HF 2783 — A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, state board of regents, department of workforce development, and Iowa special education council.

BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES a.

3 108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for those sservices: e r v i c e s :

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PromFrom 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.

E7. A R L Y H E A D S T A R T P R O J E C T S a.

EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS a.

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$ 574,500 b.

$.................................................. 2,990,467 F T E s 5 .

8$ 32,990,467 ................................................

SFTEs T5.83 A9. T E W I D E S T U D E N T A S S E S S M E N T a.

ForSTATEWIDE distributionSTUDENT toASSESSMENT thea. Iowa testing program by the department of education on behalf of school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph *^b";

For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the department of education on behalf of school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph “b”:

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POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PPROGRAM R O G R A M For support costs associated with the creation of a program to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to attend a community college for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a community college-employed instructor during the summer and outside of the regular school year through a contractual agreement between a community college and a school district:

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JOBS FOR AMERICA'SAMERICA’S GRADUATES For school districts to reinforce collaborative efforts and regional initiatives that accelerate work-based learning and credential attainment, and to provide direct career education services to identified middle school or high school students enrolled in school districts through direct instruction by a jobs for America'sAmerica’s graduates specialist:

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ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND DDATA ASYSTEM TSSUPPORT Y S T S U P P O R T For administration of a process for school districts to House File 2783, p.

$.................................................. 250,000 P T E s 1 .

6$ 0250,000 4............................................... .SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION F O R EARLY READERS For distribution to school districts for implementation of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful progression for early readers:

$FTEs 7,824,7821.60 514. .E A R LW A R N S Y S T E M F O R L I T E R A C Y a.

ForSUCCESSFUL purposesPROGRESSION ofFOR purchasingEARLY aREADERS statewideFor licensedistribution forto anschool earlydistricts warning assessment and administering the early warning system for literacyimplementation establishedof in accordance with section 279.68279.68, andsubsection rules2, adoptedrelating into accordancesuccessful withprogression sectionfor 256.7,early sreaders: u b s e c 3 1 :

n.................................................. $ 1,915,000 b.

$ 7,824,782 15.

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY a.

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:

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$ 1,915,000 b.

616. .I O W A R E A R E S E A R C H C E N T E R a.

IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER a.

6 paragraph $“c”: 1,500,000 b.

From.................................................. moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state board of education relating to the approval of practitioner preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3, paragraph ^^c", and with the board of educational examiners for the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 256.146, subsection 21, For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the center shall submit a report to the general assembly detailing the expenditures of moneys used for purposes of this paragraph ^"b".

$ 1,500,000 b.

From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state board of education relating to the approval of practitioner preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 256.146, subsection 21.

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the center shall submit a report to the general assembly detailing the expenditures of moneys used for purposes of this paragraph “b”.

COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FFUND U N D For deposit in the computer science professional development incentive fund established in section 284.6A:

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CHILDREN'SCHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING AND SSUPPORT U P P O R T a.

For distribution to area education agencies for school-based children'schildren’s mental health services, including mental health awareness training for educators;educators:

$.................................................. 1 , 8 9 9 , 6 8 2 b.

Of$ the1,899,682 moneysb. appropriated in this subsection for distribution to area education agencies, $200,000 shall be used for purposes of implementing a children's grief and loss rural program to serve Iowa children in rural school districts or accredited nonpublic schools.

Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection for distribution to area education agencies, $200,000 shall be used for purposes of implementing a children’s grief and loss rural program to serve Iowa children in rural school districts or accredited nonpublic schools.

919. .B E S B U D D I O W A a.

ForBEST schoolBUDDIES districtsIOWA toa. create opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for students with intellectual and developmental d i s a b i l i t i e s :

For school districts to create opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities:

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MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT For distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa'sIowa’s member state annual obligation;obligation:

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NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO CCOMMUNITY OCOLLEGES M M U NC O L L E G E S For payments to community colleges for the concurrent enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under section 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph ""b":“b”:

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CCOMMUNITY OCOLLEGES M M U C O L L E G E S For general state financial aid to merged areas, as defined in section 260C.2, in accordance with section 260C.18C:

$246,858,161.................................................. 3 .I O W S C H OF O T H ED E A F For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

$$246,858,161 12,813,31323. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •1 3 2 * 0 0• • • • • • • • • A f t 4 .I O W A E D U C A S E R V I C E S F O R T H E B L I N D A N D V I S U A L L Y I M P A I P R O G R A M For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

$IOWA 5,112,412SCHOOL PFOR TTHE EDEAF sFor 6salaries, 8support, .maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

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$ 12,813,313 ...............................................

FTEs 132.00 24.

IOWA EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PROGRAM For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

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$ 5,112,412 ...............................................

FTEs 68.72 25.

$.................................................. 6,310,409 P T E s 7 .

0$ 06,310,409 a................................................

FTEs 7.00 a.

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9 ((2) 2Opportunities )Opportunities for students and instructional staff to obtain industry-recognized credentials, certifications, or other validated competencies.

((3) 3Research-based )Research-based or evidence-informed instructional content and learning frameworks.

(5) Instructional software, platforms, tools, or resources for cclassroom land astudent suse. s r o os t u d u s e .

(7) Professional development, training, or capacity-building opportunities for teachers and instructional sstaff. t a f f .

626. .T H E R A P E U T I C C L A S S R O O M I N C E N T I V E F U N D For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund established in section 256.25:

$THERAPEUTIC 2,351,382CLASSROOM 7INCENTIVE .OFUND N L I N E S T A T E J O B P O S T I N G S Y S T E M For purposesdeposit ofin administering an online state job posting system that allows the departmenttherapeutic ofclassroom education,incentive schoolfund districts,established charterin schools,section area256.25: education agencies, and accredited nonpublic schools to post job openings on an i n t e r n e t s i t e :

$.................................................. 265,000 8 .L E A DP R O G R A M For purposes of maintaining and implementing the program established pursuant to section 256.106, including ensuring statewide consistency in guidance and supports related to language and communication outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing:

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10ONLINE $STATE 200,000JOB 9POSTING .DSYSTEM IFor Vpurposes Iof Sadministering Oan FSonline Pstate Ejob Cposting Isystem Athat Lallows Ethe Ddepartment Uof Ceducation, Aschool Tdistricts, Icharter Oschools, N For general supervision, oversight, compliance, employee salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes within the area education agencyagencies, regions and theaccredited departmentnonpublic ofschools educationto mainpost office,job andopenings foron notan moreinternet thansite: the following full-time equivalent positions;

$.................................................. 10,000,000 P T E s 6 0.

0$ 0265,000 028. .P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T For purposes of providing required professional development to public and nonpublic schools:

LEAD-K PROGRAM For purposes of maintaining and implementing the program established pursuant to section 256.106, including ensuring statewide consistency in guidance and supports related to language and communication outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing:

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$ 200,000 29.

DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION For general supervision, oversight, compliance, employee salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes within the area education agency regions and the department of education main office, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

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$ 10,000,000 ...............................................

FTEs 60.00 30.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT For purposes of providing required professional development to public and nonpublic schools:

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COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION aa. .

AAdministration d m i n i s t r a t i o n For general administration salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for the administration of the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program in accordance with section 256.228, including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes related to the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

$.................................................. 591,533 P T E s 4 .

9$ 5591,533 b................................................

FTEs 4.95 b.

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All Iowa opportunity scholarship program (1) For deposit in the all Iowa opportunity scholarship fund ccreated r e a in ssection e256.212: c t i2 5 6 .

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$ 3,229,468 (2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, if the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph exceed $500,000, ^^eligible“eligible institution"institution” as defined in section 256.212 shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, include accredited private institutions as defined in section 256.183.

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ADVANCED DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST ENDORSEMENT For purposes of a grant program that provides grants to teachers licensed by the board of educational examiners to offset the costs associated with obtaining an advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement issued by the board of educational House PileFile 2783, p.

12 examiners pursuant to section 256.146, subsection 21;21:

$.................................................. 335,000 TT T^Tg^^p;l;^q1 |i;T„TiinTO^NTg HffAITT.

nPffitmaTY$ rinfi»iSpriirPi335,000 plprtronig33. LliuL Lmippopita-oo j-Vupiunaei and unifiic — * T f t m ni- int-n1liiiiniemiiTiiiii pr-nrni guppopfa c oaibog thrnntnT f b.

SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTRONIC MAIL SECURITY a.

For purposes of procuring, implementing, and maintaining on-premises and secure electronic mail gateway appliances that support centralized policy management, automated threat response, and unified threat visibility, and that utilize artificial intelligence-powered security subscriptions and support services to protect school district electronic mail systems from phishing, compromise, malware, and other advanced cyber threats:

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$ 500,000 b.

There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund created in section 8.57J to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated;designated:

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For capital projects at community colleges that meet the definition of the term '^vertical“vertical infrastructure"infrastructure” in section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph ^"c":“c”:

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(1) If the career training physical expansion program fund created in section 84J.3 is enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2466, or successor legislation, or by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2168, or successor legislation, then the department of education shall deposit $3,500,000 of the moneys appropriated under paragraph ^^a"“a” into the career training physical expansion program fund.

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For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund established in section 2601.2:260I.2:

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$.................................................. 75,000 .

F$ o75,000 S7. T E b e s t :

$For 700,000STEM Notwithstandingbest: section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the House Pile 2783, p.

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$ 700,000 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the House File 2783, p.

4,4. CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS.

NotwithstandingCHIROPRACTIC sectionLOAN 256.204,FUNDS. the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving fund created in section 256.204 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, may be used for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program e s t a b l ii n s e c t 2 5 6 .

2Notwithstanding 0section 5256.204, .the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan revolving fund created in section 256.204 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, may be used for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program established in section 256.205.

DDIVISION IIII V I SI I IN FY 2026-2027 APPROPRIATIONS —— STATE BOARD OF REGENTS Sec.

O1. F F I C ES T A T E B O A R D O F R E G E N T S a.

OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS a.

$.................................................. 764,642 F T E s 2 .

4$ 8764,642 For............................................... the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly financial report to the general assembly in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents office and the legislative services agency.

FTEs 2.48 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly financial report to the general assembly in a format agreed upon by the state board of regents office and the legislative services agency.

For distribution to the western Iowa regents resource ccenter: e n t e r :

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15 June 30, 2027, the state board of regents and the institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents shall not reduce moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for the institutions'institutions’ police departments.

$.................................................. 125,000 The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be used to supplement, not supplant, any other funding received by the John Pappajohn centers for entrepreneurship, .

S$ T125,000 AThe Tmoneys Eappropriated Uin Nthis Ilettered Vparagraph Eshall Rbe Sused Ito Tsupplement, Ynot Osupplant, Fany Iother Ofunding Wreceived Aby a.the John Pappajohn centers for entrepreneurship.

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STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA a.

$223,496,355.................................................. F T E s 5 , 0 5 8 .

3$223,496,355 2............................................... b.

FTEs 5,058.32 b.

$.................................................. 2,103,819 F T E s 3 8 .

2$ 52,103,819 c................................................

FTEs 38.25 c.

$.................................................. 4,822,610 P T E s 1 0 2 .

5$ 14,822,610 d................................................

FTEs 102.51 d.

16 $.................................................. 2,220,598 F T E s 2 .

7$ 12,220,598 e............................................... .

FTEs 2.71 e.

$.................................................. 634,502 F T E s 4 .

1$ 6634,502 f................................................

FTEs 4.16 f.

$.................................................. 143,410 F T E s 2 .

1$ 0143,410 g................................................

FTEs 2.10 g.

$.................................................. 53,427 F T E s .

9$ 953,427 h.................................................

FTEs .99 h.

$.................................................. 696,342 F T E s 6 .

2$ 8696,342 i................................................

FTEs 6.28 i.

$.................................................. 624,374 F T E s 6 .

2$ 2624,374 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.

FTEs 6.22 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.

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$.................................................. 36,839 P T E s .

3$ 836,839 k.................................................

FTEs .38 k.

$.................................................. 156,389 P T E s 2 .

7$ 5156,389 1................................................

FTEs 2.75 l.

$.................................................. 463,616 m .

I$ o463,616 wm. f l o c e n t e r For the Iowa flood center for use by the university's college of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:

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

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$.................................................. 2,800,000 o .

$ 2,800,000 o.

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$229,864,938.................................................. P T E s4 , 0 6 2 .

3$229,864,938 4............................................... .

UFTEs N4,062.34 I4. V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H E R N I O W A a.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA a.

18 $101,894,146.................................................. FT£s 1,250.28 b.

$101,894,146 ...............................................

FTEs 1,250.28 b.

$.................................................. 123,523 F T E s .

8$ 6123,523 c................................................ .

EFTEs d.86 uc. c a tf o I o w a For purposes of recruiting additional students to participate in educational opportunities that lead to teacher l i c e n s u r e :

$Educators 1,500,000for dIowa .For purposes of recruiting additional students to participate in educational opportunities that lead to teacher licensure:

Center.................................................. for c i v i c e d u c a t i o n For purposes of establishing and operating a center for civic education that promotes the values of free speech, civic leadership, public service, and citizenship, and that enhances civic education among students enrolled in colleges and universities in this state, students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade twelve in schools in this state, teachers, and the public by developing and implementing effective civic learning strategies, encouraging respectful dialogue, and offering educational resources related to free speech and civic knowledge:

$ 1,500,000 d.

Center for civic education For purposes of establishing and operating a center for civic education that promotes the values of free speech, civic leadership, public service, and citizenship, and that enhances civic education among students enrolled in colleges and universities in this state, students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade twelve in schools in this state, teachers, and the public by developing and implementing effective civic learning strategies, encouraging respectful dialogue, and offering educational resources related to free speech and civic knowledge:

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ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS ——— FINANCING.

DDIVISION IIV VSTANDING IAPPROPRIATIONS SI VO N S T A N DA P P R O P R I A T I O N S Sec.

The amount of any House PileFile 2783, p.

19 reduction in this section shall be prorated among the programs specified in section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs *^a",“a”, ^^b",“b”, mand \“c”. # # a n dc .

WORK-STDDYWORK-STUDY APPROPRIATION.

Notwithstanding section 256.209, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission of the department of education for the work-study program under ssection e256.209 cshall tbe i2zero. 5 6 .

2DIVISION 0V 9STATE bPROGRAM eALLOCATION zSec. e r o .

D I V I SVI O N S T A T E P R OA L L O C A T I O N Sec.

Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs b, c, e, ff, , and g.g, Code 2026, are amended to read as follows:

Code 2026, are amended to read as follows:

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026, and ending June 30, 2026 2027, up to seven hundred twenty-eight thousand two hundred sixteen dollars to the department for purposes of implementing the professional development program requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph ^b'',“b”, and the evaluator training program in section 284.10.

DDIVISION IVI VIOWA ITUITION SVGRANTS IO N I O W T U I T G R A N T S Sec.

Section 256.183, subsection 3, Code 2026, is aamended mto e n t o read aas sfollows: f o l l o w s :

^Eligible“Eligible institution''mesinsinstitution” means an institution of higher learning located in Iowa which is operated privately and not controlled or administered by any state agency or any House File 2783, p.

21 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 “k”, and is a school of barteringbarbering and 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,—2017i—such1, 2017, such a school of barboringbarbering and cosmetology arts and scioncGssciences shall provide a matching aggregate amount of institutional financial aid equal to at least seventyseventy-five five percent of the amount rccoivodreceived by the institution'sinstitution’s students for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 256.101.—Fot256.191. the fiscal year beginning July It 2018, the school of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences 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, 201Q, 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 261.0, subsection 3, paragraph Code 2023.

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the school of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences 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 261.9, subsection 3, paragraph “a”, Code 2023.

A vocational-technical tuition grant may be awarded to any resident of Iowa who establishes financial need and who is admitted and in attendance as a full-time or part-time student in da any of the following:

3,a. A vocational-technical or career option program at a community college in the state, and v7ho establishes financial n e e d .

A vocational-technical or career option program at a community college in the state, and who establishes financial need.

All classes, including liberal arts classes, identified by the community college or eligible institution as required for completion of the student'sstudent’s vocational-technical or career option program, or barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences program, shall be considered a part of the student'sstudent’s vocational-technical or career option program or barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences program for the purpose of determining the student'sstudent’s eligibility for a House PileFile 2783, p.

aa. , ( 1 ) The amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant to a qualified full-time student who is enrolled in a vocational-technical or career option program at a community college shall not exceed the lesser of one thousand two hundred dollars per year or the amount of the student's established financial need.

((1) 2The )The amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant to a qualified part-timefull-time student who is enrolled in a vocational-technical or career option program at a community college in a course of study including at least three semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours or the trimester or quarter equivalent shall benot equalexceed to the amountlesser of aone vocational-technicalthousand tuitiontwo granthundred thatdollars wouldper beyear paidor to a full-time student, except that the commission shall prorate the amount inof a manner consistent with the federalstudent’s Pellestablished grantfinancial programneed. proration.

((2) 1The )The amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant to a qualified full-timepart-time student who is enrolled in ana eligiblevocational-technical institutionor forcareer theoption fallprogram andat springa semesters,community college in a course of study including at least three semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours or the equivalent,trimester or quarter equivalent shall be equal to the amount of thea student'svocational-technical financialtuition needgrant for that periodwould notbe paid to exceeda sixfull-time thousandstudent, dollars.except that the commission shall prorate the amount in a manner consistent with the federal Pell grant program proration.

b.

(1) The amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant to a qualified full-time student who is enrolled in an eligible institution for the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent, shall be the amount of the student’s financial need for that period not to exceed six thousand dollars.

(4) 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^sstudent’s financial resources available in determining the amount of the student^sstudent’s financial need for that period.

In no case may the state'sstate’s total financial contribution to the student^sstudent’s education, including financial aid under any other state or federal program, exceed the tuition and mandatory fees at the eligible institution the sstudent tattends. u d a t t e n d s .

If the student discontinues attendance before the end of any term after receiving payment of the grant, the entire amount of any refund due that student, up to the amount of any payments made under the annual grant, shall be paid by the institution community college or eligible institution tto o the state.

Section 256.194, subsection 3, Code 2026, is aamended mto e n t o read aas sfollows: f o l l o w s :

DDIVISION IVII VIOWA ISPECIAL SEDUCATION VCOUNCIL I—— IREPEAL I O WS P E C I A L E D UC O U N — IR E P E A L Sec.

DDIVISION IVIII V I SV I I I DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ——— REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO AANTIBULLYING NPROGRAMMING T I B U L L Y I N G P R O G R A M M I N G Sec.

Section 279.51A, subsection 5, Code 2026, is amended tto o read aas s follows:

a.

The department shall compile and oummarigcsummarize the reports, categorigedcategorized by behaviorii—andbehavior, and shall submit the—summarythe summary an annual report to the general assembly by on or before November 1 annually each year that contains all of the following:

(1) A summary of the annual reports compiled pursuant to paragraph House“a”. File 2783, p.

25House (2)File A2783, descriptionp. of the department's antibullying programming and current and projected expenditures for the antibullying programming for the immediately preceding fiscal y e a r .

c,25 (2) A teacherdescription orof administratorthe whodepartment’s submitsantibullying aprogramming reportand incurrent accordance with this section and whoprojected meetsexpenditures the requirements of section 280.27 or section 613.21 shall be immune from civil or criminal liability relating to such action, as well as for participating in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting from or relating to the reportantibullying pursuantprogramming tofor the provisionsimmediately ofpreceding sectionsfiscal 280.27year. and 613.21.

c.

A teacher or administrator who submits a report in accordance with this section and who meets the requirements of section 280.27 or section 613.21 shall be immune from civil or criminal liability relating to such action, as well as for participating in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting from or relating to the report pursuant to the provisions of sections 280.27 and 613.21.

§1232g, and in the same manner as personal information in student records maintained, created, collected, or assembled by or for a school corporation or educational institution in accordance with section 22.7, ssubsection u1. b s e c t i o n 1 .

DDIVISION IIX V I SI XO N BOARD OOF F EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS ——— FFEES E E S Sec.

Section 256.155, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2026, aare ramended eto a m e nt o read aas sfollows: f o l l o w s :

The—executive—director—shallThe deposit—twenty—f-iveexecutive percent—e#director shall deposit twenty-five percent of the fees collected annually with the treasurer of state and the fees shall be credited to the general fund of the state.

The remaining licensing fees Licensing fees collected during the fiscal year shall be retained by and are appropriated to the board for the purposes related to the board'sboard’s duties.

The executive director shall keep an accurate and detailed account of fees received, including foesfees paid to the treasurer of otatostate and fees retained by the board.

______________________________ ______________________________ PAT GRASSjSEYGRASSLEY AMY SINC^IRSINCLAIR Speaker of the House PPresident rof ethe sSenate i d et h e S e n a t e I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2783, Ninety-first General Assembly.

______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON CftlefChief Clerk of the House Approved 202^_______________, K2026 I______________________________ fteKIM YREYNOLDS NGovernor O L D S G o v e r n o r