Senate File 588 - Enrolled

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  1  1                                             SENATE FILE 588
  1  2
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF, THE OPERATION OF, AND APPROPRIATION
  1  5    OF MONEYS TO THE COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION, THE
  1  6    DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND
  1  7    THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS
  1  8    CONCERNING THE IOWA LEARNING TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION,
  1  9    PROVIDING FOR A RELATED MATTER CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN
  1 10    AN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND
  1 11    PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES.
  1 12
  1 13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1 14
  1 15                    DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
  1 16    Section 1.  ADMINISTRATION.  There is appropriated from the
  1 17 general fund of the state to the department for the blind for
  1 18 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
  1 19 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  1 20 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  1 21    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes
  1 22 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  1 23 positions:
  1 24 .................................................. $  2,404,747
  1 25 ............................................... FTEs      97.00
  1 26                 COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
  1 27    Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1 28 state to the college student aid commission for the fiscal
  1 29 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
  1 30 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
  1 31 be used for the purposes designated:
  1 32    1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
  1 33    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  1 34 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  1 35 positions:
  2  1 .................................................. $    376,053
  2  2 ............................................... FTEs       4.30
  2  3    The commission shall conduct a study of the estimated
  2  4 family contribution limit eligibility requirement for Iowa
  2  5 tuition grants to determine whether the current requirement is
  2  6 fair and equitable for prospective recipients and their
  2  7 families.  The findings and recommendations, which the
  2  8 commission shall submit in a report to the general assembly by
  2  9 January 14, 2008, shall include transition plans to ensure
  2 10 that students with the greatest financial need receive full
  2 11 grants.
  2 12    2.  STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
  2 13    For payments to students for the Iowa grant program:
  2 14 .................................................. $  1,070,976
  2 15    3.  DES MOINES UNIVERSITY == OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
  2 16    a.  For forgivable loans to Iowa students attending Des
  2 17 Moines university == osteopathic medical center under the
  2 18 forgivable loan program pursuant to section 261.19:
  2 19 .................................................. $    100,000
  2 20    To receive funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph,
  2 21 Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center shall
  2 22 match the funds with institutional funds on a dollar=for=
  2 23 dollar basis.
  2 24    b.  For Des Moines university == osteopathic medical center
  2 25 for an initiative in primary health care to direct primary
  2 26 care physicians to shortage areas in the state:
  2 27 .................................................. $    346,451
  2 28    4.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
  2 29    For purposes of providing national guard educational
  2 30 assistance under the program established in section 261.86:
  2 31 .................................................. $  3,800,000
  2 32    5.  TEACHER SHORTAGE PROGRAMS
  2 33    For the teacher shortage programs established in section
  2 34 261.111 and section 261.112, as enacted in this Act:
  2 35 .................................................. $    485,400
  3  1    It is the intent of the general assembly that
  3  2 appropriations made for teacher shortage program purposes for
  3  3 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and each succeeding
  3  4 fiscal year, be distributed under the teacher shortage loan
  3  5 forgiveness program created pursuant to section 261.112, as
  3  6 enacted by this Act.
  3  7    6.  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
  3  8    For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity assistance
  3  9 program, which includes the all Iowa opportunity foster care
  3 10 grant program established pursuant to section 261.6, as
  3 11 enacted by this Act, and the all Iowa opportunity scholarship
  3 12 program established pursuant to section 261.88, as enacted by
  3 13 this Act:
  3 14 .................................................. $  1,000,000
  3 15    From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection, up
  3 16 to $500,000 shall be used for purposes of the all Iowa
  3 17 opportunity foster care grant program established pursuant to
  3 18 section 261.6, as enacted by this Act, and at least $500,000
  3 19 shall be used for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity
  3 20 scholarship program as established in section 261.88, as
  3 21 enacted by this Act.
  3 22    If the funds appropriated by the general assembly to the
  3 23 college student aid commission for the 2007=2008 fiscal year
  3 24 for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program
  3 25 exceed $500,000, "eligible institution" as defined in section
  3 26 261.88, as enacted by this Act, shall, during the 2007=2008
  3 27 fiscal year, include accredited private institutions as
  3 28 defined in section 261.9, subsection 1.
  3 29    Sec. 3.  WORK=STUDY APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2007=2008.
  3 30 Notwithstanding section 261.85, for the fiscal year beginning
  3 31 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the amount
  3 32 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college
  3 33 student aid commission for the work=study program under
  3 34 section 261.85 shall be $295,600, and from the moneys
  3 35 appropriated in this section, $162,508 shall be allocated to
  4  1 institutions of higher education under the state board of
  4  2 regents and community colleges and the remaining dollars
  4  3 appropriated in this section shall be allocated by the college
  4  4 student aid commission on the basis of need as determined by
  4  5 the portion of the federal formula for distribution for work=
  4  6 study funds that relates to the current need of institutions.
  4  7    Sec. 4.  REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN
  4  8 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FUNDS.  From the funds appropriated for
  4  9 tuition grants pursuant to section 261.25, subsection 1, as
  4 10 amended in this Act, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  4 11 2007, up to $100,000 shall be used to provide loan forgiveness
  4 12 as provided in section 261.23, as amended in this Act.  The
  4 13 college student aid commission shall submit in a report to the
  4 14 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
  4 15 subcommittee on education by January 1, 2009, the number of
  4 16 registered nurses and nurse educators who received loan
  4 17 forgiveness in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007,
  4 18 pursuant to section 261.23, as amended in this Act, and the
  4 19 amount paid to each of the registered nurses and nurse
  4 20 educators.
  4 21    It is the intent of the general assembly that
  4 22 appropriations made for purposes of the registered nurse and
  4 23 nurse educator loan forgiveness program for the fiscal year
  4 24 beginning July 1, 2007, and each succeeding fiscal year, be
  4 25 distributed under the program created pursuant to section
  4 26 261.23, as amended in this Act, for registered nurses and
  4 27 nurse educators.
  4 28    Sec. 5.  SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION GRANT RESERVE FUND
  4 29 APPROPRIATION == BARBER SCHOOL AND SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY ARTS
  4 30 AND SCIENCES TUITION GRANTS.  Notwithstanding the maximum
  4 31 allowed balance requirement of the scholarship and tuition
  4 32 grant reserve fund as provided in section 261.20, there is
  4 33 appropriated from the scholarship and tuition grant reserve
  4 34 fund to the college student aid commission for the fiscal year
  4 35 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, an amount up
  5  1 to $100,000 to be used to award Iowa vocational=technical
  5  2 tuition grants to residents of Iowa who establish financial
  5  3 need and are admitted and in attendance as a full=time or
  5  4 part=time student in a course of study at a school of
  5  5 cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under chapter 157 or a
  5  6 barber school licensed pursuant to section 158.7 and
  5  7 accredited by a national accrediting agency recognized by the
  5  8 United States department of education.  If the grant recipient
  5  9 discontinues attendance before the end of any term after
  5 10 receiving payment of the grant, the entire amount of any
  5 11 refund due that student, up to the amount of any payments made
  5 12 under the annual grant, shall be paid by the institution to
  5 13 the state.  Funds appropriated in this section are in addition
  5 14 to funds appropriated in section 261.25, subsection 3, as
  5 15 amended in this Act.
  5 16                     DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  5 17    Sec. 6.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  5 18 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
  5 19 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
  5 20 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
  5 21 be used for the purposes designated:
  5 22    1.  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
  5 23    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  5 24 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  5 25 positions:
  5 26 .................................................. $  7,919,382
  5 27 ............................................... FTEs      85.37
  5 28    From the funds appropriated in this subsection, $225,000
  5 29 shall be allocated for purposes of conducting, supporting, and
  5 30 managing the accreditation of school districts and for
  5 31 purposes of various other duties such as conducting
  5 32 reorganization feasibility studies.
  5 33    Of the full=time equivalent positions authorized in this
  5 34 subsection, 10.00 full=time equivalent positions are allocated
  5 35 to support management of the community college management
  6  1 information system; for the expansion of the state board of
  6  2 education model core curriculum; for the development and
  6  3 implementation of strategic educational goals; for the
  6  4 implementation of the grant request for proposals, technical
  6  5 assistance, and monitoring provisions in the student
  6  6 advancement policy; for the collection and dissemination of
  6  7 resources related to human growth and development curriculum;
  6  8 for district sharing incentive purposes; and for the senior
  6  9 year plus program study.
  6 10    Of the full=time equivalent positions authorized in this
  6 11 subsection, 1.00 full=time equivalent position is allocated
  6 12 for district sharing incentive purposes and 4.00 full=time
  6 13 equivalent positions are allocated for purposes of the student
  6 14 achievement and teacher quality program.
  6 15    The director of the department of education shall ensure
  6 16 that all school districts are aware of the state education
  6 17 resources available on the state website for listing teacher
  6 18 job openings and shall make every reasonable effort to enable
  6 19 qualified practitioners to post their resumes on the state
  6 20 website.  The department shall administer the posting of job
  6 21 vacancies for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools,
  6 22 and area education agencies on the state website.  The
  6 23 department may coordinate this activity with the Iowa school
  6 24 board association or other interested education associations
  6 25 in the state.  The department shall strongly encourage school
  6 26 districts to seek direct claiming under the medical assistance
  6 27 program for funding of school district nursing services for
  6 28 students.
  6 29    2.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
  6 30    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  6 31 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  6 32 positions:
  6 33 .................................................. $    553,758
  6 34 ............................................... FTEs      13.50
  6 35    3.  VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
  7  1    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  7  2 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
  7  3 equivalent positions:
  7  4 .................................................. $  5,419,890
  7  5 ............................................... FTEs     273.50
  7  6    The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall
  7  7 seek funding from other sources, such as local funds, for
  7  8 purposes of matching the state's federal vocational
  7  9 rehabilitation allocation, as well as for matching other
  7 10 federal vocational rehabilitation funding that may become
  7 11 available.
  7 12    Except where prohibited under federal law, the division of
  7 13 vocational rehabilitation services of the department of
  7 14 education shall accept client assessments, or assessments of
  7 15 potential clients, performed by other agencies in order to
  7 16 reduce duplication of effort.
  7 17    Notwithstanding the full=time equivalent position limit
  7 18 established in this lettered paragraph, for the fiscal year
  7 19 ending June 30, 2008, if federal funding is received to pay
  7 20 the costs of additional employees for the vocational
  7 21 rehabilitation services division who would have duties
  7 22 relating to vocational rehabilitation services paid for
  7 23 through federal funding, authorization to hire not more than
  7 24 4.00 additional full=time equivalent employees shall be
  7 25 provided, the full=time equivalent position limit shall be
  7 26 exceeded, and the additional employees shall be hired by the
  7 27 division.
  7 28    b.  For matching funds for programs to enable persons with
  7 29 severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
  7 30 independently, including salaries and support, and for not
  7 31 more than the following full=time equivalent position:
  7 32 .................................................. $     54,709
  7 33 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
  7 34    The highest priority use for the moneys appropriated under
  7 35 this lettered paragraph shall be for programs that emphasize
  8  1 employment and assist persons with severe physical or mental
  8  2 disabilities to find and maintain employment to enable them to
  8  3 function more independently.
  8  4    4.  STATE LIBRARY
  8  5    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  8  6 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
  8  7 equivalent positions:
  8  8 .................................................. $  1,801,761
  8  9 ............................................... FTEs      19.00
  8 10    b.  For the enrich Iowa program:
  8 11 .................................................. $  1,823,432
  8 12    5.  LIBRARY SERVICE AREA SYSTEM
  8 13    For state aid:
  8 14 .................................................. $  1,586,000
  8 15    6.  PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
  8 16    For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
  8 17 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
  8 18 full=time equivalent positions:
  8 19 .................................................. $  8,448,649
  8 20 ............................................... FTEs      93.00
  8 21    7.  REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILS
  8 22    For state aid:
  8 23 .................................................. $  1,364,525
  8 24    The regional telecommunications councils established in
  8 25 section 8D.5 shall use the funds appropriated in this
  8 26 subsection to provide technical assistance for network
  8 27 classrooms, planning and troubleshooting for local area
  8 28 networks, scheduling of video sites, and other related support
  8 29 activities.
  8 30    8.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  8 31    For reimbursement for vocational education expenditures
  8 32 made by secondary schools:
  8 33 .................................................. $  2,936,904
  8 34    Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
  8 35 expenditures made by school districts to meet the standards
  9  1 set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14 as a result of the
  9  2 enactment of 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278.  Funds shall be used
  9  3 as reimbursement for vocational education expenditures made by
  9  4 secondary schools in the manner provided by the department of
  9  5 education for implementation of the standards set in 1989 Iowa
  9  6 Acts, chapter 278.
  9  7    9.  SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
  9  8    For use as state matching funds for federal programs that
  9  9 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
  9 10 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
  9 11 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  9 12 positions:
  9 13 .................................................. $  2,509,683
  9 14 ............................................... FTEs      17.43
  9 15    10.  IOWA EMPOWERMENT FUND
  9 16    For deposit in the school ready children grants account of
  9 17 the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9:
  9 18 .................................................. $  23,781,594
  9 19    a.  From the moneys deposited in the school ready children
  9 20 grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
  9 21 ending June 30, 2008, not more than $300,000 is allocated for
  9 22 the community empowerment office and other technical
  9 23 assistance activities and of that amount, not more than
  9 24 $50,000 shall be used to administer the early childhood
  9 25 coordinator's position pursuant to section 28.3, subsection 7,
  9 26 and not more than $50,000 shall be used to promote and provide
  9 27 ongoing support to the parent website and to support and
  9 28 coordinate a network of websites that provide support and
  9 29 resources to parents and the general public.  It is the intent
  9 30 of the general assembly that regional technical assistance
  9 31 teams will be established and will include staff from various
  9 32 agencies, as appropriate, including the area education
  9 33 agencies, community colleges, and the Iowa state university of
  9 34 science and technology cooperative extension service in
  9 35 agriculture and home economics.  The Iowa empowerment board
 10  1 shall direct staff to work with the advisory council to
 10  2 inventory technical assistance needs.  Funds allocated under
 10  3 this lettered paragraph may be used by the Iowa empowerment
 10  4 board for the purpose of skills development and support for
 10  5 ongoing training of the regional technical assistance teams.
 10  6 However, funds shall not be used for additional staff or for
 10  7 the reimbursement of staff.
 10  8    b.  As a condition of receiving funding appropriated in
 10  9 this subsection, each community empowerment area board shall
 10 10 report to the Iowa empowerment board progress on each of the
 10 11 state indicators approved by the state board, as well as
 10 12 progress on local indicators.  The community empowerment area
 10 13 board must also submit a written plan amendment extending by
 10 14 one year the area's comprehensive school ready children grant
 10 15 plan developed for providing services for children from birth
 10 16 through five years of age and provide other information
 10 17 specified by the Iowa empowerment board.  The amendment may
 10 18 also provide for changes in the programs and services provided
 10 19 under the plan.  The Iowa empowerment board shall establish a
 10 20 submission deadline for the plan amendment that allows a
 10 21 reasonable period of time for preparation of the plan
 10 22 amendment and for review and approval or request for
 10 23 modification of the plan amendment by the Iowa empowerment
 10 24 board.  In addition, the community empowerment board must
 10 25 continue to comply with reporting provisions and other
 10 26 requirements adopted by the Iowa empowerment board in
 10 27 implementing section 28.8.
 10 28    c.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
 10 29 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
 10 30 Iowa empowerment fund that is used for distribution to areas,
 10 31 $4,650,000 shall be used to assist low=income parents with
 10 32 preschool tuition.
 10 33    d.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
 10 34 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
 10 35 Iowa empowerment fund, $1,000,000 shall be used for support of
 11  1 professional development and training activities for persons
 11  2 working in early care, health, and education by the Iowa
 11  3 empowerment board in collaboration with representation from
 11  4 Iowa state university of science and technology cooperative
 11  5 extension service in agriculture and home economics, area
 11  6 education agencies, community colleges, child care resource
 11  7 and referral services, and community empowerment area boards.
 11  8 Expenditures shall be limited to professional development and
 11  9 training activities agreed upon by the parties participating
 11 10 in the collaboration.
 11 11    e.  Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for
 11 12 deposit in the school ready children grants account of the
 11 13 Iowa empowerment fund, $100,000 shall be allocated to the
 11 14 public broadcasting division of the department of education
 11 15 for support of community empowerment as a ready=to=learn
 11 16 coordinator.
 11 17    11.  BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
 11 18    For expansion of the federal Individuals With Disabilities
 11 19 Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108=446, as
 11 20 amended to January 1, 2007, birth through age three services
 11 21 due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those
 11 22 services:
 11 23 .................................................. $  1,721,400
 11 24    From the funds appropriated in this subsection, $421,400
 11 25 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinic at the
 11 26 state university of Iowa to provide additional support for
 11 27 infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug=exposed,
 11 28 or medically fragile.
 11 29    12.  EARLY HEAD START PILOT PROJECTS
 11 30    For transfer to the department of human services for
 11 31 implementation of early head start pilot projects addressing
 11 32 the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional, and
 11 33 developmental needs of children from birth to age three,
 11 34 including prenatal support for qualified families:
 11 35 .................................................. $    400,000
 12  1    Early head start pilot projects shall promote healthy
 12  2 prenatal outcomes, healthy family functioning, and strengthen
 12  3 the development of infants and toddlers in low=income
 12  4 families.
 12  5    13.  FOUR=YEAR=OLD PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
 12  6    For allocation to eligible school districts for the
 12  7 four=year=old preschool program under chapter 256C, if
 12  8 enacted, and for not more than the following full=time
 12  9 equivalent positions:
 12 10 .................................................. $ 15,000,000
 12 11 ................................................ FTEs      3.00
 12 12    From the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
 12 13 not more than $330,000 shall be used by the department for
 12 14 administration of the four=year=old preschool program
 12 15 established pursuant to chapter 256C, if enacted.
 12 16    14.  TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
 12 17    To provide funds for costs of providing textbooks to each
 12 18 resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by
 12 19 section 301.1.  The funding is limited to $20 per pupil and
 12 20 shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident
 12 21 public school pupils:
 12 22 .................................................. $    664,165
 12 23    15.  JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
 12 24    For school districts to provide direct services to the most
 12 25 at=risk senior high school students enrolled in school
 12 26 districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America's
 12 27 graduates specialist:
 12 28 .................................................. $    600,000
 12 29    16.  VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE YOUTH ORGANIZATION
 12 30    To assist a vocational agriculture youth organization
 12 31 sponsored by the schools to support the foundation established
 12 32 by that vocational agriculture youth organization and for
 12 33 other youth activities:
 12 34 .................................................. $     50,000
 12 35    Funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
 13  1 only to the extent that the state moneys are matched from
 13  2 other sources by the organization on a dollar=for=dollar
 13  3 basis.
 13  4    17.  STATEWIDE EDUCATION DATA WAREHOUSE
 13  5    For the implementation of an educational data warehouse
 13  6 that will be utilized by teachers, parents, school district
 13  7 administrators, area education agency staff, department of
 13  8 education staff, and policymakers, and for not more than the
 13  9 following full=time equivalent positions:
 13 10 .................................................. $    400,000
 13 11 ............................................... FTEs       4.00
 13 12    The department may use a portion of these funds for
 13 13 administrative purposes.
 13 14    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under
 13 15 this subsection which remain unobligated or unexpended on June
 13 16 30, 2008, shall not revert but shall remain available to be
 13 17 used for the purposes designated in the following fiscal year.
 13 18    18.  ADVANCED PLACEMENT
 13 19    For distribution to the Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank
 13 20 international center for gifted education and talent
 13 21 development located at the state university of Iowa for
 13 22 purposes of increasing student participation in advanced
 13 23 placement courses and exams in Iowa high schools through
 13 24 support of the Iowa online advanced placement academy:
 13 25 .................................................. $    400,000
 13 26    State funds shall not be used by the center for
 13 27 reimbursement of advanced placement examination fees for
 13 28 students participating in advanced placement courses and exams
 13 29 through the online academy.
 13 30    19.  SUPPLEMENTAL STRATEGIES AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES GRANT
 13 31 PROGRAM
 13 32    For purposes of the supplemental strategies and educational
 13 33 services grant program established pursuant to section 279.65,
 13 34 if enacted by this Act:
 13 35 .................................................. $  2,500,000
 14  1    20.  BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
 14  2    For the before and after school grant program established
 14  3 pursuant to section 256.26, if enacted by this Act:
 14  4 .................................................. $    400,000
 14  5    21.  BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING AND INDUCTION
 14  6 PROGRAM
 14  7    For purposes of administering the beginning administrator
 14  8 mentoring and induction program established pursuant to
 14  9 chapter 284A:
 14 10 .................................................. $    250,000
 14 11    22.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
 14 12    For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined
 14 13 in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:
 14 14 .................................................. $171,962,414
 14 15    Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
 14 16 the funds appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
 14 17 as follows:
 14 18    a.  Merged Area I ............................. $  8,472,001
 14 19    b.  Merged Area II ............................ $  9,282,134
 14 20    c.  Merged Area III ........................... $  8,544,806
 14 21    d.  Merged Area IV ............................ $  4,200,810
 14 22    e.  Merged Area V ............................. $  9,408,978
 14 23    f.  Merged Area VI ............................ $  8,169,643
 14 24    g.  Merged Area VII ........................... $ 12,077,303
 14 25    h.  Merged Area IX ............................ $ 15,025,656
 14 26    i.  Merged Area X ............................. $ 25,854,970
 14 27    j.  Merged Area XI ............................ $ 25,758,739
 14 28    k.  Merged Area XII ........................... $  9,918,232
 14 29    l.  Merged Area XIII .......................... $ 10,041,096
 14 30    m.  Merged Area XIV ........................... $  4,251,743
 14 31    n.  Merged Area XV ............................ $ 13,348,554
 14 32    o.  Merged Area XVI ........................... $  7,607,749
 14 33    Sec. 7.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION VOLUNTARY MODEL CORE
 14 34 CURRICULUM REPORT.  The department of education shall evaluate
 14 35 the readiness of school districts to adopt and support the
 15  1 voluntary model core curriculum established pursuant to
 15  2 section 256.7, subsection 26; assess the professional
 15  3 development necessary in order for school districts to support
 15  4 teachers in improved instruction; identify the barriers to
 15  5 full adoption of the voluntary model core curriculum by school
 15  6 districts statewide; and develop the technical assistance
 15  7 required to assist all school districts to implement the
 15  8 voluntary model core curriculum.  The department shall submit
 15  9 a report summarizing its activities, findings, and
 15 10 recommendations, including recommendations for action by the
 15 11 general assembly, to assist school districts in delivering the
 15 12 voluntary model core curriculum to students, in a report to
 15 13 the general assembly by January 14, 2008.
 15 14    Sec. 8.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == COMMUNITY COLLEGE
 15 15 QUALITY FACULTY WORKING GROUP.  The department of education
 15 16 shall convene a working group to study comprehensive community
 15 17 college quality faculty issues.  The working group shall
 15 18 include but is not limited to equal numbers of community
 15 19 college faculty and administrators.  The director of the
 15 20 department of education may appoint additional education
 15 21 stakeholders if appropriate.  The Iowa association of
 15 22 community college trustees shall appoint community college
 15 23 administrators to the working group and the Iowa state
 15 24 education association shall appoint college faculty to the
 15 25 working group.  The working group shall submit its findings
 15 26 and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by
 15 27 January 14, 2008.
 15 28                     STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
 15 29    Sec. 9.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 15 30 state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
 15 31 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
 15 32 following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
 15 33 be used for the purposes designated:
 15 34    1.  OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
 15 35    a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
 16  1 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
 16  2 equivalent positions:
 16  3 .................................................. $  1,167,137
 16  4 ............................................... FTEs      16.00
 16  5    The state board of regents, the department of management,
 16  6 and the legislative services agency shall cooperate to
 16  7 determine and agree upon, by November 15, 2007, the amount
 16  8 that needs to be appropriated for tuition replacement for the
 16  9 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.
 16 10    The state board of regents shall conduct a detailed study
 16 11 examining campus security protocols, processes, procedures,
 16 12 technologies, and prevention counseling techniques in use at
 16 13 each of the institutions of higher learning the board governs.
 16 14 The study shall also explore process, protocol, and technology
 16 15 improvements, as well as any other improvements which may lead
 16 16 to significant improvements in campus safety and security.
 16 17 The study shall include a review of arming campus security
 16 18 officers.  The board shall complete the study by October 1,
 16 19 2007, and shall submit its findings and recommendations in a
 16 20 report to the governor and the general assembly by October 15,
 16 21 2007.
 16 22    The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial
 16 23 report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents
 16 24 office and the legislative services agency.
 16 25    The state board of regents shall not circumvent the
 16 26 requirements of section 270.10 and as the board develops any
 16 27 plan regarding the Iowa braille and sight saving school, it
 16 28 shall comply with the requirements of section 270.10 and shall
 16 29 report monthly to the legislative standing committee on
 16 30 government oversight during the legislative interim.
 16 31    b.  For allocation by the state board of regents to the
 16 32 state university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science
 16 33 and technology, and the university of northern Iowa to
 16 34 reimburse the institutions for deficiencies in their operating
 16 35 funds resulting from the pledging of tuitions, student fees
 17  1 and charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of
 17  2 providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities
 17  3 and utility services at the institutions:
 17  4 .................................................. $ 13,975,431
 17  5    Notwithstanding section 8.33, funds appropriated for the
 17  6 purposes in this lettered paragraph remaining unencumbered or
 17  7 unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert but
 17  8 shall be available for expenditure for the purposes specified
 17  9 in this lettered paragraph during the subsequent fiscal year.
 17 10    c.  For funds to be allocated to the southwest Iowa
 17 11 graduate studies center:
 17 12 .................................................. $    105,956
 17 13    d.  For funds to be allocated to the siouxland interstate
 17 14 metropolitan planning council for the tristate graduate center
 17 15 under section 262.9, subsection 21:
 17 16 .................................................. $     77,941
 17 17    e.  For funds to be allocated to the quad=cities graduate
 17 18 studies center:
 17 19 .................................................. $    157,144
 17 20    f.  For funds for regents universities general operating
 17 21 budgets for strategic operating initiatives that enhance
 17 22 salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and for
 17 23 miscellaneous purposes:
 17 24 .................................................. $ 25,000,000
 17 25    g.  For funds to be distributed to the midwestern higher
 17 26 education compact to pay Iowa's member state annual
 17 27 obligation:
 17 28 .................................................. $     90,000
 17 29    2.  STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
 17 30    a.  General university, including lakeside laboratory
 17 31    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 17 32 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 17 33 full=time equivalent positions:
 17 34 .................................................. $230,843,903
 17 35 ............................................... FTEs   5,058.55
 18  1    b.  Psychiatric hospital
 18  2    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 18  3 miscellaneous purposes, for the care, treatment, and
 18  4 maintenance of committed and voluntary public patients, and
 18  5 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 18  6 positions:
 18  7 .................................................. $  7,043,056
 18  8 ............................................... FTEs     269.65
 18  9    c.  Center for disabilities and development
 18 10    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 18 11 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 18 12 positions:
 18 13 .................................................. $  6,363,265
 18 14 ............................................... FTEs     130.37
 18 15    From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
 18 16 $200,000 shall be allocated for purposes of the employment
 18 17 policy group.
 18 18    d.  Oakdale campus
 18 19    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 18 20 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 18 21 positions:
 18 22 .................................................. $  2,657,335
 18 23 ............................................... FTEs      38.25
 18 24    e.  State hygienic laboratory
 18 25    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 18 26 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 18 27 positions:
 18 28 .................................................. $  3,849,461
 18 29 ............................................... FTEs     102.50
 18 30    f.  Family practice program
 18 31    For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
 18 32 approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants, to
 18 33 carry out chapter 148D for the family practice program,
 18 34 including salaries and support, and for not more than the
 18 35 following full=time equivalent positions:
 19  1 .................................................. $  2,075,948
 19  2 ............................................... FTEs     190.40
 19  3    g.  Child health care services
 19  4    For specialized child health care services, including
 19  5 childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
 19  6 rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa
 19  7 high=risk infant follow=up program, including salaries and
 19  8 support, and for not more than the following full=time
 19  9 equivalent positions:
 19 10 .................................................. $    649,066
 19 11 ............................................... FTEs      57.97
 19 12    h.  Statewide cancer registry
 19 13    For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than
 19 14 the following full=time equivalent positions:
 19 15 .................................................. $    178,739
 19 16 ............................................... FTEs       2.10
 19 17    i.  Substance abuse consortium
 19 18    For funds to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for
 19 19 substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than
 19 20 the following full=time equivalent position:
 19 21 .................................................. $     64,871
 19 22 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
 19 23    j.  Center for biocatalysis
 19 24    For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
 19 25 following full=time equivalent positions:
 19 26 .................................................. $    881,384
 19 27 ............................................... FTEs       6.28
 19 28    k.  Primary health care initiative
 19 29    For the primary health care initiative in the college of
 19 30 medicine and for not more than the following full=time
 19 31 equivalent positions:
 19 32 .................................................. $    759,875
 19 33 ............................................... FTEs       5.89
 19 34    From the funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
 19 35 $330,000 shall be allocated to the department of family
 20  1 practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
 20  2 for family practice faculty and support staff.
 20  3    l.  Birth defects registry
 20  4    For the birth defects registry and for not more than the
 20  5 following full=time equivalent position:
 20  6 .................................................. $     44,636
 20  7 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
 20  8    m.  Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
 20  9    For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center:
 20 10 .................................................. $    200,000
 20 11    n.  Agricultural health and safety programs
 20 12    For a program for farmers with disabilities:
 20 13 .................................................. $    130,000
 20 14    Funds appropriated for purposes of this lettered paragraph
 20 15 shall be used for a grant to a national nonprofit organization
 20 16 with over eighty years of experience in assisting children and
 20 17 adults with disabilities and special needs.  The funds shall
 20 18 be used for a nationally recognized program that began in 1986
 20 19 and has been replicated in at least thirty other states, but
 20 20 which is not available through any other entity in this state,
 20 21 that provides assistance to farmers with disabilities in all
 20 22 99 counties to allow the farmers to remain in their own homes
 20 23 and be gainfully engaged in farming through provision of
 20 24 agricultural worksite and home modification consultations,
 20 25 peer support services, services to families, information and
 20 26 referral, and equipment loan services.
 20 27    3.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 20 28    a.  General university
 20 29    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 20 30 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 20 31 full=time equivalent positions:
 20 32 .................................................. $180,198,164
 20 33 ............................................... FTEs   3,647.42
 20 34    b.  Agricultural experiment station
 20 35    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 21  1 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 21  2 positions:
 21  3 .................................................. $ 32,984,653
 21  4 ............................................... FTEs     546.98
 21  5    c.  Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
 21  6 economics
 21  7    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 21  8 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 21  9 positions:
 21 10 .................................................. $ 21,232,579
 21 11 ............................................... FTEs     383.34
 21 12    d.  Leopold center
 21 13    For agricultural research grants at Iowa state university
 21 14 under section 266.39B, and for not more than the following
 21 15 full=time equivalent positions:
 21 16 .................................................. $    464,319
 21 17 ............................................... FTEs      11.25
 21 18    e.  Livestock disease research
 21 19    For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease
 21 20 research fund under section 267.8:
 21 21 .................................................. $    220,708
 21 22    4.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
 21 23    a.  General university
 21 24    For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
 21 25 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
 21 26 full=time equivalent positions:
 21 27 .................................................. $ 82,701,063
 21 28 ............................................... FTEs   1,449.48
 21 29    b.  Recycling and reuse center
 21 30    For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not
 21 31 more than the following full=time equivalent positions:
 21 32 .................................................. $    211,858
 21 33 ............................................... FTEs       3.00
 21 34    5.  STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
 21 35    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 22  1 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 22  2 positions:
 22  3 .................................................. $  9,530,007
 22  4 ............................................... FTEs     126.60
 22  5    6.  IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
 22  6    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 22  7 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
 22  8 positions:
 22  9 .................................................. $  5,332,607
 22 10 ............................................... FTEs      62.87
 22 11    7.  TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
 22 12    For payment to local school boards for the tuition and
 22 13 transportation costs of students residing in the Iowa braille
 22 14 and sight saving school and the state school for the deaf
 22 15 pursuant to section 262.43 and for payment of certain
 22 16 clothing, prescription, and transportation costs for students
 22 17 at these schools pursuant to section 270.5:
 22 18 .................................................. $     15,020
 22 19    Sec. 10.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == GEORGE WASHINGTON
 22 20 CARVER ENDOWED CHAIR.  There is appropriated from the general
 22 21 fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal
 22 22 period beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2009, the
 22 23 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
 22 24 used for the purpose designated:
 22 25    For purposes of recruiting and retaining high=quality
 22 26 faculty and to support their academic pursuits and endeavors
 22 27 through the establishment of the George Washington Carver
 22 28 endowed chair at the Iowa state university of science and
 22 29 technology:
 22 30 FY 2007=2008 ..................................... $    250,000
 22 31 FY 2008=2009 ..................................... $    250,000
 22 32    Moneys appropriated for purposes of the George Washington
 22 33 Carver endowed chair as provided by this section shall be
 22 34 allocated only to the extent that the state moneys are matched
 22 35 from other sources by the Iowa state university of science and
 23  1 technology on a basis of a two dollar university contribution
 23  2 for every one dollar appropriated under this section.
 23  3    Sec. 11.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
 23  4 ending June 30, 2008, the state board of regents may use
 23  5 notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under
 23  6 section 262.48 to finance projects that will result in energy
 23  7 cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to
 23  8 recover the cost of the projects within an average of six
 23  9 years.
 23 10    Sec. 12.  Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of
 23 11 administrative services shall pay the state school for the
 23 12 deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys
 23 13 collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning
 23 14 July 1, 2007, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs
 23 15 for students attending the state school for the deaf and the
 23 16 Iowa braille and sight saving school.
 23 17    Sec. 13.  PARTICIPATION IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM
 23 18 BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS == SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENTS.
 23 19 Notwithstanding any contrary provision in chapter 257,
 23 20 including sections 257.18 through 257.21, a school district
 23 21 that has participated in a board=approved instructional
 23 22 support program during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006,
 23 23 and ending June 30, 2007, may continue to participate in the
 23 24 board=approved instructional support program for the fiscal
 23 25 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, to the
 23 26 extent established by the board's resolution, as if it had
 23 27 complied with those sections, if all of the following apply:
 23 28    1.  The board of directors of the school district has
 23 29 adopted or adopts a resolution not later than May 15, 2007, to
 23 30 participate in the board=approved instructional support
 23 31 program as otherwise provided in section 257.18.  If the board
 23 32 of directors has adopted a budget which did not account for
 23 33 the board=approved instructional support program, the board of
 23 34 directors may adjust its budget to account for the
 23 35 board=approved instructional support program as approved by
 24  1 the department of management.
 24  2    2.  The secretary of the board of directors does not
 24  3 receive a petition as authorized in section 257.18, subsection
 24  4 2, within twenty=eight days following the adoption of the
 24  5 resolution by the board of directors of the school district to
 24  6 participate in the board=approved instructional support
 24  7 program as provided in subsection 1, which asks that an
 24  8 election be called to approve or disapprove the action of the
 24  9 board of directors in adopting the resolution.
 24 10    Sec. 14.  The Iowa learning technology commission shall
 24 11 submit a report by January 1, 2008, to the general assembly
 24 12 which shall include a description and the results of the pilot
 24 13 programs which received funding pursuant to section 280A.4
 24 14 and, based on the findings resulting from implementation of
 24 15 the programs, the commission's recommendations for funding and
 24 16 implementing statewide learning technology initiatives.
 24 17    Sec. 15.  STATE EMPLOYEE TELECOMMUTING == POLICY
 24 18 DEVELOPMENT == IMPLEMENTATION.
 24 19    1.  The director of a department or state agency to which
 24 20 appropriations are made pursuant to the provisions of this Act
 24 21 shall assess the extent to which job classifications or
 24 22 individual employment positions with the department or agency
 24 23 might be effectively performed from an employee's residence or
 24 24 other remote location through telecommuting, thereby
 24 25 increasing office space within the department or agency and
 24 26 reducing administrative costs.  The assessment shall include
 24 27 an estimate of the number of department or agency employees
 24 28 whose job responsibilities could be effectively performed on a
 24 29 telecommuting basis, projected costs of establishing and
 24 30 maintaining work stations at an employee's residence or other
 24 31 remote location and providing telecommuter support,
 24 32 anticipated savings to the department or agency through a
 24 33 reduction in the office=based workforce, and anticipated time
 24 34 and cost savings to telecommuting employees.  A report
 24 35 summarizing the assessment shall be submitted to the director
 25  1 of the department of administrative services, and the members
 25  2 of the general assembly, by November 1, 2007.
 25  3    2.  Based on the assessment conducted pursuant to
 25  4 subsection 1, the director shall develop a telecommuter
 25  5 employment policy for the department or agency and a timeline
 25  6 for initial policy implementation and plans for expanding the
 25  7 number of telecommuting employees.  Specific office=based
 25  8 workforce reduction percentages shall be left to the
 25  9 discretion of the director, but the director shall implement a
 25 10 policy by January 1, 2008.  The director shall report to the
 25 11 director of the department of administrative services and the
 25 12 members of the general assembly on an annual basis beginning
 25 13 January 1, 2009, the number of telecommuting employees, cost
 25 14 savings achieved by the department or agency, and plans for
 25 15 continued transfer of office=based employees to telecommuter
 25 16 status.
 25 17    Sec. 16.  Section 256.7, subsection 26, Code 2007, is
 25 18 amended to read as follows:
 25 19    26.  Set a goal of increasing to eighty percent the number
 25 20 of students graduating from all secondary schools in school
 25 21 districts in this state who have successfully completed the
 25 22 core curriculum recommended by the college testing service
 25 23 whose college entrance examination is taken by the majority of
 25 24 Iowa's high school students.  The state goal shall be
 25 25 exclusive of students who have special or alternative means
 25 26 for satisfying graduation requirements under individualized
 25 27 educational plans developed for the students.  The state board
 25 28 shall require each school district to annually report,
 25 29 beginning with the 2006==2007 school year, the percentage of
 25 30 students graduating from high school in the school district
 25 31 who complete the core curriculum.  The school district shall
 25 32 report, in the comprehensive school improvement plan submitted
 25 33 in accordance with subsection 21, how the district plans to
 25 34 increase the number of students completing the recommended
 25 35 core curriculum.  Taking into consideration the
 26  1 recommendations of the college testing service whose college
 26  2 entrance examination is taken by the majority of Iowa's high
 26  3 school students, Adopt rules that establish a voluntary model
 26  4 core curriculum and requiring, beginning with the students in
 26  5 the 2010==2011 school year graduating class, the requirements
 26  6 for high school graduation requirements for all students in
 26  7 school districts shall be and accredited nonpublic schools
 26  8 that include at a minimum satisfactory completion of four
 26  9 years of English and language arts, three years of
 26 10 mathematics, three years of science, and three years of social
 26 11 studies.  The voluntary model core curriculum adopted shall
 26 12 address the core content standards in subsection 27 and the
 26 13 skills and knowledge students need to be successful in the
 26 14 twenty=first century.  The voluntary model core curriculum
 26 15 shall include social studies and twenty=first century learning
 26 16 skills which include but are not limited to civic literacy,
 26 17 health literacy, technology literacy, financial literacy, and
 26 18 employability skills; and shall address the curricular needs
 26 19 of students in kindergarten through grade twelve in those
 26 20 areas.  The state board shall continue the inclusive process
 26 21 begun during the initial development of a voluntary model core
 26 22 curriculum for grades nine through twelve including
 26 23 stakeholder involvement, including but not limited to
 26 24 representatives from the private sector and the business
 26 25 community, and alignment of the voluntary model core
 26 26 curriculum to other recognized sets of national and
 26 27 international standards.  The state board shall also recommend
 26 28 quality assessments to school districts and accredited
 26 29 nonpublic schools to measure the voluntary model core
 26 30 curriculum.
 26 31    Sec. 17.  Section 256.7, Code 2007, is amended by adding
 26 32 the following new subsection:
 26 33    NEW SUBSECTION.  27.  Adopt a set of core content standards
 26 34 applicable to all students in kindergarten through grade
 26 35 twelve in every school district and accredited nonpublic
 27  1 school.  For purposes of this subsection, "core content
 27  2 standards" includes reading, mathematics, and science.  The
 27  3 core content standards shall be identical to the core content
 27  4 standards included in Iowa's approved 2006 standards and
 27  5 assessment system under Title I of the federal Elementary and
 27  6 Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. } 6301 et seq., as
 27  7 amended by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub.
 27  8 L. No. 107=110.  School districts and accredited nonpublic
 27  9 schools shall include, at a minimum, the core content
 27 10 standards adopted pursuant to this subsection in any set of
 27 11 locally developed content standards.  School districts and
 27 12 accredited nonpublic schools are strongly encouraged to
 27 13 include the voluntary model core curriculum or set higher
 27 14 expectations in local standards.  As changes in federal law or
 27 15 regulation occur, the state board is authorized to amend the
 27 16 core content standards as appropriate.
 27 17    Sec. 18.  Section 256.9, Code 2007, is amended by adding
 27 18 the following new subsection:
 27 19    NEW SUBSECTION.  55.  Establish and maintain a process and
 27 20 a procedure, in cooperation with the board of educational
 27 21 examiners, to compare a practitioner's teaching assignment
 27 22 with the license and endorsements held by the practitioner.
 27 23 The director may report noncompliance issues identified by
 27 24 this process to the board of educational examiners pursuant to
 27 25 section 272.15, subsection 3.
 27 26    Sec. 19.  NEW SECTION.  256.26  BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL
 27 27 GRANT PROGRAM.
 27 28    1.  There is established a before and after school grant
 27 29 program to provide competitive grants to school districts and
 27 30 other public and private organizations to expand the
 27 31 availability of before and after school programs, including
 27 32 but not limited to summer programs.
 27 33    2.  Grant applications shall be assessed by the department
 27 34 based on the targeted student population and whether the
 27 35 application meets all of the following conditions:
 28  1    a.  Demonstrates partnerships and collaboration with
 28  2 not=for=profit community organizations.
 28  3    b.  Indicates that the applicant has a plan for continually
 28  4 improving quality in the program.
 28  5    c.  Provides for a safe and engaging environment.
 28  6    d.  Combines academic, enrichment, cultural, and
 28  7 recreational activities.
 28  8    e.  Provides for not less than a twenty percent match of
 28  9 any state funds received for purposes of the program.
 28 10    f.  Demonstrates that the applicant is able to sustain the
 28 11 program after the grant is exhausted.
 28 12    3.  Activities supported by an applicant may include but
 28 13 are not limited to tutoring and supplementing instruction in
 28 14 basic skills, such as reading, math, and science; drug and
 28 15 violence prevention curricula and counseling; youth leadership
 28 16 activities; volunteer and service learning opportunities;
 28 17 career and vocational awareness preparation; courses and
 28 18 enrichment in arts and culture; computer instruction;
 28 19 character development and civic participation; language
 28 20 instruction, including English as a second language;
 28 21 mentoring; positive interaction with law enforcement;
 28 22 supervised recreation programs; and health and nutrition
 28 23 programs.
 28 24    4.  The department shall make every effort to award grants
 28 25 to a balance of rural and urban programs.
 28 26    5.  The department shall make every effort to leverage
 28 27 additional funding from other public and private sources to
 28 28 support the grant program.
 28 29    6.  From funds appropriated for a fiscal year for purposes
 28 30 of this section, not more than one hundred thousand dollars
 28 31 may be used to retain a contractor to work with the department
 28 32 on long=term planning and development of a statewide
 28 33 infrastructure to provide coordination, support, and technical
 28 34 assistance to before and after school programs.  The
 28 35 contractor shall be qualified to provide services in policy
 29  1 development, before and after school funding mechanisms,
 29  2 public and private partnerships, data collection, the
 29  3 promotion of quality, and working with various state and local
 29  4 interests.
 29  5    Sec. 20.  Section 257.11, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
 29  6 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
 29  7 thereof the following:
 29  8    6.  SHARED CLASSES DELIVERED OVER THE IOWA COMMUNICATIONS
 29  9 NETWORK.
 29 10    a.  A school district that provides a virtual class to a
 29 11 pupil in another school district and the school district
 29 12 receiving that virtual class for a pupil shall each receive a
 29 13 supplemental weighting of one=twentieth of the percentage of
 29 14 the pupil's school day during which the pupil attends the
 29 15 virtual class.
 29 16    b.  Fifty percent of the funding the school district
 29 17 providing the virtual class receives as a result of this
 29 18 subsection shall be reserved as additional pay for the virtual
 29 19 classroom instructor.  If an instructor's contract provides
 29 20 additional pay for teaching a virtual class, the instructor
 29 21 shall receive the greater amount of either the amount provided
 29 22 for in this paragraph or the amount provided for in the
 29 23 instructor's contract.
 29 24    c.  A school district receiving a virtual class for a pupil
 29 25 from a community college, which class meets the sharing
 29 26 agreement requirements in section 257.11, subsection 3, shall
 29 27 receive a supplemental funding weighting of one=twentieth of
 29 28 the percentage of the pupil's school day during which the
 29 29 pupil attends the virtual class.
 29 30    d.  For the purposes of this subsection, "virtual class"
 29 31 means either of the following:
 29 32    (1)  A class provided by a school district to a pupil in
 29 33 another school district via the Iowa communications network's
 29 34 video services.
 29 35    (2)  A class provided by a community college to a pupil in
 30  1 a school district via the Iowa communications network's video
 30  2 services.
 30  3    Sec. 21.  Section 260C.36, subsection 1, unnumbered
 30  4 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 30  5    By October 1, 2002, the The community college
 30  6 administration shall establish a committee consisting of
 30  7 instructors and administrators, equally representative of the
 30  8 arts and sciences faculty and the vocational=technical
 30  9 faculty, which has no more than a simple majority of members
 30 10 of the same gender.  The faculty members shall be appointed by
 30 11 the certified employee organization if one exists and if not,
 30 12 by the college administration.  The administrators shall be
 30 13 appointed by the college administration.  The committee shall
 30 14 develop and maintain a plan for hiring and developing quality
 30 15 faculty that includes all of the following:
 30 16    Sec. 22.  Section 260C.36, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
 30 17 amended by striking the subsection.
 30 18    Sec. 23.  Section 260C.48, subsection 1, unnumbered
 30 19 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 30 20    The state board shall develop standards and rules for the
 30 21 accreditation of community college programs.  Except as
 30 22 provided in this subsection and subsection 4, standards
 30 23 developed shall be general in nature so as to apply to more
 30 24 than one specific program of instruction.  With regard to
 30 25 community college=employed instructors, the standards adopted
 30 26 shall at a minimum require that full=time community college
 30 27 instructors who are under contract for at least half=time or
 30 28 more meet the following requirements:
 30 29    Sec. 24.  Section 261.2, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
 30 30 amended to read as follows:
 30 31    6.  Develop and implement, in cooperation with the
 30 32 department of human services and the judicial branch, a
 30 33 program to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or
 30 34 older and who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or
 30 35 237 or are otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in
 31  1 applying for federal and state aid available for higher
 31  2 education.  The commission shall also develop and implement
 31  3 the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant program in
 31  4 accordance with section 261.6.
 31  5    Sec. 25.  NEW SECTION.  261.6  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY FOSTER
 31  6 CARE GRANT PROGRAM.
 31  7    1.  The commission shall develop and implement, in
 31  8 cooperation with the department of human services and the
 31  9 judicial branch, the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant
 31 10 program in accordance with this section.
 31 11    2.  The program shall provide financial assistance for
 31 12 postsecondary education or training to persons who have a high
 31 13 school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma under
 31 14 chapter 259A, are age eighteen through twenty=three, and are
 31 15 described by any of the following:
 31 16    a.  On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
 31 17 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
 31 18 the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant to
 31 19 a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and
 31 20 custody of the department of human services or juvenile court
 31 21 services.
 31 22    b.  On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
 31 23 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
 31 24 the person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live
 31 25 with a relative or other suitable person.
 31 26    c.  The person was in a licensed foster care placement
 31 27 pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being
 31 28 legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.
 31 29    d.  On the date the person reached age eighteen or during
 31 30 the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date,
 31 31 the person was placed in the state training school or the Iowa
 31 32 juvenile home pursuant to a court order entered under chapter
 31 33 232 under the care and custody of the department of human
 31 34 services.
 31 35    3.  The program requirements shall include but are not
 32  1 limited to all of the following:
 32  2    a.  Program assistance shall cover a program participant's
 32  3 expenses associated with attending an approved postsecondary
 32  4 education or training program in this state.  The expenses
 32  5 shall include tuition and fees, books and supplies, child
 32  6 care, transportation, housing, and other expenses approved by
 32  7 the commission.  If a participant is attending on less than a
 32  8 full=time basis, assistance provisions shall be designed to
 32  9 cover tuition and fees and books and supplies, and assistance
 32 10 for other expenses shall be prorated to reflect the hours
 32 11 enrolled.
 32 12    b.  If the approved education or training program is more
 32 13 than one year in length, the program assistance may be
 32 14 renewed.  To renew the assistance, the participant must
 32 15 annually reapply for the program and meet the academic
 32 16 progress standards of the postsecondary educational
 32 17 institution or make satisfactory progress toward completion of
 32 18 the training program.
 32 19    c.  A person shall be less than age twenty=three upon both
 32 20 the date of the person's initial application for the program
 32 21 and the start date of the education or training program for
 32 22 which the assistance is provided.  Eligibility for program
 32 23 assistance shall end upon the participant reaching age
 32 24 twenty=four.
 32 25    d.  Assistance under the program shall not be provided for
 32 26 expenses that are paid for by other programs for which funding
 32 27 is available to assist the participant.
 32 28    e.  The commission shall implement assistance provisions in
 32 29 a manner to ensure that the total amount of assistance
 32 30 provided under the program remains within the funding
 32 31 available for the program.
 32 32    4.  The commission shall develop and implement a tracking
 32 33 system that maintains a record of the postsecondary and
 32 34 workforce participation for those assisted under the program.
 32 35 The system shall maintain a record for each participant for up
 33  1 to ten years after the first year of assistance.  The
 33  2 commission shall deliver a report on the outcomes of the
 33  3 program to the governor and general assembly by January 1
 33  4 annually.
 33  5    Sec. 26.  Section 261.23, Code 2007, is amended by striking
 33  6 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
 33  7    261.23  REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSE EDUCATOR LOAN
 33  8 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
 33  9    1.  A registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness
 33 10 program is established to be administered by the commission.
 33 11 The program shall consist of loan forgiveness for eligible
 33 12 federally guaranteed loans for registered nurses and nurse
 33 13 educators who practice or teach in this state.  For purposes
 33 14 of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "nurse
 33 15 educator" means a registered nurse who holds a master's degree
 33 16 or doctorate degree and is employed as a faculty member who
 33 17 teaches nursing as provided in 655 IAC 2.6(152) at an
 33 18 accredited private institution or an institution of higher
 33 19 education governed by the state board of regents.
 33 20    2.  Each applicant for loan forgiveness shall, in
 33 21 accordance with the rules of the commission, do the following:
 33 22    a.  Complete and file an application for registered nurse
 33 23 or nurse educator loan forgiveness.  The individual shall be
 33 24 responsible for the prompt submission of any information
 33 25 required by the commission.
 33 26    b.  File a new application and submit information as
 33 27 required by the commission annually on the basis of which the
 33 28 applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness will
 33 29 be evaluated and determined.
 33 30    c.  Complete and return on a form approved by the
 33 31 commission an affidavit of practice verifying that the
 33 32 applicant is a registered nurse practicing in this state or a
 33 33 nurse educator teaching at an accredited private institution
 33 34 or an institution of higher learning governed by the state
 33 35 board of regents.
 34  1    3.  a.  The annual amount of registered nurse loan
 34  2 forgiveness for a registered nurse who completes a course of
 34  3 study which leads to a baccalaureate or associate degree of
 34  4 nursing, diploma in nursing, or a graduate or equivalent
 34  5 degree in nursing, and who practices in this state, shall not
 34  6 exceed the resident tuition rate established for institutions
 34  7 of higher learning governed by the state board of regents for
 34  8 the first year following the registered nurse's graduation
 34  9 from a nursing education program approved by the board of
 34 10 nursing pursuant to section 152.5, or twenty percent of the
 34 11 registered nurse's total federally guaranteed Stafford loan
 34 12 amount under the federal family education loan program or the
 34 13 federal direct loan program, including principal and interest,
 34 14 whichever amount is less.  A registered nurse shall be
 34 15 eligible for the loan forgiveness program for not more than
 34 16 five consecutive years.
 34 17    b.  The annual amount of nurse educator loan forgiveness
 34 18 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
 34 19 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of
 34 20 regents for the first year following the nurse educator's
 34 21 graduation from an advanced formal academic nursing education
 34 22 program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to section
 34 23 152.5, or twenty percent of the nurse educator's total
 34 24 federally guaranteed Stafford loan amount under the federal
 34 25 family education loan program or the federal direct loan
 34 26 program, including principal and interest, whichever amount is
 34 27 less.  A nurse educator shall be eligible for the loan
 34 28 forgiveness program for not more than five consecutive years.
 34 29    4.  A registered nurse and nurse educator loan forgiveness
 34 30 repayment fund is created for deposit of moneys appropriated
 34 31 to or received by the commission for use under the program.
 34 32 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys deposited in the fund
 34 33 shall not revert to any fund of the state at the end of any
 34 34 fiscal year but shall remain in the loan forgiveness repayment
 34 35 fund and be continuously available for loan forgiveness under
 35  1 the program.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
 35  2 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be
 35  3 credited to the fund.
 35  4    5.  The commission shall submit in a report to the general
 35  5 assembly by January 1, annually, the number of individuals who
 35  6 received loan forgiveness pursuant to this section, where the
 35  7 participants practiced or taught, the amount paid to each
 35  8 program participant, and other information identified by the
 35  9 commission as indicators of outcomes from the program.
 35 10    6.  The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
 35 11 17A to administer this section.
 35 12    Sec. 27.  Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code
 35 13 2007, are amended to read as follows:
 35 14    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 35 15 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of
 35 16 forty=six forty=eight million five three hundred six
 35 17 seventy=three thousand two seven hundred eighteen dollars for
 35 18 tuition grants.
 35 19    2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 35 20 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of five
 35 21 million one three hundred sixty=seven seventy=four thousand
 35 22 three eight hundred fifty=eight dollars for tuition grants for
 35 23 students attending for=profit accredited private institutions
 35 24 located in Iowa.  A for=profit institution which, effective
 35 25 March 9, 2005, purchased an accredited private institution
 35 26 that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the
 35 27 Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution under
 35 28 the tuition grant program.  In the case of a qualified student
 35 29 who was enrolled in such accredited private institution that
 35 30 was purchased by the for=profit institution effective March 9,
 35 31 2005, and who continues to be enrolled in the eligible
 35 32 institution in succeeding years, the amount the student
 35 33 qualifies for under this subsection shall be not less than the
 35 34 amount the student qualified for in the fiscal year beginning
 35 35 July 1, 2004.  For purposes of the tuition grant program,
 36  1 "for=profit accredited private institution" means an
 36  2 accredited private institution which is not exempt from
 36  3 taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
 36  4 but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9,
 36  5 subsection 1, paragraph "b", and whose students were eligible
 36  6 to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 36  7 2003.
 36  8    3.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 36  9 state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two
 36 10 million five seven hundred thirty=three eighty=three thousand
 36 11 one hundred fifteen dollars for vocational=technical tuition
 36 12 grants.
 36 13    Sec. 28.  NEW SECTION.  261.88  ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY
 36 14 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND FUND.
 36 15    1.  DEFINITIONS.  As used in this division, unless the
 36 16 context otherwise requires:
 36 17    a.  "Commission" means the college student aid commission.
 36 18    b.  "Eligible institution" means a community college
 36 19 established under chapter 260C or an institution of higher
 36 20 learning governed by the state board of regents.
 36 21    c.  "Financial need" means the difference between the
 36 22 student's financial resources available, including those
 36 23 available from the student's parents as determined by a
 36 24 completed parents' confidential statement, and the student's
 36 25 anticipated expenses while attending an eligible institution.
 36 26    d.  "Full=time resident student" means an individual
 36 27 resident of Iowa who is enrolled at an eligible institution in
 36 28 a program of study including at least twelve semester hours or
 36 29 the trimester or quarter equivalent.
 36 30    e.  "Part=time resident student" means an individual
 36 31 resident of Iowa who is enrolled at an eligible institution in
 36 32 a program of study including at least three semester hours or
 36 33 the trimester or quarter equivalent.
 36 34    f.  "Qualified student" means a resident student who has
 36 35 established financial need and who is meeting all program
 37  1 requirements.
 37  2    2.  PROGRAM == ELIGIBILITY.  An all Iowa opportunity
 37  3 scholarship program is established to be administered by the
 37  4 commission.  The awarding of scholarships under the program is
 37  5 subject to appropriations made by the general assembly.  A
 37  6 person who meets all of the following requirements is eligible
 37  7 for the program:
 37  8    a.  Is a resident of Iowa and a citizen of the United
 37  9 States or a lawful permanent resident.
 37 10    b.  Achieves a cumulative high school grade point average
 37 11 upon graduation of at least two point five on a four=point
 37 12 grade scale, or its equivalent if another grade scale is used.
 37 13    c.  Applies in a timely manner for admission to an eligible
 37 14 institution and is accepted for admission.
 37 15    d.  Applies in a timely manner for any federal or state
 37 16 student financial assistance available to the student to
 37 17 attend an eligible institution.
 37 18    e.  Files a new application and parents' confidential
 37 19 statement, as applicable, annually on the basis of which the
 37 20 applicant's eligibility for a renewed scholarship will be
 37 21 evaluated and determined.
 37 22    f.  Maintains satisfactory academic progress during each
 37 23 term for which a scholarship is awarded.
 37 24    g.  Begins enrollment at an eligible institution within two
 37 25 academic years of graduation from high school and continuously
 37 26 receives awards as a full=time or part=time student to
 37 27 maintain eligibility.  However, the student may defer
 37 28 participation in the program for up to two years in order to
 37 29 pursue obligations that meet conditions established by the
 37 30 commission by rule or to fulfill military obligations.
 37 31    3.  EXTENT OF SCHOLARSHIP.
 37 32    a.  A qualified student at a two=year eligible institution
 37 33 may receive scholarships for not more than the equivalent of
 37 34 four full=time semesters of undergraduate study, or the
 37 35 trimester or quarter equivalent.
 38  1    b.  A qualified student at a four=year eligible institution
 38  2 may receive scholarships for not more than the equivalent of
 38  3 two full=time semesters of undergraduate study, or the
 38  4 trimester or quarter equivalent.
 38  5    c.  Scholarships awarded pursuant to this section shall not
 38  6 exceed the student's financial need, as determined by the
 38  7 commission, the average resident tuition rate and mandatory
 38  8 fees established for institutions of higher learning governed
 38  9 by the state board of regents, or the resident tuition and
 38 10 mandatory fees charged for the program of enrollment by the
 38 11 eligible institution at which the student is enrolled,
 38 12 whichever is least.
 38 13    4.  DISCONTINUANCE OF ATTENDANCE == REMITTANCE.  If a
 38 14 student receiving a scholarship pursuant to this section
 38 15 discontinues attendance before the end of any academic term,
 38 16 the entire amount of any refund due to the student, up to the
 38 17 amount of any payments made by the state, shall be remitted by
 38 18 the eligible institution to the commission.  The commission
 38 19 shall deposit refunds paid to the commission in accordance
 38 20 with this subsection into the fund established pursuant to
 38 21 subsection 5.
 38 22    5.  FUND ESTABLISHED.  An all Iowa opportunity scholarship
 38 23 fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under
 38 24 the control of the commission.  All moneys deposited or paid
 38 25 into the fund are appropriated and made available to the
 38 26 commission to be used for scholarships for students meeting
 38 27 the requirements of this section.  Notwithstanding section
 38 28 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of each fiscal year
 38 29 shall not revert to the general fund of the state, but shall
 38 30 be available for purposes of this section in subsequent fiscal
 38 31 years.
 38 32    Sec. 29.  Section 261.111, subsection 9, Code 2007, is
 38 33 amended to read as follows:
 38 34    9.  The commission shall submit in a report to the
 38 35 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
 39  1 subcommittee on education general assembly by January 1,
 39  2 annually, the number of students who received forgivable loans
 39  3 pursuant to this section, which institutions the students were
 39  4 enrolled in, and the amount paid to each of the institutions
 39  5 on behalf of the students who received forgivable loans
 39  6 pursuant to this section and the total amount of loans
 39  7 outstanding, including a schedule of years remaining on the
 39  8 outstanding loans.
 39  9    Sec. 30.  Section 261.111, subsection 10, Code 2007, is
 39 10 amended by striking the subsection.
 39 11    Sec. 31.  NEW SECTION.  261.112  TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN
 39 12 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
 39 13    1.  A teacher shortage loan forgiveness program is
 39 14 established to be administered by the commission.  A teacher
 39 15 is eligible for the program if the teacher is practicing in a
 39 16 teacher shortage area as designated by the department of
 39 17 education pursuant to subsection 2.  For purposes of this
 39 18 section, "teacher" means an individual holding a
 39 19 practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, who is
 39 20 employed in a nonadministrative position in a designated
 39 21 shortage area by a school district or area education agency
 39 22 pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under
 39 23 section 279.13.
 39 24    2.  The director of the department of education shall
 39 25 annually designate the geographic or subject areas
 39 26 experiencing teacher shortages.  The director shall
 39 27 periodically conduct a survey of school districts, accredited
 39 28 nonpublic schools, and approved practitioner preparation
 39 29 programs to determine current shortage areas.
 39 30    3.  Each applicant for loan forgiveness shall, in
 39 31 accordance with the rules of the commission, do the following:
 39 32    a.  Complete and file an application for teacher shortage
 39 33 loan forgiveness.  The individual shall be responsible for the
 39 34 prompt submission of any information required by the
 39 35 commission.
 40  1    b.  File a new application and submit information as
 40  2 required by the commission annually on the basis of which the
 40  3 applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness will
 40  4 be evaluated and determined.
 40  5    c.  Complete and return on a form approved by the
 40  6 commission an affidavit of practice verifying that the
 40  7 applicant is a teacher in an eligible teacher shortage area.
 40  8    4.  The annual amount of teacher shortage loan forgiveness
 40  9 shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for
 40 10 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of
 40 11 regents for the first year following the teacher's graduation
 40 12 from an approved practitioner preparation program, or twenty
 40 13 percent of the teacher's total federally guaranteed Stafford
 40 14 loan amount under the federal family education loan program or
 40 15 the federal direct loan program, including principal and
 40 16 interest, whichever amount is less.  A teacher shall be
 40 17 eligible for the loan forgiveness program for not more than
 40 18 five consecutive years.
 40 19    5.  A teacher shortage loan forgiveness repayment fund is
 40 20 created for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received by
 40 21 the commission for use under the program.  Notwithstanding
 40 22 section 8.33, moneys deposited in the fund shall not revert to
 40 23 any fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year but shall
 40 24 remain in the loan forgiveness repayment fund and be
 40 25 continuously available for loan forgiveness under the program.
 40 26 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
 40 27 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to
 40 28 the fund.
 40 29    6.  The commission shall submit in a report to the general
 40 30 assembly by January 1, annually, the number of individuals who
 40 31 received loan forgiveness pursuant to this section, which
 40 32 shortage areas the teachers taught in, the amount paid to each
 40 33 program participant, and other information identified by the
 40 34 commission as indicators of outcomes from the program.
 40 35    7.  The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
 41  1 17A to administer this section.
 41  2    Sec. 32.  Section 262.9, subsection 18, Code 2007, is
 41  3 amended to read as follows:
 41  4    18.  a.  Not less than thirty days prior to action by the
 41  5 board on any proposal to increase tuition, fees, or charges at
 41  6 one or more of the institutions of higher education under its
 41  7 control, send written notification of the amount of the
 41  8 proposed increase including a copy of the proposed tuition
 41  9 increase docket memorandum prepared for its consideration to
 41 10 the presiding officers of the student government organization
 41 11 of the affected institutions.  The final decision on an
 41 12 increase in tuition or mandatory fees charged to all students
 41 13 at an institution for a fiscal year shall be made at a regular
 41 14 meeting and shall be reflected in a final docket memorandum
 41 15 that states the estimated total cost of attending each of the
 41 16 institutions of higher education under the board's control.
 41 17 The regular meeting shall be held in Ames, Cedar Falls, or
 41 18 Iowa City and shall not be held during a period in which
 41 19 classes have been suspended for university holiday or break.
 41 20    b.  Authorize, at its discretion, each institution of
 41 21 higher education to retain the student fees and charges it
 41 22 collects to further the institution's purposes as authorized
 41 23 by the board.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
 41 24 student fees and charges, as defined in section 262A.2, shall
 41 25 not be considered repayment receipts as defined in section
 41 26 8.2.
 41 27    Sec. 33.  Section 272.15, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 41 28 follows:
 41 29    272.15  SCHOOL REPORTING REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENTS ==
 41 30 COMPLAINTS.
 41 31    1.  The board of directors of a school district or area
 41 32 education agency, the superintendent of a school district or
 41 33 the chief administrator of an area education agency, and the
 41 34 authorities in charge of a nonpublic school shall report to
 41 35 the board the nonrenewal or termination, for reasons of
 42  1 alleged or actual misconduct, of a person's contract executed
 42  2 under sections 279.12, 279.13, 279.15 through 279.21, 279.23,
 42  3 and 279.24, and the resignation of a person who holds a
 42  4 license, certificate, or authorization issued by the board as
 42  5 a result of or following an incident or allegation of
 42  6 misconduct that, if proven, would constitute a violation of
 42  7 the rules adopted by the board to implement section 272.2,
 42  8 subsection 14, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1), when the board
 42  9 or reporting official has a good faith belief that the
 42 10 incident occurred or the allegation is true.  Information
 42 11 reported to the board in accordance with this section is
 42 12 privileged and confidential, and except as provided in section
 42 13 272.13, is not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means
 42 14 of legal compulsion for its release to a person other than the
 42 15 respondent and the board and its employees and agents involved
 42 16 in licensee discipline, and is not admissible in evidence in a
 42 17 judicial or administrative proceeding other than the
 42 18 proceeding involving licensee discipline.  The board shall
 42 19 review the information reported to determine whether a
 42 20 complaint should be initiated.  In making that determination,
 42 21 the board shall consider the factors enumerated in section
 42 22 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph "a".  For purposes of this
 42 23 section, unless the context otherwise requires, "misconduct"
 42 24 means an action disqualifying an applicant for a license or
 42 25 causing the license of a person to be revoked or suspended in
 42 26 accordance with the rules adopted by the board to implement
 42 27 section 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1).
 42 28    2.  If, in the course of performing official duties, an
 42 29 employee of the department becomes aware of any alleged
 42 30 misconduct by an individual licensed under this chapter, the
 42 31 employee shall report the alleged misconduct to the board of
 42 32 educational examiners under rules adopted pursuant to
 42 33 subsection 1.
 42 34    3.  If the executive director of the board verifies through
 42 35 a review of official records that a teacher who holds a
 43  1 practitioner's license under this chapter is assigned
 43  2 instructional duties for which the teacher does not hold the
 43  3 appropriate license or endorsement, either by grade level or
 43  4 subject area, by a school district or accredited nonpublic
 43  5 school, the executive director may initiate a complaint
 43  6 against the teacher and the administrator responsible for the
 43  7 inappropriate assignment of instructional duties.
 43  8    Sec. 34.  Section 275.15, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
 43  9 amended to read as follows:
 43 10    4.  The administrator shall at once publish the decision in
 43 11 the same newspaper in which the original notice was published.
 43 12 Within twenty days after the publication, the decision
 43 13 rendered by the area education agency board may be appealed to
 43 14 the district court in the county involved by any school
 43 15 district affected.  For purposes of appeal, only those school
 43 16 districts who filed reorganization petitions are school
 43 17 districts affected.  An appeal from a decision of an area
 43 18 education agency board or joint area education agency boards
 43 19 under section 275.4, 275.16, or this section is subject to
 43 20 appeal procedures under this chapter and is not subject to
 43 21 appeal under procedures set forth in chapter 290.
 43 22    Sec. 35.  NEW SECTION.  279.43  REPORTING INAPPROPRIATE
 43 23 TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS.
 43 24    An employee licensed by the board of educational examiners
 43 25 and holding a contract as described in section 279.13 shall
 43 26 disclose any occurrence of a teaching assignment for which
 43 27 that employee is not properly licensed to the school official
 43 28 responsible for determining teaching assignments.  Failure of
 43 29 the employee to disclose this occurrence or failure of the
 43 30 school official responsible for determining teaching
 43 31 assignments to make appropriate adjustments to the employee's
 43 32 teaching assignment once the employee discloses the occurrence
 43 33 shall constitute an incident of misconduct as provided in
 43 34 section 272.2, subsection 14, and is actionable by the board.
 43 35 If the school official fails to make appropriate adjustments
 44  1 to the teaching assignment once disclosure by the employee is
 44  2 made, the employee shall report this occurrence to the
 44  3 department or to the board for further action.
 44  4    Sec. 36.  Section 279.61, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 44  5 follows:
 44  6    279.61  STUDENT PLAN FOR PROGRESS TOWARD UNIVERSITY
 44  7 ADMISSIONS == REPORT.
 44  8    1.  For the school year beginning July 1, 2006 2007, and
 44  9 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
 44 10 school district shall cooperate with each student enrolled in
 44 11 grade eight to develop for the student a core curriculum plan
 44 12 to guide the student toward the goal of successfully
 44 13 completing, at a minimum, the voluntary model core curriculum
 44 14 developed by the state board of education pursuant to section
 44 15 256.7, subsection 26, by the time the student graduates from
 44 16 high school.  The plan shall include career options and shall
 44 17 identify the coursework needed in grades nine through twelve
 44 18 to support the student's postsecondary education and career
 44 19 options.  If the pupil is under eighteen years of age, the
 44 20 pupil's The student's parent or guardian shall sign the core
 44 21 curriculum plan developed with the student and the signed plan
 44 22 shall be included in the student's cumulative records.
 44 23    2.  For the school year beginning July 1, 2006 2007, and
 44 24 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
 44 25 school district shall report annually to each student enrolled
 44 26 in grades nine through twelve in the school district, and, if
 44 27 the student is under the age of eighteen, to each student's
 44 28 parent or guardian, the student's progress toward meeting the
 44 29 goal of successfully completing the model core curriculum
 44 30 developed by high school graduation requirements adopted by
 44 31 the state board of education pursuant to section 256.7,
 44 32 subsection 26.
 44 33    Sec. 37.  NEW SECTION.  279.65  STUDENT ADVANCEMENT POLICY
 44 34 == FINDINGS == SUPPLEMENTAL STRATEGIES AND EDUCATIONAL
 44 35 SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.
 45  1    1.  The general assembly finds and declares that students
 45  2 should be able to meet or exceed the expectations established
 45  3 by the school district of enrollment in order to advance to
 45  4 the next grade level.
 45  5    2.  The board of directors of each school district shall
 45  6 adopt a student advancement policy which provides for the
 45  7 following:
 45  8    a.  Supplemental strategies to be provided to all students
 45  9 in kindergarten through grade five who do not meet the grade
 45 10 level expectations established by the school district for
 45 11 English=language arts, social studies, mathematics, and
 45 12 science.
 45 13    b.  A requirement that students in grades six through eight
 45 14 who fail one or more of the core courses make up deficiencies
 45 15 before advancing to the next level in the subject area.  "Core
 45 16 course", for purposes of this section, means a course in the
 45 17 following subject areas:  English=language arts, social
 45 18 studies, mathematics, and science.
 45 19    c.  Opportunities for students to meet the school
 45 20 district's expectations as provided in paragraphs "a" and "b"
 45 21 which shall include but not be limited to supplemental
 45 22 educational services such as tutoring that may be offered
 45 23 before and after school or during the summer and that may be
 45 24 provided by private service providers.
 45 25    3.  If a student in kindergarten through grade eight does
 45 26 not meet the grade level core course expectations established
 45 27 by the school district as provided in this section, the school
 45 28 district shall develop a plan for supplemental strategies or
 45 29 supplemental educational services, and for measuring student
 45 30 progress, in consultation with the student's parent or
 45 31 guardian.
 45 32    4.  In deciding student placement and advancement, the
 45 33 board of directors of a school district shall make every
 45 34 effort to reach agreement with parents and guardians.
 45 35    5.  A supplemental strategies and educational services
 46  1 grant program is established to be administered by the
 46  2 department of education to award grants to school districts
 46  3 for purposes of providing supplemental strategies and
 46  4 educational services to students who do not meet the grade
 46  5 level expectations established by the school district for
 46  6 English=language arts, social studies, mathematics, and
 46  7 science.  The department shall develop the criteria and a
 46  8 process for awarding supplemental strategies and educational
 46  9 services grants to school districts when moneys are
 46 10 appropriated for the grant program.  By January 15 of the
 46 11 fiscal year following each fiscal year for which the general
 46 12 assembly appropriated funds to the department of education for
 46 13 purposes of this subsection, the department shall assess the
 46 14 effectiveness of the program and shall submit its findings and
 46 15 recommendations in a report to the general assembly.
 46 16    Sec. 38.  NEW SECTION.  279.66  DISCIPLINE AND PERSONAL
 46 17 CONDUCT STANDARDS.
 46 18    The board of directors of a school district shall review
 46 19 and modify existing policies related to student discipline and
 46 20 student conduct that are designed to promote responsible
 46 21 behavior on school property and at school functions in order
 46 22 that the policy shall govern the conduct of students, teachers
 46 23 and other school personnel, and visitors; provide
 46 24 opportunities for students to exercise self=discipline and
 46 25 practice cooperative classroom behavior; and encourage
 46 26 students and practitioners to model fairness, equity, and
 46 27 respect.  The policy shall specify the responsibilities of
 46 28 students, parents and guardians, and practitioners in creating
 46 29 an atmosphere where all individuals feel a sense of respect,
 46 30 safety, and belonging, and shall set forth the consequences
 46 31 for unacceptable behavior.  The policy shall be published in
 46 32 the student handbook.
 46 33    Sec. 39.  Section 284A.3, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 46 34 follows:
 46 35    284A.3  BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR MENTORING AND INDUCTION
 47  1 PROGRAM APPROPRIATION == PROGRAM FUNDS.
 47  2    1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and each
 47  3 succeeding fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general
 47  4 fund of the state to the department of education the sum of
 47  5 two hundred fifty thousand dollars for purposes of
 47  6 administering the beginning administrator mentoring and
 47  7 induction program established pursuant to this chapter.
 47  8    2.  A To the extent moneys are available, a school district
 47  9 shall receive one thousand five hundred dollars per beginning
 47 10 administrator participating in the program.  If the funds
 47 11 appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors
 47 12 and school districts as provided in this subsection section,
 47 13 the department shall prorate the amount distributed to school
 47 14 districts based upon the amount appropriated.  Moneys received
 47 15 by a school district pursuant to this subsection section shall
 47 16 be expended to provide each mentor with an award of five
 47 17 hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation
 47 18 in the school district's beginning administrator mentoring and
 47 19 induction program; to implement the plan; and to pay any
 47 20 applicable costs of the employer's share of contributions to
 47 21 federal social security and the Iowa public employees'
 47 22 retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement system
 47 23 established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the
 47 24 district.
 47 25    3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys remaining
 47 26 unobligated or unexpended from the moneys appropriated under
 47 27 subsection 1 shall not revert, but shall remain available in
 47 28 the succeeding fiscal year for expenditure for the purposes
 47 29 designated.  The provisions of section 8.39 shall not apply to
 47 30 the funds appropriated pursuant to this section.
 47 31    Sec. 40.  Section 321.178, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
 47 32 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 47 33    c.  Every public school district in Iowa shall offer or
 47 34 make available to all students residing in the school district
 47 35 or Iowa students attending a nonpublic school in the district
 48  1 an approved course in driver education.  The receiving
 48  2 district shall be the school district responsible for making
 48  3 driver education available to a student participating in open
 48  4 enrollment under section 282.18.  The courses may be offered
 48  5 at sites other than at the public school, including nonpublic
 48  6 school facilities within the public school districts.  An
 48  7 approved course offered during the summer months, on
 48  8 Saturdays, after regular school hours during the regular terms
 48  9 or partly in one term or summer vacation period and partly in
 48 10 the succeeding term or summer vacation period, as the case may
 48 11 be, shall satisfy the requirements of this section to the same
 48 12 extent as an approved course offered during the regular school
 48 13 hours of the school term.  A student who successfully
 48 14 completes and obtains certification in an approved course in
 48 15 driver education or an approved course in motorcycle education
 48 16 may, upon proof of such fact, be excused from any field test
 48 17 which the student would otherwise be required to take in
 48 18 demonstrating the student's ability to operate a motor
 48 19 vehicle.  A student shall not be excused from any field test
 48 20 if a parent, guardian, or instructor requests that a test be
 48 21 administered.  Street or highway driving instruction may be
 48 22 provided by a person qualified as a classroom driver education
 48 23 instructor or a person certified by the department and
 48 24 authorized by the board of educational examiners.  A person
 48 25 shall not be required to hold a current Iowa teacher or
 48 26 administrator license at the elementary or secondary level or
 48 27 to have satisfied the educational requirements for an Iowa
 48 28 teacher license at the elementary or secondary level in order
 48 29 to be certified by the department or authorized by the board
 48 30 of educational examiners to provide street or highway driving
 48 31 instruction.  A final field test prior to a student's
 48 32 completion of an approved course shall be administered by a
 48 33 person qualified as a classroom driver education instructor.
 48 34 The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
 48 35 provide for certification of persons qualified to provide
 49  1 street or highway driving instruction.  The board of
 49  2 educational examiners shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
 49  3 17A to provide for authorization of persons certified by the
 49  4 department to provide street or highway driving instruction.
 49  5    Sec. 41.  2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1157, section 18, is
 49  6 amended to read as follows:
 49  7    SEC. 18.  EARLY CARE, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS == FY
 49  8 2007=2008 AND 2008=2009.
 49  9    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 49 10 state to the department of education for deposit in the school
 49 11 ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund for
 49 12 each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007,
 49 13 and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much
 49 14 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
 49 15 designated:
 49 16    For early care, health, and education and preschool
 49 17 programs, to continue programs and initiatives developed
 49 18 pursuant to the appropriation made in this division of this
 49 19 Act for this purpose for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 49 20 2006:
 49 21 .................................................. $ 15,000,000
 49 22                                                      10,000,000
 49 23    2.  Expenditure of the amounts Funds appropriated in this
 49 24 section is subject to enactment of law specifying how the
 49 25 amounts are to be distributed.  It is the intent of the
 49 26 general assembly that the increase in funding provided by this
 49 27 section of $5,000,000 over the amount appropriated in this
 49 28 division of this Act for the same purpose for the fiscal year
 49 29 beginning July 1, 2006, will be designated for the expansion
 49 30 of the initiatives implemented pursuant to the business
 49 31 community investment advisory council recommendations adopted
 49 32 pursuant to this Act shall be allocated in the same manner as
 49 33 provided in section 17.
 49 34    Sec. 42.  2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 6,
 49 35 subsection 14, is amended to read as follows:
 50  1    14.  READING INSTRUCTION PILOT PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM
 50  2    For the implementation of the reading instruction pilot
 50  3 project grant program, if enacted by this Act:
 50  4 .................................................. $    250,000
 50  5    From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection,
 50  6 $62,500 shall be allocated equally amongst five pilot projects
 50  7 for purposes of teacher training in descubriendo la lectura,
 50  8 the reconstruction of reading recovery in Spanish, including
 50  9 books and materials for teaching, travel expenses, and
 50 10 professional development; and $187,500 shall be allocated to
 50 11 the Iowa empowerment fund for implementation of the business
 50 12 community investment advisory council report and
 50 13 recommendations.
 50 14    Sec. 43.  Section 256.25, Code 2007, is repealed.
 50 15    Sec. 44.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.
 50 16    1.  The sections of this Act amending 2006 Iowa Acts,
 50 17 chapters 1157 and 1180, being deemed of immediate importance,
 50 18 take effect upon enactment.
 50 19    2.  The section of this Act enacting section 257.11,
 50 20 subsection 6, takes effect July 1, 2007, and is applicable to
 50 21 school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2008.
 50 22    3.  The section of this Act relating to a suspension of the
 50 23 requirements for participation in an instructional support
 50 24 program by school districts, being deemed of immediate
 50 25 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 50 26    4.  The section of this Act amending section 262.9, being
 50 27 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 50 28
 50 29
 50 30                                                             
 50 31                               JOHN P. KIBBIE
 50 32                               President of the Senate
 50 33
 50 34
 50 35                                                             
 51  1                               PATRICK J. MURPHY
 51  2                               Speaker of the House
 51  3
 51  4    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
 51  5 is known as Senate File 588, Eighty=second General Assembly.
 51  6
 51  7
 51  8                                                             
 51  9                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
 51 10                               Secretary of the Senate
 51 11 Approved                , 2007
 51 12
 51 13
 51 14                                
 51 15 CHESTER J. CULVER
 51 16 Governor