RURAL IOWA PRIMARY CARE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM For purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program established pursuant to section 261.113:

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$ 1,124,502 8.

HEALTH CARE-RELATED LOAN PROGRAM For purposes of the health care-related loan program established pursuant to section 261.116:

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$ 200,000 Sec.

3.

CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS.

Notwithstanding section 261.72, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving fund created pursuant to section 261.72, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, may be used for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program established in section 261.73.

4.___.

WORK-STUDYSection APPROPRIATION.299A.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:

Notwithstanding299A.2 sectionCompetent 261.85,private forinstruction theby fiscallicensed yearpractitioner. beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for the work-study program under section 261.85 shall be zero.

DEPARTMENTIf OFa EDUCATIONlicensed Sec.practitioner provides competent instruction HF642.2465 (2) 87 -1- kh/tm 1/4 to a school-age child, the practitioner shall possess a valid license or certificate which has been issued by the state board of educational examiners under chapter 272 and which is appropriate to the ages and grade levels of the children to be taught.

5.Competent private instruction may include but is not limited to a home school assistance program which provides instruction or instructional supervision offered through an accredited nonpublic school or public school district by a teacher, who is employed by the accredited nonpublic school or public school district, who assists and supervises a parent, guardian, or legal custodian in providing instruction to a child.

ThereIf iscompetent appropriatedprivate frominstruction theis generalprovided fundthrough ofa thepublic stateschool todistrict, the departmentchild ofshall educationbe forenrolled the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and endingincluded Junein 30, 2018, the followingbasic amounts,enrollment orof sothe muchschool thereofdistrict as isprovided necessary,in tosection be257.6. used for the purposes designated:

Sections 299A.3 through 299A.7 do not apply to competent private instruction provided by a licensed practitioner under this section.

However, the reporting requirement contained in section 299A.3, subsection 1, shall apply to competent private instruction provided by licensed practitioners that is not part of a home school assistance program offered through an accredited nonpublic school or public school district.

Sec.

___.

Section 299A.3, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:

299A.3 Private instruction by nonlicensed person.

A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age providing private instruction to the child may meet all of do either of the following requirements:

GENERALComplete ADMINISTRATIONand a.send, in a timely manner, the report required under section 299.4 to the school district of residence of the child.

For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 5,964,047 ...............................................

FTEs 81.67 b.

By January 15, 2018, the department shall submit a written report to the general assembly detailing the department’s antibullying programming and current and projected House File 642, p.

4 expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017.

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 598,197 ...............................................

FTEs 11.50 3.

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION a.

For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 5,625,675 ...............................................

FTEs 255.00 For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts to work with community rehabilitation program providers for job placement and retention services for individuals with significant disabilities and most significant disabilities.

By January 15, 2018, the division shall submit a written report to the general assembly on the division’s outreach efforts with community rehabilitation program providers.

b.

For matching moneys for programs to enable persons with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more independently, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

..................................................

$ 84,823 ...............................................

FTEs 1.00 c.

For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program established pursuant to section 259.4, subsection 9:

..................................................

$ 138,506 d.

For costs associated with centers for independent living:

..................................................

$ 86,457 4.

STATE LIBRARY a.

For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 2,530,063 House File 642, p.

5 ...............................................

FTEs 29.00 b.

For the enrich Iowa program established under section 256.57:

..................................................

$ 2,464,823 5.

PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 7,589,415 ...............................................

FTEs 86.00 6.

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS For reimbursement for career and technical education expenditures made by secondary schools:

..................................................

$ 2,630,134 Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used to reimburse school districts for career and technical education expenditures made by secondary schools to meet the standards set in sections 256.11, 258.4, and 260C.14.

7.

SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 2,176,797 ...............................................

FTEs 20.58 8.

EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA FUND —— GENERAL AID For deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11:

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$ 22,162,799 a.

From the moneys deposited in the school ready children grants account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, not more than $265,950 is allocated for the early childhood Iowa office and other technical assistance activities.

Moneys allocated under this lettered paragraph may be used by the early childhood Iowa state board for the purpose of skills development and support for ongoing training of staff.

However, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, moneys shall not be used for additional staff or for the reimbursement of staff.

House File 642, p.

6 b.

Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund, $2,318,018 shall be used for efforts to improve the quality of early care, health, and education programs.

Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be used for additional staff and for the reimbursement of staff.

The early childhood Iowa state board may reserve a portion of the allocation, not to exceed $88,650, for the technical assistance expenses of the early childhood Iowa state office, including the reimbursement of staff, and shall distribute the remainder to early childhood Iowa areas for local quality improvement efforts through a methodology identified by the early childhood Iowa state board to make the most productive use of the funding, which may include use of the distribution formula, grants, or other means.

c.

Of the amount appropriated in this subsection for deposit in the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund, $825,030 shall be used for support of professional development and training activities for persons working in early care, health, and education by the early childhood Iowa state board in collaboration with the professional development component groups maintained by the early childhood Iowa stakeholders alliance pursuant to section 256I.12, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, and the early childhood Iowa area boards.

Expenditures shall be limited to professional development and training activities agreed upon by the parties participating in the collaboration.

9.

BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES a.

For expansion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub.

L.

No.

108-446, as amended to January 1, 2017, birth through age three services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those services:

..................................................

$ 1,721,400 b.

From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.

House File 642, p.

7 10.

EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS a.

For early head start projects:

..................................................

$ 574,500 b.

The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used for implementation and expansion of early head start pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social, emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.

The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of infants and toddlers in low-income families.

Priority shall be given to those organizations that have previously qualified for and received state funding to administer an early head start project.

11.

TEXTBOOKS OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS a.

To provide moneys for costs of providing textbooks to each resident pupil who attends a nonpublic school as authorized by section 301.1:

..................................................

$ 650,214 b.

Funding under this subsection is limited to $20 per pupil and shall not exceed the comparable services offered to resident public school pupils.

12.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 3,395,667 ...............................................

FTEs 2.00 13.

JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES For school districts to provide direct services to the most at-risk senior high school students enrolled in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for America’s graduates specialist:

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$ 666,188 14.

ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT For administration of a process for school districts to establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the performance of each attendance center operated by the district House File 642, p.

8 in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and report card for each attendance center, for internet site and data system support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 250,000 ...............................................

FTEs 2.00 15.

ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM For purposes of administering the online state job posting system in accordance with section 256.27:

..................................................

$ 230,000 16.

SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS For distribution to school districts for implementation of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful progression for early readers:

..................................................

$ 7,824,782 17.

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an early warning assessment and administering the early warning system for literacy established in accordance with section 279.68 and rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 31:

..................................................

$ 1,915,000 The department shall administer and distribute to school districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade six.

The department may charge school districts and accredited nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning assessment minus the moneys received by the department under this subsection.

The fee shall be determined by dividing the actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the system in the current fiscal year.

School districts may use moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68, subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.

18.

IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER a.

For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in order to implement, in collaboration with the area education House File 642, p.

9 agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49, paragraph “c”:

..................................................

$ 957,500 b.

Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection for the following fiscal year.

19.

MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT a.

For distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:

..................................................

$ 115,000 b.

Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated for distribution to the midwestern higher education compact pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.

20.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:

..................................................

$201,190,889 Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C, the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated as follows:

a.

Merged Area I ..................................................

$ 9,926,071 b.

Merged Area II ..................................................

$ 10,071,276 c.

Merged Area III ..................................................

$ 9,321,594 d.

Merged Area IV ..................................................

$ 4,585,357 e.

Merged Area V ..................................................

$ 11,384,625 f.

Merged Area VI ..................................................

$ 8,934,038 g.

Merged Area VII ..................................................

$ 13,567,088 House File 642, p.

10 h.

Merged Area IX ..................................................

$ 17,184,384 i.

Merged Area X ..................................................

$ 31,457,331 j.

Merged Area XI ..................................................

$ 33,665,985 k.

Merged Area XII ..................................................

$ 11,159,456 l.

Merged Area XIII ..................................................

$ 12,113,693 m.

Merged Area XIV ..................................................

$ 4,674,061 n.

Merged Area XV ..................................................

$ 14,666,976 o.

Merged Area XVI ..................................................

$ 8,478,954 Sec.

6.

LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN.

Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for programs for at-risk children under section 279.51 shall be not more than $10,730,000.

The amount of any reduction in this section shall be prorated among the programs specified in section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”.

STATE BOARD OF REGENTS Sec.

7.

There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

OFFICEEnsure OFthat STATEthe BOARDchild OFunder REGENTSthe a.parent’s, guardian’s, or legal custodian’s instruction is evaluated annually to determine whether the child is making adequate progress, as defined in section 299A.6.

ForHF642.2465 salaries,(2) support,87 maintenance,-2- andkh/tm miscellaneous2/4 purposes,3. and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................2.

$Ensure 794,714that ...............................................the results of the child’s annual evaluation are reported to the school district of residence of the child and to the department of education by a date not later than June 30 of each year in which the child is under private instruction.

FTEs 15.00 The state board of regents shall submit a monthly financial report in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents House File 642, p.

11 office and the legislative services agency.

The report submitted in December 2017 shall include the five-year graduation rates for the regents universities.

b.

For moneys to be allocated between the southwest Iowa regents resource center in Council Bluffs, the northwest Iowa regents resource center in Sioux City, and the quad-cities graduate studies center as determined by the board:

..................................................

$ 278,848 c.

For moneys to be distributed to Iowa public radio for public radio operations:

..................................................

$ 359,264 2.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA a.

General university For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$216,759,067 ...............................................

FTEs 5,058.55 b.

Oakdale campus For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 2,186,558 ...............................................

FTEs 38.25 c.

State hygienic laboratory For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 4,402,615 ...............................................

FTEs 102.50 d.

Family practice program For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family practice residency education program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 1,788,265 ...............................................

FTEs 190.40 House File 642, p.

12 e.

Child health care services For specialized child health care services, including childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs, rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries and support, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 659,456 ...............................................

FTEs 57.97 f.

Statewide cancer registry For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 149,051 ...............................................

FTEs 2.10 g.

Substance abuse consortium For moneys to be allocated to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse research and evaluation, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

..................................................

$ 55,529 ...............................................

FTEs 1.00 h.

Center for biocatalysis For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 723,727 ...............................................

FTEs 6.28 i.

Primary health care initiative For the primary health care initiative in the college of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 648,930 ...............................................

FTEs 5.89 From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, $254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine for family practice faculty and support staff.

j.

Birth defects registry For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

..................................................

$ 38,288 House File 642, p.

13 ...............................................

FTEs 1.00 k.

Larned A.

Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center For the Larned A.

Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 162,539 ...............................................

FTEs 2.75 l.

Iowa online advanced placement academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative For the establishment of the Iowa online advanced placement academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative established pursuant to section 263.8A:

..................................................

$ 481,849 m.

Iowa flood center For the Iowa flood center for use by the university’s college of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:

..................................................

$ 1,200,000 3.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY a.

General university For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$172,874,861 ...............................................

FTEs 3,647.42 b.

Agricultural experiment station For the agricultural experiment station salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 29,886,877 ...............................................

FTEs 546.98 c.

Cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics For the cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 18,266,722 ...............................................

FTEs 383.34 d.

Livestock disease research House File 642, p.

14 For deposit in and the use of the livestock disease research fund under section 267.8:

..................................................

$ 172,844 4.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA a.

General university For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 93,712,362 ...............................................

FTEs 1,447.50 b.

Recycling and reuse center For purposes of the recycling and reuse center, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 175,256 ...............................................

FTEs 3.00 c.

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative For purposes of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established pursuant to section 268.7, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 5,446,375 ...............................................

FTEs 6.20 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this lettered paragraph, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be expended for salaries, staffing, institutional support, activities directly related to recruitment of kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics and science teachers, and for ongoing mathematics and science programming for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.

(2) The university of northern Iowa shall work with the community colleges to develop STEM professional development programs for community college instructors and STEM curriculum development.

(3) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, not less than $500,000 shall be used to provide technology education opportunities to high school, career academy, and community college students through a public-private partnership, as well as opportunities for House File 642, p.

15 students and faculties at these institutions to secure broad-based information technology certification.

The partnership shall provide all of the following:

(a) A research-based curriculum.

(b) Online access to the curriculum.

(c) Instructional software for classroom and student use.

(d) Certification of skills and competencies in a broad base of information technology-related skill areas.

(e) Professional development for teachers.

(f) Deployment and program support, including but not limited to integration with current curriculum standards.

(4) Notwithstanding section 8.33, of the moneys appropriated in this paragraph “c” that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, an amount equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the amount appropriated in this paragraph “c” shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for summer programs for students until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.

d.

Real estate education program For purposes of the real estate education program, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent position:

..................................................

$ 125,302 ...............................................

FTEs 1.00 5.

STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 9,897,351 ...............................................

FTEs 126.60 6.

IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

..................................................

$ 4,126,495 ...............................................

FTEs 62.87 Sec.

8.

ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS —— FINANCING.

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to House File 642, p.

16 finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of the projects within an average of six years.

9.___.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS.

Notwithstanding section 270.7, the department of administrative services shall pay the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school the moneys collected from the counties during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, for expenses relating to prescription drug costs for students attending the state school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.

Sec.

10.

Section 256.9, subsection 59, Code 2017, is amended by striking the subsection.

Sec.

11.

Section 261.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a and d, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:

a.

A member of the state board of regents to be named by the board, or the executive director of the board if so appointed by the board, who shall serve for a four-year term or until the expiration of the member’s term of office.

Such member shall convene the organizational meeting of the commission.

d.

Eight Nine additional members to be appointed by the governor.

as follows:

(1) One of the members member shall be selected to represent private colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.

When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended by any organization or association of some or all private colleges and universities located in the state of Iowa.

(2) One of the members member shall be selected to represent Iowa’s community colleges located in the state of Iowa.

When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful consideration to any person or persons nominated or recommended by any organization or association of Iowa community colleges.

(3) One member shall be enrolled as a student at a an institution of higher learning governed by the board of regents institution, a community college, or an accredited private institution.

(4) One member shall be a representative of a lending institution located in this state.

One member shall be an individual who is repaying or has repaid a student loan House File 642, p.

17 guaranteed by the commission parent of a student enrolled at an institution of higher learning governed by the board of regents, a community college, or an accredited private institution .

(5) One member shall represent practitioners licensed under chapter 272.

When appointing this member, the governor shall give careful consideration to any person nominated by an Iowa teacher association or other education stakeholder organization.

(6) The other three Four members shall represent the general public , none of whom shall be official officers, board members, or trustees of an institution of higher learning or of an association of institutions of higher learning, shall be selected to represent the general public .

Sec.

12.

Section 261.1, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:

3.

The members of the commission appointed by the governor shall serve for a term of four years.

The voting members of the commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson.

Meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the voting members.

Sec.

13.

Section 261.1, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:

b.

A vacancy shall exist on the commission when a legislative member of the commission ceases to be a member of the general assembly, when a parent member no longer has a child enrolled in postsecondary education, or when a student member ceases to be enrolled as a student.

Such vacancy shall be filled within thirty days.

Sec.

14.

Section 261.2, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:

6.

Develop and implement, in cooperation with the department of human services and the judicial branch, a program to assist juveniles who are sixteen years of age or older and who have a case permanency plan under chapter 232 or 237 or are otherwise under the jurisdiction of chapter 232 in applying for federal and state aid available for higher education.

The commission shall also develop and implement the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant program in accordance with House File 642, p.

18 section 261.6 .

8.

Submit by January 15 annually a report to the general assembly which provides, by program, the number of individuals who received loan forgiveness or loan repayment in the previous fiscal year, the amount amounts paid to or on behalf of individuals under sections 261.73, 261.112, and 261.116, and the institutions from which individuals graduated, and that includes any proposed statutory changes and the commission’s findings and recommendations.

Sec.

15.

Section 261.9, Code 2017, is amended by adding the following new subsection:

NEW SUBSECTION .

2A.

“Eligible institution” means an institution of higher learning located in Iowa which is operated privately and not controlled or administered by any state agency or any subdivision of the state, which is not exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which meets all of the criteria in subsection 1, paragraphs “d” through “i”, and the criteria in paragraphs “a” or “b” as follows:

a.

Is accredited by the higher learning commission and which, effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited private institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or whose students were eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.

The eligible institution shall annually provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid which shall increase by the percentage of increase each fiscal year of funds appropriated for Iowa tuition grants under section 261.25, subsection 2, to a maximum match of one hundred percent as initiated under section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, Code 2005.

b.

Is a barber school licensed under section 158.7 or a school of cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under chapter 157 and is accredited by a national accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education.

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, an eligible institution under this paragraph shall provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid equal to at least seventy-five percent of the amount received by the institution’s students House File 642, p.

19 for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 261.16A.

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the institution shall provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid equal to at least eighty-five percent of the amount received in that fiscal year.

Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and each succeeding fiscal year, the matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid shall be at least equal to the match provided by eligible institutions under section 261.16A, subsection 2.

Sec.

16.

Section 261.12, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:

b.

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 2017, and for each succeeding fiscal year, six thousand dollars an amount equivalent to the average resident tuition and mandatory fees for two semesters or the equivalent of undergraduate study at the institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.

Sec.

17.

261.16A299A.13 IowaQuarterly tuitionhealth grantsand ——safety for-profitmeetings. institutions.

StudentsThe qualified.board of directors of a school district shall conduct quarterly meetings on the health and safety of children located within the district who are receiving competent private instruction or private instruction.

AThese tuitionquarterly grantmeetings fromshall moneys appropriated under section 261.25, subsection 2, may be awardedheld toat a residentschool ofbuilding Iowa who is admitted and in attendance as a full-time or part-timeoffice residentlocated studentwithin atthe anschool eligibledistrict. institution and who establishes financial need.

ExtentIn lieu of grant.the quarterly meetings required under subsection 1, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child placed under private instruction in accordance with this chapter may opt to provide proof of an annual health and wellness examination with a physician as defined in section 135.1.

a.The parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall annually provide a statement or certificate signed by a physician, certifying that the physician conducted a health and wellness examination of the child within one month immediately prior to, or during, the current school year.

A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in an eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9, subsection 2A, paragraph “a”, may receive tuition grants for not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or the equivalent;

a qualified part-time resident student enrolled in the eligible institution may receive tuition grants for not more than sixteen semesters of undergraduate study or the equivalent.

b.

A qualified full-time resident student enrolled in an eligible institution that meets the criteria of section 261.9, subsection 2A, paragraph “b”, may receive tuition grants for not more than four semesters or the equivalent of two full years of study.

However, if a student resumes study after at least a two-year absence, the student may again be eligible for the House File 642, p.

20 specified amount of time, except that the student shall not receive assistance for courses for which credit was previously received.

AmountThe superintendent of grant.the school district shall designate a person to carry out the duties assigned to the school district under this section.

a.The person designated shall be a mandatory reporter, as defined in section 232.69, subsection 1.

The amountschool ofdistrict amay tuitioncollaborate grantwith tothe adepartment qualifiedof full-timehuman studentservices, forincluding the falllocal, county, and springservice semesters,area orofficers of the equivalent,department, shallin beconducting the amountquarterly ofhealth theand student’ssafety financialmeetings needrequired forunder thatthis period.section.

However, a tuition grant shall not exceed six thousand dollars.

b.

The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time student for the summer semester or equivalent shall be one-half the amount of the tuition grant the student receives under paragraph “a”.

c.

The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified part-time student enrolled in a course of study including at least three semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours for the fall, spring, and summer semesters, or the equivalent, shall be equal to the amount of a tuition grant that would be paid to a full-time student times a number which represents the number of hours in which the part-time student is actually enrolled divided by twelve semester hours, or the equivalent.

d.

If a qualified student receives financial aid under any other program, the full amount of such financial aid shall be considered part of the student’s financial resources available in determining the amount of the student’s financial need for that period.

In no case may the state’s total financial contribution to the student’s education, including financial aid under any other state or federal program, exceed the tuition and mandatory fees at the eligible institution the student attends.

GrantThe paymentsdepartment ——of attendanceeducation, discontinued.in collaboration with the department of human services, shall provide guidelines to school districts for implementation of this section.

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Payments___. under the tuition grant shall be allocated equally among the semesters or the equivalent and shall be paid at the beginning of each semester or equivalent upon certification by the eligible institution that the student is admitted and in full-time or part-time attendance in a course of study.

b.NEW SECTION.

If299A.14 thePrivate studentinstruction discontinuesprohibited attendance—— beforeconditions. the end of any semester, or the equivalent, after receiving payment under House File 642, p.

21The theparent, grant,guardian, theor entirelegal amountcustodian of anya refundchild dueof thatcompulsory student,attendance upage toshall thenot amountplace ofa anychild paymentsunder madeprivate instruction under thethis annualchapter grant,if shalla beperson paidliving byin the eligiblesame institutionhome toas the state.child meets any of the following conditions:

5.

Commission responsibilities.

The commission’s responsibilities for administering tuition grants under this section shall be the same as provided under section 261.15.

The commission may require an eligible institution to promptly furnish any information which the commission may request in connection with the tuition grant program.

6.

Grant applications.

Each applicant for a tuition grant under this section shall meet the requirements of section 261.16.

7.

Reports to commission.

An eligible institution shall file annual reports with the commission, as required by the commission and under section 261.9, prior to receipt of tuition grant moneys under this chapter.

Sec.

18.

Section 261.25, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:

ThereHas isbeen appropriatedconvicted from the general fund of thea statecrime tothat thewould commissiondisqualify foran eachotherwise fiscalqualified yearapplicant the sum of forty-five forty-six million five six hundred thirteen thirty thousand four nine hundred forty-eight fifty-one dollars for tuitiona grantslicense tounder qualifiedchapter students272. who are enrolled in accredited private institutions .

ThereIs islisted appropriatedon from the generalsex fundoffender ofregistry theunder statechapter to692A. the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two one million five hundred thousand dollars for tuition grants for qualified students attending for-profit accredited private who are enrolled in eligible institutions located in Iowa.

A for-profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, or effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited private institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution under the tuition grant program.

For purposes of the tuition grant program, “for-profit accredited private institution” means an accredited private institution which is not exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9, subsection 1 , paragraph “b”, and whose students were eligible House File 642, p.

22 to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.

ThereIs ison appropriated from the generalcentral fundregistry of the state to the commission for eachchild fiscalabuse yearinformation theestablished sumunder ofsection two235A.14.> one2. million two seven hundred fifty thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars for vocational-technical tuition grants.

Sec.By renumbering as necessary.

19.______________________________ MATT McCOY ______________________________ JANET PETERSEN HF642.2465 (2) 87 -4- kh/tm 4/4

Section 261.25, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended by striking the subsection.

Sec.

20.

Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:

NEW PARAGRAPH .

0b.

“Eligible foster care student” means a person who has a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and is described by any of the following:

(1) Is age seventeen and is in a court-ordered placement under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human services or juvenile court services.

(2) Is age seventeen and has been placed in a state juvenile institution pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human services.

(3) Is age eighteen through twenty-three and is described by any of the following:

(a) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human services or juvenile court services.

(b) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the person was under a court order under chapter 232 to live with a relative or other suitable person.

(c) The person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 prior to being legally adopted after reaching age sixteen.

(d) On the date the person reached age eighteen or during the thirty calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the person was placed in a state juvenile institution pursuant to a court order entered under chapter 232 under the care and House File 642, p.

23 custody of the department of human services.

Sec.

21.

Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.

Sec.

22.

Section 261.87, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:

g.

Begins enrollment at an eligible institution within two academic years of graduation from high school or receipt of a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A and continuously receives awards as a full-time or part-time student to maintain eligibility.