use all or a portion of funds for
the purposes authorized under section 257.10, subsection 9,
paragraph “d”.
Sec. 25. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 26. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to January 24, 2023.
DIVISION XI
EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS — DEPOSIT OF MONEYS
Sec. 27. EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS — DEPOSIT OF
MONEYS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, moneys in the education savings account
fund established in section 257.11B, as enacted by 2023 Iowa
Acts, House File 68, may be deposited into an account at any
financial institution, including but not limited to financial
institutions outside the state of Iowa, if such deposits
are adequately protected and necessary for the effective
administration of the education savings account program. All
-34-liability protections of sections 12C.8 and 12C.24 apply in
connection with any such deposits as if the deposits were made
in compliance with chapter 12C.
DIVISION XII
GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE
Sec. 28. Section 260I.3, subsections 2 and 5, Code 2023, are
amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 29. Section 260I.4, subsections 1, 5, 6, and 7, Code
2023, are amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 30. Section 260I.5, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Direct training costs and support services.
Sec. 31. Section 260I.6, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
The program is not offered for credit, but is aligned with
a certificate, diploma, or degree for credit, is either not
offered for credit or is offered for short-term credit that is
not eligible under the federal Pell grant program, and does any
of the following:
Sec. 32. REPEAL. Section 260I.7, Code 2023, is repealed.
DIVISION XIII
STATE GOVERNMENT REALIGNMENT — MODIFICATIONS
Sec. 33. Section 256.103, as enacted by 2023 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 514, section 2480, is amended to read as follows:
256.103 Employees — contracts — termination and discharge
procedures.
Sections 279.12 through 279.19 and section 279.27 apply to
employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and
visually impaired program and employees of the Iowa school for
the deaf, who are licensed pursuant to subchapter VII, part 3.
In following those sections in chapter 279, the references to
boards of directors of school districts shall be interpreted to
apply to the department.
Sec. 34. Section 258.6, subsection 1, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2529, is amended
-35-to read as follows:
1. “Approved career and technical education program” means
a career and technical education program offered by a school
district or community college and approved by the bureau
department which meets the standards for career and technical
education programs adopted by the state board under this part.
Sec. 35. 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2514,
subsection 1, is amended to read as follows:
1. The property and records in the custody of the state
board of regents relating to the Iowa braille and sight saving
school, the Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa educational
services for the blind and visually impaired program, the hall
of fame for distinguished graduates at the Iowa braille and
sight saving school, and the hall of fame for distinguished
graduates at the Iowa school for the deaf shall be transferred
to the department of education.
DIVISION XIV
STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION — FINE ARTS BEGINNING TEACHER
MENTORING PROGRAM
Sec. 36. Section 256.34, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Program criteria shall include a required match of one
dollar provided by the organization contracting to deliver
services under subsection 1 for each dollar provided to the
organization by the department. Moneys in the fund established
under subsection 6 shall not be disbursed until the department
receives evidence that the organization meets or will meet
the match requirement. The department may consider in-kind
contributions received by the organization for matching
purposes.
Sec. 37. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
e, f, and g, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 2023, and
ending June 30, 2023 2024, to the department, the amount of
five hundred eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the
-36-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, 2022 2023, and
ending June 30, 2023 2024, up to seven hundred twenty-eight
thousand two hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
purposes of implementing the professional development program
requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model
evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and the evaluator
training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds
allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 2023,
and ending June 30, 2023 2024, 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, 2022 2023, and
ending June 30, 2023 2024, to the department an amount up to
twenty-five fifty 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, 2022 2023, and
ending June 30, 2023 2024, 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
-37-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.
g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 2024, 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 XV
equipment replacement and program-sharing property tax levy
Sec. 38. Section 260C.28, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
2. However, the board of directors may annually certify
for levy a tax on taxable property in the merged area at a
rate in excess of the three cents per thousand dollars of
assessed valuation specified under subsection 1 if the excess
tax levied does not cause the total rate certified to exceed a
rate of nine cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation,
and the excess revenue generated is used for purposes of
program sharing between community colleges or for the purchase
of instructional equipment. Programs that are shared shall
be designed to increase student access to community college
programs and to achieve efficiencies in program delivery at the
community colleges, including, but not limited to, the programs
-38-described under section 260C.46. Prior to expenditure of the
excess revenues generated under this subsection, the board of
directors shall obtain the approval of the director of the
department of education.
Sec. 39. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION XVI
ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM — REPEAL
Sec. 40. Section 84A.6, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. a. The department of workforce
development, in consultation with the department of education,
shall establish a system that allows the department of
education, school districts, charter schools, area education
agencies, and accredited nonpublic schools to post job openings
on an internet site. The system must include a mechanism for
the electronic submission of job openings for posting on the
internet site. The system and each job posting on the internet
site must include a statement that an employer submitting a job
opening for posting on the internet site will not discriminate
in hiring on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin,
gender, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, gender
identity, religion, marital status, or status as a veteran.
b. The department of education, school districts, charter
schools, and area education agencies shall submit all job
openings to the department of workforce development for posting
on the internet site. An accredited nonpublic school may
submit job openings to the department of workforce development
for posting on the internet site.
c. This subsection shall not be construed to do any of the
following:
(1) Prohibit any employer from advertising job openings and
recruiting employees independently of the internet site.
(2) Prohibit any employer from using another method of
advertising job openings or another applicant tracking system
-39-in addition to the system.
(3) Provide the department of workforce development with
any regulatory authority in the hiring process or hiring
decisions of any employer.
Sec. 41. REPEAL. Section 256.27, Code 2023, is repealed.
______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 560, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjda/ns/mb/mb
system, including the funding and operation of the
department for the blind, the department of education,
and the state board of regents; requiring the state
board of regents to conduct a study and prepare a report
related to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and
efforts; providing for responsibilities of the workforce
development board; establishing the Iowa workforce grant and
incentive program; requiring the department of education to
convene a task force to study issues related to programs
for at-risk students and dropout prevention programs;
modifying provisions related to the future ready Iowa
skilled workforce grant program, the all Iowa opportunity
scholarship program, the education savings account program,
the gap tuition assistance program, the Iowa educational
services for the blind and visually impaired program, career
and technical education programs, the fine arts beginning
teacher mentoring program, the equipment replacement and
program-sharing property tax levy, and the posting of
education-related job openings; and including effective
date, applicability, and retroactive applicability
provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2023-2024 APPROPRIATIONS — DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS —
ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department for the blind for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the following amount, 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:
.................................................. $3,043,503
............................................... FTEs88.98
DIVISION II
FY 2023-2024 APPROPRIATIONS — DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, 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:
.................................................. $5,893,672
............................................... FTEs63.93
b. By January 15, 2024, the department shall submit
a written report to the general assembly detailing the
department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023.
2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
-1-.................................................. $598,197
............................................... FTEs9.12
3. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $7,943,538
............................................... FTEs58.38
4. 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, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $2,952,459
5. 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
............................................... FTEs25.40
6. 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.
7. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
-2-.................................................. $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.
8. 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:
.................................................. $2,990,467
............................................... FTEs6.02
9. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
a. 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
b. 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.
10. 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
-3- 11. 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
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.
12. 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:
.................................................. $9,146,450
13. 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
-4-............................................... FTEs1.83
14. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation
of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
progression for early readers:
.................................................. $7,824,782
15. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
a. 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
b. 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.
16. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $1,500,000
b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
-5-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
the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 272.2,
subsection 22, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, the center shall submit a report to the general assembly
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.
17. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
FUND
For deposit in the computer science professional development
incentive fund established under section 284.6A:
.................................................. $500,000
18. 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
-6-not-for-profit health care organization that currently provides
grief and loss services to children. For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the health
care organization receiving moneys pursuant to this paragraph
shall prepare a report, in collaboration with the department
of education, detailing the expenditures of moneys used for
the purposes of this program and its outcomes, which shall be
submitted to the general assembly by September 30, 2024.
19. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
a. 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
b. 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.
20. 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
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
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
21. 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”:
-7-.................................................. $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
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
22. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For general state financial aid to merged areas, as defined
in section 260C.2, in accordance with chapter 258, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, and chapter 260C:
.................................................. $228,858,161
Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
as follows:
a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $11,245,307
b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $11,316,993
c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $10,410,473
d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $5,187,122
e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $13,013,760
f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $10,044,832
g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $15,372,997
h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $19,535,761
i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $35,755,303
j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $39,069,627
k. Merged Area XII
-8-.................................................. $12,721,826
l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $13,906,285
m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $5,279,888
n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $16,463,807
o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $9,534,180
23. IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $11,421,710
............................................... FTEs120.00
24. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,794,040
............................................... FTEs56.00
25. 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, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 514, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,354,848
............................................... FTEs5.50
a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
moneys appropriated in this subsection 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
-9-and science programming for students enrolled in kindergarten
through grade 12.
b. The department shall work with the community colleges to
develop STEM professional development programs for community
college instructors and STEM curriculum development.
c. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not less
than $500,000 shall be used to provide technology education
opportunities to high school, career academy, and community
college students through a public-private partnership, as
well as opportunities for students and faculties at these
institutions to secure broad-based information technology
certification. The partnership shall provide all of the
following:
(1) A research-based curriculum.
(2) Online access to the curriculum.
(3) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
(4) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
of information technology-related skill areas.
(5) Professional development for teachers.
(6) Deployment and program support, including but not
limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
d. Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys appropriated
in this subsection 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 subsection
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for
summer programs for students until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
26. THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM INCENTIVE FUND
For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund
established pursuant to section 256.25:
.................................................. $2,351,382
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated pursuant
to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
-10-available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
27. THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS
REIMBURSEMENT
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 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
28. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
a. 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, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, 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
b. Health care professional recruitment program
For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
established pursuant to section 261.115, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $500,973
c. National guard service scholarship program
For purposes of providing national guard service
scholarships under the program established in section 261.86,
as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $6,600,000
-11- d. All Iowa opportunity scholarship program
(1) For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
program established pursuant to section 261.87, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $3,229,468
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, if the
moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph exceed $500,000,
“eligible institution” as defined in section 261.87, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, shall, during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, include accredited private
institutions as defined in section 261.9, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.
e. Teach Iowa scholar program
For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
pursuant to section 261.110, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 514:
.................................................. $650,000
f. Rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program
For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.113, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $2,504,933
g. Health care loan repayment program
For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
established pursuant to section 261.116, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $500,000
h. Rural veterinarian loan repayment program
For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
program established pursuant to section 261.120, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $700,000
i. Future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship program
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
-12-last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
261.131, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $23,927,005
Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall not
be used to provide scholarships under the future ready Iowa
skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program to students
with expected family contributions of greater than $20,000, as
determined by the free application for federal student aid.
j. Future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
program established pursuant to section 261.132, as amended by
this Act and by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $275,000
k. Mental health professional loan repayment program
For deposit in the mental health professional loan repayment
fund established pursuant to section 261.117, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $520,000
l. Iowa workforce grant and incentive program
For deposit in the Iowa workforce grant and incentive
program fund created in section 256.230, if enacted by this
Act:
.................................................. $6,500,000
29. LEAD-K PROGRAM
For purposes of developing guidelines for a comprehensive
family support mentoring program that meets the language and
communication needs of families pursuant to section 256B.10, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $200,000
Sec. 3. IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION FUND
APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled
worker and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the
department of education for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
-13-designated:
1. For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage
tuition grants in accordance with section 261.130, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $5,000,000
2. 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 subsection, not
more than $100,000 shall be used by the department for
administration of the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
3. 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 subsection shall be disbursed
pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3. Projects that
qualify for moneys appropriated in this subsection must include
at least one of the following:
a. Accelerated career education program capital projects.
b. Major renovations and major repair needs, including
health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
4. 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 subsection, 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.
5. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $2,000,000
-14- 6. For support costs associated with administering a
workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
receiving moneys pursuant to this section:
.................................................. $200,000
7. For STEM best:
.................................................. $700,000
8. 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 until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 4. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
261.72, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, the
moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving fund
created pursuant to section 261.72, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024, may be used for purposes of the
chiropractic loan forgiveness program established in section
261.73, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.
Sec. 5. 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, 2023, 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 III
fy 2023-2024 appropriations — STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 6. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the state board of
regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
-15- 1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $764,642
............................................... FTEs2.48
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly
financial report to the general assembly 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, 2023, 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 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the state board of regents and the institutions
of higher learning governed by the state board of regents
shall not reduce moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for the
institutions’ police departments.
d. For allocation in equal parts 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 the John Pappajohn centers for
entrepreneurship:
.................................................. $125,000
The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
used to supplement, not supplant, any other funding received by
the John Pappajohn centers for entrepreneurship.
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:
-16-.................................................. $218,045,224
............................................... FTEs5,058.55
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the state university of Iowa shall not increase
moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for implementing any
programming, curricula, training, or related activities
in furtherance of the university’s diversity, equity, and
inclusion efforts.
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,103,819
............................................... FTEs38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,822,610
............................................... FTEs102.51
d. Family practice program
For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
practice residency education program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $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
-17-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
............................................... 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
............................................... FTEs6.22
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
-18- 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
of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $1,154,593
n. College of nursing
For employing additional instructors in the college of
nursing to increase the number of students who graduate from
the college of nursing:
.................................................. $2,800,000
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:
.................................................. $174,092,719
............................................... FTEs3,647.42
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the Iowa state university of science and technology
shall not increase moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for
implementing any programming, curricula, training, or related
activities in furtherance of the university’s diversity,
equity, and inclusion efforts.
b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
-19-maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $29,462,535
............................................... FTEs546.98
c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
economics
For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $18,157,366
............................................... FTEs385.34
d. Preparing Iowa’s future ready workforce and fostering
innovation
For purposes of addressing the state’s workforce needs in
the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
by expanding degree and certificate programs in the areas of
artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, computer science,
computer engineering, data science, software engineering, and
other high-demand areas related to technology, and fostering
innovation in the areas of digital agriculture, manufacturing,
water quality, vaccine delivery technologies, and biosciences:
.................................................. $2,800,000
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:
.................................................. $99,408,923
............................................... FTEs1,250.28
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the university of northern Iowa shall not
increase moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for implementing
any programming, curricula, training, or related activities
in furtherance of the university’s diversity, equity, and
-20-inclusion efforts.
b. 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
c. Educators for Iowa
For purposes of recruiting additional students to
participate in educational opportunities that lead to teacher
licensure:
.................................................. $1,500,000
Sec. 7. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, 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.
DIVISION IV
sTANDING appropriations
Sec. 8. AT-RISK CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing
appropriation in section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, 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”.
Sec. 9. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
261.85, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the college student aid commission of the department of
education for the work-study program under section 261.85, as
-21-amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, shall be zero.
Sec. 10. Section 261.25, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2023, 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 fifty million
one hundred eighteen thousand four hundred fifty-one million
four hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred thirty-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 five hundred
one hundred eight 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
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Sec. 11. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION EFFORTS — STUDY
— HIRING FREEZE — USE OF MONEYS.
1. The state board of regents shall conduct a comprehensive
study and review of the diversity, equity, and inclusion
programs and efforts of each institution of higher learning
under the state board’s control. The study and review must
include but is not limited to an assessment of all of the
following:
a. Each institution of higher learning’s current diversity,
equity, and inclusion programming, curricula, training, and
related activities.
b. The salary, benefits, and any other compensation paid to
employees or individuals tasked with furthering an institution
of higher learning’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
c. Each institution of higher learning’s compliance with
required applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations,
-22-court orders, settlement agreements, or executive orders
related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
d. Each institution of higher learning’s contracts or
grants requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts,
and the requirements of third-party accreditors or similar
entities in order to assess whether and to what extent these
efforts are aligned with the overall mission and purpose of the
institution.
2. The state board of regents shall prepare a report
containing its findings and recommendations to be considered
by the state board during its November 2023 meeting. The
state board of regents shall submit a final report containing
findings and recommendations to the governor and the general
assembly no later than December 1, 2023.
3. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, each institution of higher learning under the
control of the state board of regents shall cease all hiring
related to the institution’s diversity, equity, and inclusion
efforts.
DIVISION VI
iowa workforce grant and incentive program
Sec. 12. Section 84A.1B, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 17. Create, in collaboration with the state
board of regents, a list of high-wage and high-demand jobs and
corresponding academic majors offered by institutions of higher
education governed by the state board of regents for purposes
of the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program established
under section 256.230. The workforce development board, in
collaboration with the state board of regents, shall update the
list at least once every two years. In creating a list under
this subsection, the following criteria, at a minimum, apply:
a. An entry-level annual salary of not less than forty
thousand dollars.
b. Educational attainment of a qualifying credential of
-23-at least a bachelor’s degree, or attainment of an initial or
intern Iowa teaching license issued under chapter 256 through
a pathway to licensure offered by an institution of higher
education under the control of the state board of regents or an
accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9.
c. At least one of any of the following:
(1) Projected annual job openings of at least two hundred
fifty during the next five years.
(2) Projected annual growth in the number of job openings
of at least one percent.
Sec. 13. NEW SECTION. 256.230 Iowa workforce grant and
incentive program.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. “Commission” means the college student aid commission.
b. “Eligible institution” means an institution of higher
learning governed by the state board of regents.
c. “Eligible program” means any of the following:
(1) A program of study or an academic major jointly approved
by the workforce development board and the state board of
regents pursuant to section 84A.1B, subsection 17. If a
job is removed from the list created under section 84A.1B,
subsection 17, an eligible student who received a grant for
a program based on that job shall continue to receive the
grant until the eligible program is completed as long as the
student continuously enrolls and continues to meet all other
eligibility requirements.
(2) A teacher preparation program that leads to a bachelor’s
degree, or initial or intern teaching license issued under this
chapter.
d. “Eligible student” means an Iowa resident who has
established financial need and who meets all of the following
requirements:
(1) Completes and submits application forms required by the
commission, including the free application for federal student
-24-aid, by the deadline prescribed by the commission.
(2) Enrolls in at least three semester hours, or the
equivalent, in an eligible program.
(3) Is making satisfactory academic progress as defined by
the eligible institution.
e. “Financial need” means the difference between the
student’s financial resources available, including those
available from the student’s parents as determined by a
completed parents’ confidential statement, and the student’s
anticipated expenses while attending an eligible institution.
f. “Full-time” means enrollment in at least twelve semester
hours or the equivalent.
g. “Part-time” means enrollment in at least three semester
hours or the equivalent but less than twelve semester hours or
the equivalent.
2. Student eligibility. An eligible institution shall
report promptly to the commission information requested to
establish or verify student eligibility.
3. Grant limitations — requirements.
a. A full-time eligible student may receive an Iowa
workforce grant for not more than four semesters, or the
equivalent, or until the eligible student completes the
eligible program, whichever occurs first. A part-time
eligible student may receive the grant for not more than eight
semesters, or the equivalent, on a prorated basis, or until
the eligible student completes the eligible program, whichever
occurs first.
b. The amount of an Iowa workforce grant to a full-time
eligible student shall not exceed two thousand dollars per
semester, or the equivalent. The amount of an Iowa workforce
grant to a part-time eligible student shall be equal to the
amount that would be awarded to a full-time student except that
the commission shall prorate the amount based on the recipient
student’s semester hour or equivalent enrollment.
c. An Iowa workforce grant shall be awarded on an annual
-25-basis, requiring reapplication by an eligible student each
year. Payments under the grant shall be allocated equally
among the semesters, or the equivalent, and paid upon
certification by the eligible institution that the student
meets the requirements of subsection 1, paragraph “d”.
d. If a grant recipient discontinues attendance before the
end of any semester, or the equivalent, after receiving grant
payments, the entire amount of any refund due that recipient,
up to the full amount of grant payments made during that
semester, or the equivalent, shall be paid by the eligible
institution to the commission.
4. Annual submission of applications. To receive a renewal
of a grant awarded under this section, an eligible student
must annually submit a new application to the commission for
reevaluation of eligibility.
5. Priority for grant awards. In making awards under this
section, the commission shall give priority to:
a. Applicants who received an award under this section in
the prior academic year.
b. Applicants with the least financial ability to pay,
using a metric that ranks relative financial ability among all
applicants.
6. Iowa workforce incentive payment. Notwithstanding the
grant limitations in subsection 3, an individual who was an
eligible student who received an Iowa workforce grant in the
academic year in which the eligible program is completed, and
who accepts and begins employment in an aligned occupation
in this state within six months of completing the eligible
program, may apply for one incentive payment of up to two
thousand dollars. The incentive payment shall be paid upon
completion of twelve consecutive months of full-time employment
in the aligned occupation in this state, following completion
of the eligible program.
7. Commission’s duties and responsibilities. Subject to an
appropriation of moneys by the general assembly for purposes
-26-of this section, the commission shall administer the Iowa
workforce grant and incentive program and shall do all of the
following:
a. Provide application forms for distribution to students by
eligible institutions.
b. Adopt rules under chapter 17A for administration of this
section, including establishing the duties and responsibilities
of eligible institutions under the program, defining residence
and satisfactory academic progress for purposes of the program,
determining financial need, and establishing procedures for
grant and incentive payment application, processing, and
approval. The rules shall provide for determining the priority
awarding of grants and incentives if moneys available for
purposes of this section are insufficient to pay all eligible
applicants.
c. Approve and award grants and incentive payments on an
annual basis.
8. Fund created. An Iowa workforce grant and incentive
program fund is created in the state treasury under the control
of the commission. All moneys deposited or paid into the
fund are appropriated to the commission to be used for grants
and incentive payments awarded as provided in this section.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall
not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the
purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection
2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited
to the fund.
DIVISION VII
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — TASK FORCE
Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — FUNDING FOR AT-RISK
STUDENTS AND DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS — TASK FORCE.
1. The department of education shall convene and provide
administrative support to a task force that shall study all of
the following:
-27- a. How schools currently utilize state funding for programs
for at-risk students and dropout prevention programs.
b. The effectiveness of programs for at-risk students and
dropout prevention programs.
c. Whether and to what extent state funding for programs
for at-risk students and dropout prevention programs should
be reallocated to direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
graduates specialist.
d. How to best utilize state funding for programs for
at-risk students and dropout prevention programs.
2. Any expenses incurred by a member of the task force
shall be the responsibility of the individual member or the
respective entity represented by the member.
3. The task force shall submit its findings and
recommendations to the general assembly in a report by December
31, 2023.
DIVISION VIII
FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 15. Section 261.132, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2023,
are amended to read as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. “Approved virtual institution” means a nonprofit
institution of higher learning that satisfies all of the
following requirements:
(1) Is accredited by a national accrediting agency
recognized by the United States department of education.
(2) Provides instruction using exclusively a
competency-based educational model.
(3) Adopts a policy to require that the nonprofit
institution of higher learning shall, by December 15 of each
year, file a report with the governor and the general assembly
providing information and statistics for the previous five
academic years on the number of Iowa resident students per year
who are veterans who received education credit for military
-28-education, training, and service, that number as a percentage
of veterans known to be enrolled at the nonprofit institution
of higher learning, the average number of credits received by
students, and the average number of credits applied towards the
award or completion of a course of instruction, postsecondary
diploma, degree, or other evidences of distinction. For
purposes of this subparagraph, “veteran” means a veteran as
defined in section 35.1 or a member of the reserve forces
of the United States or the national guard as defined in
section 29A.1 who has served at least one year of the member’s
commitment and is eligible for or has exhausted federal
veterans education benefits under 38 U.S.C.ch.30, 32, 33, or
36, or 10 U.S.C.ch.1606 or 1607, respectively.
a. b. “Commission” means the college student aid
commission.
b. c. “Eligible institution” means an institution of
higher learning governed by the state board of regents, or an
accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9,
or an approved virtual institution, that meets all of the
following criteria:
(1) Applies to and is approved by the commission to
participate in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
program.
(2) Requires eligible students to complete and file
application forms required by the commission, apply for
all available state and federal financial aid, apply to the
eligible institution to participate in the program, attend
orientation in person or virtually, register for classes
with the assistance of an academic advisor, and participate
in academic and career advising sessions required under the
program.
(3) Certifies that prior to participating in the program
an eligible student has earned at least half of the credits
necessary for a bachelor’s degree and is able to complete a
bachelor’s degree in an eligible program of study or academic
-29-major leading to a designated high-demand job in the prescribed
grant time frame.
(4) (3) Facilitates the assignment of a volunteer mentor
or a mentor who is a member of the faculty of the eligible
institution to each eligible student based on the eligible
student’s interest. The A volunteer mentor shall have
successfully passed a background investigation and a check of
the national sex offender registry as required under section
15H.10, subsection 2, and both the eligible student and the
volunteer mentor shall have entered into a written agreement as
provided in section 15H.10, subsection 3.
(5) (4) Facilitates connections through campus career
centers and services to internships and similar local, state,
and federal programs.
(6) (5) Markets the eligible institution’s eligible
program and optional incentives, which may include but not be
limited to credit for military experience, on the eligible
institution’s internet site and to other relevant agencies
and organizations as recommended by the college student
aid commission, the commission on volunteer service, or the
department of workforce development.
(7) (6) Submits annually information and data regarding
the eligible program operated by the eligible institution, the
students and volunteer mentors participating in the eligible
program, and statistics on employment outcomes for eligible
program participants by industry, to the commission in the
manner required by the commission.
c. d. “Eligible program” means a program of study or an
academic major jointly approved by the commission and the
department of workforce development, in consultation with the
eligible institution, that leads to a bachelor’s degree aligned
with a high-demand job designated by the workforce development
board pursuant to section 84A.1B, subsection 14. If the
department removes a high-demand job from the list created
under section 84A.1B, subsection 14, an eligible student who
-30-received a grant for a program based on that high-demand
job shall continue to receive the grant until achieving a
bachelor’s degree as long as the student continues to meet all
other eligibility requirements.
d. e. “Eligible student” means an Iowa resident who meets
all of the following requirements:
(1) Has earned at least half of the credits necessary for a
bachelor’s degree and is able to complete a bachelor’s degree
in an eligible program of study or academic major leading to a
designated high-demand job in the prescribed grant time frame.
(2) (1) Completes and submits application forms required
by the commission, including the free application for federal
student aid; applies for all available state and federal
financial aid; attends orientation in person or virtually;
registers for classes with the assistance of an academic
advisor; and participates in academic and career advising
sessions required under the eligible program. To receive a
renewal of a grant awarded under this section, an eligible
student must annually submit a new application to the
commission for reevaluation of eligibility.
(3) Has not been enrolled in postsecondary education
during the twenty-four months preceding the date on which the
commission receives the individual’s application to participate
in the program.
(2) Is at least twenty-five years of age at the time the
individual enrolls in an eligible program.
(4) (3) Enrolls in at least six semester hours, or the
equivalent, in an eligible program. However, an eligible
student may enroll in fewer than six semester hours, or the
equivalent, if the eligible student needs fewer than six
semester hours of credit, or the equivalent, to achieve a
bachelor’s degree under the eligible program.
(5) (4) Is making satisfactory academic progress as defined
by the eligible institution.
(6) (5) Remains continuously enrolled unless granted a
-31-leave of absence by the eligible institution based on criteria
adopted by rule by the commission.
e. f. “Full-time” means enrollment in at least twelve
semester hours or the equivalent.
f. g. “Part-time” means enrollment in at least six but less
than twelve semester hours or the equivalent.
2. Allowable activities. An eligible student may work with
an assigned volunteer mentor, or a mentor who is a member of
the faculty of the eligible institution, to help the student
meet the requirements of this section or the requirements of
an eligible program, identify and participate in work-based
learning opportunities with the approval of the eligible
institution, and make other career-related connections.
Sec. 16. Section 261.132, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
c. A future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant shall be
awarded on an annual basis, requiring reapplication by an
eligible student each year. Payments under the grant shall be
allocated equally among the semesters, or the equivalent, and
paid upon certification by the eligible institution that the
student meets the requirements of subsection 1, paragraph “d”
“e”.
Sec. 17. Section 261.132, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
d. Transmit to the department of workforce development the
compilation of information, data, and statistics submitted in
accordance with subsection 1, paragraph “b” “c”, subparagraph
(7) (6), for the annual report required under section 84A.1B.
Sec. 18. Section 261.132, subsection 6, Code 2023, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 19. APPROVED VIRTUAL INSTITUTIONS —
APPLICATIONS. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, an approved virtual institution may apply
to the college student aid commission to participate in the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program established
-32-pursuant to section 261.132 in the current academic year.
DIVISION IX
All Iowa opportunity scholarship PROGRAM
Sec. 20. Section 261.87, subsection 1, paragraph b,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
“Eligible foster care student” means a person under
twenty-six years of age who has a high school diploma or a high
school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and is described
by any of the following:
Sec. 21. Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
f. (1) Begins Except as provided in subparagraph (2),
begins enrollment at an eligible institution within two
academic years of graduation from high school or receipt of
a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and
continuously receives awards as a full-time or part-time
student to maintain eligibility. However, the student may
defer or suspend participation in the program for up to two
years in order to pursue obligations that meet conditions
established by the commission by rule or to fulfill military
obligations.
(2) The requirements of subparagraph (1) do not apply to an
eligible foster care student.
Sec. 22. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
to applications submitted under the all Iowa opportunity
scholarship program established pursuant to section 261.87
before, on, or after the effective date of this division of
this Act.
DIVISION X
EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS — CORRECTIONS
Sec. 23. Section 257.11B, subsection 2, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), as enacted by 2023
Iowa Acts, House File 68, section 7, is amended to read as
follows:
-33- (c) A resident pupil who is eligible to enroll in grades one
through twelve and was enrolled in a nonpublic school for the
school year immediately preceding the school year for which the
education savings account payment is requested if the pupil’s
household has an annual income less than or equal to three
hundred percent of the most recently revised poverty income
guidelines published by the United States department of health
and human services.
Sec. 24. Section 257.46, subsection 3, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, House File 68, section 16, is amended to
read as follows:
3. If any portion of the gifted and talented program budget
remains unexpended at the end of the budget year, the remainder
shall be carried over to the subsequent budget year and added
to the gifted and talented program budget for that year. At
the end of a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2022,
the school district may use all or a portion of funds for
the purposes authorized under section 257.10, subsection 9,
paragraph “d”.
Sec. 25. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 26. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to January 24, 2023.
DIVISION XI
EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS — DEPOSIT OF MONEYS
Sec. 27. EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS — DEPOSIT OF
MONEYS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, moneys in the education savings account
fund established in section 257.11B, as enacted by 2023 Iowa
Acts, House File 68, may be deposited into an account at any
financial institution, including but not limited to financial
institutions outside the state of Iowa, if such deposits
are adequately protected and necessary for the effective
administration of the education savings account program. All
-34-liability protections of sections 12C.8 and 12C.24 apply in
connection with any such deposits as if the deposits were made
in compliance with chapter 12C.
DIVISION XII
GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE
Sec. 28. Section 260I.3, subsections 2 and 5, Code 2023, are
amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 29. Section 260I.4, subsections 1, 5, 6, and 7, Code
2023, are amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 30. Section 260I.5, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Direct training costs and support services.
Sec. 31. Section 260I.6, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
The program is not offered for credit, but is aligned with
a certificate, diploma, or degree for credit, is either not
offered for credit or is offered for short-term credit that is
not eligible under the federal Pell grant program, and does any
of the following:
Sec. 32. REPEAL. Section 260I.7, Code 2023, is repealed.
DIVISION XIII
STATE GOVERNMENT REALIGNMENT — MODIFICATIONS
Sec. 33. Section 256.103, as enacted by 2023 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 514, section 2480, is amended to read as follows:
256.103 Employees — contracts — termination and discharge
procedures.
Sections 279.12 through 279.19 and section 279.27 apply to
employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and
visually impaired program and employees of the Iowa school for
the deaf, who are licensed pursuant to subchapter VII, part 3.
In following those sections in chapter 279, the references to
boards of directors of school districts shall be interpreted to
apply to the department.
Sec. 34. Section 258.6, subsection 1, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2529, is amended
-35-to read as follows:
1. “Approved career and technical education program” means
a career and technical education program offered by a school
district or community college and approved by the bureau
department which meets the standards for career and technical
education programs adopted by the state board under this part.
Sec. 35. 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2514,
subsection 1, is amended to read as follows:
1. The property and records in the custody of the state
board of regents relating to the Iowa braille and sight saving
school, the Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa educational
services for the blind and visually impaired program, the hall
of fame for distinguished graduates at the Iowa braille and
sight saving school, and the hall of fame for distinguished
graduates at the Iowa school for the deaf shall be transferred
to the department of education.
DIVISION XIV
STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION — FINE ARTS BEGINNING TEACHER
MENTORING PROGRAM
Sec. 36. Section 256.34, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Program criteria shall include a required match of one
dollar provided by the organization contracting to deliver
services under subsection 1 for each dollar provided to the
organization by the department. Moneys in the fund established
under subsection 6 shall not be disbursed until the department
receives evidence that the organization meets or will meet
the match requirement. The department may consider in-kind
contributions received by the organization for matching
purposes.
Sec. 37. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
e, f, and g, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 2023, and
ending June 30, 2023 2024, to the department, the amount of
five hundred eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the
-36-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, 2022 2023, and
ending June 30, 2023 2024, up to seven hundred twenty-eight
thousand two hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
purposes of implementing the professional development program
requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model
evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and the evaluator
training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds
allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 2023,
and ending June 30, 2023 2024, 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, 2022 2023, and
ending June 30, 2023 2024, to the department an amount up to
twenty-five fifty 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, 2022 2023, and
ending June 30, 2023 2024, 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
-37-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.
g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 2024, 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 XV
equipment replacement and program-sharing property tax levy
Sec. 38. Section 260C.28, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
2. However, the board of directors may annually certify
for levy a tax on taxable property in the merged area at a
rate in excess of the three cents per thousand dollars of
assessed valuation specified under subsection 1 if the excess
tax levied does not cause the total rate certified to exceed a
rate of nine cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation,
and the excess revenue generated is used for purposes of
program sharing between community colleges or for the purchase
of instructional equipment. Programs that are shared shall
be designed to increase student access to community college
programs and to achieve efficiencies in program delivery at the
community colleges, including, but not limited to, the programs
-38-described under section 260C.46. Prior to expenditure of the
excess revenues generated under this subsection, the board of
directors shall obtain the approval of the director of the
department of education.
Sec. 39. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION XVI
ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM — REPEAL
Sec. 40. Section 84A.6, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. a. The department of workforce
development, in consultation with the department of education,
shall establish a system that allows the department of
education, school districts, charter schools, area education
agencies, and accredited nonpublic schools to post job openings
on an internet site. The system must include a mechanism for
the electronic submission of job openings for posting on the
internet site. The system and each job posting on the internet
site must include a statement that an employer submitting a job
opening for posting on the internet site will not discriminate
in hiring on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin,
gender, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, gender
identity, religion, marital status, or status as a veteran.
b. The department of education, school districts, charter
schools, and area education agencies shall submit all job
openings to the department of workforce development for posting
on the internet site. An accredited nonpublic school may
submit job openings to the department of workforce development
for posting on the internet site.
c. This subsection shall not be construed to do any of the
following:
(1) Prohibit any employer from advertising job openings and
recruiting employees independently of the internet site.
(2) Prohibit any employer from using another method of
advertising job openings or another applicant tracking system
-39-in addition to the system.
(3) Provide the department of workforce development with
any regulatory authority in the hiring process or hiring
decisions of any employer.
Sec. 41. REPEAL. Section 256.27, Code 2023, is repealed.
______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 560, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjda/ns/mb/mb