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House File 642 - ReprintedA 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:
.................................................. $333,100,000
344. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
35a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
-1-1established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $2200,000
3b. The commission shall not provide loan forgiveness
4under the program to any new applicant, but may renew loan
5forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet the
6eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
75. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
8a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
9program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $102,840,854
11b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, if the moneys
12appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
13commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
14program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
15section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
162017, include accredited private institutions as defined in
17section 261.9.
18c. A person who received an all Iowa opportunity foster
19care grant under section 261.6 during the fiscal year ending
20June 30, 2017, is exempt from the provision requiring that
21enrollment begin within two years of graduation or receipt of
22a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to section 261.87,
23subsection 2, paragraph “g”, as amended by this Act.
246. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
25For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
26pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $27400,000
287. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
29For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
30program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $311,124,502
328. HEALTH CARE-RELATED LOAN PROGRAM
33For purposes of the health care-related loan program
34established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $35200,000
-2-1 Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
2261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
3fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
4beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, may be used
5for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
6established in section 261.73.
7 Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
8261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending
9June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general fund
10of the state to the college student aid commission for the
11work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
12DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
13 Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
14the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
15beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
16amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
17purposes designated:
181. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
19a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
20purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
21equivalent positions:
.................................................. $225,964,047
............................................... FTEs2381.67
24b. By January 15, 2018, the department shall submit
25a written report to the general assembly detailing the
26department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
27expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
28July 1, 2017.
292. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
30For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
31purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
32equivalent positions:
.................................................. $33598,197
............................................... FTEs3411.50
353. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
-3- 1a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
2purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
3equivalent positions:
.................................................. $45,625,675
............................................... FTEs5255.00
6For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
7with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
8to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
9job placement and retention services for individuals with
10significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
11January 15, 2018, the division shall submit a written report to
12the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
13community rehabilitation program providers.
14b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
15with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
16independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
17than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $1884,823
............................................... FTEs191.00
20c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
21established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $22138,506
23d. For costs associated with centers for independent
24living:
.................................................. $2586,457
264. STATE LIBRARY
27a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
28purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
29equivalent positions:
.................................................. $302,530,063
............................................... FTEs3129.00
32b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
33256.57:
.................................................. $342,464,823
355. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
-4- 1For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
2and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
3full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $47,589,415
............................................... FTEs586.00
66. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
7For reimbursement for career and technical education
8expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $92,630,134
10Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
11reimburse school districts for career and technical education
12expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
13set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
147. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
15For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
16shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
17salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
18for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $192,176,797
............................................... FTEs2020.58
218. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
22For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
23the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $2422,162,799
25a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
26grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
27ending June 30, 2018, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
28the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
29activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
30may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
31purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
32of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
33subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
34for the reimbursement of staff.
35b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
-5-1deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
2early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
3to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
4programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
5used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
6The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
7of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical
8assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
9including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
10the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
11improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
12early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
13use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
14formula, grants, or other means.
15c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
16deposit in the school ready children grants account of
17the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
18support of professional development and training activities
19for persons working in early care, health, and education by
20the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
21the professional development component groups maintained by
22the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
23section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
24childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
25professional development and training activities agreed upon by
26the parties participating in the collaboration.
279. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
28a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
29Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
30108-446, as amended to January 1, 2017, birth through age three
31services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
32those services:
.................................................. $331,721,400
34b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
35$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
-6-1clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
2to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
3born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
410. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
5a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $6574,500
7b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
8used for implementation and expansion of early head start
9pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
10emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
11age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
12The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
13healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
14infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
15given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
16and received state funding to administer an early head start
17project.
1811. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
19a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
20to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
21authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $22650,214
23b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
24pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
25resident public school pupils.
2612. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
27For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
28program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
29than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $303,395,667
............................................... FTEs312.00
3213. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
33For school districts to provide direct services to the
34most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
35districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
-7-1graduates specialist:
.................................................. $2666,188
314. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
4DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
5For administration of a process for school districts to
6establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
7performance of each attendance center operated by the district
8in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
9report card for each attendance center, for internet site
10and data system support, and for not more than the following
11full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $12250,000
............................................... FTEs132.00
1415. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
15For purposes of administering the online state job posting
16system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $17230,000
1816. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
19For distribution to school districts for implementation
20of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
21progression for early readers:
.................................................. $227,824,782
2317. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
24For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
25warning assessment and administering the early warning system
26for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
27rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $281,915,000
29The department shall administer and distribute to school
30districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
31assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
32student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
33six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
34nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
35costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
-8-1assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
2this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
3actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
4the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
5system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
6moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
7moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
8subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
918. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
10a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
11order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
12agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
13paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $14957,500
15b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
16department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
17or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
18but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
19specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
2019. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
21a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
22compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $23115,000
24b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
25for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
26pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
27unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
28but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
29designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
3020. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
31For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
32section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $33201,190,889
34Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
35the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
-9-1as follows:
2a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $39,926,071
4b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $510,071,276
6c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $79,321,594
8d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $94,585,357
10e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $1111,384,625
12f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $138,934,038
14g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $1513,567,088
16h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $1717,184,384
18i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $1931,457,331
20j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $2133,665,985
22k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $2311,159,456
24l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $2512,113,693
26m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $274,674,061
28n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $2914,666,976
30o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $318,478,954
32 Sec. 6. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK
33CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
34section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
35ending June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general
-10-1fund of the state to the department of education for programs
2for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
3than $10,730,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
4shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
5279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
6STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
7 Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of
8the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
9beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
10amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
11purposes designated:
121. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
13a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $16794,714
............................................... FTEs1715.00
18The state board of regents shall submit a monthly
19financial report in a format agreed upon by the state board
20of regents office and the legislative services agency. The
21report submitted in December 2017 shall include the five-year
22graduation rates for the regents universities.
23b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
24regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
25regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities
26graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $27278,848
28c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
29public radio operations:
.................................................. $30359,264
312. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
32a. General university
33For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
34aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
35following full-time equivalent positions:
-11-.................................................. $1216,759,067
............................................... FTEs25,058.55
3b. Oakdale campus
4For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
6equivalent positions:
.................................................. $72,186,558
............................................... FTEs838.25
9c. State hygienic laboratory
10For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
11purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
12equivalent positions:
.................................................. $134,402,615
............................................... FTEs14102.50
15d. Family practice program
16For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
17approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
18to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
19practice residency education program, including salaries
20and support, and for not more than the following full-time
21equivalent positions:
.................................................. $221,788,265
............................................... FTEs23190.40
24e. Child health care services
25For specialized child health care services, including
26childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
27rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
28Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
29and support, and for not more than the following full-time
30equivalent positions:
.................................................. $31659,456
............................................... FTEs3257.97
33f. Statewide cancer registry
34For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
35following full-time equivalent positions:
-12-.................................................. $1149,051
............................................... FTEs22.10
3g. Substance abuse consortium
4For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
5substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
6the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $755,529
............................................... FTEs81.00
9h. Center for biocatalysis
10For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
11following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $12723,727
............................................... FTEs136.28
14i. Primary health care initiative
15For the primary health care initiative in the college
16of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
17equivalent positions:
.................................................. $18648,930
............................................... FTEs195.89
20From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
21$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
22practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
23for family practice faculty and support staff.
24j. Birth defects registry
25For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
26following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $2738,288
............................................... FTEs281.00
29k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
30For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
31and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
32positions:
.................................................. $33162,539
............................................... FTEs342.75
35l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
-13-1technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
2For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
3academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
4initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $5481,849
6m. Iowa flood center
7For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
8of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $91,200,000
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.
12(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
13appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered
14or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
15equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
16appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert but shall
17remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
18students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
19d. Real estate education program
20For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
21not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $22125,302
............................................... FTEs231.00
245. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
25For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
26purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
27equivalent positions:
.................................................. $289,897,351
............................................... FTEs29126.60
306. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
31For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
32purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
33equivalent positions:
.................................................. $344,126,495
............................................... FTEs3562.87
-16-1 Sec. 8. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
2the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30,
32018, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
4other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
5finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
6amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
7the projects within an average of six years.
8 Sec. 9. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
9270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
10the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
11saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
12fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, for expenses relating to
13prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
14for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
15 Sec. 10. Section 256.9, subsection 59, Code 2017, is amended
16by striking the subsection.
17 Sec. 11. Section 261.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a and d,
18Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
19a. A member of the state board of regents to be named by the
20board, or the executive director of the board if so appointed
21by the board, who shall serve for a four-year term or until the
22expiration of the member’s term of office. Such member shall
23convene the organizational meeting of the commission.
24d. Eight Nine additional members to be appointed by the
25governor. as follows:
26(1) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
27private colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
28When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
29consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
30by any organization or association of some or all private
31colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
32(2) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
33Iowa’s community colleges located in the state of Iowa.
34When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
35consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
-17-1by any organization or association of Iowa community colleges.
2(3) One member shall be enrolled as a student at a an
3institution of higher learning governed by the board of regents
4institution, a community college, or an accredited private
5institution.
6(4) One member shall be a representative of a lending
7institution located in this state. One member shall be
8an individual who is repaying or has repaid a student loan
9guaranteed by the commission parent of a student enrolled
10at an institution of higher learning governed by the board
11of regents, a community college, or an accredited private
12institution.
13(5) One member shall represent practitioners licensed
14under chapter 272. When appointing this member, the governor
15shall give careful consideration to any person nominated by
16an Iowa teacher association or other education stakeholder
17organization.
18(6) The other three Four members shall represent the
19general public, none of whom shall be official officers, board
20members, or trustees of an institution of higher learning or
21of an association of institutions of higher learning, shall be
22selected to represent the general public.
23 Sec. 12. Section 261.1, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
24to read as follows:
253. The members of the commission appointed by the governor
26shall serve for a term of four years. The voting members of
27the commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson.
28Meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the
29voting members.
30 Sec. 13. Section 261.1, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
312017, is amended to read as follows:
32b. A vacancy shall exist on the commission when a
33legislative member of the commission ceases to be a member of
34the general assembly, when a parent member no longer has a
35child enrolled in postsecondary education, or when a student
-18-1member ceases to be enrolled as a student. Such vacancy shall
2be filled within thirty days.
3 Sec. 14. Section 261.2, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017, are
4amended to read as follows:
56. Develop and implement, in cooperation with the
6department of human services and the judicial branch, a program
7to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or older and
8who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or 237 or are
9otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in applying
10for federal and state aid available for higher education.
11The commission shall also develop and implement the all Iowa
12opportunity foster care grant program in accordance with
13section 261.6.
148. Submit by January 15 annually a report to the general
15assembly which provides, by program, the number of individuals
16who received loan forgiveness or loan repayment in the previous
17fiscal year, the amount amounts paid to or on behalf of
18individuals under sections 261.73, 261.112, and 261.116, and
19the institutions from which individuals graduated, and that
20includes any proposed statutory changes and the commission’s
21findings and recommendations.
22 Sec. 15. Section 261.9, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
23following new subsection:
24 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. “Eligible institution” means an
25institution of higher learning located in Iowa which is
26operated privately and not controlled or administered by any
27state agency or any subdivision of the state, which is not
28exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
29Revenue Code, and which meets all of the criteria in subsection
301, paragraphs “d” through “i”, and the criteria in paragraphs
31“a” or “b” as follows:
32a. Is accredited by the higher learning commission and
33which, effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited
34private institution that was exempt from taxation under section
35501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or whose students were
-19-1eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning
2July 1, 2003. The eligible institution shall annually provide
3a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid
4which shall increase by the percentage of increase each
5fiscal year of funds appropriated for Iowa tuition grants
6under section 261.25, subsection 2, to a maximum match of one
7hundred percent as initiated under section 261.9, subsection 1,
8paragraph “b”, Code 2005.
9b. Is a barber school licensed under section 158.7 or
10a school of cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under
11chapter 157 and is accredited by a national accrediting agency
12recognized by the United States department of education. For
13the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, an eligible institution
14under this paragraph shall provide a matching aggregate amount
15of institutional financial aid equal to at least seventy-five
16percent of the amount received by the institution’s students
17for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 261.16A.
18 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the institution
19shall provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional
20financial aid equal to at least eighty-five percent of the
21amount received in that fiscal year. Commencing with the
22fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and each succeeding fiscal
23year, the matching aggregate amount of institutional financial
24aid shall be at least equal to the match provided by eligible
25institutions under section 261.16A, subsection 2.
26 Sec. 16. Section 261.12, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
272017, is amended to read as follows:
28b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 2017, and for
29each succeeding fiscal year, six thousand dollars an amount
30equivalent to the average resident tuition and mandatory fees
31for two semesters or the equivalent of undergraduate study at
32the institutions of higher learning governed by the state board
33of regents.
34 Sec. 17. NEW SECTION. 261.16A Iowa tuition grants —
35for-profit institutions.
-20- 11. Students qualified. A tuition grant from moneys
2appropriated under section 261.25, subsection 2, may be awarded
3to a resident of Iowa who is admitted and in attendance as
4a full-time or part-time resident student at an eligible
5institution and who establishes financial need.
62. Extent of grant.
7a. A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in an
8eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9,
9subsection 2A, paragraph “a”, may receive tuition grants for
10not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or the
11equivalent; a qualified part-time resident student enrolled
12in the eligible institution may receive tuition grants for
13not more than sixteen semesters of undergraduate study or the
14equivalent.
15b. A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in an
16eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9,
17subsection 2A, paragraph “b”, may receive tuition grants for not
18more than four semesters or the equivalent of two full years
19of study. However, if a student resumes study after at least
20a two-year absence, the student may again be eligible for the
21specified amount of time, except that the student shall not
22receive assistance for courses for which credit was previously
23received.
243. Amount of grant.
25a. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time
26student for the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent,
27shall be the amount of the student’s financial need for that
28period. However, a tuition grant shall not exceed six thousand
29dollars.
30b. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time
31student for the summer semester or equivalent shall be one-half
32the amount of the tuition grant the student receives under
33paragraph “a”.
34c. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified part-time
35student enrolled in a course of study including at least three
-21-1semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours for the
2fall, spring, and summer semesters, or the equivalent, shall be
3equal to the amount of a tuition grant that would be paid to a
4full-time student times a number which represents the number
5of hours in which the part-time student is actually enrolled
6divided by twelve semester hours, or the equivalent.
7d. If a qualified student receives financial aid under any
8other program, the full amount of such financial aid shall be
9considered part of the student’s financial resources available
10in determining the amount of the student’s financial need
11for that period. In no case may the state’s total financial
12contribution to the student’s education, including financial
13aid under any other state or federal program, exceed the
14tuition and mandatory fees at the eligible institution the
15student attends.
164. Grant payments — attendance discontinued.
17a. Payments under the tuition grant shall be allocated
18equally among the semesters or the equivalent and shall be
19paid at the beginning of each semester or equivalent upon
20certification by the eligible institution that the student is
21admitted and in full-time or part-time attendance in a course
22of study.
23b. If the student discontinues attendance before the end of
24any semester, or the equivalent, after receiving payment under
25the grant, the entire amount of any refund due that student,
26up to the amount of any payments made under the annual grant,
27shall be paid by the eligible institution to the state.
285. Commission responsibilities. The commission’s
29responsibilities for administering tuition grants under this
30section shall be the same as provided under section 261.15.
31The commission may require an eligible institution to promptly
32furnish any information which the commission may request in
33connection with the tuition grant program.
346. Grant applications. Each applicant for a tuition grant
35under this section shall meet the requirements of section
-22-1261.16.
27. Reports to commission. An eligible institution shall
3file annual reports with the commission, as required by the
4commission and under section 261.9, prior to receipt of tuition
5grant moneys under this chapter.
6 Sec. 18. Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2017,
7are amended to read as follows:
81. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
9to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-five
10 forty-six million five six hundred thirteen thirty thousand
11four nine hundred forty-eight fifty-one dollars for tuition
12grants to qualified students who are enrolled in accredited
13private institutions.
142. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
15state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
16 one million five hundred thousand dollars for tuition grants
17for qualified students attending for-profit accredited private
18 who are enrolled in eligible institutions located in Iowa.
19A for-profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, or
20effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited private
21institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c)
22of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution
23under the tuition grant program. For purposes of the tuition
24grant program, “for-profit accredited private institution” means
25an accredited private institution which is not exempt from
26taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
27 but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
28subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and whose students were eligible
29to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
302003.
313. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
32state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
33 one million two seven hundred fifty thousand one hundred
34eighty-five dollars for vocational-technical tuition grants.
35 Sec. 19. Section 261.25, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
-23-1by striking the subsection.
2 Sec. 20. Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
3by adding the following new paragraph:
4 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0b. “Eligible foster care student” means
5a person who has a high school diploma or a high school
6equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and is described by any
7of the following:
8(1) Is age seventeen and is in a court-ordered placement
9under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department
10of human services or juvenile court services.
11(2) Is age seventeen and has been placed in a state juvenile
12institution pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232
13under the care and custody of the department of human services.
14(3) Is age eighteen through twenty-three and is described
15by any of the following:
16(a) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
17the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
18the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant
19to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
20custody of the department of human services or juvenile court
21services.
22(b) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
23the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the
24person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live with a
25relative or other suitable person.
26(c) The person was in a licensed foster care placement
27pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being
28legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.
29(d) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
30the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
31the person was placed in a state juvenile institution pursuant
32to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
33custody of the department of human services.
34 Sec. 21. Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
352017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
-24-1 Sec. 22. Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code
22017, is amended to read as follows:
3g. Begins enrollment at an eligible institution within
4two academic years of graduation from high school or receipt
5of a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and
6continuously receives awards as a full-time or part-time
7student to maintain eligibility. However, the student may
8defer participation in the program for up to two years in order
9to pursue obligations that meet conditions established by the
10commission by rule or to fulfill military obligations.
11 Sec. 23. Section 261.87, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
12following new subsection:
13 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. Priority for scholarship
14awards. Priority for scholarships under this section shall be
15given to eligible foster care students who meet the eligibility
16criteria under subsection 2. Following distribution to
17students who meet the eligibility criteria under subsection 2,
18the commission may establish priority for awarding scholarships
19using any moneys that remain in the all Iowa opportunity
20scholarship fund.
21 Sec. 24. Section 261.87, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
22to read as follows:
233. Extent of scholarship. A qualified student at an
24eligible institution may receive scholarships for not more than
25the equivalent of two eight full-time academic years semesters
26 of undergraduate study, excluding summer semesters. A
27qualified student attending part-time may receive scholarships
28for not more than the equivalent of sixteen part-time semesters
29of undergraduate study. Scholarships awarded pursuant to this
30section may, at the qualified student’s request, be disbursed
31over a single academic year or two academic years, and shall
32not exceed the least of the following amounts, as determined
33by the commission:
34a. The student’s financial need.
35b. The One-half of the average resident tuition rate and
-25-1mandatory fees established for institutions of higher learning
2governed by the state board of regents for a scholarship
3disbursed over one academic year, or one-half of that amount
4for a scholarship disbursed over two academic years.
5c. The resident tuition and mandatory fees charged for the
6program of enrollment by the eligible institution at which the
7student is enrolled.
8 Sec. 25. Section 271.2, Code 2017, is amended by striking
9the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
10271.2 Purposes.
11The Oakdale campus shall serve as an extension of the
12university of Iowa’s main campus in Iowa City. The Oakdale
13campus shall serve the university’s mission, including being
14the location for the state hygienic laboratory, the university
15of Iowa research park, and various other research and support
16facilities.
17 Sec. 26. Section 272.28, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
181, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
19Requirements for teacher licensure beyond an initial license
20shall include successful completion of a beginning teacher
21mentoring and induction program approved by the state board of
22education pursuant to section 284.5; or two years of successful
23teaching experience in a school district with an approved
24career paths, leadership roles, and compensation framework or
25approved comparable system as provided in section 284.15; or
26evidence of not less than three years of successful teaching
27experience at any of the following:
28 Sec. 27. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
292017, is amended to read as follows:
30a. A school district shall assess all students enrolled
31in kindergarten through grade three at the beginning of each
32school year for their level of reading or reading readiness
33on locally determined or statewide assessments, as provided
34in section 256.7, subsection 31. If a student is not reading
35proficiently and is persistently at risk in reading, based upon
-26-1the assessments administered in accordance with this paragraph,
2the school district shall provide intensive reading instruction
3to the student. The student’s reading proficiency shall be
4periodically reassessed by locally determined or statewide
5assessments including periodic universal screening and annual
6standard-based assessments. The student shall continue to be
7provided with intensive reading instruction, at grade levels
8beyond grade three if necessary, until the student is reading
9at grade level, as determined by the student’s consistently
10proficient performance on valid and reliable measures of
11reading ability. For purposes of this section, “persistently at
12risk” means the student has not met the grade-level benchmark on
13two consecutive screening assessments administered under this
14paragraph.
15 Sec. 28. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
162017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
17 Sec. 29. Section 279.68, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
182017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
19 Sec. 30. Section 279.68, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2017, are
20amended by striking the subsections.
21 Sec. 31. Section 282.10, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
222017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
23 Sec. 32. Section 284.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
24by striking the subsection.
25 Sec. 33. Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
262017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
27 Sec. 34. Section 284.5, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, are
28amended to read as follows:
292. Each school district and area education agency shall may
30 provide a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program for
31all teachers who are beginning teachers, and notwithstanding
32section 284.4, subsection 1, a school district and an area
33education agency shall be eligible to receive moneys under
34section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, for purposes
35of implementing a beginning teacher mentoring and induction
-27-1program in accordance with this section.
23. Each school district and area education agency that
3provides a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
4under this chapter shall develop a plan for the program. A
5school district shall include its plan in the school district’s
6comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to
7section 256.7, subsection 21. The plan shall, at a minimum,
8provide for a two-year sequence of induction program content
9and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards and
10beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
11training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
12demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
13beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
14placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
15dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
16organizational support for release time for mentors and
17beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
18practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
19for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
20teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
21 Sec. 35. Section 284.6, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended
22to read as follows:
238. For each year in which a school district receives funds
24calculated and paid to school districts for professional
25development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10, or
26section 257.37A, subsection 2, the school district shall create
27quality professional development opportunities. Not less than
28thirty-six hours in the school calendar, held outside of the
29minimum school day, shall be set aside during nonpreparation
30time or designated professional development time to allow
31practitioners to collaborate with each other to deliver
32educational programs and assess student learning, or to engage
33in peer review pursuant to section 284.8, subsection 1. The
34funds may be used to implement the professional development
35provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles
-28-1specified in section 284.15, including but not limited to
2providing professional development to teachers, including
3additional salaries for time beyond the normal negotiated
4agreement; activities and pay to support a beginning teacher
5mentoring and induction program that meets the requirements
6of section 284.5; pay for substitute teachers, professional
7development materials, speakers, and professional development
8content; and costs associated with implementing the individual
9professional development plans. The use of the funds shall
10be balanced between school district, attendance center,
11and individual professional development plans, making every
12reasonable effort to provide equal access to all teachers.
13 Sec. 36. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, d,
14and f, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
15a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
16ending June 30, 2017 2018, to the department of education, the
17amount of eight hundred forty-six thousand two hundred fifty
18dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards
19in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated
20under this paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand
21dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
22position in accordance with section 256.45.
23c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
24ending June 30, 2017 2018, up to seven hundred eighty-six
25 seventy-four thousand eight three hundred sixteen dollars to
26the department for purposes of implementing the professional
27development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance
28in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees
29established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph
30“c”, and the evaluator training program in section 284.10.
31A portion of the funds allocated to the department for
32purposes of this paragraph may be used by the department for
33administrative purposes and for not more than four full-time
34equivalent positions.
35d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
-29-1ending June 30, 2017 2018, an amount up to one million one
2hundred thirty-six twenty-three thousand four nine hundred ten
3dollars to the department for the establishment of teacher
4development academies in accordance with section 284.6,
5subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to the
6department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for
7administrative purposes.
8f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018,
9and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department of
10education, ten million dollars for purposes of implementing
11the supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions
12of section 284.11. Annually, of the moneys allocated to
13the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one
14hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for
15administrative purposes and for not more than one full-time
16equivalent position.
17 Sec. 37. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
182017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
19 Sec. 38. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
20by adding the following new paragraphs:
21 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
222017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount up
23to twenty-five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
24beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
25256.34.
26 NEW PARAGRAPH. 00f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
272017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount
28up to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
29dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
30in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
31implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
32pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
33not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
34education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
35technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
-30-1training and staff development, and the contracting of external
2expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
3of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
4districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
5students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
6department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
7department for administrative purposes and for not more than
8five full-time equivalent positions.
9 Sec. 39. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph a,
10subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
11(1) The salary for an initial teacher who has successfully
12completed an approved practitioner preparation program as
13defined in section 272.1 or holds an initial or intern teacher
14license issued under chapter 272, and who participates in the
15beginning teacher mentoring and induction program as provided
16in this chapter, shall be at least thirty-three thousand five
17hundred dollars, which shall also constitute the minimum salary
18for an Iowa teacher.
19 Sec. 40. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph b,
20subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
21subparagraph.
22 Sec. 41. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph a,
23subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
24subparagraph.
25 Sec. 42. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph b,
26subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
27(1) Has successfully completed the beginning teacher
28mentoring and induction program and has successfully completed
29 a comprehensive evaluation.
30 Sec. 43. REPEAL. Sections 261.6, 261.61, 261.129, 263.4,
31263.5, and 263.6, Code 2017, are repealed.
32DIVISION II
33workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2017-2018
34 Sec. 44. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
35and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
-31-1departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
2beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
3amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
4purposes designated:
51. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
6a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
7development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $815,100,000
9From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
10“a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
11for administration of the workforce training and economic
12development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
13b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
14of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
15to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $165,500,000
17(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
18“b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
19established in section 260C.18C.
20(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
21“b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department
22for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
23pursuant to section 260C.50.
24(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
25“b”, not more than $1,467,000 shall be distributed as grants
26to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
27programs for students requiring instruction in English
28as a second language. The department shall establish an
29application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
30this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
31based on need for instruction in English as a second language
32in the region served by each community college as determined by
33factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
34and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
35(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
-32-1“b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
2services for purposes of administering a pilot project to
3provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
4Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
5in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
6work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
7supplemental support services for international refugees to
8improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
9competencies, and integration in a county with a population
10over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
11census. The department of human services shall utilize a
12request for proposals process to identify the entity best
13qualified to implement the pilot project.
14c. For accelerated career education program capital
15projects at community colleges that are authorized under
16chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
17infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $186,000,000
19d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
20employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $215,000,000
22From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
23not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
24for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
25pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
26equivalent position.
27e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
28established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $292,000,000
30f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
31intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $321,500,000
33From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
34“f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department for
35expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
-33-1and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
2Act.
3g. For support costs associated with administering a
4workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
5of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
6and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
7receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $8200,000
92. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
10For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
11grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $125,000,000
133. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
14in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
15unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
16but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
17designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
18DIVISION III
19FY 2018-2019 APPROPRIATIONS
20DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
21 Sec. 45. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
22general fund of the state to the department for the blind
23for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June
2430, 2019, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
25necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
26For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
27purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
28equivalent positions:
.................................................. $291,093,671
............................................... FTEs3088.00
31COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
32 Sec. 46. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
33state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
34beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
35amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
-34-1purposes designated:
21. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
3For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
4purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
5equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6214,640
............................................... FTEs73.95
82. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
9For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
10established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $11200,487
123. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
13For purposes of providing national guard educational
14assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $151,550,000
164. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
17a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
18established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $19100,000
20b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
21ending June 30, 2019, the commission shall not provide loan
22forgiveness under the program to any new applicant, but may
23renew loan forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet
24the eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
255. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
26a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
27program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $281,420,427
29b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, if the moneys
30appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
31commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
32program exceed $250,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
33section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
342018, include accredited private institutions as defined in
35section 261.9.
-35- 16. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
2For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
3pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $4200,000
57. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
6For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
7program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $8562,251
98. HEALTH CARE-RELATED LOAN PROGRAM
10For purposes of the health care-related loan program
11established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $12100,000
13 Sec. 47. IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS.
14Notwithstanding the standing appropriations in the following
15designated sections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018,
16and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts appropriated from the
17general fund of the state to the college student aid commission
18pursuant to these sections for the following designated
19purposes shall not exceed the following amounts:
201. For Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection
211:
.................................................. $2223,315,476
232. For tuition grants for students attending for-profit
24accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
25261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $26750,000
273. For vocational-technical tuition grants under section
28261.25, subsection 3:
.................................................. $29875,093
30 Sec. 48. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
31261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
32fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
33beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, may be used
34for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
35established in section 261.73.
-36-1 Sec. 49. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
2261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending
3June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general fund
4of the state to the college student aid commission for the
5work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
6DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
7 Sec. 50. There is appropriated from the general fund of
8the state to the department of education 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
13a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $162,982,024
............................................... FTEs1781.67
18b. By January 15, 2019, the department shall submit
19a written report to the general assembly detailing the
20department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
21expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
22July 1, 2018.
232. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
24For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
25purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
26equivalent positions:
.................................................. $27299,099
............................................... FTEs2811.50
293. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
30a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
31purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
32equivalent positions:
.................................................. $332,812,838
............................................... FTEs34255.00
35For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
-37-1with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
2to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
3job placement and retention services for individuals with
4significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
5January 15, 2019, the division shall submit a written report to
6the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
7community rehabilitation program providers.
8b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
9with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
10independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
11than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $1242,412
............................................... FTEs131.00
14c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
15established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $1669,253
17d. For costs associated with centers for independent
18living:
.................................................. $1943,229
204. STATE LIBRARY
21a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
22purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
23equivalent positions:
.................................................. $241,265,032
............................................... FTEs2529.00
26b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
27256.57:
.................................................. $281,232,412
295. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
30For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
31and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
32full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $333,794,708
............................................... FTEs3486.00
356. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
-38- 1For reimbursement for career and technical education
2expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $31,315,067
4Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
5reimburse school districts for career and technical education
6expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
7set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
87. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
9For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
10shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
11salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
12for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $131,088,399
............................................... FTEs1420.58
158. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
16For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
17the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $1811,081,400
19a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
20grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
21ending June 30, 2019, not more than $132,975 is allocated for
22the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
23activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
24may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
25purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
26of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
27subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
28for the reimbursement of staff.
29b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
30deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
31early childhood Iowa fund, $1,159,009 shall be used for efforts
32to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
33programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
34used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
35The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
-39-1of the allocation, not to exceed $44,325, for the technical
2assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
3including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
4the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
5improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
6early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
7use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
8formula, grants, or other means.
9c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
10deposit in the school ready children grants account of
11the early childhood Iowa fund, $412,515 shall be used for
12support of professional development and training activities
13for persons working in early care, health, and education by
14the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
15the professional development component groups maintained by
16the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
17section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
18childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
19professional development and training activities agreed upon by
20the parties participating in the collaboration.
219. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
22a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
23Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
24108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
25services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
26those services:
.................................................. $27860,700
28b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
29$191,885 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
30clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
31to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
32born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
3310. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
34a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $35287,250
-40- 1b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
2used for implementation and expansion of early head start
3pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
4emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
5age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
6The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
7healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
8infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
9given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
10and received state funding to administer an early head start
11project.
1211. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
13a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
14to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
15authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $16325,107
17b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
18pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
19resident public school pupils.
2012. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
21For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
22program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
23than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $241,697,834
............................................... FTEs252.00
26If moneys appropriated under this subsection and which
27are allocated to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
28supplemental aid payments to school districts for their
29initial year of funding under section 284.13, subsection 1,
30paragraph “e”, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
31ending June 30, 2019, are insufficient for such purpose, the
32department shall prorate the amount of the teacher leadership
33supplemental aid payments calculated under section 284.13,
34subsection 1, paragraph “e”, subparagraph (2), subparagraph
35division (a), and paid to school districts.
-41- 113. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
2For school districts to provide direct services to the
3most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
4districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
5graduates specialist:
.................................................. $6333,094
714. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
8DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
9For administration of a process for school districts to
10establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
11performance of each attendance center operated by the district
12in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
13report card for each attendance center, for internet site
14and data system support, and for not more than the following
15full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $16125,000
............................................... FTEs172.00
1815. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
19For purposes of administering the online state job posting
20system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $21115,000
2216. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
23For distribution to school districts for implementation
24of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
25progression for early readers:
.................................................. $263,912,391
2717. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
28For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
29warning assessment and administering the early warning system
30for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
31rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $32957,500
33The department shall administer and distribute to school
34districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
35assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
-42-1student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
2six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
3nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
4costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
5assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
6this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
7actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
8the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
9system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
10moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
11moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
12subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
1318. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
14a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
15order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
16agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
17paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $18478,750
19b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
20department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
21or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
22but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
23specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
2419. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
25FUND
26For deposit in the computer science professional development
27incentive fund established under section 284.6A, if enacted:
.................................................. $28250,000
2920. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
30a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
31compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $3257,500
33b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
34for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
35pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
-43-1unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
2but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
3designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
421. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
5For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
6section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $7100,595,445
8The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
9allocated pursuant to the formula established in section
10260C.18C.
11 Sec. 51. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK
12CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
13section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
14ending June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general
15fund of the state to the department of education for programs
16for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
17than $5,365,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
18shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
19279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
20STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
21 Sec. 52. There is appropriated from the general fund of
22the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
23beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
24amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
25purposes designated:
261. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
27a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
28purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
29equivalent positions:
.................................................. $30397,357
............................................... FTEs3115.00
32The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
33report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
34office and the legislative services agency. The report
35submitted in December 2018 shall include the five-year
-44-1graduation rates for the regents universities.
2b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
3regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
4regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities
5graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $6139,424
7c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
8public radio operations:
.................................................. $9179,632
102. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
11a. General university
12For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
13aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
14following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $15108,379,534
............................................... FTEs165,058.55
17b. Oakdale campus
18For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
19purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
20equivalent positions:
.................................................. $211,093,279
............................................... FTEs2238.25
23c. State hygienic laboratory
24For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
25purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
26equivalent positions:
.................................................. $272,201,308
............................................... FTEs28102.50
29d. Family practice program
30For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
31approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
32to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
33practice residency education program, including salaries
34and support, and for not more than the following full-time
35equivalent positions:
-45-.................................................. $1894,133
............................................... FTEs2190.40
3e. Child health care services
4For specialized child health care services, including
5childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
6rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
7Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
8and support, and for not more than the following full-time
9equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10329,728
............................................... FTEs1157.97
12f. Statewide cancer registry
13For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
14following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1574,526
............................................... FTEs162.10
17g. Substance abuse consortium
18For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
19substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
20the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $2127,765
............................................... FTEs221.00
23h. Center for biocatalysis
24For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
25following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $26361,864
............................................... FTEs276.28
28i. Primary health care initiative
29For the primary health care initiative in the college
30of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
31equivalent positions:
.................................................. $32324,465
............................................... FTEs335.89
34From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
35$127,445 shall be allocated to the department of family
-46-1practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
2for family practice faculty and support staff.
3j. Birth defects registry
4For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
5following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $619,144
............................................... FTEs71.00
8k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
9For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
10and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
11positions:
.................................................. $1281,270
............................................... FTEs132.75
14l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
15technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
16For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
17academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
18initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $19240,925
20m. Iowa flood center
21For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
22of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $23600,000
243. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
25a. General university
26For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
27aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
28following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2986,437,431
............................................... FTEs303,647.42
31b. Agricultural experiment station
32For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
33maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
34the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3514,943,439
-47-............................................... FTEs1546.98
2c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
3economics
4For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
5and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
6miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
7full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $89,133,361
............................................... FTEs9383.34
10d. Livestock disease research
11For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
12fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $1386,422
144. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
15a. General university
16For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
17aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
18following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1946,856,181
............................................... FTEs201,447.50
21b. Recycling and reuse center
22For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
23more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2487,628
............................................... FTEs253.00
26c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
27collaborative initiative
28For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
29and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
30pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
31full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $322,723,188
............................................... FTEs336.20
34(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
35paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
-48-1shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
2support, activities directly related to recruitment of
3kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
4and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
5students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
6(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
7community colleges to develop STEM professional development
8programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
9development.
10(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
11paragraph, not less than $250,000 shall be used to provide
12technology education opportunities to high school,
13career academy, and community college students through a
14public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
15students and faculties at these institutions to secure
16broad-based information technology certification. The
17partnership shall provide all of the following:
18(a) A research-based curriculum.
19(b) Online access to the curriculum.
20(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
21(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
22of information technology-related skill areas.
23(e) Professional development for teachers.
24(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
25limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
26(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
27appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered
28or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
29equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
30appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert by shall
31remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
32students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
33d. Real estate education program
34For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
35not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
-49-.................................................. $162,651
............................................... FTEs21.00
35. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
4For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
6equivalent positions:
.................................................. $74,948,676
............................................... FTEs8126.60
96. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
10For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
11purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
12equivalent positions:
.................................................. $132,063,248
............................................... FTEs1462.87
15 Sec. 53. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
16the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30,
172019, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
18other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
19finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
20amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
21the projects within an average of six years.
22 Sec. 54. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
23270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
24the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
25saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
26fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, for expenses relating to
27prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
28for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
29DIVISION IV
30workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2018-2019
31 Sec. 55. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
32and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
33departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
34beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
35amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
-50-1purposes designated:
21. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
3a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
4development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $57,550,000
6From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
7“a”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department
8for administration of the workforce training and economic
9development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
10b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
11of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
12to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $132,750,000
14(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
15“b”, $1,941,500 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
16established in section 260C.18C.
17(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
18“b”, not more than $75,000 shall be used by the department
19for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
20pursuant to section 260C.50.
21(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
22“b”, not more than $733,500 shall be distributed as grants to
23community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
24programs for students requiring instruction in English
25as a second language. The department shall establish an
26application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
27this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
28based on need for instruction in English as a second language
29in the region served by each community college as determined by
30factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
31and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
32(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
33“b”, $105,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
34services for purposes of administering a pilot project to
35provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
-51-1Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
2in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
3work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
4supplemental support services for international refugees to
5improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
6competencies, and integration in a county with a population
7over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
8census. The department of human services shall utilize a
9request for proposals process to identify the entity best
10qualified to implement the pilot project.
11c. For accelerated career education program capital
12projects at community colleges that are authorized under
13chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
14infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $153,000,000
16d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
17employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $182,500,000
19From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
20not more than $100,000 shall be allocated by the department
21for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
22pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
23equivalent position.
24e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
25established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $261,000,000
27f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
28intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $29750,000
30From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
31“f”, not more than $25,000 shall be used by the department for
32expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
33and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
34Act.
35g. For support costs associated with administering a
-52-1workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
2of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
3and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
4receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $5100,000
62. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
7For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
8grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $92,500,000
103. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
11in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
12unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
13but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
14designated until the close of the succeeding 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:
.................................................. $333,100,000
344. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
35a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
-1-1established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $2200,000
3b. The commission shall not provide loan forgiveness
4under the program to any new applicant, but may renew loan
5forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet the
6eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
75. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
8a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
9program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $102,840,854
11b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, if the moneys
12appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
13commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
14program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
15section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
162017, include accredited private institutions as defined in
17section 261.9.
18c. A person who received an all Iowa opportunity foster
19care grant under section 261.6 during the fiscal year ending
20June 30, 2017, is exempt from the provision requiring that
21enrollment begin within two years of graduation or receipt of
22a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to section 261.87,
23subsection 2, paragraph “g”, as amended by this Act.
246. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
25For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
26pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $27400,000
287. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
29For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
30program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $311,124,502
328. HEALTH CARE-RELATED LOAN PROGRAM
33For purposes of the health care-related loan program
34established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $35200,000
-2-1 Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
2261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
3fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
4beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, may be used
5for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
6established in section 261.73.
7 Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
8261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending
9June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general fund
10of the state to the college student aid commission for the
11work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
12DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
13 Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
14the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
15beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
16amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
17purposes designated:
181. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
19a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
20purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
21equivalent positions:
.................................................. $225,964,047
............................................... FTEs2381.67
24b. By January 15, 2018, the department shall submit
25a written report to the general assembly detailing the
26department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
27expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
28July 1, 2017.
292. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
30For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
31purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
32equivalent positions:
.................................................. $33598,197
............................................... FTEs3411.50
353. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
-3- 1a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
2purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
3equivalent positions:
.................................................. $45,625,675
............................................... FTEs5255.00
6For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
7with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
8to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
9job placement and retention services for individuals with
10significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
11January 15, 2018, the division shall submit a written report to
12the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
13community rehabilitation program providers.
14b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
15with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
16independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
17than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $1884,823
............................................... FTEs191.00
20c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
21established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $22138,506
23d. For costs associated with centers for independent
24living:
.................................................. $2586,457
264. STATE LIBRARY
27a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
28purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
29equivalent positions:
.................................................. $302,530,063
............................................... FTEs3129.00
32b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
33256.57:
.................................................. $342,464,823
355. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
-4- 1For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
2and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
3full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $47,589,415
............................................... FTEs586.00
66. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
7For reimbursement for career and technical education
8expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $92,630,134
10Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
11reimburse school districts for career and technical education
12expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
13set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
147. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
15For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
16shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
17salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
18for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $192,176,797
............................................... FTEs2020.58
218. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
22For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
23the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $2422,162,799
25a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
26grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
27ending June 30, 2018, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
28the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
29activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
30may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
31purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
32of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
33subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
34for the reimbursement of staff.
35b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
-5-1deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
2early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
3to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
4programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
5used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
6The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
7of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical
8assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
9including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
10the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
11improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
12early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
13use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
14formula, grants, or other means.
15c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
16deposit in the school ready children grants account of
17the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
18support of professional development and training activities
19for persons working in early care, health, and education by
20the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
21the professional development component groups maintained by
22the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
23section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
24childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
25professional development and training activities agreed upon by
26the parties participating in the collaboration.
279. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
28a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
29Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
30108-446, as amended to January 1, 2017, birth through age three
31services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
32those services:
.................................................. $331,721,400
34b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
35$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
-6-1clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
2to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
3born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
410. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
5a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $6574,500
7b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
8used for implementation and expansion of early head start
9pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
10emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
11age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
12The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
13healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
14infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
15given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
16and received state funding to administer an early head start
17project.
1811. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
19a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
20to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
21authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $22650,214
23b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
24pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
25resident public school pupils.
2612. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
27For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
28program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
29than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $303,395,667
............................................... FTEs312.00
3213. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
33For school districts to provide direct services to the
34most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
35districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
-7-1graduates specialist:
.................................................. $2666,188
314. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
4DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
5For administration of a process for school districts to
6establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
7performance of each attendance center operated by the district
8in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
9report card for each attendance center, for internet site
10and data system support, and for not more than the following
11full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $12250,000
............................................... FTEs132.00
1415. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
15For purposes of administering the online state job posting
16system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $17230,000
1816. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
19For distribution to school districts for implementation
20of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
21progression for early readers:
.................................................. $227,824,782
2317. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
24For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
25warning assessment and administering the early warning system
26for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
27rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $281,915,000
29The department shall administer and distribute to school
30districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
31assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
32student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
33six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
34nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
35costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
-8-1assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
2this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
3actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
4the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
5system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
6moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
7moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
8subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
918. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
10a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
11order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
12agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
13paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $14957,500
15b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
16department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
17or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
18but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
19specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
2019. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
21a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
22compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $23115,000
24b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
25for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
26pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
27unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
28but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
29designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
3020. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
31For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
32section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $33201,190,889
34Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
35the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
-9-1as follows:
2a. Merged Area I
.................................................. $39,926,071
4b. Merged Area II
.................................................. $510,071,276
6c. Merged Area III
.................................................. $79,321,594
8d. Merged Area IV
.................................................. $94,585,357
10e. Merged Area V
.................................................. $1111,384,625
12f. Merged Area VI
.................................................. $138,934,038
14g. Merged Area VII
.................................................. $1513,567,088
16h. Merged Area IX
.................................................. $1717,184,384
18i. Merged Area X
.................................................. $1931,457,331
20j. Merged Area XI
.................................................. $2133,665,985
22k. Merged Area XII
.................................................. $2311,159,456
24l. Merged Area XIII
.................................................. $2512,113,693
26m. Merged Area XIV
.................................................. $274,674,061
28n. Merged Area XV
.................................................. $2914,666,976
30o. Merged Area XVI
.................................................. $318,478,954
32 Sec. 6. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK
33CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
34section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
35ending June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general
-10-1fund of the state to the department of education for programs
2for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
3than $10,730,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
4shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
5279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
6STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
7 Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of
8the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
9beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
10amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
11purposes designated:
121. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
13a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $16794,714
............................................... FTEs1715.00
18The state board of regents shall submit a monthly
19financial report in a format agreed upon by the state board
20of regents office and the legislative services agency. The
21report submitted in December 2017 shall include the five-year
22graduation rates for the regents universities.
23b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
24regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
25regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities
26graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $27278,848
28c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
29public radio operations:
.................................................. $30359,264
312. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
32a. General university
33For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
34aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
35following full-time equivalent positions:
-11-.................................................. $1216,759,067
............................................... FTEs25,058.55
3b. Oakdale campus
4For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
6equivalent positions:
.................................................. $72,186,558
............................................... FTEs838.25
9c. State hygienic laboratory
10For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
11purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
12equivalent positions:
.................................................. $134,402,615
............................................... FTEs14102.50
15d. Family practice program
16For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
17approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
18to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
19practice residency education program, including salaries
20and support, and for not more than the following full-time
21equivalent positions:
.................................................. $221,788,265
............................................... FTEs23190.40
24e. Child health care services
25For specialized child health care services, including
26childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
27rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
28Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
29and support, and for not more than the following full-time
30equivalent positions:
.................................................. $31659,456
............................................... FTEs3257.97
33f. Statewide cancer registry
34For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
35following full-time equivalent positions:
-12-.................................................. $1149,051
............................................... FTEs22.10
3g. Substance abuse consortium
4For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
5substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
6the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $755,529
............................................... FTEs81.00
9h. Center for biocatalysis
10For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
11following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $12723,727
............................................... FTEs136.28
14i. Primary health care initiative
15For the primary health care initiative in the college
16of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
17equivalent positions:
.................................................. $18648,930
............................................... FTEs195.89
20From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
21$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
22practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
23for family practice faculty and support staff.
24j. Birth defects registry
25For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
26following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $2738,288
............................................... FTEs281.00
29k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
30For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
31and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
32positions:
.................................................. $33162,539
............................................... FTEs342.75
35l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
-13-1technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
2For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
3academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
4initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $5481,849
6m. Iowa flood center
7For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
8of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $91,200,000
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.
12(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
13appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered
14or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
15equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
16appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert but shall
17remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
18students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
19d. Real estate education program
20For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
21not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $22125,302
............................................... FTEs231.00
245. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
25For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
26purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
27equivalent positions:
.................................................. $289,897,351
............................................... FTEs29126.60
306. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
31For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
32purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
33equivalent positions:
.................................................. $344,126,495
............................................... FTEs3562.87
-16-1 Sec. 8. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
2the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30,
32018, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
4other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
5finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
6amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
7the projects within an average of six years.
8 Sec. 9. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
9270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
10the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
11saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
12fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, for expenses relating to
13prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
14for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
15 Sec. 10. Section 256.9, subsection 59, Code 2017, is amended
16by striking the subsection.
17 Sec. 11. Section 261.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a and d,
18Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
19a. A member of the state board of regents to be named by the
20board, or the executive director of the board if so appointed
21by the board, who shall serve for a four-year term or until the
22expiration of the member’s term of office. Such member shall
23convene the organizational meeting of the commission.
24d. Eight Nine additional members to be appointed by the
25governor. as follows:
26(1) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
27private colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
28When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
29consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
30by any organization or association of some or all private
31colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.
32(2) One of the members member shall be selected to represent
33Iowa’s community colleges located in the state of Iowa.
34When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
35consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended
-17-1by any organization or association of Iowa community colleges.
2(3) One member shall be enrolled as a student at a an
3institution of higher learning governed by the board of regents
4institution, a community college, or an accredited private
5institution.
6(4) One member shall be a representative of a lending
7institution located in this state. One member shall be
8an individual who is repaying or has repaid a student loan
9guaranteed by the commission parent of a student enrolled
10at an institution of higher learning governed by the board
11of regents, a community college, or an accredited private
12institution.
13(5) One member shall represent practitioners licensed
14under chapter 272. When appointing this member, the governor
15shall give careful consideration to any person nominated by
16an Iowa teacher association or other education stakeholder
17organization.
18(6) The other three Four members shall represent the
19general public, none of whom shall be official officers, board
20members, or trustees of an institution of higher learning or
21of an association of institutions of higher learning, shall be
22selected to represent the general public.
23 Sec. 12. Section 261.1, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
24to read as follows:
253. The members of the commission appointed by the governor
26shall serve for a term of four years. The voting members of
27the commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson.
28Meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the
29voting members.
30 Sec. 13. Section 261.1, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
312017, is amended to read as follows:
32b. A vacancy shall exist on the commission when a
33legislative member of the commission ceases to be a member of
34the general assembly, when a parent member no longer has a
35child enrolled in postsecondary education, or when a student
-18-1member ceases to be enrolled as a student. Such vacancy shall
2be filled within thirty days.
3 Sec. 14. Section 261.2, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017, are
4amended to read as follows:
56. Develop and implement, in cooperation with the
6department of human services and the judicial branch, a program
7to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or older and
8who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or 237 or are
9otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in applying
10for federal and state aid available for higher education.
11The commission shall also develop and implement the all Iowa
12opportunity foster care grant program in accordance with
13section 261.6.
148. Submit by January 15 annually a report to the general
15assembly which provides, by program, the number of individuals
16who received loan forgiveness or loan repayment in the previous
17fiscal year, the amount amounts paid to or on behalf of
18individuals under sections 261.73, 261.112, and 261.116, and
19the institutions from which individuals graduated, and that
20includes any proposed statutory changes and the commission’s
21findings and recommendations.
22 Sec. 15. Section 261.9, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
23following new subsection:
24 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. “Eligible institution” means an
25institution of higher learning located in Iowa which is
26operated privately and not controlled or administered by any
27state agency or any subdivision of the state, which is not
28exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
29Revenue Code, and which meets all of the criteria in subsection
301, paragraphs “d” through “i”, and the criteria in paragraphs
31“a” or “b” as follows:
32a. Is accredited by the higher learning commission and
33which, effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited
34private institution that was exempt from taxation under section
35501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or whose students were
-19-1eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning
2July 1, 2003. The eligible institution shall annually provide
3a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid
4which shall increase by the percentage of increase each
5fiscal year of funds appropriated for Iowa tuition grants
6under section 261.25, subsection 2, to a maximum match of one
7hundred percent as initiated under section 261.9, subsection 1,
8paragraph “b”, Code 2005.
9b. Is a barber school licensed under section 158.7 or
10a school of cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under
11chapter 157 and is accredited by a national accrediting agency
12recognized by the United States department of education. For
13the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, an eligible institution
14under this paragraph shall provide a matching aggregate amount
15of institutional financial aid equal to at least seventy-five
16percent of the amount received by the institution’s students
17for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 261.16A.
18 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the institution
19shall provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional
20financial aid equal to at least eighty-five percent of the
21amount received in that fiscal year. Commencing with the
22fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and each succeeding fiscal
23year, the matching aggregate amount of institutional financial
24aid shall be at least equal to the match provided by eligible
25institutions under section 261.16A, subsection 2.
26 Sec. 16. Section 261.12, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
272017, is amended to read as follows:
28b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 2017, and for
29each succeeding fiscal year, six thousand dollars an amount
30equivalent to the average resident tuition and mandatory fees
31for two semesters or the equivalent of undergraduate study at
32the institutions of higher learning governed by the state board
33of regents.
34 Sec. 17. NEW SECTION. 261.16A Iowa tuition grants —
35for-profit institutions.
-20- 11. Students qualified. A tuition grant from moneys
2appropriated under section 261.25, subsection 2, may be awarded
3to a resident of Iowa who is admitted and in attendance as
4a full-time or part-time resident student at an eligible
5institution and who establishes financial need.
62. Extent of grant.
7a. A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in an
8eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9,
9subsection 2A, paragraph “a”, may receive tuition grants for
10not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or the
11equivalent; a qualified part-time resident student enrolled
12in the eligible institution may receive tuition grants for
13not more than sixteen semesters of undergraduate study or the
14equivalent.
15b. A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in an
16eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9,
17subsection 2A, paragraph “b”, may receive tuition grants for not
18more than four semesters or the equivalent of two full years
19of study. However, if a student resumes study after at least
20a two-year absence, the student may again be eligible for the
21specified amount of time, except that the student shall not
22receive assistance for courses for which credit was previously
23received.
243. Amount of grant.
25a. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time
26student for the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent,
27shall be the amount of the student’s financial need for that
28period. However, a tuition grant shall not exceed six thousand
29dollars.
30b. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time
31student for the summer semester or equivalent shall be one-half
32the amount of the tuition grant the student receives under
33paragraph “a”.
34c. The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified part-time
35student enrolled in a course of study including at least three
-21-1semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours for the
2fall, spring, and summer semesters, or the equivalent, shall be
3equal to the amount of a tuition grant that would be paid to a
4full-time student times a number which represents the number
5of hours in which the part-time student is actually enrolled
6divided by twelve semester hours, or the equivalent.
7d. If a qualified student receives financial aid under any
8other program, the full amount of such financial aid shall be
9considered part of the student’s financial resources available
10in determining the amount of the student’s financial need
11for that period. In no case may the state’s total financial
12contribution to the student’s education, including financial
13aid under any other state or federal program, exceed the
14tuition and mandatory fees at the eligible institution the
15student attends.
164. Grant payments — attendance discontinued.
17a. Payments under the tuition grant shall be allocated
18equally among the semesters or the equivalent and shall be
19paid at the beginning of each semester or equivalent upon
20certification by the eligible institution that the student is
21admitted and in full-time or part-time attendance in a course
22of study.
23b. If the student discontinues attendance before the end of
24any semester, or the equivalent, after receiving payment under
25the grant, the entire amount of any refund due that student,
26up to the amount of any payments made under the annual grant,
27shall be paid by the eligible institution to the state.
285. Commission responsibilities. The commission’s
29responsibilities for administering tuition grants under this
30section shall be the same as provided under section 261.15.
31The commission may require an eligible institution to promptly
32furnish any information which the commission may request in
33connection with the tuition grant program.
346. Grant applications. Each applicant for a tuition grant
35under this section shall meet the requirements of section
-22-1261.16.
27. Reports to commission. An eligible institution shall
3file annual reports with the commission, as required by the
4commission and under section 261.9, prior to receipt of tuition
5grant moneys under this chapter.
6 Sec. 18. Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2017,
7are amended to read as follows:
81. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
9to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-five
10 forty-six million five six hundred thirteen thirty thousand
11four nine hundred forty-eight fifty-one dollars for tuition
12grants to qualified students who are enrolled in accredited
13private institutions.
142. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
15state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
16 one million five hundred thousand dollars for tuition grants
17for qualified students attending for-profit accredited private
18 who are enrolled in eligible institutions located in Iowa.
19A for-profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, or
20effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited private
21institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c)
22of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution
23under the tuition grant program. For purposes of the tuition
24grant program, “for-profit accredited private institution” means
25an accredited private institution which is not exempt from
26taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
27 but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
28subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and whose students were eligible
29to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
302003.
313. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
32state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
33 one million two seven hundred fifty thousand one hundred
34eighty-five dollars for vocational-technical tuition grants.
35 Sec. 19. Section 261.25, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
-23-1by striking the subsection.
2 Sec. 20. Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
3by adding the following new paragraph:
4 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0b. “Eligible foster care student” means
5a person who has a high school diploma or a high school
6equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and is described by any
7of the following:
8(1) Is age seventeen and is in a court-ordered placement
9under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department
10of human services or juvenile court services.
11(2) Is age seventeen and has been placed in a state juvenile
12institution pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232
13under the care and custody of the department of human services.
14(3) Is age eighteen through twenty-three and is described
15by any of the following:
16(a) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
17the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
18the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant
19to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
20custody of the department of human services or juvenile court
21services.
22(b) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
23the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the
24person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live with a
25relative or other suitable person.
26(c) The person was in a licensed foster care placement
27pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being
28legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.
29(d) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
30the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
31the person was placed in a state juvenile institution pursuant
32to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
33custody of the department of human services.
34 Sec. 21. Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
352017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
-24-1 Sec. 22. Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code
22017, is amended to read as follows:
3g. Begins enrollment at an eligible institution within
4two academic years of graduation from high school or receipt
5of a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and
6continuously receives awards as a full-time or part-time
7student to maintain eligibility. However, the student may
8defer participation in the program for up to two years in order
9to pursue obligations that meet conditions established by the
10commission by rule or to fulfill military obligations.
11 Sec. 23. Section 261.87, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
12following new subsection:
13 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. Priority for scholarship
14awards. Priority for scholarships under this section shall be
15given to eligible foster care students who meet the eligibility
16criteria under subsection 2. Following distribution to
17students who meet the eligibility criteria under subsection 2,
18the commission may establish priority for awarding scholarships
19using any moneys that remain in the all Iowa opportunity
20scholarship fund.
21 Sec. 24. Section 261.87, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
22to read as follows:
233. Extent of scholarship. A qualified student at an
24eligible institution may receive scholarships for not more than
25the equivalent of two eight full-time academic years semesters
26 of undergraduate study, excluding summer semesters. A
27qualified student attending part-time may receive scholarships
28for not more than the equivalent of sixteen part-time semesters
29of undergraduate study. Scholarships awarded pursuant to this
30section may, at the qualified student’s request, be disbursed
31over a single academic year or two academic years, and shall
32not exceed the least of the following amounts, as determined
33by the commission:
34a. The student’s financial need.
35b. The One-half of the average resident tuition rate and
-25-1mandatory fees established for institutions of higher learning
2governed by the state board of regents for a scholarship
3disbursed over one academic year, or one-half of that amount
4for a scholarship disbursed over two academic years.
5c. The resident tuition and mandatory fees charged for the
6program of enrollment by the eligible institution at which the
7student is enrolled.
8 Sec. 25. Section 271.2, Code 2017, is amended by striking
9the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
10271.2 Purposes.
11The Oakdale campus shall serve as an extension of the
12university of Iowa’s main campus in Iowa City. The Oakdale
13campus shall serve the university’s mission, including being
14the location for the state hygienic laboratory, the university
15of Iowa research park, and various other research and support
16facilities.
17 Sec. 26. Section 272.28, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
181, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
19Requirements for teacher licensure beyond an initial license
20shall include successful completion of a beginning teacher
21mentoring and induction program approved by the state board of
22education pursuant to section 284.5; or two years of successful
23teaching experience in a school district with an approved
24career paths, leadership roles, and compensation framework or
25approved comparable system as provided in section 284.15; or
26evidence of not less than three years of successful teaching
27experience at any of the following:
28 Sec. 27. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
292017, is amended to read as follows:
30a. A school district shall assess all students enrolled
31in kindergarten through grade three at the beginning of each
32school year for their level of reading or reading readiness
33on locally determined or statewide assessments, as provided
34in section 256.7, subsection 31. If a student is not reading
35proficiently and is persistently at risk in reading, based upon
-26-1the assessments administered in accordance with this paragraph,
2the school district shall provide intensive reading instruction
3to the student. The student’s reading proficiency shall be
4periodically reassessed by locally determined or statewide
5assessments including periodic universal screening and annual
6standard-based assessments. The student shall continue to be
7provided with intensive reading instruction, at grade levels
8beyond grade three if necessary, until the student is reading
9at grade level, as determined by the student’s consistently
10proficient performance on valid and reliable measures of
11reading ability. For purposes of this section, “persistently at
12risk” means the student has not met the grade-level benchmark on
13two consecutive screening assessments administered under this
14paragraph.
15 Sec. 28. Section 279.68, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
162017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
17 Sec. 29. Section 279.68, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
182017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
19 Sec. 30. Section 279.68, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2017, are
20amended by striking the subsections.
21 Sec. 31. Section 282.10, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
222017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
23 Sec. 32. Section 284.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
24by striking the subsection.
25 Sec. 33. Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
262017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
27 Sec. 34. Section 284.5, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, are
28amended to read as follows:
292. Each school district and area education agency shall may
30 provide a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program for
31all teachers who are beginning teachers, and notwithstanding
32section 284.4, subsection 1, a school district and an area
33education agency shall be eligible to receive moneys under
34section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, for purposes
35of implementing a beginning teacher mentoring and induction
-27-1program in accordance with this section.
23. Each school district and area education agency that
3provides a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
4under this chapter shall develop a plan for the program. A
5school district shall include its plan in the school district’s
6comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to
7section 256.7, subsection 21. The plan shall, at a minimum,
8provide for a two-year sequence of induction program content
9and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards and
10beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
11training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
12demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
13beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
14placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
15dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
16organizational support for release time for mentors and
17beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
18practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
19for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
20teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
21 Sec. 35. Section 284.6, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended
22to read as follows:
238. For each year in which a school district receives funds
24calculated and paid to school districts for professional
25development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10, or
26section 257.37A, subsection 2, the school district shall create
27quality professional development opportunities. Not less than
28thirty-six hours in the school calendar, held outside of the
29minimum school day, shall be set aside during nonpreparation
30time or designated professional development time to allow
31practitioners to collaborate with each other to deliver
32educational programs and assess student learning, or to engage
33in peer review pursuant to section 284.8, subsection 1. The
34funds may be used to implement the professional development
35provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles
-28-1specified in section 284.15, including but not limited to
2providing professional development to teachers, including
3additional salaries for time beyond the normal negotiated
4agreement; activities and pay to support a beginning teacher
5mentoring and induction program that meets the requirements
6of section 284.5; pay for substitute teachers, professional
7development materials, speakers, and professional development
8content; and costs associated with implementing the individual
9professional development plans. The use of the funds shall
10be balanced between school district, attendance center,
11and individual professional development plans, making every
12reasonable effort to provide equal access to all teachers.
13 Sec. 36. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, d,
14and f, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
15a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
16ending June 30, 2017 2018, to the department of education, the
17amount of eight hundred forty-six thousand two hundred fifty
18dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards
19in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated
20under this paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand
21dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
22position in accordance with section 256.45.
23c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
24ending June 30, 2017 2018, up to seven hundred eighty-six
25 seventy-four thousand eight three hundred sixteen dollars to
26the department for purposes of implementing the professional
27development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance
28in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees
29established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph
30“c”, and the evaluator training program in section 284.10.
31A portion of the funds allocated to the department for
32purposes of this paragraph may be used by the department for
33administrative purposes and for not more than four full-time
34equivalent positions.
35d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and
-29-1ending June 30, 2017 2018, an amount up to one million one
2hundred thirty-six twenty-three thousand four nine hundred ten
3dollars to the department for the establishment of teacher
4development academies in accordance with section 284.6,
5subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to the
6department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for
7administrative purposes.
8f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018,
9and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department of
10education, ten million dollars for purposes of implementing
11the supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions
12of section 284.11. Annually, of the moneys allocated to
13the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one
14hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for
15administrative purposes and for not more than one full-time
16equivalent position.
17 Sec. 37. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
182017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
19 Sec. 38. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
20by adding the following new paragraphs:
21 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
222017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount up
23to twenty-five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
24beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
25256.34.
26 NEW PARAGRAPH. 00f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
272017, and ending June 30, 2018, to the department an amount
28up to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
29dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
30in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
31implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
32pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
33not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
34education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
35technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
-30-1training and staff development, and the contracting of external
2expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
3of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
4districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
5students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
6department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
7department for administrative purposes and for not more than
8five full-time equivalent positions.
9 Sec. 39. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph a,
10subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
11(1) The salary for an initial teacher who has successfully
12completed an approved practitioner preparation program as
13defined in section 272.1 or holds an initial or intern teacher
14license issued under chapter 272, and who participates in the
15beginning teacher mentoring and induction program as provided
16in this chapter, shall be at least thirty-three thousand five
17hundred dollars, which shall also constitute the minimum salary
18for an Iowa teacher.
19 Sec. 40. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph b,
20subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
21subparagraph.
22 Sec. 41. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph a,
23subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
24subparagraph.
25 Sec. 42. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph b,
26subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
27(1) Has successfully completed the beginning teacher
28mentoring and induction program and has successfully completed
29 a comprehensive evaluation.
30 Sec. 43. REPEAL. Sections 261.6, 261.61, 261.129, 263.4,
31263.5, and 263.6, Code 2017, are repealed.
32DIVISION II
33workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2017-2018
34 Sec. 44. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
35and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
-31-1departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
2beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following
3amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
4purposes designated:
51. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
6a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
7development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $815,100,000
9From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
10“a”, not more than $100,000 shall be used by the department
11for administration of the workforce training and economic
12development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
13b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
14of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
15to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $165,500,000
17(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
18“b”, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
19established in section 260C.18C.
20(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
21“b”, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the department
22for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
23pursuant to section 260C.50.
24(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
25“b”, not more than $1,467,000 shall be distributed as grants
26to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
27programs for students requiring instruction in English
28as a second language. The department shall establish an
29application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
30this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
31based on need for instruction in English as a second language
32in the region served by each community college as determined by
33factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
34and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
35(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
-32-1“b”, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
2services for purposes of administering a pilot project to
3provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
4Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
5in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
6work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
7supplemental support services for international refugees to
8improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
9competencies, and integration in a county with a population
10over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
11census. The department of human services shall utilize a
12request for proposals process to identify the entity best
13qualified to implement the pilot project.
14c. For accelerated career education program capital
15projects at community colleges that are authorized under
16chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
17infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $186,000,000
19d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
20employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $215,000,000
22From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
23not more than $200,000 shall be allocated by the department
24for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
25pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
26equivalent position.
27e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
28established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $292,000,000
30f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
31intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $321,500,000
33From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
34“f”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department for
35expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
-33-1and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
2Act.
3g. For support costs associated with administering a
4workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
5of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
6and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
7receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $8200,000
92. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
10For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
11grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $125,000,000
133. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
14in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
15unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
16but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
17designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
18DIVISION III
19FY 2018-2019 APPROPRIATIONS
20DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
21 Sec. 45. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
22general fund of the state to the department for the blind
23for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June
2430, 2019, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
25necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
26For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
27purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
28equivalent positions:
.................................................. $291,093,671
............................................... FTEs3088.00
31COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
32 Sec. 46. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
33state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
34beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
35amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
-34-1purposes designated:
21. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
3For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
4purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
5equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6214,640
............................................... FTEs73.95
82. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
9For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
10established pursuant to section 261.115:
.................................................. $11200,487
123. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
13For purposes of providing national guard educational
14assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $151,550,000
164. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
17a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
18established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $19100,000
20b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
21ending June 30, 2019, the commission shall not provide loan
22forgiveness under the program to any new applicant, but may
23renew loan forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet
24the eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
255. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
26a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
27program established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $281,420,427
29b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, if the moneys
30appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
31commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
32program exceed $250,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
33section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
342018, include accredited private institutions as defined in
35section 261.9.
-35- 16. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
2For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
3pursuant to section 261.110:
.................................................. $4200,000
57. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
6For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
7program established pursuant to section 261.113:
.................................................. $8562,251
98. HEALTH CARE-RELATED LOAN PROGRAM
10For purposes of the health care-related loan program
11established pursuant to section 261.116:
.................................................. $12100,000
13 Sec. 47. IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS.
14Notwithstanding the standing appropriations in the following
15designated sections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018,
16and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts appropriated from the
17general fund of the state to the college student aid commission
18pursuant to these sections for the following designated
19purposes shall not exceed the following amounts:
201. For Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection
211:
.................................................. $2223,315,476
232. For tuition grants for students attending for-profit
24accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
25261.25, subsection 2:
.................................................. $26750,000
273. For vocational-technical tuition grants under section
28261.25, subsection 3:
.................................................. $29875,093
30 Sec. 48. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
31261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
32fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
33beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, may be used
34for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
35established in section 261.73.
-36-1 Sec. 49. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
2261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending
3June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general fund
4of the state to the college student aid commission for the
5work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
6DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
7 Sec. 50. There is appropriated from the general fund of
8the state to the department of education 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
13a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
15equivalent positions:
.................................................. $162,982,024
............................................... FTEs1781.67
18b. By January 15, 2019, the department shall submit
19a written report to the general assembly detailing the
20department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
21expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
22July 1, 2018.
232. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
24For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
25purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
26equivalent positions:
.................................................. $27299,099
............................................... FTEs2811.50
293. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
30a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
31purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
32equivalent positions:
.................................................. $332,812,838
............................................... FTEs34255.00
35For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
-37-1with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
2to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
3job placement and retention services for individuals with
4significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
5January 15, 2019, the division shall submit a written report to
6the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with
7community rehabilitation program providers.
8b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
9with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
10independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
11than the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $1242,412
............................................... FTEs131.00
14c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
15established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $1669,253
17d. For costs associated with centers for independent
18living:
.................................................. $1943,229
204. STATE LIBRARY
21a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
22purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
23equivalent positions:
.................................................. $241,265,032
............................................... FTEs2529.00
26b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
27256.57:
.................................................. $281,232,412
295. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
30For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
31and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
32full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $333,794,708
............................................... FTEs3486.00
356. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
-38- 1For reimbursement for career and technical education
2expenditures made by secondary schools:
.................................................. $31,315,067
4Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
5reimburse school districts for career and technical education
6expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
7set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
87. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
9For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
10shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
11salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
12for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $131,088,399
............................................... FTEs1420.58
158. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND — GENERAL AID
16For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
17the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
.................................................. $1811,081,400
19a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
20grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
21ending June 30, 2019, not more than $132,975 is allocated for
22the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
23activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
24may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
25purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
26of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
27subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
28for the reimbursement of staff.
29b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
30deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
31early childhood Iowa fund, $1,159,009 shall be used for efforts
32to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
33programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
34used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
35The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
-39-1of the allocation, not to exceed $44,325, for the technical
2assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
3including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
4the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
5improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
6early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
7use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
8formula, grants, or other means.
9c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
10deposit in the school ready children grants account of
11the early childhood Iowa fund, $412,515 shall be used for
12support of professional development and training activities
13for persons working in early care, health, and education by
14the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
15the professional development component groups maintained by
16the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
17section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
18childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
19professional development and training activities agreed upon by
20the parties participating in the collaboration.
219. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
22a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
23Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.L.No.
24108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
25services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
26those services:
.................................................. $27860,700
28b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
29$191,885 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
30clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
31to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
32born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
3310. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
34a. For early head start projects:
.................................................. $35287,250
-40- 1b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
2used for implementation and expansion of early head start
3pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
4emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
5age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
6The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
7healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
8infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
9given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
10and received state funding to administer an early head start
11project.
1211. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
13a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
14to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
15authorized by section 301.1:
.................................................. $16325,107
17b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per
18pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
19resident public school pupils.
2012. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
21For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
22program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
23than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $241,697,834
............................................... FTEs252.00
26If moneys appropriated under this subsection and which
27are allocated to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
28supplemental aid payments to school districts for their
29initial year of funding under section 284.13, subsection 1,
30paragraph “e”, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
31ending June 30, 2019, are insufficient for such purpose, the
32department shall prorate the amount of the teacher leadership
33supplemental aid payments calculated under section 284.13,
34subsection 1, paragraph “e”, subparagraph (2), subparagraph
35division (a), and paid to school districts.
-41- 113. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
2For school districts to provide direct services to the
3most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school
4districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s
5graduates specialist:
.................................................. $6333,094
714. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
8DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
9For administration of a process for school districts to
10establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
11performance of each attendance center operated by the district
12in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
13report card for each attendance center, for internet site
14and data system support, and for not more than the following
15full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $16125,000
............................................... FTEs172.00
1815. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
19For purposes of administering the online state job posting
20system in accordance with section 256.27:
.................................................. $21115,000
2216. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
23For distribution to school districts for implementation
24of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
25progression for early readers:
.................................................. $263,912,391
2717. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
28For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
29warning assessment and administering the early warning system
30for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
31rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
.................................................. $32957,500
33The department shall administer and distribute to school
34districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
35assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
-42-1student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
2six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
3nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
4costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
5assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
6this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
7actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
8the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
9system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
10moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
11moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
12subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
1318. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
14a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
15order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
16agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
17paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $18478,750
19b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
20department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
21or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
22but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
23specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
2419. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
25FUND
26For deposit in the computer science professional development
27incentive fund established under section 284.6A, if enacted:
.................................................. $28250,000
2920. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
30a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
31compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
.................................................. $3257,500
33b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
34for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
35pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
-43-1unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
2but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
3designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
421. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
5For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
6section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
.................................................. $7100,595,445
8The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
9allocated pursuant to the formula established in section
10260C.18C.
11 Sec. 51. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK
12CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
13section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
14ending June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general
15fund of the state to the department of education for programs
16for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
17than $5,365,000. The amount of any reduction in this section
18shall be prorated among the programs specified in section
19279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.
20STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
21 Sec. 52. There is appropriated from the general fund of
22the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
23beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
24amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
25purposes designated:
261. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
27a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
28purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
29equivalent positions:
.................................................. $30397,357
............................................... FTEs3115.00
32The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
33report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
34office and the legislative services agency. The report
35submitted in December 2018 shall include the five-year
-44-1graduation rates for the regents universities.
2b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
3regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
4regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities
5graduate studies center as determined by the board:
.................................................. $6139,424
7c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
8public radio operations:
.................................................. $9179,632
102. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
11a. General university
12For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
13aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
14following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $15108,379,534
............................................... FTEs165,058.55
17b. Oakdale campus
18For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
19purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
20equivalent positions:
.................................................. $211,093,279
............................................... FTEs2238.25
23c. State hygienic laboratory
24For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
25purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
26equivalent positions:
.................................................. $272,201,308
............................................... FTEs28102.50
29d. Family practice program
30For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
31approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
32to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
33practice residency education program, including salaries
34and support, and for not more than the following full-time
35equivalent positions:
-45-.................................................. $1894,133
............................................... FTEs2190.40
3e. Child health care services
4For specialized child health care services, including
5childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
6rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
7Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
8and support, and for not more than the following full-time
9equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10329,728
............................................... FTEs1157.97
12f. Statewide cancer registry
13For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
14following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1574,526
............................................... FTEs162.10
17g. Substance abuse consortium
18For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
19substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
20the following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $2127,765
............................................... FTEs221.00
23h. Center for biocatalysis
24For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
25following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $26361,864
............................................... FTEs276.28
28i. Primary health care initiative
29For the primary health care initiative in the college
30of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
31equivalent positions:
.................................................. $32324,465
............................................... FTEs335.89
34From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
35$127,445 shall be allocated to the department of family
-46-1practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
2for family practice faculty and support staff.
3j. Birth defects registry
4For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
5following full-time equivalent position:
.................................................. $619,144
............................................... FTEs71.00
8k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
9For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
10and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
11positions:
.................................................. $1281,270
............................................... FTEs132.75
14l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
15technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
16For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
17academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
18initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
.................................................. $19240,925
20m. Iowa flood center
21For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college
22of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
.................................................. $23600,000
243. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
25a. General university
26For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
27aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
28following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2986,437,431
............................................... FTEs303,647.42
31b. Agricultural experiment station
32For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
33maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
34the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3514,943,439
-47-............................................... FTEs1546.98
2c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
3economics
4For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
5and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
6miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
7full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $89,133,361
............................................... FTEs9383.34
10d. Livestock disease research
11For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
12fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $1386,422
144. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
15a. General university
16For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
17aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
18following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1946,856,181
............................................... FTEs201,447.50
21b. Recycling and reuse center
22For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
23more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2487,628
............................................... FTEs253.00
26c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
27collaborative initiative
28For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
29and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
30pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
31full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $322,723,188
............................................... FTEs336.20
34(1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
35paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
-48-1shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
2support, activities directly related to recruitment of
3kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
4and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
5students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
6(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
7community colleges to develop STEM professional development
8programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
9development.
10(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
11paragraph, not less than $250,000 shall be used to provide
12technology education opportunities to high school,
13career academy, and community college students through a
14public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for
15students and faculties at these institutions to secure
16broad-based information technology certification. The
17partnership shall provide all of the following:
18(a) A research-based curriculum.
19(b) Online access to the curriculum.
20(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
21(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
22of information technology-related skill areas.
23(e) Professional development for teachers.
24(f) Deployment and program support, including but not
25limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
26(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
27appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered
28or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
29equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
30appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert by shall
31remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
32students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
33d. Real estate education program
34For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
35not more than the following full-time equivalent position:
-49-.................................................. $162,651
............................................... FTEs21.00
35. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
4For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
6equivalent positions:
.................................................. $74,948,676
............................................... FTEs8126.60
96. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
10For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
11purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
12equivalent positions:
.................................................. $132,063,248
............................................... FTEs1462.87
15 Sec. 53. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
16the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30,
172019, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
18other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
19finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
20amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
21the projects within an average of six years.
22 Sec. 54. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
23270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
24the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
25saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
26fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, for expenses relating to
27prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
28for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
29DIVISION IV
30workforce training programs — appropriations fy 2018-2019
31 Sec. 55. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
32and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
33departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
34beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
35amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
-50-1purposes designated:
21. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
3a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
4development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
.................................................. $57,550,000
6From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
7“a”, not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department
8for administration of the workforce training and economic
9development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
10b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
11of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
12to section 260C.50:
.................................................. $132,750,000
14(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
15“b”, $1,941,500 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula
16established in section 260C.18C.
17(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
18“b”, not more than $75,000 shall be used by the department
19for implementation of adult education and literacy programs
20pursuant to section 260C.50.
21(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
22“b”, not more than $733,500 shall be distributed as grants to
23community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
24programs for students requiring instruction in English
25as a second language. The department shall establish an
26application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
27this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
28based on need for instruction in English as a second language
29in the region served by each community college as determined by
30factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
31and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
32(4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
33“b”, $105,000 shall be transferred to the department of human
34services for purposes of administering a pilot project to
35provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
-51-1Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
2in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
3work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
4supplemental support services for international refugees to
5improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
6competencies, and integration in a county with a population
7over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
8census. The department of human services shall utilize a
9request for proposals process to identify the entity best
10qualified to implement the pilot project.
11c. For accelerated career education program capital
12projects at community colleges that are authorized under
13chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term “vertical
14infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $153,000,000
16d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
17employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
.................................................. $182,500,000
19From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph “d”,
20not more than $100,000 shall be allocated by the department
21for implementation of regional industry sector partnerships
22pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than one full-time
23equivalent position.
24e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
25established pursuant to section 260I.2:
.................................................. $261,000,000
27f. For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
28intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
.................................................. $29750,000
30From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
31“f”, not more than $25,000 shall be used by the department for
32expenses associated with the activities of the secondary career
33and technical programming task force convened pursuant to this
34Act.
35g. For support costs associated with administering a
-52-1workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
2of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
3and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
4receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
.................................................. $5100,000
62. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
7For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
8grants in accordance with section 261.130:
.................................................. $92,500,000
103. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
11in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
12unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
13but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
14designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
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