Text: SF2375
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Senate File 2376
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF, THE OPERATION OF, AND
APPROPRIATION OF MONEYS TO THE COLLEGE STUDENT AID
COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND, THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, AND THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, PROVIDING
FOR RELATED MATTERS INCLUDING A STUDY OF THE OPEN MEETINGS
AND PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND
APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department for the blind for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30,
2011, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 1,952,203
............................................... FTEs 90.00
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for
the purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 310,843
............................................... FTEs 4.30
2. STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
For payments to students for the Iowa grant program
established in section 261.93:
.................................................. $ 848,761
3. DES MOINES UNIVERSITY == OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
a. For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending Des
Moines university == osteopathic medical center under the
forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19:
.................................................. $ 79,251
To receive funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph,
Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center shall match
the funds with institutional funds on a dollar=for=dollar
basis.
b. For Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center
for an initiative in primary health care to direct primary care
physicians to shortage areas in the state:
.................................................. $ 270,448
4. NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For purposes of providing national guard educational
assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
.................................................. $ 3,186,233
5. TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
For the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.112:
.................................................. $ 421,016
6. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER CARE GRANT PROGRAM
For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant
program established pursuant to section 261.6:
.................................................. $ 594,383
7. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program
established pursuant to section 261.87:
.................................................. $ 2,403,949
If the moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the
college student aid commission for fiscal year 2010=2011 for
purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program exceed
$500,000, "eligible institution" as defined in section 261.87,
shall, during fiscal year 2010=2011, include accredited private
institutions as defined in section 261.9, subsection 1.
8. REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS
PROGRAM
For purposes of the registered nurse and nurse educator loan
forgiveness program established pursuant to section 261.23:
.................................................. $ 86,736
It is the intent of the general assembly that the commission
continue to consider moneys allocated pursuant to this
subsection as funds that meet the state matching funds
requirements of the federal leveraging educational assistance
program and the federal supplemental leveraging educational
assistance program established under the Higher Education Act
of 1965, as amended.
9. BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANT
PROGRAM
For purposes of the barber and cosmetology arts and sciences
tuition grant program established pursuant to section 261.18:
.................................................. $ 39,626
Sec. 3. DES MOINES UNIVERSITY == OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL
CENTER. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending
June 30, 2011, the college student aid commission shall pay a
fee to Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center for
the administration of the initiative in primary health care
to direct primary care physicians to shortage areas in the
state. A portion of the fee paid shall be based upon the number
of physicians recruited in accordance with section 261.19,
subsection 4. However, the fee amount paid shall not exceed
$25,000 for the fiscal year. Such amount shall be subject to
any budgetary reductions ordered by the governor or enacted by
the general assembly.
Sec. 4. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan
revolving fund created pursuant to section 261.72, may be used
for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
established in section 261.73.
Sec. 5. WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2010=2011.
Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the amount appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the college student aid
commission for the work=study program under section 261.85
shall be zero.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for
the purposes designated:
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 7,096,482
............................................... FTEs 83.67
2. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 559,797
............................................... FTEs 13.50
3. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 5,139,957
............................................... FTEs 281.50
b. For matching funds for programs to enable persons
with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
than the following full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 44,156
............................................... FTEs 1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:
.................................................. $ 156,128
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $ 43,227
4. STATE LIBRARY
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,511,656
............................................... FTEs 19.00
b. For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57:
.................................................. $ 1,796,081
5. LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM
For state aid:
.................................................. $ 1,105,989
6. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 7,756,417
............................................... FTEs 82.00
7. REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
For state aid:
.................................................. $ 1,065,180
The regional telecommunications councils established
in section 8D.5 shall use the moneys appropriated in this
subsection to provide technical assistance for network
classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area
networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support
activities.
8. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made
by secondary schools:
.................................................. $ 2,590,675
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used
to reimburse school districts for vocational education
expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards
set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.
9. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
For use as state matching funds for federal programs that
shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for
not more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 2,176,797
............................................... FTEs 18.13
10. IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND == GENERAL AID
For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:
.................................................. $ 5,729,907
a. From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010,
and ending June 30, 2011, not more than $265,950 is allocated
for the community empowerment office and other technical
assistance activities, and of that amount not more than
$44,325 shall be used to administer the early childhood
coordinator's position pursuant to section 28.3, subsection
7. It is the intent of the general assembly that regional
technical assistance teams will be established and will include
staff from various agencies, as appropriate, including the
area education agencies, community colleges, the university
of northern Iowa, and the Iowa state university of science
and technology cooperative extension service in agriculture
and home economics. The Iowa empowerment board shall direct
staff to work with the advisory council to inventory technical
assistance needs. Moneys allocated under this lettered
paragraph may be used by the Iowa empowerment board for the
purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training
of the regional technical assistance teams. However, except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, moneys shall not be used
for additional staff or for the reimbursement of staff.
b. As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
this subsection, each community empowerment area board shall
report to the Iowa empowerment board progress on each of the
state indicators approved by the state board, as well as
progress on local indicators. The community empowerment area
board must also submit a written plan amendment extending
by one year the area's comprehensive school ready children
grant plan developed for providing services for children from
birth through five years of age and provide other information
specified by the Iowa empowerment board. The amendment may
also provide for changes in the programs and services provided
under the plan. The Iowa empowerment board shall establish
a submission deadline for the plan amendment that allows a
reasonable period of time for preparation of the plan amendment
and for review and approval or request for modification of the
plan amendment by the Iowa empowerment board. In addition,
the community empowerment board must continue to comply with
reporting provisions and other requirements adopted by the Iowa
empowerment board in implementing section 28.8.
c. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
Iowa empowerment fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts
to improve the quality of early care, health, and education
programs. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may
be used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of
staff. The Iowa empowerment board may reserve a portion of the
allocation, not to exceed $88,650 for the technical assistance
expenses of the Iowa empowerment office and shall distribute
the remainder to community empowerment areas for local quality
improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the
board to make the most productive use of the funding, which
may include use of the distribution formula, grants, or other
means.
d. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
Iowa empowerment fund, $825,030 shall be used for support of
professional development and training activities for persons
working in early care, health, and education by the Iowa
empowerment board in collaboration with representation from the
Iowa state university of science and technology cooperative
extension service in agriculture and home economics, the
university of northern Iowa, the department of education, area
education agencies, community colleges, child care resource
and referral services, and community empowerment area boards.
Expenditures shall be limited to professional development and
training activities agreed upon by the parties participating in
the collaboration.
11. IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND == PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE
a. For deposit in the school ready children grants account
of the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:
.................................................. $ 7,583,912
b. The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be
used for early care, health, and education programs to assist
low=income parents with tuition for preschool and other
supportive services for children ages three, four, and five
who are not attending kindergarten in order to increase the
basic family income eligibility requirement to not more than
200 percent of the federal poverty level. In addition, if
sufficient funding is available after addressing the needs of
those who meet the basic income eligibility requirement, a
community empowerment area board may provide for eligibility
for those with a family income in excess of the basic income
eligibility requirement through use of a sliding scale or other
copayment provisions.
12. IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND == FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT
EDUCATION
a. For deposit in the school ready children grants account
of the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:
.................................................. $ 13,153,653
b. The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be
used for family support services and parent education programs
targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and
infant children through age five and shall be distributed using
the distribution formula approved by the Iowa empowerment board
and shall be used by a community empowerment area only for
family support services and parent education programs targeted
to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant
children through age five. The programs funded under this
subsection shall have a home visitation component.
13. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
For expansion of the federal Individuals With Disabilities
Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108=446, as
amended to January 1, 2010, birth through age three services
due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those
services:
.................................................. $ 1,721,400
From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $383,769
shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinic at the
state university of Iowa to provide additional support for
infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug=exposed, or
medically fragile.
14. FOUR=YEAR=OLD PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
For allocation to eligible school districts for the
four=year=old preschool program under chapter 256C in lieu
of the appropriation made in section 256C.6, subsection 2,
paragraph a, subparagraph (3), and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 12,242,230
............................................... FTEs 3.00
From the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
not more than $303,531 shall be used by the department
for administration of the four=year=old preschool program
established pursuant to chapter 256C.
15. TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks to each
resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by
section 301.1:
.................................................. $ 600,987
Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and
shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident
public school pupils.
16. BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING AND INDUCTION PROGRAM
For purposes of administering the beginning administrator
mentoring and induction program established pursuant to chapter
284A:
.................................................. $ 195,157
17. CORE CURRICULUM AND CAREER INFORMATION AND
DECISION=MAKING SYSTEM
For purposes of implementing the statewide core curriculum
for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and a
state=designated career information and decision=making system:
.................................................. $ 1,901,556
18. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 7,314,765
............................................... FTEs 4.00
19. MERGED AREA I == NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 7,883,981
20. MERGED AREA II == NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 8,436,896
21. MERGED AREA III == IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 7,768,728
22. MERGED AREA IV == NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 3,815,063
23. MERGED AREA V == IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 8,716,704
24. MERGED AREA VI == IOWA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 7,429,793
25. MERGED AREA VII == HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 11,063,319
26. MERGED AREA IX == EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 13,761,226
27. MERGED AREA X == KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 24,208,455
28. MERGED AREA XI == DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 24,375,295
29. MERGED AREA XII == WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 9,034,857
30. MERGED AREA XIII == IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 9,285,726
31. MERGED AREA XIV == SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 3,872,747
32. MERGED AREA XV == INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 12,139,931
33. MERGED AREA XVI == SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
For general state financial aid as defined in section 260C.2
in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C, notwithstanding the
allocation formula in section 260C.18:
.................................................. $ 6,961,511
Sec. 7. LIBRARY SERVICE AREA GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS FOR FY
2010=2011 == OPERATIONS STUDY.
1. Notwithstanding section 256.61, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the library
service areas shall serve and represent six geographic regions
by combining at least two of seven library service areas
existing in fiscal year 2009=2010, including their staff and
boards of trustees.
2. Moneys appropriated to the department of education for
state aid for the library service area system pursuant to
section 6, subsection 5, of this Act shall be equally divided
and allocated to the six library services areas.
3. a. The library services areas and the state library
shall work collaboratively to conduct a study of ways to
streamline state=funded library operations and services. The
study shall, at a minimum, address the following:
(1) Library service area service delivery strengths.
(2) Best practices for delivering continuing education.
(3) The use of social networking tools to provide consulting
services.
(4) Consolidation of bookkeeping and auditing functions.
(5) Locally based creative collaborations among all types
of libraries.
b. The library service areas shall collaboratively submit
their findings and recommendations in a report to the general
assembly on or before November 1, 2010.
Sec. 8. COMMUNITY COLLEGE SALARIES. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and
ending June 30, 2011, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
For distribution to community colleges to supplement faculty
salaries:
.................................................. $ 825,012
Sec. 9. COMMUNITY COLLEGE EFFICIENCIES INITIATIVES AND
FUNDING REDUCTION REPORT. The board of directors of each
community college shall submit to the department of education
on or before October 1, 2010, a report which provides details
on any initiatives implemented by the community college to
create greater efficiency within the community college during
the 2009=2010 fiscal year, and details on the methods by which
the community college implemented budget reductions ordered
by the governor pursuant to executive order number 19 issued
October 8, 2009. The department shall compile and summarize
the reports in a report that shall be submitted to the state
board of education and the general assembly on or before
December 15, 2010.
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 10. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for
the purposes designated:
1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,105,123
............................................... FTEs 16.00
The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
office and the legislative services agency.
b. For moneys to be allocated to the southwest Iowa graduate
studies center:
.................................................. $ 90,766
c. For moneys to be allocated to the siouxland interstate
metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center
under section 262.9, subsection 22:
.................................................. $ 69,110
d. For moneys to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
studies center:
.................................................. $ 134,665
e. For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for
public radio operations:
.................................................. $ 406,318
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university, including lakeside laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $217,638,034
............................................... FTEs 5,058.55
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 2,268,925
............................................... FTEs 38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 3,669,943
............................................... FTEs 102.50
d. Family practice program
For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
practice program, including salaries and support, and for not
more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 1,855,628
............................................... FTEs 190.40
e. Child health care services
For specialized child health care services, including
childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
Iowa high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 684,297
............................................... FTEs 57.97
f. Statewide cancer registry
For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 154,666
............................................... FTEs 2.10
g. Substance abuse consortium
For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
the following full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 57,621
............................................... FTEs 1.00
h. Center for biocatalysis
For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 750,990
............................................... FTEs 6.28
i. Primary health care initiative
For the primary health care initiative in the college
of medicine, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 673,375
............................................... FTEs 5.89
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$271,159 shall be allocated to the department of family
practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
for family practice faculty and support staff.
j. Birth defects registry
For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 39,730
............................................... FTEs 1.00
k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 168,662
............................................... FTEs 2.75
3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $170,536,017
............................................... FTEs 3,647.42
b. Agricultural experiment station
For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support,
maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 29,170,840
............................................... FTEs 546.98
c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
economics
For the cooperative extension service in agriculture and
home economics salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 18,612,391
............................................... FTEs 383.34
d. Leopold center
For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university of
science and technology under section 266.39B, and for not more
than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 412,388
............................................... FTEs 11.25
e. Livestock disease research
For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research
fund under section 267.8:
.................................................. $ 179,356
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 77,549,809
............................................... FTEs 1,447.50
b. Recycling and reuse center
For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $ 181,858
............................................... FTEs 3.00
c. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
collaborative initiative
For purposes of establishing a science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 1,800,000
............................................... FTEs 6.20
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, up to $300,000 shall be allocated for salaries,
staffing, and institutional support. The remainder of the
moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
expended only to support activities directly related to
recruitment of kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and
science teachers and for ongoing mathematics and science
programming for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade
12.
(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the
community colleges to develop STEM professional development
programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum
development.
d. Real estate education program
For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
not more than the following full=time equivalent position:
.................................................. $ 130,022
............................................... FTEs 1.00
5. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 8,679,964
............................................... FTEs 126.60
6. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $ 4,917,362
............................................... FTEs 62.87
7. TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain clothing,
prescription, and transportation costs for students at these
schools pursuant to section 270.5:
.................................................. $ 12,206
8. LICENSED CLASSROOM TEACHERS
For distribution at the Iowa braille and sight saving school
and the Iowa school for the deaf based upon the average yearly
enrollment at each school as determined by the state board of
regents:
.................................................. $ 85,140
Sec. 11. IOWA COMPREHENSIVE PETROLEUM UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANK FUND APPROPRIATIONS == STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.
There is appropriated from the Iowa comprehensive petroleum
underground storage tank fund created in section 455G.3 to the
state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amounts, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated, notwithstanding section 455G.3, subsection 1:
1. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
miscellaneous purposes:
.................................................. $ 4,086,492
2. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
miscellaneous purposes:
.................................................. $ 3,202,079
3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
miscellaneous purposes:
.................................................. $ 1,456,118
4. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
miscellaneous purposes:
.................................................. $ 162,980
5. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
miscellaneous purposes:
.................................................. $ 92,331
Sec. 12. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS EFFICIENCIES INITIATIVES
AND FUNDING REDUCTION REPORT. The state board of regents shall
submit to the general assembly on or before December 15, 2010,
a report which provides details on any initiatives implemented
by a regents institution to create greater efficiency within
the regents institution during the 2009=2010 fiscal year,
and details on the methods by which the regents institutions
implemented budget reductions ordered by the governor pursuant
to executive order number 19 issued October 8, 2009.
Sec. 13. ENERGY COST=SAVINGS PROJECTS == FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30,
2011, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
the projects within an average of six years.
Sec. 14. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. Notwithstanding section
270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay
the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight
saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, for expenses relating to
prescription drug costs for students attending the state school
for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
Sec. 15. Section 256.51, subsection 1, Code 2009, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. k. Compile and evaluate the information
contained in the reports submitted to the division pursuant
to section 256.66, subsection 13A. The division shall submit
electronically the summary and its findings and recommendations
in an annual report to the commission, the general assembly,
chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
subcommittee on education, and the fiscal services division of
the legislative services agency by January 15.
Sec. 16. Section 256.66, Code 2009, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 13A. Shall submit electronically by
December 1 annually a report to the division of libraries
and information services that provides details regarding the
revenues the library service area receives from all sources,
its expenditures, and its full=time equivalent positions by job
title for the preceding fiscal year.
Sec. 17. Section 256C.6, Code 2009, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. For the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2010, if the number of requests from school districts for
initial participation in the preschool program exceeds the
funding made available for the preschool program, in lieu of
applying the provisions of subsection 3, the department shall
implement a method for prorating grant awards to ensure that
all interested and qualified school districts have access to
the funding.
Sec. 18. Section 256I.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, as
enacted by 2010 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2088, section 284, is
amended to read as follows:
a. The early childhood Iowa functions for an area shall be
performed under the authority of an early childhood Iowa area
board. The members of an area board shall be elected officials
or members of the public who are not employed by a provider of
services to or for the area board. In addition, the membership
of an area board shall include representation from early
care, education, health, human services, business, and faith
interests, and at least one parent, grandparent, or guardian
of a child from zero through age five. The education, health,
and human services agencies represented on an area board may
receive funding from the area board.
Sec. 19. Section 256I.11, subsection 4, paragraph d, as
enacted by 2010 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2088, section 288, is
amended to read as follows:
d. The moneys distributed from the early childhood programs
grant account shall be used by early childhood Iowa areas
for the purposes of enhancing quality child care capacity in
support of parent capability to obtain or retain employment.
The moneys shall be used with a primary emphasis on low=income
families and children from zero to age five. Moneys shall be
provided in a flexible manner and shall be used to implement
strategies identified by the early childhood Iowa area to
achieve such purposes. The department of management human
services may use a portion of the funding appropriated to the
department under this subsection for provision of technical
assistance and other support to the early childhood Iowa areas
developing and implementing strategies with grant moneys
distributed from the account.
Sec. 20. Section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (5), Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
(5) Resident pupils receiving competent private instruction
from a licensed practitioner provided through a public
school district pursuant to chapter 299A shall be counted as
three=tenths of one pupil. Revenues received by a school
district attributed to a school district's weighted enrollment
pursuant to this paragraph shall be expended for the purpose
for which the weighting was assigned under this paragraph. If
the school district determines that the expenditures associated
with providing competent private instruction pursuant to
chapter 299A are in excess of the revenue attributed to the
school district's weighted enrollment for such instruction
in accordance with this subparagraph, the school district
may submit a request to the school budget review committee
for modified allowable growth in accordance with section
257.31, subsection 5, paragraph "n". A home school assistance
program shall not provide moneys received pursuant to this
subparagraph, nor resources paid for with moneys received
pursuant to this subparagraph, to parents or students utilizing
the program. Moneys received by a school district pursuant to
this subparagraph shall be used as provided in section 299A.12.
Sec. 21. Section 257.16, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2009, are
amended to read as follows:
3. All moneys received by a school district from the state
under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of
the school district, and may be used for any school general
fund purpose unless otherwise provided by law.
4. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if
the governor orders budget reductions in accordance with
section 8.31, the teacher salary supplement district cost,
the professional development supplement district cost, and
the early intervention supplement district cost as calculated
under section 257.10, subsections 9, 10, and 11, and the area
education agency teacher salary supplement district cost and
the area education agency professional development supplement
district cost as calculated under section 257.37A, subsections
1 and 2, shall be paid in full as calculated and the reductions
in the appropriations provided in accordance with this section
shall be reduced from the remaining moneys appropriated
pursuant to this section and shall be distributed on a per
pupil basis calculated with the weighted enrollment determined
in accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5.
Sec. 22. Section 260C.18D, Code Supplement 2009, is amended
by adding the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 6. Reductions. Moneys appropriated by
the general assembly to the department for community college
instructor salaries are not subject to a uniform reduction in
accordance with section 8.31.
Sec. 23. Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code
Supplement 2009, are amended to read as follows:
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of
forty=five forty=four million two hundred thirteen thousand
sixty=nine four hundred forty=eight dollars for tuition grants.
2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of four million
nine six hundred eighty=eight fifty thousand five four hundred
sixty=one eighty=seven dollars for tuition grants for students
attending for=profit accredited private institutions located in
Iowa. A for=profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005,
purchased an accredited private institution that was exempt
from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code, shall be an eligible institution under the tuition grant
program. In the case of a qualified student who was enrolled
in such accredited private institution that was purchased
by the for=profit institution effective March 9, 2005, and
who continues to be enrolled in the eligible institution in
succeeding years, the amount the student qualifies for under
this subsection shall be not less than the amount the student
qualified for in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004. For
purposes of the tuition grant program, "for=profit accredited
private institution" means an accredited private institution
which is not exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code but which otherwise meets the
requirements of section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph "b", and
whose students were eligible to receive tuition grants in the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.
3. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
million five four hundred twelve thirteen thousand nine hundred
fifty=eight fifty=nine dollars for vocational=technical tuition
grants.
Sec. 24. Section 261.25, Code Supplement 2009, is amended by
adding the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 6. In the case of a qualified student
who was enrolled in an accredited private institution that
was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code and that was purchased by a for=profit institution
effective January 8, 2010, and such qualified student continues
to be enrolled in the eligible institution in succeeding
years, the student shall continue to be eligible to receive
funds under subsection 1 without a change in the student's
qualification status.
Sec. 25. Section 262.9, subsection 33, paragraph i, Code
Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
i. Prepare, jointly with the department of education and
the liaison advisory committee on transfer students, and submit
by January 1 15 annually to the general assembly, an update
on the articulation efforts and activities implemented by the
community colleges and the institutions of higher education
governed by the board.
Sec. 26. Section 262.93, Code 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
262.93 Reports to general assembly.
The college student aid commission and the state board of
regents each shall submit, by January 1 15 of each year, a
report on the progress and implementation of the programs which
they administer under sections 261.102 through 261.105, 262.82,
and 262.92. The reports shall include, but are not limited
to, the numbers of students participating in the programs and
allocation of funds appropriated for the programs.
Sec. 27. Section 263A.13, Code 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
263A.13 Hospital reports to general assembly.
The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall
compile and transmit to the general assembly the following
information its independently audited financial statement by
December January 15 of each fiscal year:.
1. Revenue from all income sources, by source, including but
not limited to state appropriations, other state funds, tuition
income, patient charges, payments from political subdivisions,
interest income, and gifts, and grants from public and private
sources.
2. Expenditures by program and revenue source.
3. Net revenue over spending from hospital operations,
including the method used to calculate the results.
The legislative services agency shall develop forms for
collecting the information required in this subparagraph.
Sec. 28. Section 272.13, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 2009,
is amended to read as follows:
All complaint files, investigation files, other
investigation reports, and other investigative information in
the possession of the board or its employees or agents, which
relate to licensee discipline, are privileged and confidential,
and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means
of legal compulsion for their release to a person other than
the respondent and the board and its employees and agents
involved in licensee discipline, and are not admissible in
evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding other
than the proceeding involving licensee discipline. However,
investigative A complaint, any amendment to a complaint and
any supporting documents shall be provided to the respondent
immediately upon the board's determination that jurisdictional
requirements have been met and prior to the commencement of
the board's investigation. Investigative information in the
possession of the board or its employees or agents which
relates to licensee discipline may be disclosed to appropriate
licensing authorities within this state, the appropriate
licensing authority in another state, the District of Columbia,
or a territory or country in which the licensee is licensed
or has applied for a license. A final written decision and
finding of fact of the board in a disciplinary proceeding is a
public record.
Sec. 29. Section 272.31, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
2009, if enacted by 2010 Iowa Acts, House File 2461, section 2,
is amended to read as follows:
c. An individual employed as a school business official
prior to July 1, 2012, who meets the requirements of the board,
other than the training program requirements of paragraph "a",
shall be issued, at no charge with no fee for issuance, an
initial authorization by the board, but shall meet renewal
requirements for an authorization within the time period
specified by the board.
Sec. 30. Section 279.38, Code 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
279.38 Membership in association of school boards.
1. Boards of directors of school corporations may pay,
out of funds available to them, reasonable annual dues to
the Iowa association of school boards. Each board that pays
membership dues to the Iowa association of school boards shall
annually report to the local community and to the department of
education the amount the board pays in annual dues to the Iowa
association of school boards, the amount of any fees paid and
revenue or dividend payments received for services the board
receives from the association or from any of the association's
affiliated for=profit entities, and the products or services
the school district received inclusive with membership in the
association.
2. The financial condition and transactions of the Iowa
association of school boards shall be audited in the same
manner as school corporations as provided in section 11.6.
In addition, annually the Iowa association of school boards
shall publish a listing of the school districts and the
annual dues paid by each, the total revenue the association
receives from each school district resulting from the payment
of membership fees and the sale of products and services to
the school district by the association or its affiliated
for=profit entities, and shall publish an accounting of all
moneys expended for expenses incurred by and salaries paid to
legislative representatives and lobbyists of the association.
In addition, the association shall submit to the general
assembly copies of all reports the association provides to
the United States department of education relating to federal
grants and grant amounts that the association or its affiliated
for=profit entities administer or distribute to school
districts. The Iowa association of school boards is subject
to chapters 21 and 22 relating to open meetings and public
records.
3. Membership in such an Iowa association of school boards
shall be limited to those duly elected members of the boards of
directors of local school corporations.
Sec. 31. Section 279.38A, Code 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
279.38A Membership in other organizations == reporting
requirements.
1. Duly elected members of boards of directors and
designated administrators of school corporations may join,
including the payment of dues, and participate in local,
regional, and national organizations which directly relate to
the functions of the board of directors.
2. Each board that pays membership dues to an organization
in accordance with this section shall annually report to the
local community and to the department of education the amount
the board pays in annual dues to the organization, the amount
of any fees paid and revenue or dividend payments received for
services the board receives from the organization, and the
products or services the school district received inclusive
with membership in the organization. If the organization
administers federal education grants on behalf of school
districts or distributes federal education grant funds to
school districts, the organization shall submit to the general
assembly copies of all reports the organization provides to the
United States department of education, on the date on which
each such report is provided to the United States department
of education, relating to federal grants and grant amounts
that the organization administers for or distributes to school
districts. The governing board of the organization is subject
to chapters 21 and 22 relating to open meetings and public
records.
Sec. 32. Section 284.3A, subsection 2, Code Supplement
2009, is amended to read as follows:
2. a. For the school budget year beginning July 1,
2010, and each succeeding school year, school districts
and area education agencies shall combine payments made to
teachers under sections 257.10 and 257.37A with regular wages
and to create one a combined salary system. The teacher
contract issued under section 279.13 must include the combined
salary. If a school district or area education agency uses
a salary schedule, one a combined salary schedule shall be
used for regular wages and for distribution of payments under
sections 257.10 and 257.37A, incorporating the salary minimums
required in section 284.7. The combined salary schedule must
use only the combined salary and cannot differentiate regular
salaries and distribution of payments under sections 257.10 and
257.37A.
b. If the licensed employees of a school district or area
education agency are organized under chapter 20 for collective
bargaining purposes, the creation of the new combined salary
system shall be subject to the scope of negotiations specified
in section 20.9. A reduction in the teacher salary supplement
per pupil amount shall also be subject to the scope of
negotiations specified in section 20.9.
c. If the licensed employees of a school district or area
education agency are not organized for collective bargaining
purposes, the board of directors shall create the new
combined salary system. The board of directors shall determine
adjustments in salaries resulting from a reduction in the
teacher salary supplement per pupil amount.
Sec. 33. Section 284.3A, Code Supplement 2009, is amended by
adding the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. The teacher salary supplement district
cost as calculated under section 257.10, subsection 9, and the
area education agency teacher salary supplement district cost
as calculated under section 257.37A, subsection 1, are not
subject to a uniform reduction in accordance with section 8.31.
Sec. 34. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
and d, Code Supplement 2009, are amended to read as follows:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 2010,
and ending June 30, 2010 2011, to the department of
education, the amount of one million one nine hundred
twenty=five sixty=four thousand dollars for the issuance of
national board certification awards in accordance with section
256.44. Of the amount allocated under this paragraph, not less
than eighty=five seventy=six thousand five hundred dollars
shall be used to administer the ambassador to education
position in accordance with section 256.45.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 2010, and
succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to three four million
nine one hundred forty=nine seven thousand seven two hundred
fifty forty dollars for first=year and second=year beginning
teachers, to the department of education for distribution to
school districts and area education agencies for purposes
of the beginning teacher mentoring and induction programs.
A school district or area education agency shall receive
one thousand three hundred dollars per beginning teacher
participating in the program. If the funds appropriated for
the program are insufficient to pay mentors, school districts,
and area education agencies as provided in this paragraph,
the department shall prorate the amount distributed to
school districts and area education agencies based upon the
amount appropriated. Moneys received by a school district
or area education agency pursuant to this paragraph shall be
expended to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred
dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation in
the school district's or area education agency's beginning
teacher mentoring and induction program; to implement the
plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the employer's share
of contributions to federal social security and the Iowa
public employees' retirement system or a pension and annuity
retirement system established under chapter 294, for such
amounts paid by the district or area education agency.
c. For each the fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
July 1, 2007 2010, and ending June 30, 2010 2011, up to
six hundred ninety=five thirteen thousand eight hundred
seventy=eight dollars to the department for purposes of
implementing the professional development program requirements
of section 284.6, assistance in developing model evidence for
teacher quality committees established pursuant to section
284.4, subsection 1, paragraph "c", and the evaluator training
program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds allocated
to the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used
by the department for administrative purposes and for not more
than four full=time equivalent positions.
d. For each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated
for purposes of this chapter, an amount up to one million
eight six hundred forty=five twenty=nine thousand six hundred
forty=seven dollars to the department for the establishment
of teacher development academies in accordance with section
284.6, subsection 10. A portion of the funds allocated to
the department for purposes of this paragraph may be used for
administrative purposes.
Sec. 35. Section 284A.2, subsection 2, Code Supplement
2009, is amended to read as follows:
2. "Beginning administrator" means an individual serving
under an initial administrator license, issued by the board
of educational examiners under chapter 272, who is assuming
a position as a school district administrator principal or
superintendent for the first time.
Sec. 36. Section 284A.5, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2009, are
amended to read as follows:
3. Each school board shall establish an administrator
mentoring program for all beginning administrators. The
school board may adopt the model program developed by the
department pursuant to subsection 2. Each school board's
beginning administrator mentoring and induction program
shall, at a minimum, provide for one year of programming to
support the Iowa standards for school administrators adopted
pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 27, and beginning
administrators' professional and personal needs. Each school
board shall develop an initial and implement a beginning
administrator mentoring and induction plan. The plan shall
describe the mentor selection process, describe supports for
beginning administrators, describe program organizational
and collaborative structures, provide a budget, provide
for sustainability of the program, and provide for program
evaluation. The school board employing an administrator shall
determine the conditions and requirements of an administrator
participating in a program established pursuant to this
section. A school board shall include its plan in the school
district's comprehensive school improvement plan submitted
pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21.
5. By the end of a beginning administrator's first year of
employment, the beginning administrator may be comprehensively
evaluated to determine if the administrator meets expectations
to move to a standard professional administrator license,
where appropriate. The school district or area education
agency that employs a beginning administrator shall recommend
the beginning administrator for a standard professional
administrator license, where appropriate, if the beginning
administrator is determined through a comprehensive evaluation
to demonstrate competence in the Iowa standards for school
administrators adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection
27. A school district or area education agency may allow a
beginning administrator a second year to demonstrate competence
in the Iowa standards for school administrators if, after
conducting a comprehensive evaluation, the school district
or area education agency determines that the administrator
is likely to successfully demonstrate competence in the Iowa
standards for school administrators by the end of the second
year. Upon notification by the school district or area
education agency, the board of educational examiners shall
grant a beginning administrator who has been allowed a second
year to demonstrate competence a one=year extension of the
beginning administrator's initial license. An administrator
granted a second year to demonstrate competence shall undergo a
comprehensive evaluation at the end of the second year.
Sec. 37. Section 284A.6, subsection 2, Code 2009, is amended
to read as follows:
2. In cooperation with the administrator's evaluator, the
administrator who has a standard administrator's professional
administrator license issued by the board of educational
examiners pursuant to chapter 272 and is employed by a
school district or area education agency in a school
district administrative position, shall develop an individual
administrator professional development plan. The purpose
of the plan is to promote individual and group professional
development. The individual plan shall be based, at a minimum,
on the needs of the administrator, the Iowa standards for
school administrators adopted pursuant to section 256.7,
subsection 27, and the student achievement goals of the
attendance center and the school district as outlined in the
comprehensive school improvement plan.
Sec. 38. Section 284A.7, Code 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
284A.7 Evaluation requirements for administrators.
A school district shall conduct an evaluation of
an administrator who holds a standard professional
administrator license issued under chapter 272 at least once
every three years for purposes of assisting the administrator
in making continuous improvement, documenting continued
competence in the Iowa standards for school administrators
adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 27, or to
determine whether the administrator's practice meets school
district expectations. The review shall include, at a minimum,
an assessment of the administrator's competence in meeting
the Iowa standards for school administrators and the goals of
the administrator's individual professional development plan,
including supporting documentation or artifacts aligned to the
Iowa standards for school administrators and the individual
administrator's professional development plan.
Sec. 39. Section 284A.8, Code Supplement 2009, is amended
to read as follows:
284A.8 Beginning administrator mentoring and induction
program == program funds.
1. To the extent moneys are available, a school district
shall receive one thousand five hundred dollars per beginning
administrator participating in the program. If the funds
appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors
and school districts as provided in this section, the
department shall prorate the amount distributed to school
districts based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received
by a school district pursuant to this section shall be expended
to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred dollars
per semester, at a minimum, for participation in the school
district's beginning administrator mentoring and induction
program; to implement the plan; and to pay any applicable costs
of the employer's share of contributions to federal social
security and the Iowa public employees' retirement system or a
pension and annuity retirement system established under chapter
294, for such amounts paid by the district.
2. If the funds appropriated for the program are
insufficient to pay mentors and school districts as provided
in this section, the department shall prorate the amount
distributed to school districts based upon the amount
appropriated. A school district shall give priority to fully
funding the obligation to principal mentors. Remaining moneys,
if any, shall first be used to fund superintendent mentors and
then to fund other program costs and applicable costs described
in subsection 1.
Sec. 40. NEW SECTION. 299A.12 Home school assistance
program.
1. The board of directors of a school district may expend
moneys received pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1,
paragraph "a", subparagraph (5), for purposes of providing a
home school assistance program.
2. Purposes for which a school district may expend funds
received pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph
"a", subparagraph (5), shall include but not be limited to the
following:
a. Assisting parents with instruction.
b. Student and teaching=parent support services and staff
support services.
c. Salary and benefits for the supervising teacher of
the home school assistance program students. If the teacher
is a part=time home school assistance program teacher and a
part=time regular classroom teacher, funds received pursuant to
section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph (5),
may be used only for the portion of time in which the teacher is
a home school assistance program teacher.
d. Salary and benefits for clerical and office staff of
the home school assistance program. If the staff members are
shared with other programs or functions within the district,
funds received pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1,
paragraph "a", subparagraph (5), shall only be expended for
the portion of time spent providing the home school assistance
program services.
e. Staff development for the home school assistance program
teacher.
f. Travel for the home school assistance program teacher.
g. Resources, materials, computer software and hardware,
and supplies, and purchased services that meet the following
criteria:
(1) Are necessary to provide the services of home school
assistance.
(2) Are retained as the possessions of the school district
for its prekindergarten through grade twelve home school
assistance program.
3. Purposes for which a school district shall not expend
funds received pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1,
paragraph "a", subparagraph (5), include but are not limited to
the following:
a. Indirect costs or use charges.
b. Operational or maintenance costs in addition to the cost
of maintaining school district facilities.
c. Capital expenditures.
d. Student transportation except in cases of home school
assistance program=approved field trips or other educational
activities.
e. Administrative costs.
f. Concurrent enrollment program costs and postsecondary
enrollment options program costs.
g. Any other expenditures not directly related to providing
the home school assistance program. A home school assistance
program shall not provide moneys to parents or students
utilizing the program.
Sec. 41. 2010 Iowa Acts, House File 2295, section 1,
subsection 1, if enacted, is amended to read as follows:
1. The department of education shall convene a task force
to review the present mission, structure, governance, and
funding of the area education agency system to determine if the
current model is applicable to the challenges and requirements
of twenty=first century learning. The task force shall review
how area education agency administrative services are funded
and the percentages of state, federal, and local moneys used
to pay for administrative services and salaries, the services
provided by area education agencies, the number of students
served by each area education agency, and the funding options
for area education agencies subject to uniform reductions in
appropriations ordered by the governor pursuant to section
8.31.
Sec. 42. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS == OPEN MEETINGS AND OPEN
RECORDS INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE. The legislative council is
requested to establish an interim study committee to study the
inclusion under the open meetings and open records laws of
nonprofit organizations that are supported in whole or in part
with public funds or revenues derived from public fees, that
were established by, or are operated by, governing boards whose
memberships were or are substantially comprised of state or
local elected officials or appointees of governmental bodies.
The interim study committee shall report its findings and
recommendations to the general assembly not later than December
15, 2010.
Sec. 43. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.
1. The section of this Act amending section 257.16,
subsection 4, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
effect upon enactment and applies to the calculation of
the teacher salary supplement district cost, professional
development supplement district cost, early intervention
supplement district cost, area education agency teacher
salary supplement district cost, and area education agency
professional development supplement district cost for the
school budget year beginning July 1, 2010.
2. The section of this Act enacting section 260C.18D,
subsection 6, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
effect upon enactment.
3. The section of this Act enacting section 261.25,
subsection 6, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
effect upon enactment.
4. The section of this Act amending section 272.13,
unnumbered paragraph 3, being deemed of immediate importance,
takes effect upon enactment.
5. The section of this Act amending section 284.3A,
subsection 2, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
effect upon enactment.
6. The section of this Act enacting section 284.3A,
subsection 4, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
effect upon enactment and applies to the calculation of the
teacher salary supplement district cost for the school budget
year beginning July 1, 2010.
JOHN P. KIBBIE
President of the Senate
PATRICK J. MURPHY
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2376, Eighty=third General Assembly.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved , 2010
CHESTER J. CULVER
Governor
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