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Senate Study Bill 1191 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to the funding of, the operation of, and
2appropriation of moneys to the college student aid
3commission, the department for the blind, the department of
4education, and the state board of regents, and providing for
5related matters.
6BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2FY 2017-2018 APPROPRIATIONS
3DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
4 Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from
5the general fund of the state to the department for the blind
6for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June
730, 2018, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
8necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
9For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
10purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
11equivalent positions:
.................................................. $122,187,342
............................................... FTEs1388.00
14COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
15 Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
16state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
17beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
18amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
19purposes designated:
201. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
21For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
22purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
23equivalent positions:
.................................................. $24429,279
............................................... FTEs253.95
262. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
27For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
28established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $29400,973
303. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
31For purposes of providing national guard educational
32assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $334,100,000
344. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
35a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
-1-1established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $2200,000
3b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, the
4commission shall not provide loan forgiveness under the program
5to any new applicant, but may renew loan forgiveness for an
6applicant who continues to meet the eligibility requirements
7of section 261.112.
85. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
9a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
10program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $112,840,854
12b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, if the moneys
13appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
14commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
15program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
16section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
172017, include accredited private institutions as defined in
18section 261.9.
196. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
20For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
21pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $22400,000
237. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
24For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
25program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $261,124,502
278. RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND
28PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
29For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
30practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
31established pursuant to section 261.114:
.................................................. $32200,000
33 Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
34261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
35fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
-2-1beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, may be used
2for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
3established in section 261.73.
4 Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
5261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending
6June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general fund
7of the state to the college student aid commission for the
8work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
9DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
10 Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
11the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
12beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
13amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
14purposes designated:
151. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
16a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
.................................................. $195,964,047
............................................... FTEs2081.67
21b. By January 15, 2018, the department shall submit
22a written report to the general assembly detailing the
23department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
24expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
25July 1, 2017.
26c. Notwithstanding 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 121, section
2773, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and each
28succeeding fiscal year, implementation of the Iowa attendance
29center ranking system shall be subject to an appropriation
30of sufficient moneys by the general assembly for purposes of
31implementation and maintenance of the system.
322. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
33For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
34purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
35equivalent positions:
-3-.................................................. $1598,197
............................................... FTEs211.50
33. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
4a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
6equivalent positions:
.................................................. $75,625,675
............................................... FTEs8255.00
9For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
10with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
11to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
12job placement and retention services for individuals with
13significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
14January 15, 2018, the division shall submit a written report to
15the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
16community rehabilitation program providers.
17b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
18with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
19independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
20than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $2184,823
............................................... FTEs221.00
23c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
24established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $25138,506
26d. For costs associated with centers for independent
27living:
.................................................. $2886,457
294. STATE LIBRARY
30a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
31purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
32equivalent positions:
.................................................. $332,530,063
............................................... FTEs3429.00
35b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
-4-1256.57:
.................................................. $22,464,823
35. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
4For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
5and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
6full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $77,589,415
............................................... FTEs886.00
96. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
10For reimbursement for career and technical education
11expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $122,630,134
13Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
14reimburse school districts for career and technical education
15expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
16set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
177. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
18For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
19shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
20salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
21for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $222,176,797
............................................... FTEs2320.58
249. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
25For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
26the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $2722,162,799
28a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
29grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
30ending June 30, 2018, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
31the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
32activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
33may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
34purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
35of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
-5-1subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
2for the reimbursement of staff.
3b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
4deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
5early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
6to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
7programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
8used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
9The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
10of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical
11assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
12including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
13the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
14improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
15early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
16use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
17formula, grants, or other means.
18c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
19deposit in the school ready children grants account of
20the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
21support of professional development and training activities
22for persons working in early care, health, and education by
23the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
24the professional development component groups maintained by
25the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
26section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
27childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
28professional development and training activities agreed upon by
29the parties participating in the collaboration.
309. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
31a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
32Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
33108-446, as amended to January 1, 2017, birth through age three
34services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
35those services:
-6-.................................................. $11,721,400
2b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
3$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
4clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
5to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
6born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
710. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
8a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $9574,500
10b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
11used for implementation and expansion of early head start
12pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
13emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
14age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
15The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
16healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
17infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
18given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
19and received state funding to administer an early head start
20project.
2111. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
22a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
23to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
24authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $25650,214
26b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
27pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
28resident public school pupils.
2912. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
30For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
31program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
32than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $333,395,667
............................................... FTEs342.00
3513. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
-7- 1For school districts to provide direct services to the
2most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
3districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
4graduates specialist:
.................................................. $5666,188
614. ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM
7For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and
8induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for
9development and implementation of the coaching and support
10system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9,
11subsection 57, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $12250,000
1315. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
14For purposes of administering the online state job posting
15system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $16230,000
1716. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
18For distribution to school districts for implementation
19of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
20progression for early readers:
.................................................. $217,824,782
2217. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
23For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
24warning assessment and administering the early warning system
25for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
26rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $271,915,000
28The department shall administer and distribute to school
29districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
30assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
31student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
32six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
33nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
34costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
35assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
-8-1this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
2actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
3the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
4system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
5moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
6moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
7subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
818. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
9a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
10order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
11agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 53,
12paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $13957,500
14b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
15department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
16or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
17but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
18specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
1919. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
20a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
21compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $22115,000
23b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
24for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
25pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
26unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
27but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
28designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2920. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
30For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
31section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $32201,190,889
33Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
34the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
35as follows:
-9- 1a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $29,926,071
3b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $410,071,276
5c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $69,321,594
7d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $84,585,357
9e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $1011,384,625
11f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $128,934,038
13g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $1413,567,088
15h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $1617,184,384
17i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $1831,457,331
19j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $2033,665,985
21k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $2211,159,456
23l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $2412,113,693
25m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $264,674,061
27n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $2814,666,976
29o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $308,478,954
31 Sec. 6. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK
32CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
33section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
34ending June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general
35fund of the state to the department of education for programs
-10-1for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
2than $10,730,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
3shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
4279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
5STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
6 Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of
7the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
8beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
9amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
10purposes designated:
111. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
12a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
13purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
14equivalent positions:
.................................................. $15794,714
............................................... FTEs1615.00
17(1) The state board of regents shall submit a monthly
18financial report in a format agreed upon by the state board
19of regents office and the legislative services agency. The
20report submitted in December 2017 shall include the five-year
21graduation rates for the regents universities.
22(2) Notwithstanding section 270.10, the state board of
23regents may, at its discretion, sell or otherwise dispose of
24the Iowa braille and sight saving school in Vinton, and the
25land on which the property is located, by any procedure that
26is adopted by the board.
27b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
28regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
29regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities
30graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $31278,848
32c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
33public radio operations:
.................................................. $34359,264
352. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
-11- 1a. General university
2For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
3aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
4following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $5217,709,067
............................................... FTEs65,058.55
7b. Oakdale campus
8For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
9purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
10equivalent positions:
.................................................. $112,186,558
............................................... FTEs1238.25
13c. State hygienic laboratory
14For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
15purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
16equivalent positions:
.................................................. $174,402,615
............................................... FTEs18102.50
19d. Family practice program
20For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
21approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
22to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
23practice residency education program, including salaries
24and support, and for not more than the following full-time
25equivalent positions:
.................................................. $261,788,265
............................................... FTEs27190.40
28e. Child health care services
29For specialized child health care services, including
30childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
31rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
32Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
33and support, and for not more than the following full-time
34equivalent positions:
.................................................. $35659,456
-12-............................................... FTEs157.97
2f. Statewide cancer registry
3For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
4following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $5149,051
............................................... FTEs62.10
7g. Substance abuse consortium
8For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
9substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
10the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $1155,529
............................................... FTEs121.00
13h. Center for biocatalysis
14For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
15following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $16723,727
............................................... FTEs176.28
18i. Primary health care initiative
19For the primary health care initiative in the college
20of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
21equivalent positions:
.................................................. $22648,930
............................................... FTEs235.89
24From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
25$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
26practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
27for family practice faculty and support staff.
28j. Birth defects registry
29For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
30following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3138,288
............................................... FTEs321.00
33k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
34For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
35and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
-13-1positions:
.................................................. $2162,539
............................................... FTEs32.75
4l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
5technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
6For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
7academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
8initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $9481,849
103. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
11a. General university
12For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
13aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
14following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $15172,874,861
............................................... FTEs163,647.42
17b. Agricultural experiment station
18For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
19maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
20the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2129,886,877
............................................... FTEs22546.98
23c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
24economics
25For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
26and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
27miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
28full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2918,266,722
............................................... FTEs30383.34
31d. Livestock disease research
32For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
33fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $34172,844
354. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
-14- 1a. General university
2For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
3aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
4following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $593,712,362
............................................... FTEs61,447.50
7b. Recycling and reuse center
8For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
9more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10175,256
............................................... FTEs113.00
12c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
13collaborative initiative
14For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
15and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
16pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
17full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $185,446,375
............................................... FTEs196.20
20(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
21paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
22shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
23support, activities directly related to recruitment of
24kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
25and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
26students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
27(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
28community colleges to develop STEM professional development
29programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
30development.
31(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
32paragraph, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide
33technology education opportunities to high school,
34career academy, and community college students through a
35public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
-15-1students and faculties at these institutions to secure
2broad-based information technology certification. The
3partnership shall provide all of the following:
4(a) A research-based curriculum.
5(b) Online access to the curriculum.
6(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
7(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
8of information technology-related skill areas.
9(e) Professional development for teachers.
10(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
11limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
12d. Real estate education program
13For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
14not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $15125,302
............................................... FTEs161.00
175. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
18For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
19purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
20equivalent positions:
.................................................. $219,897,351
............................................... FTEs22126.60
236. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
24For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
25purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
26equivalent positions:
.................................................. $274,126,495
............................................... FTEs2862.87
29 Sec. 8. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
30the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30,
312018, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
32other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
33finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
34amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
35the projects within an average of six years.
-16-1 Sec. 9. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
2270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
3the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
4saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
5fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, for expenses relating to
6prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
7for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
8 Sec. 10. Section 261.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a and d,
9Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
10a. A member of the state board of regents to be named by the
11board, or the executive director of the board if so appointed
12by the board, who shall serve for a four-year term or until the
13expiration of the member’s term of office. Such member shall
14convene the organizational meeting of the commission.
15d. Eight Nine additional members to be appointed by the
16governor. as follows:
17(1) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
18private colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
19When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
20consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
21by any organization or association of some or all private
22colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
23(2) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
24Iowa’s community colleges located in the state of Iowa.
25When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
26consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
27by any organization or association of Iowa community colleges.
28(3) One member shall be enrolled as a student at a an
29institution of higher learning governed by the board of regents
30institution, a community college, or an accredited private
31institution.
32(4) One member shall be a representative of a lending
33institution located in this state. One member shall be
34an individual who is repaying or has repaid a student loan
35guaranteed by the commission parent of a student enrolled
-17-1at an institution of higher learning governed by the board
2of regents, a community college, or an accredited private
3institution.
4(5) One member shall represent practitioners licensed
5under chapter 272. When appointing this member, the governor
6shall give careful consideration to any person nominated by
7an Iowa teacher association or other education stakeholder
8organization.
9(6) The other three Four members shall represent the
10general public, none of whom shall be official officers, board
11members, or trustees of an institution of higher learning or
12of an association of institutions of higher learning, shall be
13selected to represent the general public.
14 Sec. 11. Section 261.1, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
15to read as follows:
163. The members of the commission appointed by the governor
17shall serve for a term of four years. The voting members of
18the commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson.
19Meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the
20voting members.
21 Sec. 12. Section 261.1, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
222017, is amended to read as follows:
23b. A vacancy shall exist on the commission when a
24legislative member of the commission ceases to be a member of
25the general assembly, when a parent member no longer has a
26child enrolled in postsecondary education, or when a student
27member ceases to be enrolled as a student. Such vacancy shall
28be filled within thirty days.
29 Sec. 13. Section 261.2, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017, are
30amended to read as follows:
316. Develop and implement, in cooperation with the
32department of human services and the judicial branch, a program
33to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or older and
34who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or 237 or are
35otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in applying
-18-1for federal and state aid available for higher education.
2The commission shall also develop and implement the all Iowa
3opportunity foster care grant program in accordance with
4section 261.6.
58. Submit by January 15 annually a report to the general
6assembly which provides, by program, the number of individuals
7who received loan forgiveness or loan repayment in the previous
8fiscal year, the amount amounts paid to or on behalf of
9 individuals under sections 261.73, and 261.112, and 261.116,
10 and the institutions from which individuals graduated, and that
11includes any proposed statutory changes and the commission’s
12findings and recommendations.
13 Sec. 14. Section 261.9, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
14following new subsection:
15 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. “Eligible institution” means an
16institution of higher learning located in Iowa which is
17operated privately and not controlled or administered by any
18state agency or any subdivision of the state, which is not
19exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
20Revenue Code, and which meets all of the criteria in subsection
211, paragraphs “d” through “i”, and the criteria in paragraphs
22“a” or “b” as follows:
23a. Is accredited by the higher learning commission and
24which, effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited
25private institution that was exempt from taxation under section
26501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or whose students were
27eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning
28July 1, 2003. The eligible institution shall annually provide
29a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid
30which shall increase by the percentage of increase each
31fiscal year of funds appropriated for Iowa tuition grants
32under section 261.25, subsection 2, to a maximum match of one
33hundred percent as initiated under section 261.9, subsection 1,
34paragraph “b”, Code 2005.
35b. Is a barber school licensed under section 158.7 or
-19-1a school of cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under
2chapter 157 and is accredited by a national accrediting agency
3recognized by the United States department of education. For
4the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, an eligible institution
5under this paragraph shall provide a matching aggregate amount
6of institutional financial aid equal to at least seventy-five
7percent of the amount received by the institution’s students
8for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 261.16A.
9 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the institution
10shall provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional
11financial aid equal to at least eighty-five percent of the
12amount received in that fiscal year. Commencing with the
13fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and each succeeding fiscal
14year, the matching aggregate amount of institutional financial
15aid shall be at least equal to the match provided by eligible
16institutions under section 261.16A, subsection 2.
17 Sec. 15. NEW SECTION. 261.16A Iowa tuition grants —
18for-profit colleges.
191. Students qualified. A tuition grant from moneys
20appropriated under section 261.25, subsection 2, may be awarded
21to a resident of Iowa who is admitted and in attendance as
22a full-time or part-time resident student at an eligible
23institution and who establishes financial need.
242. Extent of grant.
25a. A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in
26an eligible institution that meets the criteria of section
27261.9, subsection 2A, paragraph “a”, may receive tuition grants
28for not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or
29the trimester or quarter equivalent; a qualified part-time
30resident student enrolled in the eligible institution may
31receive tuition grants for not more than sixteen semesters of
32undergraduate study or the trimester or quarter equivalent.
33b. A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in an
34eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9,
35subsection 2A, paragraph “b”, may receive tuition grants for not
-20-1more than four semesters or the trimester or quarter equivalent
2of two full years of study. However, if a student resumes
3study after at least a two-year absence, the student may again
4be eligible for the specified amount of time, except that the
5student shall not receive assistance for courses for which
6credit was previously received.
73. Amount of grant.
8a. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time
9student for the fall and spring semesters, or the trimester
10or quarter equivalent, shall be the amount of the student’s
11financial need for that period. However, a tuition grant shall
12not exceed six thousand dollars.
13b. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time
14student for the summer semester or trimester or quarter
15equivalent shall be one-half the amount of the tuition grant
16the student receives under paragraph “a”.
17c. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified part-time
18student enrolled in a course of study including at least three
19semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours for the
20fall, spring, and summer semesters, or the trimester or quarter
21equivalent, shall be equal to the amount of a tuition grant
22that would be paid to a full-time student times a number which
23represents the number of hours in which the part-time student
24is actually enrolled divided by twelve semester hours, or the
25trimester or quarter equivalent.
26d. If a qualified student receives financial aid under any
27other program, the full amount of such financial aid shall be
28considered part of the student’s financial resources available
29in determining the amount of the student’s financial need
30for that period. In no case may the state’s total financial
31contribution to the student’s education, including financial
32aid under any other state or federal program, exceed the
33tuition and mandatory fees at the eligible institution the
34student attends.
354. Grant payments — attendance discontinued.
-21- 1a. Payments under the tuition grant shall be allocated
2equally among the semesters or the trimester or quarter
3equivalents and shall be paid at the beginning of each semester
4or trimester or quarter equivalent upon certification by the
5eligible institution that the student is admitted and in
6full-time or part-time attendance in a course of study.
7b. If the student discontinues attendance before the end
8of any semester, or the trimester or quarter equivalent, after
9receiving payment under the grant, the entire amount of any
10refund due that student, up to the amount of any payments
11made under the annual grant, shall be paid by the eligible
12institution to the state.
135. Commission responsibilities. The commission’s
14responsibilities for administering tuition grants under this
15section shall be the same as provided under section 261.15.
16The commission may require an eligible institution to promptly
17furnish any information which the commission may request in
18connection with the tuition grant program.
196. Grant applications. Each applicant for a tuition grant
20under this section shall meet the requirements of section
21261.16.
227. Reports to commission. An eligible institution shall
23file annual reports with the commission, as required by the
24commission and under section 261.9, prior to receipt of tuition
25grant moneys under this chapter.
26 Sec. 16. Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2017,
27are amended to read as follows:
281. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
29to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-five
30million five eight hundred thirteen eighty thousand four nine
31 hundred forty-eight fifty-one dollars for tuition grants to
32qualified students who are enrolled in accredited private
33institutions.
342. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
35state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
-22-1 one million five hundred thousand dollars for tuition grants
2for qualified students attending for-profit accredited private
3 who are enrolled in eligible institutions located in Iowa.
4A for-profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, or
5effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited private
6institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c)
7of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution
8under the tuition grant program. For purposes of the tuition
9grant program, “for-profit accredited private institution” means
10an accredited private institution which is not exempt from
11taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
12 but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
13subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and whose students were eligible
14to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
152003.
163. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
17state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
18 one million two seven hundred fifty thousand one hundred
19eighty-five dollars for vocational-technical tuition grants.
20 Sec. 17. Section 261.25, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
21by striking the subsection.
22 Sec. 18. Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
23by adding the following new paragraph:
24 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0b. “Eligible foster care student” means
25a person who has a high school diploma or a high school
26equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and is described by any
27of the following:
28(1) Is age seventeen and is in a court-ordered placement
29under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department
30of human services or juvenile court services.
31(2) Is age seventeen and has been placed in a state juvenile
32institution pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232
33under the care and custody of the department of human services.
34(3) Is age eighteen through twenty-three and is described
35by any of the following:
-23- 1(a) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
2the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
3the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant
4to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
5custody of the department of human services or juvenile court
6services.
7(b) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
8the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the
9person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live with a
10relative or other suitable person.
11(c) The person was in a licensed foster care placement
12pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being
13legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.
14(d) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
15the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
16the person was placed in a state juvenile institution pursuant
17to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
18custody of the department of human services.
19 Sec. 19. Section 261.87, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
20following new subsection:
21 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. Priority for scholarship
22awards. Priority for scholarships under this section shall be
23given to eligible foster care students who meet the eligibility
24criteria under subsection 2. Following distribution to
25students who meet the eligibility criteria under subsection 2,
26the commission may establish priority for awarding scholarships
27using any moneys that remain in the all Iowa opportunity
28scholarship fund.
29 Sec. 20. Section 271.2, Code 2017, is amended by striking
30the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
31271.2 Purposes.
32The Oakdale campus shall serve as an extension of the
33university of Iowa’s main campus in Iowa City. The Oakdale
34campus shall serve the university’s mission, including being
35the location for the state hygienic laboratory, the university
-24-1of Iowa research park, and various other research and support
2facilities.
3 Sec. 21. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
42017, is amended to read as follows:
5a. A school district shall assess all students enrolled
6in kindergarten through grade three at the beginning of each
7school year for their level of reading or reading readiness
8on locally determined or statewide assessments, as provided
9in section 256.7, subsection 31. If a student is not reading
10proficiently and is persistently at risk in reading, based upon
11the assessments administered in accordance with this paragraph,
12the school district shall provide intensive reading instruction
13to the student. The student’s reading proficiency shall be
14periodically reassessed by locally determined or statewide
15assessments including periodic universal screening and annual
16standard-based assessments. The student shall continue to be
17provided with intensive reading instruction, at grade levels
18beyond grade three if necessary, until the student is reading
19at grade level, as determined by the student’s consistently
20proficient performance on valid and reliable measures of
21reading ability. For purposes of this section, “persistently at
22risk” means the student has not met the grade-level benchmark on
23two consecutive screening assessments administered under this
24paragraph.
25 Sec. 22. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
262017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
27 Sec. 23. Section 279.68, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
282017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
29 Sec. 24. Section 279.68, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2017, are
30amended by striking the subsections.
31 Sec. 25. Section 282.10, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
322017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
33 Sec. 26. Section 284.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
34by striking the subsection.
35 Sec. 27. Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
-25-12017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
2 Sec. 28. Section 284.5, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, are
3amended to read as follows:
42. Each school district and area education agency shall may
5 provide a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program for
6all teachers who are beginning teachers, and notwithstanding
7section 284.4, subsection 1, a school district and an area
8education agency shall be eligible to receive moneys under
9section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, for purposes
10of implementing a beginning teacher mentoring and induction
11program in accordance with this section.
123. Each school district and area education agency that
13provides a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
14under this chapter shall develop a plan for the program. A
15school district shall include its plan in the school district’s
16comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to
17section 256.7, subsection 21. The plan shall, at a minimum,
18provide for a two-year sequence of induction program content
19and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards and
20beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
21training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
22demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
23beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
24placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
25dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
26organizational support for release time for mentors and
27beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
28practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
29for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
30teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
31 Sec. 29. Section 284.6, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended
32to read as follows:
338. For each year in which a school district receives funds
34calculated and paid to school districts for professional
35development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10, or
-26-1section 257.37A, subsection 2, the school district shall create
2quality professional development opportunities. Not less than
3thirty-six hours in the school calendar, held outside of the
4minimum school day, shall be set aside during nonpreparation
5time or designated professional development time to allow
6practitioners to collaborate with each other to deliver
7educational programs and assess student learning, or to engage
8in peer review pursuant to section 284.8, subsection 1. The
9funds may be used to implement the professional development
10provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles
11specified in section 284.15, including but not limited to
12providing professional development to teachers, including
13additional salaries for time beyond the normal negotiated
14agreement; activities and pay to support a beginning teacher
15mentoring and induction program that meets the requirements
16of section 284.5; pay for substitute teachers, professional
17development materials, speakers, and professional development
18content; and costs associated with implementing the individual
19professional development plans. The use of the funds shall
20be balanced between school district, attendance center,
21and individual professional development plans, making every
22reasonable effort to provide equal access to all teachers.
23 Sec. 30. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, d,
24and f, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
25a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
26ending June 30, 2017 2018, to the department of education, the
27amount of eight hundred forty-six thousand two hundred fifty
28dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards
29in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated
30under this paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand
31dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
32position in accordance with section 256.45.
33c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
34ending June 30, 2017 2018, up to seven hundred eighty-six
35 seventy-four thousand eight three hundred sixteen dollars to
-27-1the department for purposes of implementing the professional
2development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance
3in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees
4established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph
5“c”, and the evaluator training program in section 284.10.
6A portion of the funds allocated to the department for
7purposes of this paragraph may be used by the department for
8administrative purposes and for not more than four full-time
9equivalent positions.
10d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
11ending June 30, 2017 2018, an amount up to one million one
12hundred thirty-six twenty-three thousand four nine hundred ten
13dollars to the department for the establishment of teacher
14development academies in accordance with section 284.6,
15subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to the
16department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for
17administrative purposes.
18f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018,
19and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department of
20education, ten million dollars for purposes of implementing
21the supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions
22of section 284.11. Annually, of the moneys allocated to
23the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one
24hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for
25administrative purposes and for not more than one full-time
26equivalent position.
27 Sec. 31. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
282017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
29 Sec. 32. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
30by adding the following new paragraphs:
31 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
322017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount up
33to twenty-five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
34beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
35256.34.
-28-1 NEW PARAGRAPH. 00f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
22017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount
3up to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
4dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
5in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
6implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
7pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
8not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
9education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
10technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
11training and staff development, and the contracting of external
12expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
13of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
14districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
15students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
16department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
17department for administrative purposes and for not more than
18five full-time equivalent positions.
19 Sec. 33. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph a,
20subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
21(1) The salary for an initial teacher who has successfully
22completed an approved practitioner preparation program as
23defined in section 272.1 or holds an initial or intern teacher
24license issued under chapter 272, and who participates in the
25beginning teacher mentoring and induction program as provided
26in this chapter, shall be at least thirty-three thousand five
27hundred dollars, which shall also constitute the minimum salary
28for an Iowa teacher.
29 Sec. 34. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph b,
30subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
31subparagraph.
32 Sec. 35. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph a,
33subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
34subparagraph.
35 Sec. 36. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph b,
-29-1subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
2(1) Has successfully completed the beginning teacher
3mentoring and induction program and has successfully completed
4 a comprehensive evaluation.
5 Sec. 37. REPEAL. Sections 261.6, 261.61, 261.116, 263.4,
6263.5, and 263.6, Code 2017, are repealed.
7DIVISION II
8workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2017-2018
9 Sec. 38. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
10and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
11departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
12beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
13amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
14purposes designated:
151. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
16a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
17development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $1815,100,000
19From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
20“a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
21for administration of the workforce training and economic
22development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
23b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
24of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
25to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $265,500,000
27(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
28“b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
29established in section 260C.18C.
30(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
31“b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department
32for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
33pursuant to section 260C.50.
34(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
35“b”, not more than $1,467,000 shall be distributed as grants
-30-1to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
2programs for students requiring instruction in English
3as a second language. The department shall establish an
4application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
5this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
6based on need for instruction in English as a second language
7in the region served by each community college as determined by
8factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
9and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
10(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
11“b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
12services for purposes of administering a pilot project to
13provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
14Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
15in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
16work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
17supplemental support services for international refugees to
18improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
19competencies, and integration in a county with a population
20over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
21census. The department of human services shall utilize a
22request for proposals process to identify the entity best
23qualified to implement the pilot project.
24c. For accelerated career education program capital
25projects at community colleges that are authorized under
26chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
27infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $286,000,000
29d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
30employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $315,000,000
32From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
33not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
34for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
35pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
-31-1equivalent position.
2e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
3established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $42,000,000
5f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
6intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $71,500,000
8From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
9“f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department for
10expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
11and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
12Act.
13g. For support costs associated with administering a
14workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
15of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
16and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
17receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $18200,000
192. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
20For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
21grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $225,000,000
233. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
24in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
25unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
26but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
27designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
28DIVISION III
29FY 2018-2019 APPROPRIATIONS
30DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
31 Sec. 39. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
32general fund of the state to the department for the blind
33for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June
3430, 2019, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
35necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
-32- 1For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
2purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
3equivalent positions:
.................................................. $41,093,671
............................................... FTEs588.00
6COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
7 Sec. 40. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
8state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
9beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
10amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
11purposes designated:
121. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
13For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $16214,640
............................................... FTEs173.95
182. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
19For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
20established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $21200,487
223. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
23For purposes of providing national guard educational
24assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $252,050,000
264. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
27a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
28established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $29100,000
30b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
31ending June 30, 2019, the commission shall not provide loan
32forgiveness under the program to any new applicant, but may
33renew loan forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet
34the eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
355. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
-33- 1a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
2program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $31,420,427
4b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, if the moneys
5appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
6commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
7program exceed $250,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
8section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
92018, include accredited private institutions as defined in
10section 261.9.
116. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
12For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
13pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $14200,000
157. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
16For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
17program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $18562,251
198. RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND
20PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
21For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
22practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
23established pursuant to section 261.114:
.................................................. $24100,000
25 Sec. 41. IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS.
26Notwithstanding the standing appropriations in the following
27designated sections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018,
28and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts appropriated from the
29general fund of the state to the college student aid commission
30pursuant to these sections for the following designated
31purposes shall not exceed the following amounts:
321. For Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection
331:
.................................................. $3422,940,476
352. For tuition grants for students attending for-profit
-34-1accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
2261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $3750,000
43. For vocational-technical tuition grants under section
5261.25, subsection 3:
.................................................. $6875,093
7 Sec. 42. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
8261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
9fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
10beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, may be used
11for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
12established in section 261.73.
13 Sec. 43. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
14261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending
15June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general fund
16of the state to the college student aid commission for the
17work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
18DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
19 Sec. 44. There is appropriated from the general fund of
20the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
21beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
22amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
23purposes designated:
241. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
25a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
26purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
27equivalent positions:
.................................................. $282,982,024
............................................... FTEs2981.67
30b. By January 15, 2019, the department shall submit
31a written report to the general assembly detailing the
32department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
33expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
34July 1, 2018.
35c. Notwithstanding 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 121, section
-35-173, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and each
2succeeding fiscal year, implementation of the Iowa attendance
3center ranking system shall be subject to an appropriation
4of sufficient moneys by the general assembly for purposes of
5implementation and maintenance of the system.
62. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
7For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
8purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
9equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10299,099
............................................... FTEs1111.50
123. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
13a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $162,812,838
............................................... FTEs17255.00
18For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
19with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
20to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
21job placement and retention services for individuals with
22significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
23January 15, 2019, the division shall submit a written report to
24the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
25community rehabilitation program providers.
26b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
27with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
28independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
29than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $3042,412
............................................... FTEs311.00
32c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
33established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $3469,253
35d. For costs associated with centers for independent
-36-1living:
.................................................. $243,229
34. STATE LIBRARY
4a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
6equivalent positions:
.................................................. $71,265,032
............................................... FTEs829.00
9b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
10256.57:
.................................................. $111,232,412
125. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
13For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
14and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
15full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $163,794,708
............................................... FTEs1786.00
186. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
19For reimbursement for career and technical education
20expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $211,315,067
22Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
23reimburse school districts for career and technical education
24expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
25set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
267. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
27For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
28shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
29salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
30for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $311,088,399
............................................... FTEs3220.58
338. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
34For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
35the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
-37-.................................................. $111,081,400
2a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
3grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
4ending June 30, 2019, not more than $132,975 is allocated for
5the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
6activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
7may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
8purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
9of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
10subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
11for the reimbursement of staff.
12b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
13deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
14early childhood Iowa fund, $1,159,009 shall be used for efforts
15to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
16programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
17used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
18The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
19of the allocation, not to exceed $44,325, for the technical
20assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
21including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
22the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
23improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
24early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
25use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
26formula, grants, or other means.
27c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
28deposit in the school ready children grants account of
29the early childhood Iowa fund, $412,515 shall be used for
30support of professional development and training activities
31for persons working in early care, health, and education by
32the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
33the professional development component groups maintained by
34the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
35section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
-38-1childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
2professional development and training activities agreed upon by
3the parties participating in the collaboration.
49. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
5a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
6Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
7108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
8services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
9those services:
.................................................. $10860,700
11b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
12$191,885 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
13clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
14to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
15born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
1610. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
17a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $18287,250
19b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
20used for implementation and expansion of early head start
21pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
22emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
23age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
24The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
25healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
26infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
27given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
28and received state funding to administer an early head start
29project.
3011. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
31a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
32to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
33authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $34325,107
35b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
-39-1pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
2resident public school pupils.
312. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
4For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
5program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
6than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $71,697,834
............................................... FTEs82.00
9If moneys appropriated under this subsection and which
10are allocated to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
11supplemental aid payments to school districts for their
12initial year of funding under section 284.13, subsection 1,
13paragraph “e”, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
14ending June 30, 2019, are insufficient for such purpose, the
15department shall prorate the amount of the teacher leadership
16supplemental aid payments calculated under section 284.13,
17subsection 1, paragraph “e”, subparagraph (2), subparagraph
18division (a), and paid to school districts.
1913. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
20For school districts to provide direct services to the
21most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
22districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
23graduates specialist:
.................................................. $24333,094
2514. ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM
26For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and
27induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for
28development and implementation of the coaching and support
29system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9,
30subsection 57, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $31125,000
3215. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
33For purposes of administering the online state job posting
34system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $35115,000
-40- 116. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
2For distribution to school districts for implementation
3of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
4progression for early readers:
.................................................. $53,912,391
617. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
7For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
8warning assessment and administering the early warning system
9for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
10rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $11957,500
12The department shall administer and distribute to school
13districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
14assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
15student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
16six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
17nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
18costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
19assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
20this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
21actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
22the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
23system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
24moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
25moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
26subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
2718. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
28a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
29order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
30agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 53,
31paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $32478,750
33b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
34department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
35or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
-41-1but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
2specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
319. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
4a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
5compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $657,500
7b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
8for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
9pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
10unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
11but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
12designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
1320. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
14For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
15section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $16100,595,445
17The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
18allocated pursuant to the formula established in section
19260C.18C.
20 Sec. 45. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK
21CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
22section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
23ending June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general
24fund of the state to the department of education for programs
25for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
26than $5,365,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
27shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
28279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
29STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
30 Sec. 46. There is appropriated from the general fund of
31the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
32beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
33amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
34purposes designated:
351. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
-42- 1a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
2purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
3equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4397,357
............................................... FTEs515.00
6The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
7report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
8office and the legislative services agency. The report
9submitted in December 2018 shall include the five-year
10graduation rates for the regents universities.
11b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
12regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
13regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities
14graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $15139,424
16c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
17public radio operations:
.................................................. $18179,632
192. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
20a. General university
21For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
22aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
23following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $24108,854,534
............................................... FTEs255,058.55
26b. Oakdale campus
27For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
28purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
29equivalent positions:
.................................................. $301,093,279
............................................... FTEs3138.25
32c. State hygienic laboratory
33For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
34purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
35equivalent positions:
-43-.................................................. $12,201,308
............................................... FTEs2102.50
3d. Family practice program
4For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
5approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
6to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
7practice residency education program, including salaries
8and support, and for not more than the following full-time
9equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10894,133
............................................... FTEs11190.40
12e. Child health care services
13For specialized child health care services, including
14childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
15rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
16Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
17and support, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
.................................................. $19329,728
............................................... FTEs2057.97
21f. Statewide cancer registry
22For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
23following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2474,526
............................................... FTEs252.10
26g. Substance abuse consortium
27For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
28substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
29the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $3027,765
............................................... FTEs311.00
32h. Center for biocatalysis
33For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
34following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $35361,864
-44-............................................... FTEs16.28
2i. Primary health care initiative
3For the primary health care initiative in the college
4of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
5equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6324,465
............................................... FTEs75.89
8From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
9$127,445 shall be allocated to the department of family
10practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
11for family practice faculty and support staff.
12j. Birth defects registry
13For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
14following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1519,144
............................................... FTEs161.00
17k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
18For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
19and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
20positions:
.................................................. $2181,270
............................................... FTEs222.75
23l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
24technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
25For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
26academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
27initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $28240,925
293. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
30a. General university
31For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
32aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
33following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3486,437,431
............................................... FTEs353,647.42
-45- 1b. Agricultural experiment station
2For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
3maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
4the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $514,943,439
............................................... FTEs6546.98
7c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
8economics
9For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
10and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
11miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
12full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $139,133,361
............................................... FTEs14383.34
15d. Livestock disease research
16For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
17fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $1886,422
194. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
20a. General university
21For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
22aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
23following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2446,856,181
............................................... FTEs251,447.50
26b. Recycling and reuse center
27For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
28more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2987,628
............................................... FTEs303.00
31c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
32collaborative initiative
33For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
34and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
35pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
-46-1full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $22,723,188
............................................... FTEs36.20
4(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
5paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
6shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
7support, activities directly related to recruitment of
8kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
9and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
10students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
11(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
12community colleges to develop STEM professional development
13programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
14development.
15(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
16paragraph, not less than $250,000 shall be used to provide
17technology education opportunities to high school,
18career academy, and community college students through a
19public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
20students and faculties at these institutions to secure
21broad-based information technology certification. The
22partnership shall provide all of the following:
23(a) A research-based curriculum.
24(b) Online access to the curriculum.
25(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
26(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
27of information technology-related skill areas.
28(e) Professional development for teachers.
29(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
30limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
31d. Real estate education program
32For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
33not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $3462,651
............................................... FTEs351.00
-47- 15. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
2For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
3purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
4equivalent positions:
.................................................. $54,948,676
............................................... FTEs6126.60
76. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
8For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
9purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
10equivalent positions:
.................................................. $112,063,248
............................................... FTEs1262.87
13 Sec. 47. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
14the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30,
152019, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
16other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
17finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
18amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
19the projects within an average of six years.
20 Sec. 48. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
21270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
22the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
23saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
24fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, for expenses relating to
25prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
26for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
27DIVISION IV
28workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2018-2019
29 Sec. 49. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
30and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
31departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
32beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
33amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
34purposes designated:
351. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
-48- 1a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
2development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $37,550,000
4From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
5“a”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department
6for administration of the workforce training and economic
7development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
8b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
9of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
10to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $112,750,000
12(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
13“b”, $1,941,500 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
14established in section 260C.18C.
15(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
16“b”, not more than $75,000 shall be used by the department
17for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
18pursuant to section 260C.50.
19(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
20“b”, not more than $733,500 shall be distributed as grants to
21community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
22programs for students requiring instruction in English
23as a second language. The department shall establish an
24application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
25this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
26based on need for instruction in English as a second language
27in the region served by each community college as determined by
28factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
29and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
30(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
31“b”, $105,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
32services for purposes of administering a pilot project to
33provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
34Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
35in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
-49-1work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
2supplemental support services for international refugees to
3improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
4competencies, and integration in a county with a population
5over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
6census. The department of human services shall utilize a
7request for proposals process to identify the entity best
8qualified to implement the pilot project.
9c. For accelerated career education program capital
10projects at community colleges that are authorized under
11chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
12infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $133,000,000
14d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
15employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $162,500,000
17From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
18not more than $100,000 shall be allocated by the department
19for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
20pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
21equivalent position.
22e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
23established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $241,000,000
25f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
26intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $27750,000
28From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
29“f”, not more than $25,000 shall be used by the department for
30expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
31and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
32Act.
33g. For support costs associated with administering a
34workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
35of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
-50-1and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
2receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $3100,000
42. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
5For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
6grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $72,500,000
83. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
9in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
10unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
11but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
12designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
13EXPLANATION
14The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
15the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
16This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal years 2017-2018
17and 2018-2019 from the general fund of the state and other
18funds to the college student aid commission, the department for
19the blind, the department of education, and the state board
20of regents and its institutions. The bill is organized by
21divisions.
22DIVISION I — FY 2017-2018. The bill appropriates to the
23department for the blind for its administration.
24The bill includes appropriations to the college student
25aid commission for general administrative purposes, the loan
26repayment program for health care professionals, the national
27guard educational assistance program, the teacher shortage
28loan forgiveness program, the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
29program, the teach Iowa scholar program, the rural Iowa primary
30care loan repayment program, and the rural Iowa advanced
31registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant loan
32repayment program.
33The bill modifies statute to provide that students enrolled
34in barber and cosmetology arts and sciences schools are
35eligible for tuition grant moneys appropriated for students
-51-1attending for-profit accredited private institutions in Iowa
2and modifies Code section 261.25 to change the standing limited
3tuition grant appropriation amounts.
4The bill prohibits the commission from approving new loan
5forgiveness applications under the teacher shortage loan
6forgiveness program. The bill also repeals the all Iowa
7opportunity foster care grant program, but amends Code section
8261.87 to prioritize students who meet foster care criteria
9under the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program. The bill
10also repeals the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences
11tuition grant program and the registered nurse and nurse
12educator loan forgiveness program.
13The bill makes changes to the membership of the college
14student aid commission. Currently, one of the members of
15the commission is also a member of the board of regents or
16the executive director of the board of regents. The bill
17strikes a provision that directs this member to convene the
18organizational meeting of the commission. The bill strikes
19provisions requiring that one member represent a lending
20institution and one member be an individual who is repaying or
21has repaid a student loan guaranteed by the commission, and
22adds provisions requiring that one member be a parent of a
23student enrolled in an accredited postsecondary institution in
24the state, and that one member represent practitioners licensed
25by the board of educational examiners. The bill increases
26the number of members who represent the general public from
27three to four members, and provides that none of the four shall
28be officers, board members, or trustees of an institution or
29association of institutions of higher learning. Under the
30bill, a vacancy occurs when the parent member no longer has a
31child enrolled in postsecondary education.
32The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education
33for purposes of the department’s general administration,
34career and technical education administration, division of
35vocational rehabilitation services including independent
-52-1living programs, the entrepreneurs with disabilities program,
2and independent living centers, state library for general
3administration and the enrich Iowa program, public broadcasting
4division, career and technical education to secondary schools,
5school food service, early childhood Iowa fund, expansion
6of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
7Improvement Act birth through age three services, early head
8start projects, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the
9student achievement and teacher quality program, jobs for
10America’s graduates specialists, the beginning administrator
11mentoring and induction program, the online state job posting
12system, successful progression for early readers, an early
13warning system for literacy, the Iowa reading research center,
14distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay
15Iowa’s member state annual obligation, area education agencies,
16and community colleges.
17The bill provides that implementation of the Iowa attendance
18center ranking system by the department of education for the
19fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and each succeeding fiscal
20year, shall be subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds
21by the general assembly for purposes of implementation and
22maintenance of the system.
23For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the bill reduces the standing
24appropriation for at-risk children under Code section 279.51.
25The bill does not fund the regional telecommunications
26councils.
27The bill amends Code section 279.68 to eliminate
28requirements relating to an intensive summer reading program,
29promotion to grade four by students persistently at risk in
30reading, and good cause exemptions for purposes of attendance
31at the intensive summer reading programs and promotion to grade
32four. Intensive reading instruction must be provided by school
33districts to students beyond grade three if necessary.
34The bill allows school districts to use state professional
35development funds for activities and pay to support beginning
-53-1teacher mentoring and induction programs, but eliminates
2requirements that school districts provide such programs.
3The bill modifies the provisions of Code section 284.13
4providing for allocation of the moneys appropriated for
5purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
6program. The bill adds an allocation for the fine arts
7beginning teacher mentoring program and delays until the
8fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, allocation of $10 million
9in student achievement and teacher quality program moneys to
10the department of education for purposes of implementing the
11supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions of
12Code section 284.11.
13The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents
14for the board office, universities’ general operating budgets;
15the southwest Iowa regents resource center, northwest Iowa
16regents resource center, and the quad-cities graduate studies
17center; Iowa public radio; the state university of Iowa; Iowa
18state university of science and technology; the university of
19northern Iowa; and for the Iowa school for the deaf and the
20Iowa braille and sight saving school, including tuition and
21transportation costs for students residing in the schools and
22licensed classroom teachers.
23The bill authorizes the state board of regents to sell or
24otherwise dispose of the Iowa braille and sight saving school
25property in Vinton.
26The bill modifies statutory language relating to the
27Oakdale campus at the state university of Iowa and repeals
28provisions that require the state board of regents to establish
29and maintain a department of homeopathic materia medica and
30therapeutics and an institute of child behavior and development
31at the state university of Iowa.
32DIVISION II — WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS — APPROPRIATIONS
33FY 2017-2018. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa
34skilled worker and job creation fund to the department of
35education and the college student aid commission.
-54- 1DIVISION III — FY 2018-2019. The bill appropriates moneys
2from the general fund of the state to the department for the
3blind, the college student aid commission, the department of
4education, and the state board of regents and the institutions
5it governs, at generally 50 percent of the amounts appropriated
6for the same purposes for the prior fiscal year.
7DIVISION IV — WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS — APPROPRIATIONS
8FY 2018-2019. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa
9skilled worker and job creation fund to the department of
10education and the college student aid commission at generally
1150 percent of the amounts appropriated for the same purposes
12for the prior fiscal year.
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2appropriation of moneys to the college student aid
3commission, the department for the blind, the department of
4education, and the state board of regents, and providing for
5related matters.
6BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2FY 2017-2018 APPROPRIATIONS
3DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
4 Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from
5the general fund of the state to the department for the blind
6for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June
730, 2018, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
8necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
9For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
10purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
11equivalent positions:
.................................................. $122,187,342
............................................... FTEs1388.00
14COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
15 Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
16state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
17beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
18amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
19purposes designated:
201. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
21For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
22purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
23equivalent positions:
.................................................. $24429,279
............................................... FTEs253.95
262. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
27For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
28established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $29400,973
303. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
31For purposes of providing national guard educational
32assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $334,100,000
344. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
35a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
-1-1established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $2200,000
3b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, the
4commission shall not provide loan forgiveness under the program
5to any new applicant, but may renew loan forgiveness for an
6applicant who continues to meet the eligibility requirements
7of section 261.112.
85. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
9a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
10program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $112,840,854
12b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, if the moneys
13appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
14commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
15program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
16section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
172017, include accredited private institutions as defined in
18section 261.9.
196. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
20For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
21pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $22400,000
237. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
24For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
25program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $261,124,502
278. RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND
28PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
29For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
30practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
31established pursuant to section 261.114:
.................................................. $32200,000
33 Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
34261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
35fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
-2-1beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, may be used
2for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
3established in section 261.73.
4 Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
5261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending
6June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general fund
7of the state to the college student aid commission for the
8work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
9DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
10 Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
11the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
12beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
13amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
14purposes designated:
151. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
16a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
.................................................. $195,964,047
............................................... FTEs2081.67
21b. By January 15, 2018, the department shall submit
22a written report to the general assembly detailing the
23department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
24expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
25July 1, 2017.
26c. Notwithstanding 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 121, section
2773, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and each
28succeeding fiscal year, implementation of the Iowa attendance
29center ranking system shall be subject to an appropriation
30of sufficient moneys by the general assembly for purposes of
31implementation and maintenance of the system.
322. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
33For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
34purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
35equivalent positions:
-3-.................................................. $1598,197
............................................... FTEs211.50
33. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
4a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
6equivalent positions:
.................................................. $75,625,675
............................................... FTEs8255.00
9For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
10with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
11to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
12job placement and retention services for individuals with
13significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
14January 15, 2018, the division shall submit a written report to
15the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
16community rehabilitation program providers.
17b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
18with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
19independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
20than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $2184,823
............................................... FTEs221.00
23c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
24established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $25138,506
26d. For costs associated with centers for independent
27living:
.................................................. $2886,457
294. STATE LIBRARY
30a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
31purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
32equivalent positions:
.................................................. $332,530,063
............................................... FTEs3429.00
35b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
-4-1256.57:
.................................................. $22,464,823
35. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
4For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
5and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
6full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $77,589,415
............................................... FTEs886.00
96. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
10For reimbursement for career and technical education
11expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $122,630,134
13Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
14reimburse school districts for career and technical education
15expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
16set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
177. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
18For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
19shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
20salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
21for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $222,176,797
............................................... FTEs2320.58
249. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
25For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
26the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $2722,162,799
28a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
29grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
30ending June 30, 2018, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
31the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
32activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
33may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
34purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
35of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
-5-1subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
2for the reimbursement of staff.
3b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
4deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
5early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
6to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
7programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
8used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
9The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
10of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical
11assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
12including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
13the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
14improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
15early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
16use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
17formula, grants, or other means.
18c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
19deposit in the school ready children grants account of
20the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
21support of professional development and training activities
22for persons working in early care, health, and education by
23the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
24the professional development component groups maintained by
25the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
26section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
27childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
28professional development and training activities agreed upon by
29the parties participating in the collaboration.
309. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
31a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
32Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
33108-446, as amended to January 1, 2017, birth through age three
34services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
35those services:
-6-.................................................. $11,721,400
2b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
3$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
4clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
5to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
6born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
710. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
8a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $9574,500
10b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
11used for implementation and expansion of early head start
12pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
13emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
14age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
15The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
16healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
17infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
18given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
19and received state funding to administer an early head start
20project.
2111. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
22a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
23to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
24authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $25650,214
26b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
27pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
28resident public school pupils.
2912. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
30For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
31program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
32than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $333,395,667
............................................... FTEs342.00
3513. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
-7- 1For school districts to provide direct services to the
2most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
3districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
4graduates specialist:
.................................................. $5666,188
614. ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM
7For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and
8induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for
9development and implementation of the coaching and support
10system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9,
11subsection 57, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $12250,000
1315. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
14For purposes of administering the online state job posting
15system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $16230,000
1716. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
18For distribution to school districts for implementation
19of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
20progression for early readers:
.................................................. $217,824,782
2217. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
23For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
24warning assessment and administering the early warning system
25for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
26rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $271,915,000
28The department shall administer and distribute to school
29districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
30assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
31student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
32six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
33nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
34costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
35assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
-8-1this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
2actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
3the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
4system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
5moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
6moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
7subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
818. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
9a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
10order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
11agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 53,
12paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $13957,500
14b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
15department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
16or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
17but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
18specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
1919. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
20a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
21compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $22115,000
23b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
24for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
25pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
26unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
27but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
28designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2920. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
30For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
31section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $32201,190,889
33Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
34the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
35as follows:
-9- 1a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $29,926,071
3b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $410,071,276
5c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $69,321,594
7d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $84,585,357
9e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $1011,384,625
11f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $128,934,038
13g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $1413,567,088
15h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $1617,184,384
17i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $1831,457,331
19j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $2033,665,985
21k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $2211,159,456
23l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $2412,113,693
25m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $264,674,061
27n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $2814,666,976
29o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $308,478,954
31 Sec. 6. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK
32CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
33section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
34ending June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general
35fund of the state to the department of education for programs
-10-1for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
2than $10,730,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
3shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
4279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
5STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
6 Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of
7the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
8beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
9amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
10purposes designated:
111. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
12a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
13purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
14equivalent positions:
.................................................. $15794,714
............................................... FTEs1615.00
17(1) The state board of regents shall submit a monthly
18financial report in a format agreed upon by the state board
19of regents office and the legislative services agency. The
20report submitted in December 2017 shall include the five-year
21graduation rates for the regents universities.
22(2) Notwithstanding section 270.10, the state board of
23regents may, at its discretion, sell or otherwise dispose of
24the Iowa braille and sight saving school in Vinton, and the
25land on which the property is located, by any procedure that
26is adopted by the board.
27b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
28regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
29regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities
30graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $31278,848
32c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
33public radio operations:
.................................................. $34359,264
352. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
-11- 1a. General university
2For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
3aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
4following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $5217,709,067
............................................... FTEs65,058.55
7b. Oakdale campus
8For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
9purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
10equivalent positions:
.................................................. $112,186,558
............................................... FTEs1238.25
13c. State hygienic laboratory
14For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
15purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
16equivalent positions:
.................................................. $174,402,615
............................................... FTEs18102.50
19d. Family practice program
20For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
21approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
22to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
23practice residency education program, including salaries
24and support, and for not more than the following full-time
25equivalent positions:
.................................................. $261,788,265
............................................... FTEs27190.40
28e. Child health care services
29For specialized child health care services, including
30childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
31rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
32Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
33and support, and for not more than the following full-time
34equivalent positions:
.................................................. $35659,456
-12-............................................... FTEs157.97
2f. Statewide cancer registry
3For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
4following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $5149,051
............................................... FTEs62.10
7g. Substance abuse consortium
8For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
9substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
10the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $1155,529
............................................... FTEs121.00
13h. Center for biocatalysis
14For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
15following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $16723,727
............................................... FTEs176.28
18i. Primary health care initiative
19For the primary health care initiative in the college
20of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
21equivalent positions:
.................................................. $22648,930
............................................... FTEs235.89
24From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
25$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
26practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
27for family practice faculty and support staff.
28j. Birth defects registry
29For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
30following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3138,288
............................................... FTEs321.00
33k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
34For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
35and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
-13-1positions:
.................................................. $2162,539
............................................... FTEs32.75
4l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
5technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
6For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
7academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
8initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $9481,849
103. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
11a. General university
12For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
13aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
14following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $15172,874,861
............................................... FTEs163,647.42
17b. Agricultural experiment station
18For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
19maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
20the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2129,886,877
............................................... FTEs22546.98
23c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
24economics
25For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
26and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
27miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
28full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2918,266,722
............................................... FTEs30383.34
31d. Livestock disease research
32For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
33fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $34172,844
354. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
-14- 1a. General university
2For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
3aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
4following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $593,712,362
............................................... FTEs61,447.50
7b. Recycling and reuse center
8For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
9more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10175,256
............................................... FTEs113.00
12c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
13collaborative initiative
14For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
15and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
16pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
17full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $185,446,375
............................................... FTEs196.20
20(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
21paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
22shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
23support, activities directly related to recruitment of
24kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
25and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
26students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
27(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
28community colleges to develop STEM professional development
29programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
30development.
31(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
32paragraph, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide
33technology education opportunities to high school,
34career academy, and community college students through a
35public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
-15-1students and faculties at these institutions to secure
2broad-based information technology certification. The
3partnership shall provide all of the following:
4(a) A research-based curriculum.
5(b) Online access to the curriculum.
6(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
7(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
8of information technology-related skill areas.
9(e) Professional development for teachers.
10(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
11limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
12d. Real estate education program
13For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
14not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $15125,302
............................................... FTEs161.00
175. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
18For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
19purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
20equivalent positions:
.................................................. $219,897,351
............................................... FTEs22126.60
236. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
24For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
25purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
26equivalent positions:
.................................................. $274,126,495
............................................... FTEs2862.87
29 Sec. 8. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
30the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30,
312018, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
32other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
33finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
34amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
35the projects within an average of six years.
-16-1 Sec. 9. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
2270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
3the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
4saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
5fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, for expenses relating to
6prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
7for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
8 Sec. 10. Section 261.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a and d,
9Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
10a. A member of the state board of regents to be named by the
11board, or the executive director of the board if so appointed
12by the board, who shall serve for a four-year term or until the
13expiration of the member’s term of office. Such member shall
14convene the organizational meeting of the commission.
15d. Eight Nine additional members to be appointed by the
16governor. as follows:
17(1) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
18private colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
19When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
20consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
21by any organization or association of some or all private
22colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
23(2) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
24Iowa’s community colleges located in the state of Iowa.
25When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
26consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
27by any organization or association of Iowa community colleges.
28(3) One member shall be enrolled as a student at a an
29institution of higher learning governed by the board of regents
30institution, a community college, or an accredited private
31institution.
32(4) One member shall be a representative of a lending
33institution located in this state. One member shall be
34an individual who is repaying or has repaid a student loan
35guaranteed by the commission parent of a student enrolled
-17-1at an institution of higher learning governed by the board
2of regents, a community college, or an accredited private
3institution.
4(5) One member shall represent practitioners licensed
5under chapter 272. When appointing this member, the governor
6shall give careful consideration to any person nominated by
7an Iowa teacher association or other education stakeholder
8organization.
9(6) The other three Four members shall represent the
10general public, none of whom shall be official officers, board
11members, or trustees of an institution of higher learning or
12of an association of institutions of higher learning, shall be
13selected to represent the general public.
14 Sec. 11. Section 261.1, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
15to read as follows:
163. The members of the commission appointed by the governor
17shall serve for a term of four years. The voting members of
18the commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson.
19Meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the
20voting members.
21 Sec. 12. Section 261.1, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
222017, is amended to read as follows:
23b. A vacancy shall exist on the commission when a
24legislative member of the commission ceases to be a member of
25the general assembly, when a parent member no longer has a
26child enrolled in postsecondary education, or when a student
27member ceases to be enrolled as a student. Such vacancy shall
28be filled within thirty days.
29 Sec. 13. Section 261.2, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017, are
30amended to read as follows:
316. Develop and implement, in cooperation with the
32department of human services and the judicial branch, a program
33to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or older and
34who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or 237 or are
35otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in applying
-18-1for federal and state aid available for higher education.
2The commission shall also develop and implement the all Iowa
3opportunity foster care grant program in accordance with
4section 261.6.
58. Submit by January 15 annually a report to the general
6assembly which provides, by program, the number of individuals
7who received loan forgiveness or loan repayment in the previous
8fiscal year, the amount amounts paid to or on behalf of
9 individuals under sections 261.73, and 261.112, and 261.116,
10 and the institutions from which individuals graduated, and that
11includes any proposed statutory changes and the commission’s
12findings and recommendations.
13 Sec. 14. Section 261.9, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
14following new subsection:
15 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. “Eligible institution” means an
16institution of higher learning located in Iowa which is
17operated privately and not controlled or administered by any
18state agency or any subdivision of the state, which is not
19exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
20Revenue Code, and which meets all of the criteria in subsection
211, paragraphs “d” through “i”, and the criteria in paragraphs
22“a” or “b” as follows:
23a. Is accredited by the higher learning commission and
24which, effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited
25private institution that was exempt from taxation under section
26501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or whose students were
27eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning
28July 1, 2003. The eligible institution shall annually provide
29a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid
30which shall increase by the percentage of increase each
31fiscal year of funds appropriated for Iowa tuition grants
32under section 261.25, subsection 2, to a maximum match of one
33hundred percent as initiated under section 261.9, subsection 1,
34paragraph “b”, Code 2005.
35b. Is a barber school licensed under section 158.7 or
-19-1a school of cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under
2chapter 157 and is accredited by a national accrediting agency
3recognized by the United States department of education. For
4the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, an eligible institution
5under this paragraph shall provide a matching aggregate amount
6of institutional financial aid equal to at least seventy-five
7percent of the amount received by the institution’s students
8for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 261.16A.
9 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the institution
10shall provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional
11financial aid equal to at least eighty-five percent of the
12amount received in that fiscal year. Commencing with the
13fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and each succeeding fiscal
14year, the matching aggregate amount of institutional financial
15aid shall be at least equal to the match provided by eligible
16institutions under section 261.16A, subsection 2.
17 Sec. 15. NEW SECTION. 261.16A Iowa tuition grants —
18for-profit colleges.
191. Students qualified. A tuition grant from moneys
20appropriated under section 261.25, subsection 2, may be awarded
21to a resident of Iowa who is admitted and in attendance as
22a full-time or part-time resident student at an eligible
23institution and who establishes financial need.
242. Extent of grant.
25a. A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in
26an eligible institution that meets the criteria of section
27261.9, subsection 2A, paragraph “a”, may receive tuition grants
28for not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or
29the trimester or quarter equivalent; a qualified part-time
30resident student enrolled in the eligible institution may
31receive tuition grants for not more than sixteen semesters of
32undergraduate study or the trimester or quarter equivalent.
33b. A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in an
34eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9,
35subsection 2A, paragraph “b”, may receive tuition grants for not
-20-1more than four semesters or the trimester or quarter equivalent
2of two full years of study. However, if a student resumes
3study after at least a two-year absence, the student may again
4be eligible for the specified amount of time, except that the
5student shall not receive assistance for courses for which
6credit was previously received.
73. Amount of grant.
8a. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time
9student for the fall and spring semesters, or the trimester
10or quarter equivalent, shall be the amount of the student’s
11financial need for that period. However, a tuition grant shall
12not exceed six thousand dollars.
13b. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time
14student for the summer semester or trimester or quarter
15equivalent shall be one-half the amount of the tuition grant
16the student receives under paragraph “a”.
17c. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified part-time
18student enrolled in a course of study including at least three
19semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours for the
20fall, spring, and summer semesters, or the trimester or quarter
21equivalent, shall be equal to the amount of a tuition grant
22that would be paid to a full-time student times a number which
23represents the number of hours in which the part-time student
24is actually enrolled divided by twelve semester hours, or the
25trimester or quarter equivalent.
26d. If a qualified student receives financial aid under any
27other program, the full amount of such financial aid shall be
28considered part of the student’s financial resources available
29in determining the amount of the student’s financial need
30for that period. In no case may the state’s total financial
31contribution to the student’s education, including financial
32aid under any other state or federal program, exceed the
33tuition and mandatory fees at the eligible institution the
34student attends.
354. Grant payments — attendance discontinued.
-21- 1a. Payments under the tuition grant shall be allocated
2equally among the semesters or the trimester or quarter
3equivalents and shall be paid at the beginning of each semester
4or trimester or quarter equivalent upon certification by the
5eligible institution that the student is admitted and in
6full-time or part-time attendance in a course of study.
7b. If the student discontinues attendance before the end
8of any semester, or the trimester or quarter equivalent, after
9receiving payment under the grant, the entire amount of any
10refund due that student, up to the amount of any payments
11made under the annual grant, shall be paid by the eligible
12institution to the state.
135. Commission responsibilities. The commission’s
14responsibilities for administering tuition grants under this
15section shall be the same as provided under section 261.15.
16The commission may require an eligible institution to promptly
17furnish any information which the commission may request in
18connection with the tuition grant program.
196. Grant applications. Each applicant for a tuition grant
20under this section shall meet the requirements of section
21261.16.
227. Reports to commission. An eligible institution shall
23file annual reports with the commission, as required by the
24commission and under section 261.9, prior to receipt of tuition
25grant moneys under this chapter.
26 Sec. 16. Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2017,
27are amended to read as follows:
281. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
29to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-five
30million five eight hundred thirteen eighty thousand four nine
31 hundred forty-eight fifty-one dollars for tuition grants to
32qualified students who are enrolled in accredited private
33institutions.
342. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
35state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
-22-1 one million five hundred thousand dollars for tuition grants
2for qualified students attending for-profit accredited private
3 who are enrolled in eligible institutions located in Iowa.
4A for-profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, or
5effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited private
6institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c)
7of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution
8under the tuition grant program. For purposes of the tuition
9grant program, “for-profit accredited private institution” means
10an accredited private institution which is not exempt from
11taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
12 but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
13subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and whose students were eligible
14to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
152003.
163. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
17state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
18 one million two seven hundred fifty thousand one hundred
19eighty-five dollars for vocational-technical tuition grants.
20 Sec. 17. Section 261.25, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
21by striking the subsection.
22 Sec. 18. Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
23by adding the following new paragraph:
24 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0b. “Eligible foster care student” means
25a person who has a high school diploma or a high school
26equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and is described by any
27of the following:
28(1) Is age seventeen and is in a court-ordered placement
29under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department
30of human services or juvenile court services.
31(2) Is age seventeen and has been placed in a state juvenile
32institution pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232
33under the care and custody of the department of human services.
34(3) Is age eighteen through twenty-three and is described
35by any of the following:
-23- 1(a) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
2the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
3the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant
4to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
5custody of the department of human services or juvenile court
6services.
7(b) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
8the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the
9person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live with a
10relative or other suitable person.
11(c) The person was in a licensed foster care placement
12pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being
13legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.
14(d) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
15the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
16the person was placed in a state juvenile institution pursuant
17to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
18custody of the department of human services.
19 Sec. 19. Section 261.87, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
20following new subsection:
21 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. Priority for scholarship
22awards. Priority for scholarships under this section shall be
23given to eligible foster care students who meet the eligibility
24criteria under subsection 2. Following distribution to
25students who meet the eligibility criteria under subsection 2,
26the commission may establish priority for awarding scholarships
27using any moneys that remain in the all Iowa opportunity
28scholarship fund.
29 Sec. 20. Section 271.2, Code 2017, is amended by striking
30the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
31271.2 Purposes.
32The Oakdale campus shall serve as an extension of the
33university of Iowa’s main campus in Iowa City. The Oakdale
34campus shall serve the university’s mission, including being
35the location for the state hygienic laboratory, the university
-24-1of Iowa research park, and various other research and support
2facilities.
3 Sec. 21. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
42017, is amended to read as follows:
5a. A school district shall assess all students enrolled
6in kindergarten through grade three at the beginning of each
7school year for their level of reading or reading readiness
8on locally determined or statewide assessments, as provided
9in section 256.7, subsection 31. If a student is not reading
10proficiently and is persistently at risk in reading, based upon
11the assessments administered in accordance with this paragraph,
12the school district shall provide intensive reading instruction
13to the student. The student’s reading proficiency shall be
14periodically reassessed by locally determined or statewide
15assessments including periodic universal screening and annual
16standard-based assessments. The student shall continue to be
17provided with intensive reading instruction, at grade levels
18beyond grade three if necessary, until the student is reading
19at grade level, as determined by the student’s consistently
20proficient performance on valid and reliable measures of
21reading ability. For purposes of this section, “persistently at
22risk” means the student has not met the grade-level benchmark on
23two consecutive screening assessments administered under this
24paragraph.
25 Sec. 22. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
262017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
27 Sec. 23. Section 279.68, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
282017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
29 Sec. 24. Section 279.68, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2017, are
30amended by striking the subsections.
31 Sec. 25. Section 282.10, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
322017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
33 Sec. 26. Section 284.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
34by striking the subsection.
35 Sec. 27. Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
-25-12017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
2 Sec. 28. Section 284.5, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, are
3amended to read as follows:
42. Each school district and area education agency shall may
5 provide a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program for
6all teachers who are beginning teachers, and notwithstanding
7section 284.4, subsection 1, a school district and an area
8education agency shall be eligible to receive moneys under
9section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, for purposes
10of implementing a beginning teacher mentoring and induction
11program in accordance with this section.
123. Each school district and area education agency that
13provides a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
14under this chapter shall develop a plan for the program. A
15school district shall include its plan in the school district’s
16comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to
17section 256.7, subsection 21. The plan shall, at a minimum,
18provide for a two-year sequence of induction program content
19and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards and
20beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
21training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
22demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
23beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
24placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
25dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
26organizational support for release time for mentors and
27beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
28practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
29for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
30teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
31 Sec. 29. Section 284.6, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended
32to read as follows:
338. For each year in which a school district receives funds
34calculated and paid to school districts for professional
35development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10, or
-26-1section 257.37A, subsection 2, the school district shall create
2quality professional development opportunities. Not less than
3thirty-six hours in the school calendar, held outside of the
4minimum school day, shall be set aside during nonpreparation
5time or designated professional development time to allow
6practitioners to collaborate with each other to deliver
7educational programs and assess student learning, or to engage
8in peer review pursuant to section 284.8, subsection 1. The
9funds may be used to implement the professional development
10provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles
11specified in section 284.15, including but not limited to
12providing professional development to teachers, including
13additional salaries for time beyond the normal negotiated
14agreement; activities and pay to support a beginning teacher
15mentoring and induction program that meets the requirements
16of section 284.5; pay for substitute teachers, professional
17development materials, speakers, and professional development
18content; and costs associated with implementing the individual
19professional development plans. The use of the funds shall
20be balanced between school district, attendance center,
21and individual professional development plans, making every
22reasonable effort to provide equal access to all teachers.
23 Sec. 30. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, d,
24and f, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
25a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
26ending June 30, 2017 2018, to the department of education, the
27amount of eight hundred forty-six thousand two hundred fifty
28dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards
29in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated
30under this paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand
31dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
32position in accordance with section 256.45.
33c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
34ending June 30, 2017 2018, up to seven hundred eighty-six
35 seventy-four thousand eight three hundred sixteen dollars to
-27-1the department for purposes of implementing the professional
2development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance
3in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees
4established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph
5“c”, and the evaluator training program in section 284.10.
6A portion of the funds allocated to the department for
7purposes of this paragraph may be used by the department for
8administrative purposes and for not more than four full-time
9equivalent positions.
10d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
11ending June 30, 2017 2018, an amount up to one million one
12hundred thirty-six twenty-three thousand four nine hundred ten
13dollars to the department for the establishment of teacher
14development academies in accordance with section 284.6,
15subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to the
16department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for
17administrative purposes.
18f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018,
19and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department of
20education, ten million dollars for purposes of implementing
21the supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions
22of section 284.11. Annually, of the moneys allocated to
23the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one
24hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for
25administrative purposes and for not more than one full-time
26equivalent position.
27 Sec. 31. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
282017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
29 Sec. 32. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
30by adding the following new paragraphs:
31 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
322017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount up
33to twenty-five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
34beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
35256.34.
-28-1 NEW PARAGRAPH. 00f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
22017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount
3up to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
4dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
5in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
6implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
7pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
8not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
9education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
10technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
11training and staff development, and the contracting of external
12expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
13of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
14districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
15students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
16department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
17department for administrative purposes and for not more than
18five full-time equivalent positions.
19 Sec. 33. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph a,
20subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
21(1) The salary for an initial teacher who has successfully
22completed an approved practitioner preparation program as
23defined in section 272.1 or holds an initial or intern teacher
24license issued under chapter 272, and who participates in the
25beginning teacher mentoring and induction program as provided
26in this chapter, shall be at least thirty-three thousand five
27hundred dollars, which shall also constitute the minimum salary
28for an Iowa teacher.
29 Sec. 34. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph b,
30subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
31subparagraph.
32 Sec. 35. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph a,
33subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
34subparagraph.
35 Sec. 36. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph b,
-29-1subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
2(1) Has successfully completed the beginning teacher
3mentoring and induction program and has successfully completed
4 a comprehensive evaluation.
5 Sec. 37. REPEAL. Sections 261.6, 261.61, 261.116, 263.4,
6263.5, and 263.6, Code 2017, are repealed.
7DIVISION II
8workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2017-2018
9 Sec. 38. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
10and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
11departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
12beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
13amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
14purposes designated:
151. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
16a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
17development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $1815,100,000
19From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
20“a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
21for administration of the workforce training and economic
22development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
23b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
24of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
25to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $265,500,000
27(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
28“b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
29established in section 260C.18C.
30(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
31“b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department
32for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
33pursuant to section 260C.50.
34(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
35“b”, not more than $1,467,000 shall be distributed as grants
-30-1to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
2programs for students requiring instruction in English
3as a second language. The department shall establish an
4application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
5this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
6based on need for instruction in English as a second language
7in the region served by each community college as determined by
8factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
9and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
10(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
11“b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
12services for purposes of administering a pilot project to
13provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
14Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
15in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
16work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
17supplemental support services for international refugees to
18improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
19competencies, and integration in a county with a population
20over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
21census. The department of human services shall utilize a
22request for proposals process to identify the entity best
23qualified to implement the pilot project.
24c. For accelerated career education program capital
25projects at community colleges that are authorized under
26chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
27infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $286,000,000
29d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
30employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $315,000,000
32From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
33not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
34for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
35pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
-31-1equivalent position.
2e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
3established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $42,000,000
5f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
6intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $71,500,000
8From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
9“f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department for
10expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
11and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
12Act.
13g. For support costs associated with administering a
14workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
15of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
16and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
17receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $18200,000
192. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
20For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
21grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $225,000,000
233. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
24in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
25unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
26but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
27designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
28DIVISION III
29FY 2018-2019 APPROPRIATIONS
30DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
31 Sec. 39. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
32general fund of the state to the department for the blind
33for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June
3430, 2019, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
35necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
-32- 1For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
2purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
3equivalent positions:
.................................................. $41,093,671
............................................... FTEs588.00
6COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
7 Sec. 40. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
8state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
9beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
10amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
11purposes designated:
121. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
13For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $16214,640
............................................... FTEs173.95
182. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
19For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
20established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $21200,487
223. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
23For purposes of providing national guard educational
24assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $252,050,000
264. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
27a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
28established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $29100,000
30b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
31ending June 30, 2019, the commission shall not provide loan
32forgiveness under the program to any new applicant, but may
33renew loan forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet
34the eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
355. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
-33- 1a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
2program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $31,420,427
4b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, if the moneys
5appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
6commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
7program exceed $250,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
8section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
92018, include accredited private institutions as defined in
10section 261.9.
116. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
12For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
13pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $14200,000
157. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
16For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
17program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $18562,251
198. RURAL IOWA ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND
20PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
21For purposes of the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
22practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
23established pursuant to section 261.114:
.................................................. $24100,000
25 Sec. 41. IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS.
26Notwithstanding the standing appropriations in the following
27designated sections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018,
28and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts appropriated from the
29general fund of the state to the college student aid commission
30pursuant to these sections for the following designated
31purposes shall not exceed the following amounts:
321. For Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection
331:
.................................................. $3422,940,476
352. For tuition grants for students attending for-profit
-34-1accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
2261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $3750,000
43. For vocational-technical tuition grants under section
5261.25, subsection 3:
.................................................. $6875,093
7 Sec. 42. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
8261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
9fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
10beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, may be used
11for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
12established in section 261.73.
13 Sec. 43. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
14261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending
15June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general fund
16of the state to the college student aid commission for the
17work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
18DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
19 Sec. 44. There is appropriated from the general fund of
20the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
21beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
22amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
23purposes designated:
241. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
25a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
26purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
27equivalent positions:
.................................................. $282,982,024
............................................... FTEs2981.67
30b. By January 15, 2019, the department shall submit
31a written report to the general assembly detailing the
32department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
33expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
34July 1, 2018.
35c. Notwithstanding 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 121, section
-35-173, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and each
2succeeding fiscal year, implementation of the Iowa attendance
3center ranking system shall be subject to an appropriation
4of sufficient moneys by the general assembly for purposes of
5implementation and maintenance of the system.
62. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
7For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
8purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
9equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10299,099
............................................... FTEs1111.50
123. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
13a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $162,812,838
............................................... FTEs17255.00
18For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
19with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
20to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
21job placement and retention services for individuals with
22significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
23January 15, 2019, the division shall submit a written report to
24the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
25community rehabilitation program providers.
26b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
27with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
28independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
29than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $3042,412
............................................... FTEs311.00
32c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
33established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $3469,253
35d. For costs associated with centers for independent
-36-1living:
.................................................. $243,229
34. STATE LIBRARY
4a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
6equivalent positions:
.................................................. $71,265,032
............................................... FTEs829.00
9b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
10256.57:
.................................................. $111,232,412
125. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
13For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
14and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
15full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $163,794,708
............................................... FTEs1786.00
186. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
19For reimbursement for career and technical education
20expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $211,315,067
22Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
23reimburse school districts for career and technical education
24expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
25set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
267. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
27For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
28shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
29salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
30for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $311,088,399
............................................... FTEs3220.58
338. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
34For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
35the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
-37-.................................................. $111,081,400
2a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
3grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
4ending June 30, 2019, not more than $132,975 is allocated for
5the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
6activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
7may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
8purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
9of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
10subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
11for the reimbursement of staff.
12b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
13deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
14early childhood Iowa fund, $1,159,009 shall be used for efforts
15to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
16programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
17used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
18The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
19of the allocation, not to exceed $44,325, for the technical
20assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
21including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
22the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
23improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
24early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
25use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
26formula, grants, or other means.
27c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
28deposit in the school ready children grants account of
29the early childhood Iowa fund, $412,515 shall be used for
30support of professional development and training activities
31for persons working in early care, health, and education by
32the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
33the professional development component groups maintained by
34the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
35section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
-38-1childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
2professional development and training activities agreed upon by
3the parties participating in the collaboration.
49. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
5a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
6Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
7108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
8services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
9those services:
.................................................. $10860,700
11b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
12$191,885 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
13clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
14to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
15born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
1610. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
17a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $18287,250
19b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
20used for implementation and expansion of early head start
21pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
22emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
23age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
24The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
25healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
26infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
27given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
28and received state funding to administer an early head start
29project.
3011. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
31a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
32to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
33authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $34325,107
35b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
-39-1pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
2resident public school pupils.
312. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
4For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
5program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
6than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $71,697,834
............................................... FTEs82.00
9If moneys appropriated under this subsection and which
10are allocated to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
11supplemental aid payments to school districts for their
12initial year of funding under section 284.13, subsection 1,
13paragraph “e”, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
14ending June 30, 2019, are insufficient for such purpose, the
15department shall prorate the amount of the teacher leadership
16supplemental aid payments calculated under section 284.13,
17subsection 1, paragraph “e”, subparagraph (2), subparagraph
18division (a), and paid to school districts.
1913. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
20For school districts to provide direct services to the
21most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
22districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
23graduates specialist:
.................................................. $24333,094
2514. ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING/COACHING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM
26For purposes of the beginning administrator mentoring and
27induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and for
28development and implementation of the coaching and support
29system to support administrators pursuant to section 256.9,
30subsection 57, paragraph “b”:
.................................................. $31125,000
3215. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
33For purposes of administering the online state job posting
34system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $35115,000
-40- 116. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
2For distribution to school districts for implementation
3of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
4progression for early readers:
.................................................. $53,912,391
617. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
7For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
8warning assessment and administering the early warning system
9for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
10rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $11957,500
12The department shall administer and distribute to school
13districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
14assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
15student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
16six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
17nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
18costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
19assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
20this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
21actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
22the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
23system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
24moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
25moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
26subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
2718. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
28a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
29order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
30agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 53,
31paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $32478,750
33b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
34department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
35or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
-41-1but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
2specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
319. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
4a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
5compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $657,500
7b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
8for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
9pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
10unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
11but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
12designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
1320. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
14For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
15section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $16100,595,445
17The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
18allocated pursuant to the formula established in section
19260C.18C.
20 Sec. 45. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK
21CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
22section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
23ending June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general
24fund of the state to the department of education for programs
25for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
26than $5,365,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
27shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
28279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
29STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
30 Sec. 46. There is appropriated from the general fund of
31the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
32beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
33amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
34purposes designated:
351. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
-42- 1a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
2purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
3equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4397,357
............................................... FTEs515.00
6The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
7report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
8office and the legislative services agency. The report
9submitted in December 2018 shall include the five-year
10graduation rates for the regents universities.
11b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
12regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
13regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities
14graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $15139,424
16c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
17public radio operations:
.................................................. $18179,632
192. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
20a. General university
21For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
22aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
23following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $24108,854,534
............................................... FTEs255,058.55
26b. Oakdale campus
27For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
28purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
29equivalent positions:
.................................................. $301,093,279
............................................... FTEs3138.25
32c. State hygienic laboratory
33For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
34purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
35equivalent positions:
-43-.................................................. $12,201,308
............................................... FTEs2102.50
3d. Family practice program
4For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
5approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
6to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
7practice residency education program, including salaries
8and support, and for not more than the following full-time
9equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10894,133
............................................... FTEs11190.40
12e. Child health care services
13For specialized child health care services, including
14childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
15rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
16Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
17and support, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
.................................................. $19329,728
............................................... FTEs2057.97
21f. Statewide cancer registry
22For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
23following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2474,526
............................................... FTEs252.10
26g. Substance abuse consortium
27For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
28substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
29the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $3027,765
............................................... FTEs311.00
32h. Center for biocatalysis
33For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
34following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $35361,864
-44-............................................... FTEs16.28
2i. Primary health care initiative
3For the primary health care initiative in the college
4of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
5equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6324,465
............................................... FTEs75.89
8From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
9$127,445 shall be allocated to the department of family
10practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
11for family practice faculty and support staff.
12j. Birth defects registry
13For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
14following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1519,144
............................................... FTEs161.00
17k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
18For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
19and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
20positions:
.................................................. $2181,270
............................................... FTEs222.75
23l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
24technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
25For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
26academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
27initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $28240,925
293. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
30a. General university
31For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
32aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
33following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3486,437,431
............................................... FTEs353,647.42
-45- 1b. Agricultural experiment station
2For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
3maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
4the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $514,943,439
............................................... FTEs6546.98
7c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
8economics
9For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
10and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
11miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
12full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $139,133,361
............................................... FTEs14383.34
15d. Livestock disease research
16For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
17fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $1886,422
194. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
20a. General university
21For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
22aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
23following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2446,856,181
............................................... FTEs251,447.50
26b. Recycling and reuse center
27For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
28more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2987,628
............................................... FTEs303.00
31c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
32collaborative initiative
33For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
34and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
35pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
-46-1full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $22,723,188
............................................... FTEs36.20
4(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
5paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
6shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
7support, activities directly related to recruitment of
8kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
9and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
10students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
11(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
12community colleges to develop STEM professional development
13programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
14development.
15(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
16paragraph, not less than $250,000 shall be used to provide
17technology education opportunities to high school,
18career academy, and community college students through a
19public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
20students and faculties at these institutions to secure
21broad-based information technology certification. The
22partnership shall provide all of the following:
23(a) A research-based curriculum.
24(b) Online access to the curriculum.
25(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
26(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
27of information technology-related skill areas.
28(e) Professional development for teachers.
29(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
30limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
31d. Real estate education program
32For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
33not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $3462,651
............................................... FTEs351.00
-47- 15. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
2For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
3purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
4equivalent positions:
.................................................. $54,948,676
............................................... FTEs6126.60
76. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
8For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
9purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
10equivalent positions:
.................................................. $112,063,248
............................................... FTEs1262.87
13 Sec. 47. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
14the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30,
152019, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
16other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
17finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
18amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
19the projects within an average of six years.
20 Sec. 48. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
21270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
22the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
23saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
24fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, for expenses relating to
25prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
26for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
27DIVISION IV
28workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2018-2019
29 Sec. 49. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
30and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
31departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
32beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
33amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
34purposes designated:
351. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
-48- 1a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
2development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $37,550,000
4From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
5“a”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department
6for administration of the workforce training and economic
7development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
8b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
9of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
10to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $112,750,000
12(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
13“b”, $1,941,500 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
14established in section 260C.18C.
15(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
16“b”, not more than $75,000 shall be used by the department
17for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
18pursuant to section 260C.50.
19(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
20“b”, not more than $733,500 shall be distributed as grants to
21community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
22programs for students requiring instruction in English
23as a second language. The department shall establish an
24application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
25this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
26based on need for instruction in English as a second language
27in the region served by each community college as determined by
28factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
29and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
30(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
31“b”, $105,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
32services for purposes of administering a pilot project to
33provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
34Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
35in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
-49-1work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
2supplemental support services for international refugees to
3improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
4competencies, and integration in a county with a population
5over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
6census. The department of human services shall utilize a
7request for proposals process to identify the entity best
8qualified to implement the pilot project.
9c. For accelerated career education program capital
10projects at community colleges that are authorized under
11chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
12infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $133,000,000
14d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
15employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $162,500,000
17From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
18not more than $100,000 shall be allocated by the department
19for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
20pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
21equivalent position.
22e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
23established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $241,000,000
25f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
26intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $27750,000
28From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
29“f”, not more than $25,000 shall be used by the department for
30expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
31and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
32Act.
33g. For support costs associated with administering a
34workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
35of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
-50-1and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
2receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $3100,000
42. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
5For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
6grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $72,500,000
83. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
9in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
10unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
11but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
12designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
13EXPLANATION
14The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
15the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
16This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal years 2017-2018
17and 2018-2019 from the general fund of the state and other
18funds to the college student aid commission, the department for
19the blind, the department of education, and the state board
20of regents and its institutions. The bill is organized by
21divisions.
22DIVISION I — FY 2017-2018. The bill appropriates to the
23department for the blind for its administration.
24The bill includes appropriations to the college student
25aid commission for general administrative purposes, the loan
26repayment program for health care professionals, the national
27guard educational assistance program, the teacher shortage
28loan forgiveness program, the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
29program, the teach Iowa scholar program, the rural Iowa primary
30care loan repayment program, and the rural Iowa advanced
31registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant loan
32repayment program.
33The bill modifies statute to provide that students enrolled
34in barber and cosmetology arts and sciences schools are
35eligible for tuition grant moneys appropriated for students
-51-1attending for-profit accredited private institutions in Iowa
2and modifies Code section 261.25 to change the standing limited
3tuition grant appropriation amounts.
4The bill prohibits the commission from approving new loan
5forgiveness applications under the teacher shortage loan
6forgiveness program. The bill also repeals the all Iowa
7opportunity foster care grant program, but amends Code section
8261.87 to prioritize students who meet foster care criteria
9under the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program. The bill
10also repeals the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences
11tuition grant program and the registered nurse and nurse
12educator loan forgiveness program.
13The bill makes changes to the membership of the college
14student aid commission. Currently, one of the members of
15the commission is also a member of the board of regents or
16the executive director of the board of regents. The bill
17strikes a provision that directs this member to convene the
18organizational meeting of the commission. The bill strikes
19provisions requiring that one member represent a lending
20institution and one member be an individual who is repaying or
21has repaid a student loan guaranteed by the commission, and
22adds provisions requiring that one member be a parent of a
23student enrolled in an accredited postsecondary institution in
24the state, and that one member represent practitioners licensed
25by the board of educational examiners. The bill increases
26the number of members who represent the general public from
27three to four members, and provides that none of the four shall
28be officers, board members, or trustees of an institution or
29association of institutions of higher learning. Under the
30bill, a vacancy occurs when the parent member no longer has a
31child enrolled in postsecondary education.
32The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education
33for purposes of the department’s general administration,
34career and technical education administration, division of
35vocational rehabilitation services including independent
-52-1living programs, the entrepreneurs with disabilities program,
2and independent living centers, state library for general
3administration and the enrich Iowa program, public broadcasting
4division, career and technical education to secondary schools,
5school food service, early childhood Iowa fund, expansion
6of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
7Improvement Act birth through age three services, early head
8start projects, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the
9student achievement and teacher quality program, jobs for
10America’s graduates specialists, the beginning administrator
11mentoring and induction program, the online state job posting
12system, successful progression for early readers, an early
13warning system for literacy, the Iowa reading research center,
14distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay
15Iowa’s member state annual obligation, area education agencies,
16and community colleges.
17The bill provides that implementation of the Iowa attendance
18center ranking system by the department of education for the
19fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and each succeeding fiscal
20year, shall be subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds
21by the general assembly for purposes of implementation and
22maintenance of the system.
23For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the bill reduces the standing
24appropriation for at-risk children under Code section 279.51.
25The bill does not fund the regional telecommunications
26councils.
27The bill amends Code section 279.68 to eliminate
28requirements relating to an intensive summer reading program,
29promotion to grade four by students persistently at risk in
30reading, and good cause exemptions for purposes of attendance
31at the intensive summer reading programs and promotion to grade
32four. Intensive reading instruction must be provided by school
33districts to students beyond grade three if necessary.
34The bill allows school districts to use state professional
35development funds for activities and pay to support beginning
-53-1teacher mentoring and induction programs, but eliminates
2requirements that school districts provide such programs.
3The bill modifies the provisions of Code section 284.13
4providing for allocation of the moneys appropriated for
5purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
6program. The bill adds an allocation for the fine arts
7beginning teacher mentoring program and delays until the
8fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, allocation of $10 million
9in student achievement and teacher quality program moneys to
10the department of education for purposes of implementing the
11supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions of
12Code section 284.11.
13The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents
14for the board office, universities’ general operating budgets;
15the southwest Iowa regents resource center, northwest Iowa
16regents resource center, and the quad-cities graduate studies
17center; Iowa public radio; the state university of Iowa; Iowa
18state university of science and technology; the university of
19northern Iowa; and for the Iowa school for the deaf and the
20Iowa braille and sight saving school, including tuition and
21transportation costs for students residing in the schools and
22licensed classroom teachers.
23The bill authorizes the state board of regents to sell or
24otherwise dispose of the Iowa braille and sight saving school
25property in Vinton.
26The bill modifies statutory language relating to the
27Oakdale campus at the state university of Iowa and repeals
28provisions that require the state board of regents to establish
29and maintain a department of homeopathic materia medica and
30therapeutics and an institute of child behavior and development
31at the state university of Iowa.
32DIVISION II — WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS — APPROPRIATIONS
33FY 2017-2018. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa
34skilled worker and job creation fund to the department of
35education and the college student aid commission.
-54- 1DIVISION III — FY 2018-2019. The bill appropriates moneys
2from the general fund of the state to the department for the
3blind, the college student aid commission, the department of
4education, and the state board of regents and the institutions
5it governs, at generally 50 percent of the amounts appropriated
6for the same purposes for the prior fiscal year.
7DIVISION IV — WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS — APPROPRIATIONS
8FY 2018-2019. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa
9skilled worker and job creation fund to the department of
10education and the college student aid commission at generally
1150 percent of the amounts appropriated for the same purposes
12for the prior fiscal year.
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