House File 2216 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY MURPHY
A BILL FOR
1 An Act modifying Iowa's human services and education systems
2 to ensure that children start school ready to learn and
3 to increase Iowa's student achievement rates, making
4 appropriations to the department of education and for
5 deposit in funds under the control of the department, and
6 including effective date and applicability provisions.
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 DIVISION I
1 2 MANDATORY CHILD CARE REGISTRATION
1 3 Section 1. Section 135.173A, subsection 4, paragraph e,
1 4 Code Supplement 2011, is amended by striking the paragraph.
1 5 Sec. 2. Section 142D.2, subsection 13, Code 2011, is amended
1 6 to read as follows:
1 7 13. "Place of employment" means an area under the control of
1 8 an employer and includes all areas that an employee frequents
1 9 during the course of employment or volunteering, including but
1 10 not limited to work areas, private offices, conference and
1 11 meeting rooms, classrooms, auditoriums, employee lounges and
1 12 cafeterias, hallways, medical facilities, restrooms, elevators,
1 13 stairways and stairwells, and vehicles owned, leased, or
1 14 provided by the employer unless otherwise provided under this
1 15 chapter. "Place of employment" does not include a private
1 16 residence, unless the private residence is used as a child
1 17 care facility, a child care home, or as a health care provider
1 18 location.
1 19 Sec. 3. Section 142D.2, subsection 16, paragraphs t and u,
1 20 Code 2011, are amended to read as follows:
1 21 t. Private residences only when used as a child care
1 22 facility, a child care home, or health care provider location.
1 23 u. Child care facilities and child care homes.
1 24 Sec. 4. Section 142D.4, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended
1 25 to read as follows:
1 26 1. Private residences, unless used as a child care facility,
1 27 child care home, or a health care provider location.
1 28 Sec. 5. Section 237.1, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code 2011,
1 29 is amended to read as follows:
1 30 d. Child care furnished by a child care center, or a child
1 31 development home, or a child care home as defined in section
1 32 237A.1.
1 33 Sec. 6. Section 237A.1, subsection 6, Code Supplement 2011,
1 34 is amended by striking the subsection.
1 35 Sec. 7. Section 237A.1, subsections 7 and 11, Code
2 1 Supplement 2011, are amended to read as follows:
2 2 7. "Child development home" means a person or program
2 3 registered under section 237A.3A that may provide child care to
2 4 six one or more children at any one time.
2 5 11. "Involvement with child care" means licensed or
2 6 registered under this chapter, employed in a child care
2 7 facility, residing in a child care facility, receiving public
2 8 funding for providing child care, or providing child care as
2 9 a child care home provider, or residing in a with a person
2 10 receiving public funding for providing child care home.
2 11 Sec. 8. Section 237A.1, Code Supplement 2011, is amended by
2 12 adding the following new subsection:
2 13 NEW SUBSECTION. 14A. "Relative" means an adult person who
2 14 is, or was at any time, one of the following relatives of a
2 15 child, by means of blood relationship, marriage, or adoption,
2 16 or is a spouse of one of the following relatives:
2 17 a. Grandparent.
2 18 b. Great=grandparent.
2 19 c. Great=great=grandparent.
2 20 d. Stepparent, but not the parent of the stepparent.
2 21 e. Sibling.
2 22 f. Stepsibling.
2 23 g. Sibling by at least the half blood.
2 24 h. Uncle or aunt by at least the half blood.
2 25 i. Great=uncle or great=aunt.
2 26 j. Great=great=uncle or great=great=aunt.
2 27 k. First cousin.
2 28 l. Nephew or niece.
2 29 m. Second cousin.
2 30 Sec. 9. Section 237A.3A, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2 31 2011, is amended to read as follows:
2 32 a. A person shall not establish or operate a child
2 33 development home unless the person obtains a certificate of
2 34 registration. However, a relative who provides child care
2 35 to only related children or a person providing child care to
3 1 only children from a single unrelated family is not required
3 2 to obtain a certificate of registration under this section.
3 3 The department shall issue a certificate of registration upon
3 4 receipt of a statement from the person or upon completion of
3 5 an inspection conducted by the department or a designee of the
3 6 department verifying that the person complies with applicable
3 7 rules adopted by the department pursuant to this section and
3 8 section 237A.12.
3 9 Sec. 10. Section 237A.3B, Code 2011, is amended to read as
3 10 follows:
3 11 237A.3B Smoking prohibited.
3 12 Smoking, as defined in section 142D.2, shall not be
3 13 permitted in a child care facility or child care home.
3 14 Sec. 11. Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph a,
3 15 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (e), Code 2011, is
3 16 amended to read as follows:
3 17 (e) The person will reside or resides in a child care home
3 18 that with a person who is not registered under this chapter but
3 19 that receives public funding for providing child care.
3 20 Sec. 12. Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
3 21 2011, is amended to read as follows:
3 22 b. If an individual person subject to a record check is
3 23 being considered for employment by a child care facility or
3 24 child care home provider, in lieu of requesting a record
3 25 check in this state to be conducted by the department under
3 26 paragraph "c", the child care facility or child care home may
3 27 access the single contact repository established pursuant to
3 28 section 135C.33 as necessary to conduct a criminal and child
3 29 abuse record check of the individual in this state. A copy of
3 30 the results of the record check conducted through the single
3 31 contact repository shall also be provided to the department.
3 32 If the record check indicates the individual is a person
3 33 subject to an evaluation, the child care facility or child care
3 34 home may request that the department perform an evaluation as
3 35 provided in this subsection. Otherwise, the individual shall
4 1 not be employed by the child care facility or child care home.
4 2 Sec. 13. Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph d,
4 3 subparagraph (2), Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 4 (2) Except as otherwise provided by law, the cost of a
4 5 national criminal history check conducted in accordance with
4 6 subparagraph (1) and the state record checks conducted in
4 7 accordance with paragraph "c" that are conducted in connection
4 8 with a person's involvement with a child care center are not
4 9 the responsibility of the department. The department is
4 10 responsible for the cost of such checks conducted in connection
4 11 with a person's involvement with a child development home or
4 12 child care home.
4 13 Sec. 14. Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph d,
4 14 subparagraph (4), subparagraph division (b), Code 2011, is
4 15 amended to read as follows:
4 16 (b) Except for child development home providers who
4 17 voluntarily license and are addressed by subparagraph division
4 18 (a), and child development home providers participating in
4 19 the child care quality rating system at a level under which
4 20 national records checks are required in accordance with
4 21 departmental rule, the national record check requirement in
4 22 subparagraph (1) is not applicable in connection with a child
4 23 development home or child care home throughout the period.
4 24 Sec. 15. Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph e,
4 25 subparagraph (2), Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 26 (2) Prior to performing an evaluation, the department shall
4 27 notify the affected person, licensee, registrant, or child
4 28 care home person applying for or receiving public funding for
4 29 providing child care, that an evaluation will be conducted to
4 30 determine whether prohibition of the person's involvement with
4 31 child care is warranted.
4 32 Sec. 16. Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph h,
4 33 subparagraph (2), Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 34 (2) If, within five years prior to the date of application
4 35 for registration or licensure under this chapter, for
5 1 employment or residence in a child care facility or child care
5 2 home, or for receipt of public funding for providing child
5 3 care, a person subject to an evaluation has been convicted of
5 4 a controlled substance offense under chapter 124 or has been
5 5 found to have committed physical abuse, the person shall be
5 6 prohibited from involvement with child care for a period of
5 7 five years from the date of conviction or founded abuse. After
5 8 the five=year prohibition period, the person may submit an
5 9 application for registration or licensure under this chapter,
5 10 or to receive public funding for providing child care or may
5 11 request an evaluation, and the department shall perform an
5 12 evaluation and, based upon the criteria in paragraph "g", shall
5 13 determine whether prohibition of the person's involvement with
5 14 child care continues to be warranted.
5 15 Sec. 17. Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph j, Code
5 16 2011, is amended to read as follows:
5 17 j. If it has been determined that a child receiving child
5 18 care from a child care facility or a child care home from a
5 19 person who receives public funding for providing child care
5 20 or an individual residing with that person, is the victim
5 21 of founded child abuse committed by an employee, license or
5 22 registration holder, child care home provider, or resident of
5 23 the child care facility or child care home for which a report
5 24 is placed in the central registry pursuant to section 232.71D,
5 25 the administrator shall provide notification at the time of
5 26 the determination to the parents, guardians, and custodians of
5 27 children receiving care from the child care facility or child
5 28 care home person who receives public funding for providing
5 29 child care. A notification made under this paragraph shall
5 30 identify the type of abuse but shall not identify the victim or
5 31 perpetrator or circumstances of the founded abuse.
5 32 Sec. 18. Section 237A.12, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
5 33 Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
5 34 c. The adequacy of activity programs and food services
5 35 available to the children. The department shall not restrict
6 1 the use of or apply nutritional standards to a lunch or other
6 2 meal which is brought to the center, child development home, or
6 3 child care home facility by a school=age child for the child's
6 4 consumption.
6 5 Sec. 19. Section 237A.13, subsection 2, Code 2011, is
6 6 amended to read as follows:
6 7 2. Services under the program may be provided in by a
6 8 licensed child care center, a child development home, the home
6 9 of a relative, the child's own home by a relative or by a
6 10 provider who is licensed under this chapter, a child care home,
6 11 or in a facility exempt from licensing or registration under
6 12 the definition of child care in section 237A.1.
6 13 Sec. 20. Section 237A.19, subsection 2, Code 2011, is
6 14 amended to read as follows:
6 15 2. If registration is required under section 237A.3A, a A
6 16 person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a child
6 17 development home without registering or a person who operates a
6 18 child development home contrary to section 237A.5, or a person
6 19 who has been prohibited by the department from involvement
6 20 with child care but continues that involvement, commits a
6 21 simple misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after
6 22 conviction, or notice from the department by certified mail of
6 23 the violation, is a separate offense. A single charge alleging
6 24 continuing violation may be made in lieu of filing charges for
6 25 each day of violation.
6 26 Sec. 21. Section 237A.19, subsection 3, Code 2011, is
6 27 amended to read as follows:
6 28 3. A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates
6 29 a child care home in violation of section 237A.3, subsection
6 30 2, or a person or program that has been prohibited by the
6 31 department from involvement with child care but continues
6 32 that involvement commits a simple misdemeanor. Each day of
6 33 continuing violation after conviction, or notice from the
6 34 department by certified mail of the violation, is a separate
6 35 offense. A single charge alleging continuing violation may be
7 1 made in lieu of filing charges for each day of violation.
7 2 Sec. 22. Section 237A.26, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
7 3 Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
7 4 a. Organize assistance to child care homes and child care
7 5 facilities utilizing training levels based upon the child care
7 6 providers' degrees of experience and interest.
7 7 Sec. 23. Section 237A.26, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
7 8 Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
7 9 a. Assist families in selecting quality child care. The
7 10 agency must provide referrals to registered and licensed child
7 11 care facilities, and to persons providing care, supervision,
7 12 and guidance of a child which is not defined as child care
7 13 under section 237A.1 and may provide referrals to unregistered
7 14 providers.
7 15 Sec. 24. Section 237A.26, subsection 8, Code Supplement
7 16 2011, is amended to read as follows:
7 17 8. For purposes of improving the quality and consistency
7 18 of data collection, consultation, and other support to child
7 19 care home and child development home providers, a resource and
7 20 referral services agency grantee shall coordinate and assist
7 21 with publicly and privately funded efforts administered at
7 22 the community level to provide the support. The support and
7 23 efforts addressed by a grantee may include but are not limited
7 24 to community=funded child care home and child development home
7 25 consultants. Community members involved with the assistance
7 26 may include but are not limited to the efforts of an early
7 27 childhood Iowa area board under chapter 256I, and of community
7 28 representatives of education, health, human services, business,
7 29 faith, and public interests.
7 30 Sec. 25. REPEAL. Section 237A.3, Code 2011, is repealed.
7 31 DIVISION II
7 32 SCHOOL AID PROVISIONS
7 33 Sec. 26. Section 257.2, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended
7 34 to read as follows:
7 35 1. "Allowable growth" means the amount by which state cost
8 1 per pupil and district cost per pupil will increase from one
8 2 budget year to the next as a result of the state percent of
8 3 growth or the categorical state percent of growth.
8 4 Sec. 27. Section 257.2, subsection 5, Code 2011, is amended
8 5 to read as follows:
8 6 5. "Combined district cost per pupil" is an amount
8 7 determined by adding together the regular program district
8 8 cost per pupil for a year and the special education support
8 9 services district cost per pupil for that year as calculated
8 10 under section 257.10.
8 11 Sec. 28. Section 257.9, subsections 7 and 10, Code 2011, are
8 12 amended to read as follows:
8 13 7. Professional development supplement state cost per pupil.
8 14 a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, for the
8 15 professional development supplement state cost per pupil, the
8 16 department of management shall add together the professional
8 17 development allocation made to each district for the fiscal
8 18 year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13,
8 19 subsection 1, paragraph "d", Code 2009, and divide that sum
8 20 by the statewide total budget enrollment for the fiscal year
8 21 beginning July 1, 2009.
8 22 b. The professional development supplement state cost
8 23 per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
8 24 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2012, shall
8 25 be the amount calculated by the department of management under
8 26 this subsection for the base year plus an allowable growth
8 27 amount that is equal to the professional development supplement
8 28 categorical state percent of growth, pursuant to section
8 29 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year, multiplied by the
8 30 amount calculated by the department of management under this
8 31 subsection for the base year.
8 32 c. The professional development supplement state cost per
8 33 pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, shall be
8 34 the amount calculated by the department of management under
8 35 this subsection for the base year, plus sixty dollars, plus
9 1 an allowable growth amount that is equal to the professional
9 2 development supplement categorical state percent of growth,
9 3 pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year,
9 4 multiplied by the amount calculated by the department of
9 5 management under this subsection for the base year.
9 6 d. The professional development supplement state cost
9 7 per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, and
9 8 succeeding budget years, shall be the amount calculated by
9 9 the department of management under this subsection for the
9 10 base year plus an allowable growth amount that is equal to
9 11 the professional development supplement categorical state
9 12 percent of growth, pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2, for
9 13 the budget year, multiplied by the amount calculated by the
9 14 department of management under this subsection for the base
9 15 year.
9 16 10. Area education agency professional development supplement
9 17 state cost per pupil.
9 18 a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, for the area
9 19 education agency professional development supplement state cost
9 20 per pupil, the department of management shall add together the
9 21 professional development allocation made to each area education
9 22 agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to
9 23 section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "d", Code 2009, and
9 24 divide that sum by the statewide special education support
9 25 services weighted enrollment for the fiscal year beginning July
9 26 1, 2009.
9 27 b. The area education agency professional development
9 28 supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
9 29 July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years beginning before
9 30 July 1, 2012, shall be the amount calculated by the department
9 31 of management under this subsection for the base year plus
9 32 an allowable growth amount that is equal to the professional
9 33 development supplement categorical state percent of growth,
9 34 pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year,
9 35 multiplied by the amount calculated by the department of
10 1 management under this subsection for the base year.
10 2 c. The area education agency professional development
10 3 supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
10 4 July 1, 2012, shall be the amount calculated by the department
10 5 of management under this subsection for the base year, plus
10 6 three dollars, plus an allowable growth amount that is equal
10 7 to the professional development supplement categorical state
10 8 percent of growth, pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2, for
10 9 the budget year, multiplied by the amount calculated by the
10 10 department of management under this subsection for the base
10 11 year.
10 12 d. The area education agency professional development
10 13 supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
10 14 July 1, 2013, and succeeding budget years, shall be the
10 15 amount calculated by the department of management under this
10 16 subsection for the base year plus an allowable growth amount
10 17 that is equal to the professional development supplement
10 18 categorical state percent of growth, pursuant to section
10 19 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year, multiplied by the
10 20 amount calculated by the department of management under this
10 21 subsection for the base year.
10 22 Sec. 29. Section 257.10, subsection 10, paragraph a, Code
10 23 2011, is amended to read as follows:
10 24 a. (1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009,
10 25 the department of management shall divide the professional
10 26 development allocation made to each district for the fiscal
10 27 year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13,
10 28 subsection 1, paragraph "d", Code 2009, by the district's
10 29 budget enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009,
10 30 to determine the professional development supplement cost per
10 31 pupil.
10 32 (2) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
10 33 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2012, the
10 34 professional development supplement district cost per pupil
10 35 for each school district for a budget year is the professional
11 1 development supplement district cost per pupil for the base
11 2 year plus the professional development supplement state
11 3 allowable growth amount for the budget year.
11 4 (3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, the
11 5 professional development supplement district cost per pupil
11 6 for each school district for a budget year is the professional
11 7 development supplement district cost per pupil for the base
11 8 year plus the professional development supplement state
11 9 allowable growth amount for the budget year, plus sixty
11 10 dollars.
11 11 (4) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, and
11 12 succeeding budget years, the professional development
11 13 supplement district cost per pupil for each school district
11 14 for a budget year is the professional development supplement
11 15 district cost per pupil for the base year plus the professional
11 16 development supplement state allowable growth amount for the
11 17 budget year.
11 18 Sec. 30. Section 257.37A, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
11 19 2011, is amended to read as follows:
11 20 a. (1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
11 21 department of management shall divide the area education agency
11 22 professional development supplement made to each area education
11 23 agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant
11 24 to section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "d", Code 2009, by
11 25 the special education support services weighted enrollment
11 26 in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, to determine the
11 27 professional development supplement cost per pupil.
11 28 (2) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
11 29 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2012, the area
11 30 education agency professional development supplement district
11 31 cost per pupil for each area education agency for a budget
11 32 year is the area education agency professional development
11 33 supplement district cost per pupil for the base year plus the
11 34 area education agency professional development supplement state
11 35 allowable growth amount for the budget year.
12 1 (3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, the area
12 2 education agency professional development supplement district
12 3 cost per pupil for each area education agency for a budget
12 4 year is the area education agency professional development
12 5 supplement district cost per pupil for the base year plus the
12 6 area education agency professional development supplement
12 7 state allowable growth amount for the budget year, plus three
12 8 dollars.
12 9 (4) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, and
12 10 succeeding budget years, the area education agency professional
12 11 development supplement district cost per pupil for each area
12 12 education agency for a budget year is the area education agency
12 13 professional development supplement district cost per pupil
12 14 for the base year plus the area education agency professional
12 15 development supplement state allowable growth amount for the
12 16 budget year.
12 17 Sec. 31. Section 284.6, subsections 3 and 8, Code Supplement
12 18 2011, are amended to read as follows:
12 19 3. A school district shall incorporate a district
12 20 professional development plan into the district's comprehensive
12 21 school improvement plan submitted to the department in
12 22 accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21. The district
12 23 professional development plan shall include a description of
12 24 the means by which the school district will provide access
12 25 to all teachers in the district to professional development
12 26 programs or offerings that meet the requirements of subsection
12 27 1. The plan shall align all professional development with
12 28 the school district's long=range student learning goals and
12 29 the Iowa teaching standards. The plan shall indicate the
12 30 school district's approved professional development provider
12 31 or providers. The plan shall provide, for the fiscal year
12 32 beginning July 1, 2012, and each fiscal year thereafter, an
12 33 amount of time for professional development equivalent to the
12 34 amount of time the school district provided for professional
12 35 development for teachers for the 2011=2012 school year plus the
13 1 equivalent of at least three additional contract days.
13 2 8. a. For each year in which a school district receives
13 3 and area education agency receive funds calculated and
13 4 paid to school districts and area education agencies for
13 5 professional development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection
13 6 10, or section 257.37A, subsection 2, the school district
13 7 and area education agency shall create quality professional
13 8 development opportunities. The goal for the use of the funds
13 9 is to provide one additional contract day or the equivalent
13 10 thereof for professional development and use of the funds is
13 11 limited to providing professional development to teachers,
13 12 including additional salaries for time beyond the normal
13 13 negotiated agreement; pay for substitute teachers, professional
13 14 development materials, speakers, and professional development
13 15 content; and costs associated with implementing the individual
13 16 professional development plans. The use of the funds shall
13 17 be balanced between school district, attendance center,
13 18 and individual professional development plans, making every
13 19 reasonable effort to provide equal access to all teachers.
13 20 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and each
13 21 succeeding fiscal year in which a school district and area
13 22 education agency receive funds calculated and paid to school
13 23 districts and area education agencies for professional
13 24 development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10,
13 25 or section 257.37A, subsection 2, the school district and
13 26 area education agency shall provide an amount of time for
13 27 professional development equivalent to the amount of time
13 28 the school district and area education agency provided for
13 29 professional development for teachers for the 2011=2012 school
13 30 year plus the equivalent of at least three additional contract
13 31 days.
13 32 Sec. 32. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
13 33 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
13 34 compliance with any state mandate included in this division
13 35 of this Act shall be paid by a school district from state
14 1 school foundation aid received by the school district under
14 2 section 257.16. This specification of the payment of the state
14 3 cost shall be deemed to meet all of the state funding=related
14 4 requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional
14 5 state funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of
14 6 this division of this Act by and enforcement of this division
14 7 of this Act against all affected school districts.
14 8 DIVISION III
14 9 GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS
14 10 Sec. 33. Section 256C.5, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
14 11 Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
14 12 c. "Preschool budget enrollment" means the figure that
14 13 is equal to fifty sixty percent of the actual enrollment of
14 14 eligible students in the preschool programming provided by
14 15 a school district approved to participate in the preschool
14 16 program on October 1 of the base year, or the first Monday in
14 17 October if October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
14 18 Sec. 34. Section 257.31, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph
14 19 1, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
14 20 If a district has unusual circumstances, creating an unusual
14 21 need for additional funds, including but not limited to the
14 22 circumstances enumerated in paragraphs "a" through "n" "o",
14 23 the committee may grant supplemental aid to the district from
14 24 any funds appropriated to the department of education for the
14 25 use of the school budget review committee for the purposes of
14 26 this subsection. The school budget review committee shall
14 27 review a school district's unexpended fund balance prior to
14 28 any decision regarding unusual finance circumstances. Such
14 29 aid shall be miscellaneous income and shall not be included in
14 30 district cost. In addition to or as an alternative to granting
14 31 supplemental aid the committee may establish a modified
14 32 allowable growth for the district by increasing its allowable
14 33 growth. The school budget review committee shall review a
14 34 school district's unspent balance prior to any decision to
14 35 increase modified allowable growth under this subsection.
15 1 Sec. 35. Section 257.31, subsection 5, Code Supplement
15 2 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
15 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. o. Unusual need for additional funds for
15 4 returning dropout and dropout prevention programming pursuant
15 5 to section 257.41, subsection 1.
15 6 Sec. 36. Section 257.38, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended
15 7 to read as follows:
15 8 2. Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that
15 9 will be implemented first upon approval of the request. If
15 10 a district is requesting to use modified allowable growth to
15 11 finance the program, the school district shall not identify
15 12 more than five seven percent of its budget enrollment for the
15 13 budget year as returning dropouts and potential dropouts.
15 14 Sec. 37. Section 257.41, Code 2011, is amended to read as
15 15 follows:
15 16 257.41 Funding for programs for returning dropouts and
15 17 dropout prevention.
15 18 1. Budget. a. The budget of an approved program for
15 19 returning dropouts and dropout prevention for a school
15 20 district, after subtracting funds received from other sources
15 21 for that purpose, shall be funded annually on a basis of
15 22 one=fourth or more from the district cost of the school
15 23 district and up to three=fourths by an increase in allowable
15 24 growth as defined in section 257.8. Annually, the department
15 25 of management shall establish a modified allowable growth for
15 26 each such school district equal to the difference between the
15 27 approved budget for the program for returning dropouts and
15 28 dropout prevention for that district and the sum of the amount
15 29 funded from the district cost of the school district plus funds
15 30 received from other sources.
15 31 b. If the board of directors of a school district determines
15 32 that funding provided under paragraph "a" is insufficient to
15 33 meet the returning dropout and dropout prevention programming
15 34 needs of the school district, the board may submit a request
15 35 for additional modified allowable growth to the school budget
16 1 review committee under section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph
16 2 "o".
16 3 2. Appropriate uses of funding. Appropriate uses of the
16 4 returning dropout and dropout prevention program funding
16 5 include but are not limited to the following:
16 6 a. Salary and benefits for instructional staff,
16 7 instructional support staff, and school=based youth services
16 8 staff who are working with students who are participating
16 9 in dropout prevention programs, alternative programs, and
16 10 alternative schools if the staff person's time is dedicated to
16 11 working with returning dropouts or students who are deemed,
16 12 at any time during the school year, to be at risk of dropping
16 13 out, in order to provide services beyond those services which
16 14 are provided by the school district to students who are not
16 15 identified as at risk of dropping out. However, if the staff
16 16 person works part=time with students who are participating in
16 17 returning dropout and dropout prevention programs, alternative
16 18 programs, and alternative schools and has another unrelated
16 19 staff assignment, only the portion of the staff person's time
16 20 that is related to the returning dropout and dropout prevention
16 21 program, alternative program, or alternative school may be
16 22 charged to the program.
16 23 b. Professional development for all teachers and staff
16 24 working with at=risk students and programs involving dropout
16 25 prevention strategies.
16 26 c. Research=based resources, materials, software, supplies,
16 27 and purchased services that meet all of the following criteria:
16 28 (1) Meet the needs of kindergarten through grade twelve
16 29 students identified as at risk of dropping out and of returning
16 30 dropouts.
16 31 (2) Are beyond those provided by the regular school program.
16 32 (3) Are necessary to provide the services listed in the
16 33 school district's dropout prevention plan.
16 34 (4) Will remain with the kindergarten through grade twelve
16 35 returning dropout and dropout prevention program.
17 1 d. Up to five percent of the total budgeted amount received
17 2 pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph "a", may be used for
17 3 purposes of providing district=wide or building=wide returning
17 4 dropout and dropout prevention programming targeted to students
17 5 who are not deemed at risk of dropping out.
17 6 Sec. 38. Section 260C.18A, subsection 2, Code Supplement
17 7 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
17 8 NEW PARAGRAPH. j. Development and implementation of
17 9 the national career readiness certificate and the skills
17 10 certification system endorsed by the national association of
17 11 manufacturers.
17 12 Sec. 39. Section 260H.2, Code Supplement 2011, is amended
17 13 to read as follows:
17 14 260H.2 Pathways for academic career and employment program
17 15 ==== fund ==== appropriation.
17 16 1. Program established. A pathways for academic career
17 17 and employment program is established to provide funding
17 18 to community colleges for the development of projects in
17 19 coordination with the economic development authority, the
17 20 department of education, Iowa workforce development, regional
17 21 advisory boards established pursuant to section 84A.4, and
17 22 community partners to implement a simplified, streamlined, and
17 23 comprehensive process, along with customized support services,
17 24 to enable eligible participants to acquire effective academic
17 25 and employment training to secure gainful, quality, in=state
17 26 employment.
17 27 2. Fund created. A pathways for academic career and
17 28 employment fund is created in the state treasury under the
17 29 control of the department of education consisting of moneys
17 30 appropriated to the department for purposes of funding the
17 31 cost of projects under the program established pursuant to
17 32 subsection 1. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund
17 33 at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general
17 34 fund of the state but shall be used for purposes of the fund.
17 35 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
18 1 earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
18 2 3. Fund appropriation. There is appropriated from the
18 3 general fund of the state to the pathways for academic career
18 4 and employment fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012,
18 5 and each succeeding fiscal year, the sum of three million
18 6 dollars for purposes of implementing the pathways for academic
18 7 career and employment program in accordance with this section.
18 8 Sec. 40. NEW SECTION. 260I.12 Gap tuition assistance fund
18 9 ==== appropriation.
18 10 1. A gap tuition assistance fund is created in the state
18 11 treasury under the control of the department of education for
18 12 purposes of the gap tuition assistance program established
18 13 in section 260I.2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in
18 14 the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the
18 15 general fund of the state but shall be used for purposes of the
18 16 fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
18 17 earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
18 18 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
18 19 state to the gap tuition assistance fund for the fiscal year
18 20 beginning July 1, 2012, and each succeeding fiscal year, the
18 21 sum of two million dollars for the purposes of implementing the
18 22 gap tuition assistance program pursuant to this chapter.
18 23 Sec. 41. Section 272.9A, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2011, are
18 24 amended to read as follows:
18 25 1. Beginning July 1, 2007, requirements Requirements for
18 26 administrator licensure beyond an initial license shall include
18 27 completion the following:
18 28 a. Completion of a beginning administrator mentoring and
18 29 induction program and demonstration of competence on the
18 30 administrator standards adopted pursuant to section 284A.3.
18 31 b. At least five years of successful classroom experience
18 32 as a licensed teacher.
18 33 3. a. An administrator formerly employed by an accredited
18 34 nonpublic school or formerly employed as an administrator in
18 35 another state or country is exempt from the mentoring and
19 1 induction requirement under subsection 1 if the administrator
19 2 can document two years of successful administrator experience,
19 3 at least five years of successful classroom experience as a
19 4 licensed teacher, and meet or exceed the requirements contained
19 5 in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter for endorsement and
19 6 licensure. However, if
19 7 b. If an administrator cannot document two years of
19 8 successful administrator experience meet the requirements of
19 9 paragraph "a" when hired by a school district, the administrator
19 10 shall meet the requirements of subsection 1.
19 11 Sec. 42. Section 299.1A, Code 2011, is amended to read as
19 12 follows:
19 13 299.1A Compulsory attendance age.
19 14 A child who has reached the age of six and is under sixteen
19 15 eighteen years of age by September 15 is of compulsory
19 16 attendance age. However, if a child enrolled in a school
19 17 district or accredited nonpublic school reaches the age of
19 18 sixteen eighteen on or after September 15, the child remains of
19 19 compulsory age until the end of the regular school calendar.
19 20 Sec. 43. Section 299.1B, Code 2011, is amended to read as
19 21 follows:
19 22 299.1B Failure to attend ==== driver's license.
19 23 A person who is of compulsory attendance age, is not exempt
19 24 under section 299.2, and does not attend a public school, an
19 25 accredited nonpublic school, competent private instruction in
19 26 accordance with the provisions of chapter 299A, an alternative
19 27 school, or adult education classes shall not receive an
19 28 intermediate or full driver's license until age eighteen.
19 29 Sec. 44. NEW SECTION. 299.14 School district dropout
19 30 prevention measures.
19 31 1. The board of directors of each school district shall
19 32 take every opportunity to prevent students from dropping out of
19 33 school. Actions which a school district may take to prevent
19 34 students from dropping out of school include but are not
19 35 limited to general education interventions, alternative program
20 1 placement, alternative school placement, provision of support
20 2 and supplemental services, individual and family intervention
20 3 or therapy, truancy mediation, and coordination with other
20 4 student support services.
20 5 2. The board of directors of each school district shall
20 6 make every effort to align and maximize funding streams that
20 7 may be used to support students who are at risk of dropping out
20 8 of school.
20 9 Sec. 45. Section 321.213B, Code 2011, is amended to read as
20 10 follows:
20 11 321.213B Suspension for failure to attend.
20 12 1. The department shall establish procedures by rule for
20 13 suspending the license of a juvenile who has been issued a
20 14 driver's license and is not in compliance with the requirements
20 15 of section 299.1B or issuing the juvenile a restricted license
20 16 under section 321.178.
20 17 2. Upon receipt of proof of high school graduation from
20 18 a person whose intermediate or full driver's license was
20 19 suspended or revoked pursuant to section 299.1B, the department
20 20 may reinstate the person's license. Notwithstanding section
20 21 321.191, subsection 8, the fee for reinstatement of a license
20 22 pursuant to this subsection shall be twenty=five dollars.
20 23 Sec. 46. Section 422.11S, subsection 7, paragraph a,
20 24 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as
20 25 follows:
20 26 (2) "Total approved tax credits" means for the tax year
20 27 beginning in the 2006 calendar year, two million five hundred
20 28 thousand dollars, for the tax year beginning in the 2007
20 29 calendar year, five million dollars, and for tax years
20 30 beginning on or after January 1, 2008, seven million five
20 31 hundred thousand dollars. However, for tax years beginning on
20 32 or after January 1, 2012, and only if legislation is enacted
20 33 by the Eighty=fourth General Assembly, 2011 session, amending
20 34 section 257.8, subsections 1 and 2, to establish both the state
20 35 percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth
21 1 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, at two percent,
21 2 "total approved tax credits" means eight million seven hundred
21 3 fifty thousand dollars, and for tax years beginning on or after
21 4 January 1, 2014, ten million dollars.
21 5 Sec. 47. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
21 6 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
21 7 compliance with any state mandate included in this division of
21 8 this Act shall be paid by a school district from state school
21 9 foundation aid received by the school district under section
21 10 257.16 and moneys appropriated in this division of this Act.
21 11 This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be
21 12 deemed to meet all of the state funding=related requirements of
21 13 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding
21 14 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this division
21 15 of this Act by and enforcement of this division of this Act
21 16 against all affected school districts.
21 17 Sec. 48. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. The section of this
21 18 division of this Act amending section 256C.5, subsection 1,
21 19 takes effect upon enactment.
21 20 Sec. 49. APPLICABILITY. The section of this division of
21 21 this Act amending section 256C.5, subsection 1, applies to
21 22 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2012.
21 23 DIVISION IV
21 24 APPROPRIATIONS
21 25 Sec. 50. There is appropriated from the general fund of
21 26 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
21 27 beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following
21 28 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
21 29 purposes designated:
21 30 1. EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND ==== FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT
21 31 EDUCATION
21 32 For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
21 33 the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:
21 34 .................................................. $ 22,364,434
21 35 The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
22 1 family support services and parent education programs targeted
22 2 to families expecting a child or with newborn and infant
22 3 children through age five and shall be distributed using the
22 4 distribution formula approved by the early childhood Iowa state
22 5 board and shall be used by an early childhood Iowa area board
22 6 only for family support services and parent education programs
22 7 targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and
22 8 infant children through age five.
22 9 2. AFTER SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM
22 10 For implementation of after school pilot programs at the
22 11 10 school district attendance centers whose average composite
22 12 scores on the Iowa test of educational development accounted
22 13 for the lowest average composite scores for attendance centers
22 14 statewide in subject areas and at grade levels as determined
22 15 by the department:
22 16 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
22 17 a. The department shall work with each school district
22 18 that has such a low=performing attendance center to implement
22 19 an after school pilot program at the attendance center. The
22 20 amount of a grant awarded to a school district to implement
22 21 the pilot program at the school district's attendance center
22 22 in accordance with this subsection shall be not less than
22 23 $100,000. Moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection may
22 24 be expended for purposes that include but are not limited to
22 25 tutoring and supplementing instruction in basic skills, such
22 26 as reading, math, and science; drug and violence prevention
22 27 curricula and counseling; youth leadership activities;
22 28 volunteer and service learning opportunities, including but not
22 29 limited to providing health care services for pilot program
22 30 volunteers who until retirement were employed full=time by the
22 31 state or a political subdivision as police or fire fighters or
22 32 to provide human services programs and services to the public;
22 33 career and vocational awareness preparation; courses and
22 34 enrichment in arts and culture; computer instruction; character
22 35 development and civic participation; language instruction,
23 1 including English as a second language; mentoring; positive
23 2 interaction with law enforcement; supervised recreation
23 3 programs; and health and nutrition programs. The department
23 4 and each participating school district shall make every effort
23 5 to leverage additional funding from other public and private
23 6 sources to support the pilot program.
23 7 b. Upon completion of the pilot program, each participating
23 8 school district shall submit a report to the department
23 9 regarding the impact of the program on student academic
23 10 achievement. The department shall prepare a report summarizing
23 11 these results, and compare them to student academic achievement
23 12 gains in similar attendance centers in school districts that
23 13 did not participate in the program. The department shall
23 14 submit its report, including its findings and recommendations,
23 15 to the general assembly by July 1, 2015.
23 16 3. EDUCATION PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS STUDY
23 17 For issuance of a contract to study the effectiveness of the
23 18 state's prekindergarten through grade 12 educational program
23 19 provided pursuant to section 256.11:
23 20 .................................................. $ 250,000
23 21 The department shall conduct a study of the effectiveness
23 22 of the educational program offered by school districts as
23 23 required pursuant to section 256.11. The department shall
23 24 issue a request for proposals to select a qualified provider
23 25 who shall track from age 18 to age 21 a random sampling of
23 26 students who were enrolled only in Iowa school districts until
23 27 high school graduation. The department shall submit a copy of
23 28 the provider's report, along with the department's findings and
23 29 recommendations, to the general assembly not later than October
23 30 1, 2017.
23 31 4. HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMAS ==== ADULT BASIC
23 32 EDUCATION AND LITERACY
23 33 For purposes of administering, providing test materials,
23 34 scoring of examinations, and issuance of high school
23 35 equivalency diplomas under chapter 259A; adult basic education
24 1 programs offered by community colleges; and the continued
24 2 implementation of the adult literacy for the workforce in Iowa
24 3 program administered by the department:
24 4 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
24 5 5. STATEWIDE WORK=BASED LEARNING INTERMEDIARY NETWORK FUND
24 6 For deposit in the statewide work=based learning
24 7 intermediary network fund created in section 256.40:
24 8 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
24 9 6. WORKFORCE TRAINING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
24 10 For deposit in the workforce training and economic
24 11 development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
24 12 .................................................. $ 12,000,000
24 13 EXPLANATION
24 14 This bill modifies Iowa's human services and education
24 15 systems to ensure that children start school ready to learn and
24 16 to increase Iowa's student achievement rates.
24 17 DIVISION I. The bill requires registration of home child
24 18 care providers. Code section 237A.1, providing definitions,
24 19 is amended to define the term "relative" to mean an adult
24 20 person who is, or was at any time, one of a child's relatives
24 21 that is listed in the bill, by means of blood relationship,
24 22 marriage, or adoption, or is a spouse of one of the relatives
24 23 listed in the bill. The list of relatives includes siblings,
24 24 grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles.
24 25 Under current law in Code section 237A.3, a person or program
24 26 providing child care to five children or fewer at any one time
24 27 is a child care home provider and is not required to register
24 28 under Code section 237A.3A as a child development home. The
24 29 bill repeals Code section 237A.3 and revises the definition of
24 30 child development home to mean care provided to one or more
24 31 children. The bill provides an exemption to the registration
24 32 requirement for a relative who provides child care to only
24 33 related children or a person providing child care to only
24 34 children from a single unrelated family.
24 35 References to the term "child care home" are eliminated in
25 1 various Code provisions.>
25 2 DIVISION II. The bill provides for an increase in the
25 3 amount generated by the professional development supplement
25 4 categorical under the school aid formula, calculated to
25 5 provide school districts with funding for three additional days
25 6 of professional development, which the bill directs school
25 7 districts to include in their district professional development
25 8 plan. The bill includes technical and conforming changes.
25 9 The division may include a state mandate as defined in Code
25 10 section 25B.3. The division requires that the state cost of
25 11 any state mandate included in the division be paid by a school
25 12 district from state school foundation aid received by the
25 13 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
25 14 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate
25 15 funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The
25 16 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the
25 17 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state
25 18 mandates included in the division.
25 19 DIVISION III. The bill amends the term "preschool budget
25 20 enrollment", effective upon enactment, to mean 60 percent of
25 21 the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool
25 22 programming provided by a school district for budget years
25 23 beginning July 1, 2012. The general assembly reduced the
25 24 percentage amount from 60 percent to 50 percent in the 2011
25 25 legislative session for budget years beginning on or after July
25 26 1, 2011. The term "preschool budget enrollment" is used in
25 27 determining the amount of preschool foundation aid a school
25 28 district may receive.
25 29 The bill increases from five to seven the percentage of its
25 30 budget enrollment that the district identifies as returning
25 31 dropouts and potential dropouts when requesting to use modified
25 32 allowable growth to finance programs for returning dropouts and
25 33 dropout prevention. The bill also specifies the appropriate
25 34 uses of such funding by school districts, including salary and
25 35 benefits for instructional staff, instructional support staff,
26 1 and school=based youth services staff who are working with
26 2 students who are participating in dropout prevention programs,
26 3 alternative programs, and alternative schools if the staff
26 4 person's time is dedicated to working with returning dropouts
26 5 or students who are deemed to be at risk of dropping out, to
26 6 provide services beyond those provided by the school district
26 7 to students generally; professional development for all
26 8 teachers and staff working with at=risk students and programs
26 9 involving dropout prevention strategies; and research=based
26 10 resources, materials, software, supplies, and purchased
26 11 services that meet criteria specified in the bill.
26 12 The bill allows the school board to submit a request to
26 13 the school budget review committee for additional modified
26 14 allowable growth if the funds generated under Code section
26 15 257.41 are insufficient to meet the dropout programming needs
26 16 of the district. The bill also permits school districts to use
26 17 up to 5 percent of the total amount of the funds received that
26 18 are generated by a formula established in Code, for purposes of
26 19 providing district=wide or building=wide returning dropout and
26 20 dropout prevention programming targeted to students who are not
26 21 deemed at risk of dropping out.
26 22 The bill creates two funds in the state treasury under the
26 23 control of the department of education: (1) The pathways for
26 24 academic career and employment fund for projects developed
26 25 under the pathways for academic career and employment program
26 26 and provides a standing appropriation of $3 million to the
26 27 fund; and (2) A gap tuition assistance fund for purposes of
26 28 the gap tuition assistance program, and provides a standing
26 29 appropriation of $2 million to the fund.
26 30 The bill also allows funds in the workforce training and
26 31 economic development funds to be used for development and
26 32 implementation of the national career readiness certificate
26 33 and the skills certification system endorsed by the national
26 34 association of manufacturers.
26 35 The bill increases administrator licensing requirements by
27 1 providing that applicants for a standard license must have
27 2 at least five years of successful classroom experience as a
27 3 licensed teacher.
27 4 The bill requires that a school district's professional
27 5 development plan provide, beginning July 1, 2012, and each
27 6 year thereafter, three more contract days for professional
27 7 development than the district provided in school year
27 8 2011=2012.
27 9 The bill raises the compulsory school attendance age from 16
27 10 to 18. The bill requires each school district to make every
27 11 effort to prevent students from dropping out of school, and to
27 12 align and maximize funding streams that may be used to support
27 13 students who are at risk of dropping out of school.
27 14 The bill includes technical amendments to eliminate a
27 15 reference to the compulsory attendance age for purposes of dual
27 16 enrollment.
27 17 The department of transportation is directed to reinstate,
27 18 upon receipt of proof of high school graduation from a person
27 19 whose intermediate or full driver's license was suspended or
27 20 revoked because the person was truant, the person's license for
27 21 a fee of $25, notwithstanding a current Code provision that
27 22 permits the department to charge a fee of $20 for reinstatement
27 23 of a license.
27 24 The total approved amount of school tuition organization tax
27 25 credits for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012,
27 26 is currently $8.75 million. The bill sets the amount for tax
27 27 years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, at $10 million.
27 28 The division may include a state mandate as defined in
27 29 Code section 25B.3. The division requires that the state
27 30 cost of any state mandate included in the division be paid by
27 31 a school district from state school foundation aid received
27 32 by the school district under Code section 257.16 and moneys
27 33 appropriated in the division. The specification is deemed
27 34 to constitute state compliance with any state mandate
27 35 funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The
28 1 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the
28 2 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state
28 3 mandates included in the division.
28 4 DIVISION IV. The bill appropriates for the 2012=2013 fiscal
28 5 year $22,364,434 to the department of education for deposit in
28 6 the school ready children grants account of the early childhood
28 7 Iowa fund. As in years past, the amount appropriated must be
28 8 used for family support services and parent education programs
28 9 targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn and
28 10 infant children through age five and shall be distributed using
28 11 the distribution formula approved by the early childhood Iowa
28 12 state board and shall be used by an early childhood Iowa area
28 13 board only for family support services and parent education
28 14 programs targeted to families expecting a child or with newborn
28 15 and infant children through age five.
28 16 The bill also appropriates $1 million to the department
28 17 for FY 2012=2013 for implementation of after school pilot
28 18 programs at the 10 school district attendance centers whose
28 19 average composite scores on the Iowa test of educational
28 20 development accounted for the lowest average composite scores
28 21 for attendance centers statewide in subject areas and at grade
28 22 levels as determined by the department. Moneys appropriated
28 23 may be expended for the same purposes as provided under a
28 24 before and after school grant program established in Code
28 25 section 256.26, but may also be used to provide health care
28 26 services for pilot program volunteers who until retirement were
28 27 employed full=time by the state or a political subdivision as
28 28 police or fire fighters or to provide human services programs
28 29 and services to the public. The department shall prepare a
28 30 report summarizing the pilot program results and comparing them
28 31 to student academic achievement gains in similar attendance
28 32 centers in school districts that did not participate in the
28 33 program, and shall submit the report to the general assembly by
28 34 July 1, 2015.
28 35 In addition, the bill appropriates $250,000 to the
29 1 department for issuance of a contract to study the
29 2 effectiveness of the state's prekindergarten through grade 12
29 3 educational program. The department shall issue a request
29 4 for proposals to select a qualified provider who shall
29 5 track from age 18 to age 21 a random sampling of students
29 6 who were enrolled only in Iowa school districts until high
29 7 school graduation. The department shall submit a copy of the
29 8 provider's report, along with the department's findings and
29 9 recommendations, to the general assembly not later than October
29 10 1, 2017.
29 11 Finally, the bill appropriates from the general fund of the
29 12 state to the department of education for the 2012=2013 fiscal
29 13 year $1.5 million for purposes of administering, providing
29 14 test materials, scoring of examinations, and issuance of high
29 15 school equivalency diplomas under Code chapter 259A, adult
29 16 basic education programs offered by community colleges, and
29 17 the continued implementation of the adult literacy for the
29 18 workforce in Iowa program administered by the department;
29 19 $1.5 million for deposit in the statewide work=based learning
29 20 intermediary network fund; and $12 million to the workforce
29 21 training and economic development funds.
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