Iowa-2017-HF2496-Introduced
House File 2496 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 698)
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, and the state board of regents, providing for
5 related matters, and providing applicability provisions.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 DIVISION I
1 2 FY 2018=2019 APPROPRIATIONS
1 3 DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
1 4 Section 1. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 45, is
1 5 amended to read as follows:
1 6 SEC. 45. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
1 7 general fund of the state to the department for the blind
1 8 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June
1 9 30, 2019, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
1 10 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1 11 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
1 12 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
1 13 equivalent positions:
1 14 .................................................. $ 1,093,671
1 15 2,167,622
1 16 ............................................... FTEs 88.00
1 17 78.00
1 18 COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
1 19 Sec. 2. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 46, is amended
1 20 to read as follows:
1 21 SEC. 46. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 22 state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
1 23 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
1 24 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
1 25 purposes designated:
1 26 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
1 27 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
1 28 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
1 29 equivalent positions:
1 30 .................................................. $ 214,640
1 31 429,279
1 32 ............................................... FTEs 3.95
1 33 2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
1 34 For the loan repayment program for health care professionals
1 35 established pursuant to section 261.115:
2 1 .................................................. $ 200,487
2 2 400,973
2 3 3. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2 4 For purposes of providing national guard educational
2 5 assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
2 6 .................................................. $ 1,550,000
2 7 4,700,000
2 8 Moneys appropriated in accordance with this subsection may
2 9 be distributed to a public university that purchased an Iowa
2 10 for=profit accredited private institution effective March 22,
2 11 2018, whose students were eligible members of the national
2 12 guard who received educational assistance under the national
2 13 guard educational assistance program in the fiscal year
2 14 beginning July 1, 2017, if the students continue to meet the
2 15 requirements of section 261.86.
2 16 4. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
2 17 a. For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
2 18 established in section 261.112:
2 19 .................................................. $ 100,000
2 20 105,828
2 21 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
2 22 ending June 30, 2019, the commission shall not provide loan
2 23 forgiveness under the program to any new applicant, but may
2 24 renew loan forgiveness for an applicant who continues to meet
2 25 the eligibility requirements of section 261.112.
2 26 5. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
2 27 a. For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
2 28 program established pursuant to section 261.87:
2 29 .................................................. $ 1,420,427
2 30 2,840,854
2 31 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, if the moneys
2 32 appropriated by the general assembly to the college student aid
2 33 commission for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
2 34 program exceed $250,000 $500,000, "eligible institution"
2 35 as defined in section 261.87 shall, during the fiscal year
3 1 beginning July 1, 2018, include accredited private institutions
3 2 as defined in section 261.9.
3 3 6. TEACH IOWA SCHOLAR PROGRAM
3 4 For purposes of the teach Iowa scholar program established
3 5 pursuant to section 261.110:
3 6 .................................................. $ 200,000
3 7 400,000
3 8 7. RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
3 9 For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment
3 10 program established pursuant to section 261.113:
3 11 .................................................. $ 562,251
3 12 1,124,502
3 13 8. HEALTH CARE=RELATED LOAN PROGRAM
3 14 For purposes of the health care=related loan program
3 15 established pursuant to section 261.116:
3 16 .................................................. $ 100,000
3 17 200,000
3 18 Sec. 3. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 47, is amended
3 19 to read as follows:
3 20 SEC. 47. IOWA TUITION GRANT APPROPRIATIONS.
3 21 Notwithstanding the standing appropriations appropriation in
3 22 the following designated sections section for the fiscal year
3 23 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts
3 24 amount appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
3 25 college student aid commission pursuant to these sections
3 26 for the following designated purposes shall not exceed the
3 27 following amounts:
3 28 1. For for Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25,
3 29 subsection 1: shall not exceed $46,630,951.
3 30 .................................................. $ 23,315,476
3 31 2. For tuition grants for students attending for=profit
3 32 accredited private institutions located in Iowa under section
3 33 261.25, subsection 2:
3 34 .................................................. $ 750,000
3 35 3. For vocational=technical tuition grants under section
4 1 261.25, subsection 3:
4 2 .................................................. $ 875,093
4 3 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
4 4 Sec. 4. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 50, is amended
4 5 to read as follows:
4 6 SEC. 50. There is appropriated from the general fund of
4 7 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
4 8 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
4 9 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
4 10 purposes designated:
4 11 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
4 12 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
4 13 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
4 14 equivalent positions:
4 15 .................................................. $ 2,982,024
4 16 5,949,047
4 17 ............................................... FTEs 81.67
4 18 60.43
4 19 b. By January 15, 2019, the department shall submit
4 20 a written report to the general assembly detailing the
4 21 department's antibullying programming and current and projected
4 22 expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
4 23 July 1, 2018.
4 24 2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
4 25 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
4 26 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
4 27 equivalent positions:
4 28 .................................................. $ 299,099
4 29 598,197
4 30 ............................................... FTEs 11.50
4 31 9.82
4 32 3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
4 33 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
4 34 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
4 35 equivalent positions:
5 1 .................................................. $ 2,812,838
5 2 5,677,908
5 3 ............................................... FTEs 255.00
5 4 244.00
5 5 For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
5 6 with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
5 7 to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
5 8 job placement and retention services for individuals with
5 9 significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
5 10 January 15, 2019, the division shall submit a written report to
5 11 the general assembly on the division's outreach efforts with
5 12 community rehabilitation program providers.
5 13 b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
5 14 with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
5 15 independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
5 16 than the following full=time equivalent position:
5 17 .................................................. $ 42,412
5 18 84,823
5 19 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
5 20 c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
5 21 established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
5 22 .................................................. $ 69,253
5 23 138,506
5 24 d. For costs associated with centers for independent
5 25 living:
5 26 .................................................. $ 43,229
5 27 86,457
5 28 4. STATE LIBRARY
5 29 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5 30 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
5 31 equivalent positions:
5 32 .................................................. $ 1,265,032
5 33 2,530,063
5 34 ............................................... FTEs 29.00
5 35 b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
6 1 256.57:
6 2 .................................................. $ 1,232,412
6 3 2,464,823
6 4 5. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
6 5 For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
6 6 and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
6 7 full=time equivalent positions:
6 8 .................................................. $ 3,794,708
6 9 7,589,415
6 10 ............................................... FTEs 86.00
6 11 60.17
6 12 6. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
6 13 For reimbursement for career and technical education
6 14 expenditures made by secondary schools regional career and
6 15 technical education planning partnerships in accordance with
6 16 section 258.14:
6 17 .................................................. $ 1,315,067
6 18 2,630,134
6 19 Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to
6 20 reimburse school districts for regional career and technical
6 21 education planning partnerships for expenditures made by
6 22 secondary schools to meet the standards set in sections 256.11,
6 23 258.4, and 260C.14 allowed under section 258.14.
6 24 7. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
6 25 For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
6 26 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
6 27 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
6 28 for not more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
6 29 .................................................. $ 1,088,399
6 30 2,176,797
6 31 ............................................... FTEs 20.58
6 32 23.86
6 33 8. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND ==== GENERAL AID
6 34 For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
6 35 the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
7 1 .................................................. $ 11,081,400
7 2 22,162,799
7 3 a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
7 4 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018,
7 5 and ending June 30, 2019, not more than $132,975 $265,950
7 6 is allocated for the early childhood Iowa office and other
7 7 technical assistance activities. Moneys allocated under this
7 8 lettered paragraph may be used by the early childhood Iowa
7 9 state board for the purpose of skills development and support
7 10 for ongoing training of staff. However, except as otherwise
7 11 provided in this subsection, moneys shall not be used for
7 12 additional staff or for the reimbursement of staff.
7 13 b. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
7 14 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
7 15 early childhood Iowa fund, $1,159,009 $2,318,018 shall
7 16 be used for efforts to improve the quality of early care,
7 17 health, and education programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to
7 18 this paragraph may be used for additional staff and for the
7 19 reimbursement of staff. The early childhood Iowa state board
7 20 may reserve a portion of the allocation, not to exceed $44,325
7 21 $88,650, for the technical assistance expenses of the early
7 22 childhood Iowa state office, including the reimbursement of
7 23 staff, and shall distribute the remainder to early childhood
7 24 Iowa areas for local quality improvement efforts through a
7 25 methodology identified by the early childhood Iowa state board
7 26 to make the most productive use of the funding, which may
7 27 include use of the distribution formula, grants, or other
7 28 means.
7 29 c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
7 30 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
7 31 early childhood Iowa fund, $412,515 $825,030 shall be used for
7 32 support of professional development and training activities
7 33 for persons working in early care, health, and education by
7 34 the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with
7 35 the professional development component groups maintained by
8 1 the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to
8 2 section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph "b", and the early
8 3 childhood Iowa area boards. Expenditures shall be limited to
8 4 professional development and training activities agreed upon by
8 5 the parties participating in the collaboration.
8 6 9. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
8 7 a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
8 8 Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No.
8 9 108=446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
8 10 services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
8 11 those services:
8 12 .................................................. $ 860,700
8 13 1,721,400
8 14 b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
8 15 $191,885 $383,769 shall be allocated to the child health
8 16 specialty clinics administered by the state university of Iowa
8 17 in order to provide additional support for infants and toddlers
8 18 who are born prematurely, drug=exposed, or medically fragile.
8 19 10. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
8 20 a. For early head start projects:
8 21 .................................................. $ 287,250
8 22 574,500
8 23 b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
8 24 used for implementation and expansion of early head start
8 25 pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
8 26 emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
8 27 age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
8 28 The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
8 29 healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
8 30 infants and toddlers in low=income families. Priority shall be
8 31 given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
8 32 and received state funding to administer an early head start
8 33 project.
8 34 11. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
8 35 a. To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks
9 1 to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as
9 2 authorized by section 301.1:
9 3 .................................................. $ 325,107
9 4 652,000
9 5 b. Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 $25 per
9 6 pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to
9 7 resident public school pupils.
9 8 12. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
9 9 For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
9 10 program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
9 11 than the following full=time equivalent positions:
9 12 .................................................. $ 1,697,834
9 13 2,965,467
9 14 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
9 15 5.90
9 16 If moneys appropriated under this subsection and which
9 17 are allocated to pay the full amount of teacher leadership
9 18 supplemental aid payments to school districts for their
9 19 initial year of funding under section 284.13, subsection 1,
9 20 paragraph "e", for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
9 21 ending June 30, 2019, are insufficient for such purpose, the
9 22 department shall prorate the amount of the teacher leadership
9 23 supplemental aid payments calculated under section 284.13,
9 24 subsection 1, paragraph "e", subparagraph (2), subparagraph
9 25 division (a), and paid to school districts.
9 26 12A. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
9 27 For distribution to school districts to offset the costs
9 28 associated with a statewide student assessment administered in
9 29 accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "b":
9 30 .................................................. $ 2,700,000
9 31 12B. STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK=BASED LEARNING
9 32 For support costs associated with the creation of a
9 33 statewide clearinghouse to expand work=based learning as a part
9 34 of the future ready Iowa initiative:
9 35 .................................................. $ 250,000
10 1 12C. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
10 2 PROGRAM
10 3 For support costs associated with the creation of a program
10 4 to provide additional funds for resident high school pupils
10 5 enrolled in grades 9=12 to attend a community college for
10 6 college=level classes or attend a class taught by a community
10 7 college=employed instructor during the summer and outside of
10 8 the regular school year through a contractual agreement between
10 9 a community college and a school district under the future
10 10 ready Iowa initiative:
10 11 .................................................. $ 600,000
10 12 13. JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
10 13 For school districts to provide direct services to the most
10 14 at=risk senior middle school or high school students enrolled
10 15 in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
10 16 America's graduates specialist:
10 17 .................................................. $ 333,094
10 18 1,666,188
10 19 14. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
10 20 DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
10 21 For administration of a process for school districts to
10 22 establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
10 23 performance of each attendance center operated by the district
10 24 in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
10 25 report card for each attendance center, for internet site
10 26 and data system support, and for not more than the following
10 27 full=time equivalent positions:
10 28 .................................................. $ 125,000
10 29 250,000
10 30 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
10 31 1.95
10 32 15. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
10 33 For purposes of administering the online state job posting
10 34 system in accordance with section 256.27:
10 35 .................................................. $ 115,000
11 1 230,000
11 2 16. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
11 3 For distribution to school districts for implementation
11 4 of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
11 5 progression for early readers:
11 6 .................................................. $ 3,912,391
11 7 7,824,782
11 8 17. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
11 9 For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early
11 10 warning assessment and administering the early warning system
11 11 for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and
11 12 rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:
11 13 .................................................. $ 957,500
11 14 1,915,000
11 15 The department shall administer and distribute to school
11 16 districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
11 17 assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
11 18 student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
11 19 six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
11 20 nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
11 21 costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
11 22 assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
11 23 this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
11 24 actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
11 25 the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
11 26 system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
11 27 moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
11 28 moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
11 29 subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
11 30 18. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
11 31 a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
11 32 order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
11 33 agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
11 34 paragraph "c":
11 35 .................................................. $ 478,750
12 1 1,300,176
12 2 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
12 3 department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
12 4 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
12 5 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
12 6 specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.
12 7 19. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
12 8 FUND
12 9 For deposit in the computer science professional development
12 10 incentive fund established under section 284.6A, if enacted:
12 11 .................................................. $ 250,000
12 12 500,000
12 13 20. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
12 14 a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
12 15 compact to pay Iowa's member state annual obligation:
12 16 .................................................. $ 57,500
12 17 115,000
12 18 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
12 19 for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
12 20 pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
12 21 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
12 22 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
12 23 designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
12 24 21. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
12 25 For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in
12 26 section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
12 27 .................................................. $100,595,445
12 28 202,690,889
12 29 The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
12 30 allocated pursuant to the formula established in section
12 31 260C.18C.
12 32 Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
12 33 the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
12 34 as follows:
12 35 a. Merged Area I
13 1 .................................................. $ 10,000,076
13 2 b. Merged Area II
13 3 .................................................. $ 10,146,364
13 4 c. Merged Area III
13 5 .................................................. $ 9,391,092
13 6 d. Merged Area IV
13 7 .................................................. $ 4,619,543
13 8 e. Merged Area V
13 9 .................................................. $ 11,469,504
13 10 f. Merged Area VI
13 11 .................................................. $ 9,000,646
13 12 g. Merged Area VII
13 13 .................................................. $ 13,668,239
13 14 h. Merged Area IX
13 15 .................................................. $ 17,312,504
13 16 i. Merged Area X
13 17 .................................................. $ 31,691,864
13 18 j. Merged Area XI
13 19 .................................................. $ 33,916,985
13 20 k. Merged Area XII
13 21 .................................................. $ 11,242,657
13 22 l. Merged Area XIII
13 23 .................................................. $ 12,204,008
13 24 m. Merged Area XIV
13 25 .................................................. $ 4,708,909
13 26 n. Merged Area XV
13 27 .................................................. $ 14,776,328
13 28 o. Merged Area XVI
13 29 .................................................. $ 8,542,170>
13 30 Sec. 5. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 51, is amended
13 31 to read as follows:
13 32 SEC. 51. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT=RISK
13 33 CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in
13 34 section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
13 35 ending June 30, 2019, the amount appropriated from the general
14 1 fund of the state to the department of education for programs
14 2 for at=risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more
14 3 than $5,365,000 $10,524,389. The amount of any reduction in
14 4 this section shall be prorated among the programs specified in
14 5 section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs "a", "b", and "c".
14 6 STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
14 7 Sec. 6. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 52, as amended
14 8 by 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 170, section 40, is amended to read
14 9 as follows:
14 10 SEC. 52. There is appropriated from the general fund of
14 11 the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
14 12 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
14 13 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
14 14 purposes designated:
14 15 1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
14 16 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
14 17 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
14 18 equivalent positions:
14 19 .................................................. $ 397,357
14 20 775,655
14 21 ............................................... FTEs 15.00
14 22 2.48
14 23 The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
14 24 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
14 25 office and the legislative services agency. The report
14 26 submitted in December 2018 shall include the five=year
14 27 graduation rates for the regents universities.
14 28 b. For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa
14 29 regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa
14 30 regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad=cities
14 31 graduate studies center as determined by the board:
14 32 .................................................. $ 139,424
14 33 272,161
14 34 c. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
14 35 public radio operations:
15 1 .................................................. $ 179,632
15 2 350,648
15 3 d. For allocation by the state board of regents to the state
15 4 university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science and
15 5 technology, and the university of northern Iowa to support
15 6 new strategic initiatives, meet enrollment increases, meet
15 7 the demand for new courses and services, to fund new but
15 8 unavoidable or mandated cost increases, and to support any
15 9 other initiatives important to the core functions of the
15 10 universities:
15 11 .................................................. $ 8,300,000
15 12 2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
15 13 a. General university
15 14 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
15 15 aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
15 16 following full=time equivalent positions:
15 17 .................................................. $108,379,534
15 18 211,560,793
15 19 ............................................... FTEs 5,058.55
15 20 b. Oakdale campus
15 21 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
15 22 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
15 23 equivalent positions:
15 24 .................................................. $ 1,093,279
15 25 2,134,120
15 26 ............................................... FTEs 38.25
15 27 c. State hygienic laboratory
15 28 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
15 29 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
15 30 equivalent positions:
15 31 .................................................. $ 2,201,308
15 32 4,297,032
15 33 ............................................... FTEs 102.50
15 34 103.77
15 35 d. Family practice program
16 1 For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
16 2 approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
16 3 to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
16 4 practice residency education program, including salaries
16 5 and support, and for not more than the following full=time
16 6 equivalent positions:
16 7 .................................................. $ 894,133
16 8 1,745,379
16 9 ............................................... FTEs 190.40
16 10 2.19
16 11 e. Child health care services
16 12 For specialized child health care services, including
16 13 childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
16 14 rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
16 15 Iowa high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries
16 16 and support, and for not more than the following full=time
16 17 equivalent positions:
16 18 .................................................. $ 329,728
16 19 643,641
16 20 ............................................... FTEs 57.97
16 21 4.25
16 22 f. Statewide cancer registry
16 23 For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
16 24 following full=time equivalent positions:
16 25 .................................................. $ 74,526
16 26 145,476
16 27 ............................................... FTEs 2.10
16 28 1.04
16 29 g. Substance abuse consortium
16 30 For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
16 31 substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
16 32 the following full=time equivalent position:
16 33 .................................................. $ 27,765
16 34 54,197
16 35 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
17 1 h. Center for biocatalysis
17 2 For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
17 3 following full=time equivalent positions:
17 4 .................................................. $ 361,864
17 5 706,371
17 6 ............................................... FTEs 6.28
17 7 i. Primary health care initiative
17 8 For the primary health care initiative in the college
17 9 of medicine, and for not more than the following full=time
17 10 equivalent positions:
17 11 .................................................. $ 324,465
17 12 633,367
17 13 ............................................... FTEs 5.89
17 14 5.36
17 15 From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
17 16 $127,445 $254,889 shall be allocated to the department of
17 17 family practice at the state university of Iowa college of
17 18 medicine for family practice faculty and support staff.
17 19 j. Birth defects registry
17 20 For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
17 21 following full=time equivalent position:
17 22 .................................................. $ 19,144
17 23 37,370
17 24 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
17 25 k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
17 26 For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
17 27 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
17 28 positions:
17 29 .................................................. $ 81,270
17 30 158,641
17 31 ............................................... FTEs 2.75
17 32 l. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
17 33 technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
17 34 For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement
17 35 academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
18 1 initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:
18 2 .................................................. $ 240,925
18 3 470,293
18 4 m. Iowa flood center
18 5 For the Iowa flood center for use by the university's college
18 6 of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
18 7 .................................................. $ 600,000
18 8 1,171,222
18 9 3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18 10 a. General university
18 11 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
18 12 aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
18 13 following full=time equivalent positions:
18 14 .................................................. $ 86,437,431
18 15 167,474,125
18 16 ............................................... FTEs 3,647.42
18 17 b. Agricultural experiment station
18 18 For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
18 19 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
18 20 the following full=time equivalent positions:
18 21 .................................................. $ 14,943,439
18 22 29,886,877
18 23 ............................................... FTEs 546.98
18 24 c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
18 25 economics
18 26 For the cooperative extension service in agriculture
18 27 and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and
18 28 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
18 29 full=time equivalent positions:
18 30 .................................................. $ 9,133,361
18 31 18,266,722
18 32 ............................................... FTEs 383.34
18 33 382.34
18 34 d. Livestock disease research
18 35 For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
19 1 fund under section 267.8:
19 2 .................................................. $ 86,422
19 3 172,844
19 4 4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
19 5 a. General university
19 6 For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
19 7 aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
19 8 following full=time equivalent positions:
19 9 .................................................. $ 46,856,181
19 10 93,712,362
19 11 ............................................... FTEs 1,447.50
19 12 1,426.69
19 13 b. Recycling and reuse center
19 14 For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
19 15 more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
19 16 .................................................. $ 87,628
19 17 175,256
19 18 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
19 19 1.93
19 20 c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
19 21 collaborative initiative
19 22 For purposes of the science, technology, engineering,
19 23 and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established
19 24 pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following
19 25 full=time equivalent positions:
19 26 .................................................. $ 2,723,188
19 27 5,446,375
19 28 ............................................... FTEs 6.20
19 29 4.47
19 30 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered
19 31 paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
19 32 shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional
19 33 support, activities directly related to recruitment of
19 34 kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers,
19 35 and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for
20 1 students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
20 2 (2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
20 3 community colleges to develop STEM professional development
20 4 programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
20 5 development.
20 6 (3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
20 7 paragraph, not less than $250,000 $500,000 shall be used to
20 8 provide technology education opportunities to high school,
20 9 career academy, and community college students through a
20 10 public=private partnership, as well as opportunities for
20 11 students and faculties at these institutions to secure
20 12 broad=based information technology certification. The
20 13 partnership shall provide all of the following:
20 14 (a) A research=based curriculum.
20 15 (b) Online access to the curriculum.
20 16 (c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.
20 17 (d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base
20 18 of information technology=related skill areas.
20 19 (e) Professional development for teachers.
20 20 (f) Deployment and program support, including but not
20 21 limited to integration with current curriculum standards.
20 22 (4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys
20 23 appropriated in this paragraph "c" that remain unencumbered
20 24 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount
20 25 equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount
20 26 appropriated in this paragraph "c" shall not revert but shall
20 27 remain available for expenditure for summer programs for
20 28 students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
20 29 d. Real estate education program
20 30 For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
20 31 not more than the following full=time equivalent position:
20 32 .................................................. $ 62,651
20 33 125,302
20 34 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
20 35 0.96
21 1 5. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
21 2 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
21 3 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
21 4 equivalent positions:
21 5 .................................................. $ 4,948,676
21 6 9,996,325
21 7 ............................................... FTEs 126.60
21 8 6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
21 9 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
21 10 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
21 11 equivalent positions:
21 12 .................................................. $ 2,063,248
21 13 4,167,759
21 14 ............................................... FTEs 62.87
21 15 Sec. 7. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191, section 14, subsection
21 16 4, as amended by 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 44, is
21 17 amended to read as follows:
21 18 4. The following are range 4 positions: director of the
21 19 department of human rights, director of the Iowa state civil
21 20 rights commission, executive director of the college student
21 21 aid commission, director of the department for the blind,
21 22 executive director of the ethics and campaign disclosure
21 23 board, executive director of the Iowa public information
21 24 board, members of the public employment relations board, and
21 25 chairperson, vice chairperson, and members of the board of
21 26 parole.
21 27 Sec. 8. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191, section 14, subsection
21 28 5, as amended by 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 123, section 63, is
21 29 amended to read as follows:
21 30 5. The following are range 5 positions: administrator of
21 31 the division of homeland security and emergency management of
21 32 the department of public defense, state public defender, drug
21 33 policy coordinator, labor commissioner, workers' compensation
21 34 commissioner, executive director of the college student aid
21 35 commission, director of the department of cultural affairs,
22 1 director of the department of elder affairs, director of the
22 2 law enforcement academy, members of the property assessment
22 3 appeal board, and administrator of the historical division of
22 4 the department of cultural affairs.
22 5 Sec. 9. Section 256.9, subsection 56, Code 2018, as amended
22 6 by 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File 475, section 4, is amended to
22 7 read as follows:
22 8 56. Develop and establish an online learning program model
22 9 in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 256.7,
22 10 subsection 32, and in accordance with section 256.43. The
22 11 director shall maintain a list of approved online providers
22 12 that meet the standards of section 256.42, subsection 6, and
22 13 provide course content through an online learning platform
22 14 taught by an Iowa licensed a teacher that licensed under
22 15 chapter 272 who has specialized training or experience in
22 16 online learning. Providers shall apply for approval annually
22 17 or as determined by the department.
22 18 Sec. 10. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph k, as
22 19 enacted by 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File 475, section 20, is
22 20 amended to read as follows:
22 21 k. One=half unit of personal finance literacy. All students
22 22 shall complete at least one=half unit of personal finance
22 23 literacy as a condition of graduation.
22 24 (1) The curriculum shall, at a minimum, address the
22 25 following:
22 26 (1) (a) Savings, including emergency fund, purchases, and
22 27 wealth building.
22 28 (2) (b) Understanding investments, including compound
22 29 and simple interest, liquidity, diversification, risk return
22 30 ratio, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, single
22 31 stocks, bonds, mutual funds, rental real estate, annuities,
22 32 commodities, and futures.
22 33 (3) (c) Wealth building and college planning, including
22 34 long=term and short=term investing using tax=favored plans,
22 35 individual retirement accounts and payments from such accounts,
23 1 employer=sponsored retirement plans and investments, public and
23 2 private educational savings accounts, and uniform gifts and
23 3 transfers to minors.
23 4 (4) (d) Credit and debt, including credit cards, payday
23 5 lending, rent=to=own transactions, debt consolidation,
23 6 automobile leasing, cosigning a loan, debt avoidance, and the
23 7 marketing of debt, especially to young people.
23 8 (5) (e) Consumer awareness of the power of marketing
23 9 on buying decisions including zero percent interest offers;
23 10 marketing methods, including product positioning, advertising,
23 11 brand recognition, and personal selling; how to read a
23 12 credit report and correct inaccuracies; how to build a credit
23 13 score; how to develop a plan to deal with creditors and avoid
23 14 bankruptcy; and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
23 15 (6) (f) Financial responsibility and money management,
23 16 including creating and living on a written budget and balancing
23 17 a checkbook; basic rules of successful negotiating and
23 18 techniques; and personality or other traits regarding money.
23 19 (7) (g) Insurance, risk management, income, and career
23 20 decisions, including career choices that fit personality styles
23 21 and occupational goals, job search strategies, cover letters,
23 22 resumes, interview techniques, payroll taxes and other income
23 23 withholdings, and revenue sources for federal, state, and local
23 24 governments.
23 25 (8) (h) Different types of insurance coverage including
23 26 renters, homeowners, automobile, health, disability, long=term
23 27 care, identity theft, and life insurance; term life, cash
23 28 value and whole life insurance; and insurance terms such
23 29 as deductible, stop loss, elimination period, replacement
23 30 coverage, liability, and out=of=pocket.
23 31 (9) (i) Buying, selling, and renting advantages and
23 32 disadvantages relating to real estate, including adjustable
23 33 rate, balloon, conventional, government=backed, reverse, and
23 34 seller=financed mortgages.
23 35 (2) (a) One half unit of personal finance literacy may
24 1 count as one half unit of social studies in meeting the
24 2 requirements of paragraph "b", though the teacher providing
24 3 personal finance literacy coursework that counts as one
24 4 half unit of social studies need not hold a social studies
24 5 endorsement.
24 6 (b) Units of coursework that meet the requirements of
24 7 any combination of coursework required under paragraphs "b",
24 8 "d", "e", or "h" and incorporate the curriculum required under
24 9 subparagraph (1) shall be deemed to satisfy the offer and
24 10 teach requirements of this paragraph "k" and a student who
24 11 completes such units shall be deemed to have met the graduation
24 12 requirement of this paragraph "k".
24 13 Sec. 11. Section 256.42, subsection 7, paragraph c, as
24 14 enacted by 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File 475, section 6, is
24 15 amended to read as follows:
24 16 c. Any specified subject course to which section 256.11,
24 17 subsection 5, does not apply under paragraph "a" or "b" shall
24 18 be provided by the initiative if the initiative offers the
24 19 course unless the course offered by the initiative lacks the
24 20 capacity to accommodate additional students. In that case, the
24 21 specified subject course may instead be provided by the school
24 22 district or accredited nonpublic school through if either of
24 23 the following applies:
24 24 (1) Through an online learning platform if the course is
24 25 developed by the school district or accredited nonpublic school
24 26 itself, provided the online learning platform course is taught
24 27 by an Iowa licensed teacher with online learning experience and
24 28 the course content is aligned with the Iowa content standards
24 29 and satisfies the requirements of subsection 6.
24 30 (2) Through a private provider utilized to provide the
24 31 course that meets the standards of section 256.42 and is
24 32 approved in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 56.
24 33 Sec. 12. Section 256.43, subsection 2, Code 2018, as amended
24 34 by 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File 475, section 10, is amended to
24 35 read as follows:
25 1 2. Private providers.
25 2 a. At the discretion of the school board or authorities in
25 3 charge of an accredited nonpublic school, after consideration
25 4 of circumstances created by necessity, convenience, and
25 5 cost=effectiveness, courses developed by private providers may
25 6 be utilized by the school district or school in implementing a
25 7 high=quality online learning program. Courses obtained from
25 8 private providers shall be taught by teachers licensed under
25 9 chapter 272.
25 10 b. A school district may provide courses developed by
25 11 private providers and delivered primarily over the internet
25 12 to pupils who are participating in open enrollment under
25 13 section 282.18. However, if a student's participation
25 14 in open enrollment to receive educational instruction
25 15 and course content delivered primarily over the internet
25 16 results in the termination of enrollment in the receiving
25 17 district, the receiving district shall, within thirty days
25 18 of the termination, notify the district of residence of the
25 19 termination and the date of the termination.
25 20 c. Private providers utilized to provide courses by a school
25 21 district or accredited nonpublic school in accordance with
25 22 this section shall meet the standards of section 256.42 and be
25 23 approved in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 56.
25 24 Sec. 13. Section 261.25, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended
25 25 to read as follows:
25 26 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
25 27 to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of one million
25 28 five three hundred seventy=six thousand two hundred twenty
25 29 dollars for tuition grants for qualified students who are
25 30 enrolled in eligible institutions. Of the moneys appropriated
25 31 under this subsection, not more than eighty thousand dollars
25 32 annually shall be used for tuition grants to qualified students
25 33 who are attending an eligible institution under section 261.9,
25 34 subsection 3, paragraph "b".
25 35 Sec. 14. Section 261.25, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended
26 1 by striking the subsection.
26 2 Sec. 15. Section 261.86, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended
26 3 by adding the following new paragraph:
26 4 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0f. Completes and submits application forms
26 5 required by the commission, including the free application for
26 6 federal student aid and applies for all available state and
26 7 federal financial aid.
26 8 Sec. 16. Section 261.86, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended
26 9 to read as follows:
26 10 2. a. Educational assistance paid pursuant to this section
26 11 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
26 12 institutions of higher learning under the control of the state
26 13 board of regents or the amount determined under paragraph "b",
26 14 whichever amount is less.
26 15 b. If an eligible member of the national guard receives
26 16 nonrepayable financial aid under any other state or federal
26 17 program, the full amount of that aid shall be considered
26 18 part of the member's available financial resources before
26 19 determining the amount of the educational assistance the member
26 20 shall receive under this program for the same period during
26 21 which the member receives other state or federal financial aid.
26 22 c. If the amount appropriated in a fiscal year for purposes
26 23 of this section is insufficient to provide educational
26 24 assistance to all national guard members who apply for the
26 25 program and who are determined by the adjutant general to
26 26 be eligible for the program, the adjutant general shall, in
26 27 coordination with the commission, determine the distribution
26 28 of educational assistance. However, except as provided in
26 29 paragraphs "a" and "b", educational assistance paid pursuant
26 30 to this section shall not be less than fifty percent of the
26 31 resident tuition rate established for institutions of higher
26 32 learning under the control of the state board of regents or
26 33 fifty percent of the tuition rate at the institution attended
26 34 by the national guard member, whichever is lower. Neither
26 35 eligibility nor educational assistance determinations shall
27 1 be based upon a national guard member's unit, the location at
27 2 which drills are attended, or whether the eligible individual
27 3 is a member of the Iowa army or air national guard.
27 4 Sec. 17. Section 261.114, subsection 3, unnumbered
27 5 paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
27 6 A program agreement shall be entered into by an eligible
27 7 student and the commission when the eligible student begins
27 8 the final year of study in an academic program leading to
27 9 eligibility for licensure as a nurse practitioner or physician
27 10 assistant. The commission shall not enter into any new
27 11 program agreement under this section on or after July 1, 2018.
27 12 Under the agreement, to receive loan repayments pursuant to
27 13 subsection 5, an eligible student shall agree to and shall
27 14 fulfill all of the following requirements:
27 15 Sec. 18. Section 261.114, subsection 8, Code 2018, is
27 16 amended by striking the subsection.
27 17 Sec. 19. Section 261.114, subsection 9, Code 2018, is
27 18 amended to read as follows:
27 19 9. Postponement and satisfaction Satisfaction of service
27 20 obligation.
27 21 a. The obligation to engage in practice in accordance with
27 22 subsection 3 shall be postponed for the following purposes:
27 23 (1) Active duty status in the armed forces, the armed forces
27 24 military reserve, or the national guard.
27 25 (2) Service in volunteers in service to America.
27 26 (3) Service in the federal peace corps.
27 27 (4) A period of service commitment to the United States
27 28 public health service commissioned corps.
27 29 (5) A period of religious missionary work conducted by an
27 30 organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to
27 31 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
27 32 (6) Any period of temporary medical incapacity during which
27 33 the person obligated is unable, due to a medical condition, to
27 34 engage in full=time practice as required under subsection 3.
27 35 b. Except for a postponement under paragraph "a",
28 1 subparagraph (6), an obligation to engage in practice under an
28 2 agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3, shall not be
28 3 postponed for more than two years from the time the full=time
28 4 practice was to have commenced under the agreement.
28 5 c. a. An obligation to engage in full=time practice under
28 6 an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3 shall be
28 7 considered satisfied when any of the following conditions are
28 8 met:
28 9 (1) The terms of the agreement are completed.
28 10 (2) The person who entered into the agreement dies.
28 11 (3) The person who entered into the agreement, due to a
28 12 permanent disability, is unable to practice as an advanced
28 13 registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
28 14 d. b. If a loan repayment recipient fails to fulfill
28 15 the obligation to engage in practice in accordance with
28 16 subsection 3, the recipient shall be subject to repayment to
28 17 the commission of the loan amount plus interest as specified
28 18 by rule. A loan repayment recipient who fails to meet the
28 19 requirements of the obligation to engage in practice in
28 20 accordance with subsection 3 may also be subject to repayment
28 21 of moneys advanced by the service commitment area as provided
28 22 in any agreement with the service commitment area.
28 23 Sec. 20. Section 261.114, subsection 10, Code 2018, is
28 24 amended to read as follows:
28 25 10. Trust fund established. A rural Iowa advanced
28 26 registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant trust
28 27 fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under
28 28 the control of the commission. The commission shall remit all
28 29 repayments made pursuant to this section to the rural Iowa
28 30 advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant
28 31 trust fund. All moneys deposited or paid into the trust fund
28 32 are appropriated and made available to the commission to be
28 33 used for meeting the requirements of this section. Moneys in
28 34 the fund up to the total amount that an eligible student may
28 35 receive for an eligible loan in accordance with this section
29 1 and upon fulfilling the requirements of subsection 3 shall be
29 2 considered encumbered for the duration of the agreement entered
29 3 into pursuant to subsection 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
29 4 any balance in the fund on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not
29 5 revert to the general fund of the state, but shall be available
29 6 for purposes of this section in subsequent fiscal years.
29 7 Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June
29 8 30, 2023, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
29 9 shall be transferred to the health care loan repayment fund
29 10 established pursuant to section 261.116 to be used for purposes
29 11 of the health care loan repayment program.
29 12 Sec. 21. Section 261.114, Code 2018, is amended by adding
29 13 the following new subsection:
29 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 10A. This section is repealed July 1, 2023.
29 15 Sec. 22. Section 261.116, Code 2018, is amended to read as
29 16 follows:
29 17 261.116 Registered nurse and nurse educator Health care loan
29 18 forgiveness repayment program.
29 19 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, unless the
29 20 context otherwise requires:
29 21 a. "Advanced registered nurse practitioner" means a person
29 22 licensed as a registered nurse under chapter 152 or 152E who
29 23 is licensed by the board of nursing as an advanced registered
29 24 nurse practitioner.
29 25 b. "Nurse educator" means a registered nurse who holds
29 26 a master's degree or doctorate degree and is employed by a
29 27 community college, an accredited private institution, or an
29 28 institution of higher education governed by the state board
29 29 of regents as a faculty member to teach nursing at a nursing
29 30 education program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to
29 31 section 152.5.
29 32 c. "Physician assistant" means a person licensed as a
29 33 physician assistant under chapter 148C.
29 34 d. "Qualified student loan" means a loan that was made,
29 35 insured, or guaranteed under Tit. IV of the federal Higher
30 1 Education Act of 1965, as amended, or under Tit. VII or VIII
30 2 of the federal Public Health Service Act, as amended, directly
30 3 to the borrower for attendance at an approved postsecondary
30 4 educational institution.
30 5 e. "Service commitment area" means a city in Iowa with a
30 6 population of less than twenty=six thousand that is located
30 7 more than twenty miles from a city with a population of fifty
30 8 thousand or more.
30 9 2. Program established. A registered nurse and nurse
30 10 educator health care loan forgiveness repayment program is
30 11 established to be administered by the commission. The program
30 12 shall consist of loan forgiveness for eligible federally
30 13 guaranteed for purposes of repaying the qualified student
30 14 loans for of registered nurses, advanced registered nurse
30 15 practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse educators who
30 16 practice full=time in a service commitment area or teach in
30 17 this state, as appropriate, and who are selected for the
30 18 program in accordance with this section. For purposes of
30 19 this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "nurse
30 20 educator" means a registered nurse who holds a master's degree
30 21 or doctorate degree and is employed as a faculty member who
30 22 teaches nursing as provided in 655 IAC 2.6(152) at a community
30 23 college, an accredited private institution, or an institution
30 24 of higher education governed by the state board of regents. An
30 25 applicant who is a member of the Iowa national guard is exempt
30 26 from the service commitment area requirement, but shall submit
30 27 an affidavit verifying the applicant is practicing full=time
30 28 in this state.
30 29 2. 3. Application requirements. Each applicant for loan
30 30 forgiveness repayment shall, in accordance with the rules of
30 31 the commission, do the following:
30 32 a. Complete and file an application for registered nurse
30 33 or nurse educator loan forgiveness repayment. The individual
30 34 shall be responsible for the prompt submission of any
30 35 information required by the commission.
31 1 b. File a new application and submit information as
31 2 required by the commission annually on the basis of which
31 3 the applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness
31 4 repayment will be evaluated and determined.
31 5 c. Complete and return, on a form approved by the
31 6 commission, an affidavit of practice verifying that the
31 7 applicant is a registered nurse, an advanced registered nurse
31 8 practitioner, or a physician assistant who is practicing
31 9 full=time in a service commitment area in this state or is a
31 10 nurse educator teaching at a community college, an accredited
31 11 private institution, or an institution of higher learning
31 12 governed by the state board of regents who teaches full=time
31 13 in this state. If practice in a service commitment area is
31 14 required as a condition of receiving loan repayment, the
31 15 affidavit shall specify the service commitment area in which
31 16 the applicant is practicing full=time.
31 17 3. 4. Loan repayment amounts.
31 18 a. The annual amount of registered nurse loan forgiveness
31 19 for a registered nurse who completes a course of study, which
31 20 leads to a baccalaureate or associate degree of nursing,
31 21 diploma in nursing, or a graduate or equivalent degree in
31 22 nursing, and who practices in this state, repayment provided to
31 23 a recipient under this section shall not exceed the resident
31 24 tuition rate established for institutions of higher learning
31 25 governed by the state board of regents for the first year
31 26 following the registered nurse's graduation from a nursing
31 27 education program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to
31 28 section 152.5 six thousand dollars, or twenty percent of the
31 29 registered nurse's total federally guaranteed Stafford loan
31 30 amount under the federal family education loan program or the
31 31 federal direct loan program, including principal and interest
31 32 recipient's total qualified student loan, whichever amount is
31 33 less. A registered nurse shall be recipient is eligible for
31 34 the loan forgiveness repayment program for not more than five
31 35 consecutive years.
32 1 b. The annual amount of nurse educator loan forgiveness
32 2 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
32 3 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board
32 4 of regents for the first year following the nurse educator's
32 5 graduation from an advanced formal academic nursing education
32 6 program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to section
32 7 152.5, or twenty percent of the nurse educator's total
32 8 federally guaranteed Stafford loan amount under the federal
32 9 family education loan program or the federal direct loan
32 10 program, including principal and interest, whichever amount
32 11 is less. A nurse educator shall be eligible for the loan
32 12 forgiveness program for not more than five consecutive years.
32 13 4. 5. Selection criteria. The commission shall establish
32 14 by rule the evaluation criteria to be used in evaluating
32 15 applications submitted under this section. Priority shall be
32 16 given to applicants who are residents of Iowa and, if requested
32 17 by the adjutant general, to applicants who are members of the
32 18 Iowa national guard.
32 19 6. Health care loan repayment fund. A registered nurse and
32 20 nurse educator health care loan forgiveness repayment fund is
32 21 created for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received by
32 22 the commission for use under the program. Notwithstanding
32 23 section 8.33, moneys deposited in the health care loan
32 24 repayment fund shall not revert to any fund of the state
32 25 at the end of any fiscal year but shall remain in the loan
32 26 forgiveness repayment fund and be continuously available for
32 27 loan forgiveness repayment under the program. Notwithstanding
32 28 section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys
32 29 deposited in the health care loan fund shall be credited to the
32 30 fund.
32 31 5. 7. Report. The commission shall submit in a report
32 32 to the general assembly by January 1, annually, the number of
32 33 individuals who received loan forgiveness repayment pursuant to
32 34 this section, where the participants practiced or taught, the
32 35 amount paid to each program participant, and other information
33 1 identified by the commission as indicators of outcomes from of
33 2 the program.
33 3 6. 8. Rules. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to
33 4 chapter 17A to administer this section.
33 5 Sec. 23. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
33 6 e, f, and g, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows:
33 7 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018, and
33 8 ending June 30, 2018 2019, to the department, the amount of
33 9 eight five hundred forty=six eight thousand two hundred fifty
33 10 dollars for the issuance of national board certification awards
33 11 in accordance with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated
33 12 under this paragraph, not less than eighty=five thousand
33 13 dollars shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
33 14 position in accordance with section 256.45.
33 15 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018, and
33 16 ending June 30, 2018 2019, up to seven hundred seventy=four
33 17 twenty=eight thousand three two hundred sixteen dollars to
33 18 the department for purposes of implementing the professional
33 19 development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance
33 20 in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees
33 21 established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph
33 22 "b", and the evaluator training program in section 284.10.
33 23 A portion of the funds allocated to the department for
33 24 purposes of this paragraph may be used by the department for
33 25 administrative purposes and for not more than four full=time
33 26 equivalent positions.
33 27 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018,
33 28 and ending June 30, 2018 2019, an amount up to one million
33 29 one hundred twenty=three seventy=seven thousand nine eight
33 30 hundred ten dollars to the department for the establishment
33 31 of teacher development academies in accordance with section
33 32 284.6, subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to
33 33 the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for
33 34 administrative purposes.
33 35 e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018, and
34 1 ending June 30, 2018 2019, to the department an amount up to
34 2 twenty=five thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts
34 3 beginning teacher mentoring program established under section
34 4 256.34.
34 5 f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 2018, and
34 6 ending June 30, 2018 2019, to the department an amount up
34 7 to six hundred twenty=six thousand one hundred ninety=one
34 8 dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
34 9 in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
34 10 implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
34 11 pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
34 12 not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
34 13 education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
34 14 technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
34 15 training and staff development, and the contracting of external
34 16 expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
34 17 of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
34 18 districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
34 19 students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
34 20 department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
34 21 department for administrative purposes and for not more than
34 22 five full=time equivalent positions.
34 23 g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018 2019,
34 24 and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department of
34 25 education, ten million dollars for purposes of implementing
34 26 the supplemental assistance for high=need schools provisions
34 27 of section 284.11. Annually, of the moneys allocated to
34 28 the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one
34 29 hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for
34 30 administrative purposes and for not more than one full=time
34 31 equivalent position.
34 32 Sec. 24. APPLICABILITY. The following provisions of this
34 33 Act apply to fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2018,
34 34 effective with the pay period beginning June 29, 2018:
34 35 1. The section of this Act amending 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter
35 1 1191, section 14, subsection 4, as amended by 2013 Iowa Acts,
35 2 chapter 140, section 44.
35 3 2. The section of this Act amending 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter
35 4 1191, section 14, subsection 5, as amended by 2013 Iowa Acts,
35 5 chapter 123, section 63.
35 6 DIVISION II
35 7 WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS ==== APPROPRIATIONS FY 2018=2019
35 8 Sec. 25. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 55, as amended
35 9 by 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 170, section 41, is amended to read
35 10 as follows:
35 11 SEC. 55. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker
35 12 and job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
35 13 departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
35 14 beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
35 15 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
35 16 purposes designated:
35 17 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
35 18 a. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
35 19 development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
35 20 .................................................. $ 7,550,000
35 21 15,100,000
35 22 From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph "a",
35 23 not more than $50,000 $100,000 shall be used by the department
35 24 for administration of the workforce training and economic
35 25 development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
35 26 b. For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
35 27 of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
35 28 to section 260C.50:
35 29 .................................................. $ 2,750,000
35 30 5,500,000
35 31 (1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
35 32 "b", $1,941,500 $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the
35 33 formula established in section 260C.18C.
35 34 (2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
35 35 "b", not more than $75,000 $150,000 shall be used by the
36 1 department for implementation of adult education and literacy
36 2 programs pursuant to section 260C.50.
36 3 (3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
36 4 "b", not more than $733,500 $1,467,000 shall be distributed as
36 5 grants to community colleges for the purpose of adult basic
36 6 education programs for students requiring instruction in
36 7 English as a second language. The department shall establish
36 8 an application process and criteria to award grants pursuant to
36 9 this subparagraph to community colleges. The criteria shall be
36 10 based on need for instruction in English as a second language
36 11 in the region served by each community college as determined by
36 12 factors including data from the latest federal decennial census
36 13 and outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
36 14 (4) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
36 15 "b", $105,000 $210,000 shall be transferred to the department
36 16 of human services for purposes of administering a pilot project
36 17 to provide access to international resources to Iowans and new
36 18 Iowans to provide economic and leadership development resulting
36 19 in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place to live,
36 20 work, and raise a family. The pilot project shall provide
36 21 supplemental support services for international refugees to
36 22 improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
36 23 competencies, and integration in a county with a population
36 24 over 350,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial
36 25 census. The department of human services shall utilize a
36 26 request for proposals process to identify the entity best
36 27 qualified to implement the pilot project.
36 28 c. For accelerated career education program capital
36 29 projects at community colleges that are authorized under
36 30 chapter 260G and that meet the definition of the term "vertical
36 31 infrastructure" in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "c":
36 32 .................................................. $ 3,000,000
36 33 6,000,000
36 34 d. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
36 35 employment fund established pursuant to section 260H.2:
37 1 .................................................. $ 2,500,000
37 2 5,000,000
37 3 From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
37 4 "d", not more than $100,000 $200,000 shall be allocated by
37 5 the department for implementation of regional industry sector
37 6 partnerships pursuant to section 260H.7B and for not more than
37 7 one full=time equivalent position.
37 8 e. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
37 9 established pursuant to section 260I.2:
37 10 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
37 11 2,000,000
37 12 f. For deposit in the statewide work=based learning
37 13 intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40:
37 14 .................................................. $ 750,000
37 15 1,500,000
37 16 From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph "f",
37 17 not more than $25,000 $50,000 shall be used by the department
37 18 to provide statewide support for work=based learning.
37 19 g. For support costs associated with administering a
37 20 workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
37 21 of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
37 22 and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
37 23 receiving moneys pursuant to this subsection:
37 24 .................................................. $ 100,000
37 25 200,000
37 26 2. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
37 27 For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage tuition
37 28 grants in accordance with section 261.130:
37 29 .................................................. $ 2,500,000
37 30 5,000,000
37 31 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
37 32 in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
37 33 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
37 34 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
37 35 designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
38 1 EXPLANATION
38 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
38 3 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
38 4 This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2018=2019 from
38 5 the general fund of the state and other funds to the college
38 6 student aid commission, the department for the blind, the
38 7 department of education, and the state board of regents and its
38 8 institutions. The bill is organized by divisions.
38 9 DIVISION I ==== FY 2018=2019.
38 10 DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND. The bill appropriates to the
38 11 department for the blind for its administration.
38 12 COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION. The bill includes
38 13 appropriations to the college student aid commission for
38 14 general administrative purposes, the loan repayment program
38 15 for health care professionals, the national guard educational
38 16 assistance program, the teacher shortage loan forgiveness
38 17 program, the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program, the
38 18 teach Iowa scholar program, the rural Iowa primary care loan
38 19 repayment program, and the registered nurse and nurse educator
38 20 loan forgiveness program.
38 21 The bill prohibits the commission from approving new loan
38 22 forgiveness applications under the teacher shortage loan
38 23 forgiveness program. Statute is modified to require applicants
38 24 for the national guard educational assistance program to
38 25 complete and submit forms required by the commission, and to
38 26 provide that any other state or federal financial aid the
38 27 applicant qualifies for be considered part of the applicant's
38 28 financial resources.
38 29 The bill modifies the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
38 30 practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program by
38 31 prohibiting the commission from entering into any new program
38 32 agreements on or after July 1, 2018; striking a provision to
38 33 allow a person who entered into a program agreement to practice
38 34 part=time; striking language relating to the postponement of
38 35 program obligations; repealing the program July 1, 2023; and
39 1 providing for the transfer of any balance in the rural Iowa
39 2 advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant
39 3 trust fund on June 30, 2023, to the health care loan repayment
39 4 fund established for purposes of the health care loan repayment
39 5 program.
39 6 The bill expands the current registered nurse and nurse
39 7 educator program by adding advanced registered nurse
39 8 practitioners and physician assistants to the program. The
39 9 bill changes the name of the program, and of the program fund,
39 10 to the health care loan repayment program and the health care
39 11 loan repayment fund.
39 12 To qualify for the program, applicants who are registered
39 13 nurses, advanced registered practitioners, or physician
39 14 assistants must complete and return an affidavit of practice
39 15 verifying that the applicant is or will be practicing full=time
39 16 in a service commitment area in this state or is a nurse
39 17 educator teaching full=time in this state. The affidavit must
39 18 specify the service commitment area in which the applicant will
39 19 practice as a condition of receiving loan repayment. Nurse
39 20 educators are not required to teach in service commitment
39 21 areas. An applicant who is a member of the Iowa national guard
39 22 is exempt from the service commitment area requirement, but
39 23 must submit an affidavit verifying the applicant is practicing
39 24 in this state. The bill defines a service commitment area as
39 25 a city in Iowa with a population of less than 26,000 that is
39 26 located more than 20 miles from a city with a population of
39 27 50,000 or more.
39 28 Currently, the annual amount of loan repayment for a
39 29 registered nurse or nurse educator shall not exceed the
39 30 resident tuition rate established for regents universities or
39 31 20 percent of the registered nurse's total federally determined
39 32 loan amount, including principal and interest, whichever
39 33 amount is less. The bill limits the annual amount of loan
39 34 repayment to a program applicant to $6,000 or 20 percent of
39 35 the recipient's total qualified student loan, whichever amount
40 1 is less. The bill defines qualified student loan as a loan
40 2 that was made, insured, or guaranteed under Tit. IV of the
40 3 federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, or under
40 4 Tit. VII or VIII of the federal Public Health Service Act, as
40 5 amended, directly to the borrower for attendance at an approved
40 6 postsecondary educational institution.
40 7 The commission is required to establish by rule the criteria
40 8 to be used in evaluating applications, and to give highest
40 9 priority to applicants who are residents of Iowa, then, if
40 10 requested by the adjutant general, to applicants who are
40 11 members of the Iowa national guard.
40 12 The bill provides that moneys appropriated to the commission
40 13 for the national guard educational assistance program may be
40 14 distributed to a public university that purchased an Iowa
40 15 for=profit accredited private institution effective March 22,
40 16 2018, whose students were eligible members of the national
40 17 guard and received educational assistance under the national
40 18 guard educational assistance program in the fiscal year
40 19 beginning July 1, 2017, if the students continue to meet the
40 20 requirements of the national guard educational assistance
40 21 program.
40 22 The bill limits the standing appropriation for the Iowa
40 23 tuition grant for students attending nonprofit accredited
40 24 private institutions. The bill also reduces the standing
40 25 limited appropriation for Iowa tuition grants for students
40 26 attending for=profit accredited private institutions but
40 27 provides that of the moneys appropriated, not more than $80,000
40 28 shall be used for qualified students attending barber and
40 29 cosmetology arts and sciences schools licensed in Iowa.
40 30 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The bill appropriates moneys to
40 31 the department of education for purposes of the department's
40 32 general administration, career and technical education
40 33 administration, division of vocational rehabilitation services
40 34 including independent living programs, the entrepreneurs with
40 35 disabilities program, and independent living centers, state
41 1 library for general administration and the enrich Iowa program,
41 2 public broadcasting division, career and technical education,
41 3 school food service, early childhood Iowa fund, expansion of
41 4 the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
41 5 Act birth through age three services, early head start
41 6 projects, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the student
41 7 achievement and teacher quality program, statewide student
41 8 assessments, a statewide clearinghouse to expand work=based
41 9 learning, a postsecondary summer classes for high school
41 10 students program, jobs for America's graduates specialists,
41 11 attendance center performance/general internet site and data
41 12 system support, the online state job posting system, successful
41 13 progression for early readers, an early warning system for
41 14 literacy, the Iowa reading research center, the computer
41 15 science professional development incentive fund, distribution
41 16 to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa's member
41 17 state annual obligation, area education agencies, and community
41 18 colleges.
41 19 The bill amends language enacted by 2018 Iowa Acts, SF 475,
41 20 which adds a requirement that school districts and accredited
41 21 nonpublic schools offer and teach a half unit of coursework in
41 22 personal finance literacy, and which students must complete
41 23 as a condition of graduation. The bill modifies new Code
41 24 language enacted in 2018 Iowa Acts, SF 475, by providing that
41 25 a half unit of personal finance literacy may count as a half
41 26 unit of social studies for meeting the education standards
41 27 requirements for high school social studies coursework and
41 28 providing that units of coursework that meet the requirements
41 29 of any combination of specified coursework required under the
41 30 high school education standards and incorporate the personal
41 31 finance literacy curriculum shall be deemed to satisfy the
41 32 offer and teach requirements and providing that a student
41 33 who completes such a unit shall be deemed to have met the
41 34 graduation requirement. Under SF 475, the language takes
41 35 effect July 1, 2019.
42 1 The bill reduces the standing appropriation for at=risk
42 2 children under Code section 279.51.
42 3 STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. The bill appropriates moneys to
42 4 the state board of regents for the board office, universities'
42 5 general operating budgets; the southwest Iowa regents resource
42 6 center, northwest Iowa regents resource center, and the
42 7 quad=cities graduate studies center; Iowa public radio; the
42 8 state university of Iowa; Iowa state university of science
42 9 and technology; the university of northern Iowa; and for the
42 10 Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving
42 11 school.
42 12 DIVISION II ==== WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS ==== APPROPRIATIONS
42 13 FY 2018=2019. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa
42 14 skilled worker and job creation fund to the department of
42 15 education and the college student aid commission.
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