Senate Study Bill 1243 - Introduced
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BY (PROPOSED GOVERNOR BUDGET
BILL)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and
2 appropriation of moneys to the college student aid
3 commission, the department for the blind, the department of
4 education, area education agencies, and the state board of
5 regents, and providing for related matters, and including
6 effective date provisions.
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 DIVISION I
2 FY 2021-2022 APPROPRIATIONS
3 DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
4 Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from
5 the general fund of the state to the department for the blind
6 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June
7 30, 2022, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
8 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
9 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
10 purposes:
11 .................................................. $ 2,780,724
12 COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
13 Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
14 state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
15 beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
16 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
17 purposes designated:
18 1. ADMINISTRATION
19 a. For general administration salaries, support,
20 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
21 .................................................. $ 429,279
22 b. For the administration of the future ready Iowa skilled
23 workforce last-dollar scholarship program in accordance with
24 section 261.131, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
25 miscellaneous purposes:
26 .................................................. $ 162,254
27 2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
28 For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
29 established pursuant to section 261.115:
30 .................................................. $ 400,973
31 3. NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
32 For purposes of providing national guard service scholarship
33 under the program established in section 261.86:
34 .................................................. $ 4,700,000
35 4. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
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1 a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
2 program established pursuant to section 261.87:
3 .................................................. $ 3,000,000
4 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, if the moneys
5 appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
6 commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
7 program exceed $500,000, “eligible institution” as defined in
8 section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
9 2021, include accredited private institutions as defined in
10 section 261.9.
11 5. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
12 For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
13 pursuant to section 261.110:
14 .................................................. $ 400,000
15 6. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
16 For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
17 program established pursuant to section 261.113:
18 .................................................. $ 1,424,502
19 7. HEALTH CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
20 For purposes of the health care loan repayment program
21 established pursuant to section 261.116:
22 .................................................. $ 250,000
23 8. RURAL VETERINARIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
24 For purposes of the rural veterinarian loan repayment
25 program established pursuant to section 261.120:
26 .................................................. $ 300,000
27 9. FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR
28 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
29 For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
30 last-dollar scholarship fund established pursuant to section
31 261.131:
32 .................................................. $ 23,004,744
33 Sec. 3. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
34 261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving
35 fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year
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1 beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, may be used
2 for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
3 established in section 261.73.
4 Sec. 4. WORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
5 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending
6 June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated from the general fund
7 of the state to the college student aid commission for the
8 work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.
9 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
10 Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
11 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
12 beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
13 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
14 purposes designated:
15 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
16 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17 purposes:
18 .................................................. $ 5,975,526
19 b. By January 15, 2022, the department shall submit
20 a written report to the general assembly detailing the
21 department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
22 expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
23 July 1, 2021.
24 2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
25 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
26 purposes:
27 .................................................. $ 598,197
28 3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
29 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
30 purposes:
31 .................................................. $ 5,996,328
32 For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
33 with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
34 to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
35 job placement and retention services for individuals with
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1 significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
2 January 15, 2022, the division shall submit a written report to
3 the general assembly regarding the division’s outreach efforts
4 with community rehabilitation program providers.
5 b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
6 with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
7 independently, including salaries and support:
8 .................................................. $ 84,823
9 c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
10 established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
11 .................................................. $ 138,506
12 d. For costs associated with centers for independent
13 living:
14 .................................................. $ 86,457
15 4. STATE LIBRARY
16 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17 purposes:
18 .................................................. $ 2,532,594
19 b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
20 256.57:
21 .................................................. $ 2,464,823
22 5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
23 For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
24 and miscellaneous purposes:
25 .................................................. $ 7,870,316
26 6. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
27 For reimbursement for career and technical education
28 expenditures made by regional career and technical education
29 planning partnerships in accordance with section 258.14:
30 .................................................. $ 2,952,459
31 7. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
32 For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
33 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
34 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
35 .................................................. $ 2,176,797
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1 8. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— GENERAL AID
2 For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
3 the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
4 .................................................. $ 22,662,799
5 a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
6 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and
7 ending June 30, 2022, not more than $265,950 is allocated for
8 the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance
9 activities. Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph
10 may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the
11 purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
12 of staff. However, except as otherwise provided in this
13 subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or
14 for the reimbursement of staff.
15 b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
16 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
17 early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
18 to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
19 programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be
20 used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.
21 The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion
22 of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650 for the technical
23 assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office,
24 including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute
25 the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality
26 improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
27 early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive
28 use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution
29 formula, grants, or other means.
30 c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
31 deposit in the school ready children grants account of
32 the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for
33 support of professional development and training activities
34 for persons working in early care, health, and education by
35 the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
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1 the professional development component groups maintained by
2 the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
3 section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early
4 childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
5 professional development and training activities agreed upon by
6 the parties participating in the collaboration.
7 9. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
8 a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
9 Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No.
10 108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
11 services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
12 those services:
13 .................................................. $ 1,721,400
14 b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
15 $383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
16 clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
17 to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
18 born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
19 10. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
20 a. For early head start projects:
21 .................................................. $ 574,500
22 b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
23 used for implementation and expansion of early head start
24 pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
25 emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
26 age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
27 The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
28 healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
29 infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
30 given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
31 and received state funding to administer an early head start
32 project.
33 11. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
34 a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
35 to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
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1 authorized by section 301.1:
2 .................................................. $ 652,000
3 b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $25 per
4 pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
5 resident public school pupils.
6 12. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
7 For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
8 program established pursuant to chapter 284:
9 .................................................. $ 2,965,467
10 13. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
11 For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the
12 department of education on behalf of school districts and
13 accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated
14 with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance
15 with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph “b”:
16 .................................................. $ 3,000,000
17 From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
18 than $300,000 shall be distributed to the Iowa testing programs
19 within the university of Iowa college of education to offset
20 the costs of administering the statewide student assessment at
21 accredited nonpublic schools.
22 14. STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK-BASED LEARNING
23 For support costs associated with the creation of a
24 statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based learning as a part
25 of the future ready Iowa initiative:
26 .................................................. $ 300,000
27 15. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
28 PROGRAM
29 For support costs associated with the creation of a program
30 to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils
31 enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to attend a community college
32 for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a
33 community college-employed instructor during the summer and
34 outside of the regular school year through a contractual
35 agreement between a community college and a school district
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1 under the future ready Iowa initiative:
2 .................................................. $ 600,000
3 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
4 department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
5 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
6 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
7 specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
8 16. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
9 For school districts to provide direct services to the
10 most at-risk middle school or high school students enrolled
11 in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
12 America’s graduates specialist:
13 .................................................. $ 3,666,188
14 17. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
15 DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
16 For administration of a process for school districts to
17 establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
18 performance of each attendance center operated by the district
19 in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
20 report card for each attendance center, for internet site and
21 data system support:
22 .................................................. $ 250,000
23 18. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
24 For purposes of administering the online state job posting
25 system in accordance with section 256.27:
26 .................................................. $ 230,000
27 19. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
28 For distribution to school districts for implementation
29 of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
30 progression