Amendment H-8086 to HF 2610
Relating to education programs and systems, including career and technical education expenditures and definitions, statewide lower division general education framework and common course numbering systems, and the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community colleges
Ruled not germane · March 3, 2026
Filed March 3, 2026 in the House by
In plain words
AI summary This amendment adds a rule that grant recipients can put some or all of their grant money into a protected investment or endowment account, where they can use the interest and dividends for program development but cannot spend the original amount. It also clarifies that a regional center can be a physical building, a career academy program, or both.1
What it changes
- Page 6, after line 2 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 257.11, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsections: NEW SUBSECTION .
- The department may authorize the recipient of a grant awarded pursuant to this section to deposit all or a portion of the grant award into a protected investment or endowment account. The principal shall not be expended. Dividends and interest earnings may be expended for career academy program development and sustainability. NEW SUBSECTION .
- For purposes of this section, a regional center may include a physical facility, a career academy program, or both.”
- Title page, by striking line 4 and inserting “common course numbering systems, the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community colleges, and the career academy fund.”
- By renumbering as necessary.