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Relating to the instructional support program by making appropriations for instructional support state aid, establishing an instructional support grant program, and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would set a limit of $10.5 million for instructional support state aid for the 2020-2021 school year. The state would also provide $4.5 million to create a new grant program for school districts. These grants can be used to pay for mental health services and training for both students and teachers.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the instructional support program by making appropriations for instructional support state aid and establishing an instructional support grant program.20(1) and (2).5 million to be used to provide instructional support grants. The department of education, after consulting with appropriate education stakeholders, is required to establish an instructional support grant program to provide for the allocation of amounts appropriated in the bill in the form of competitive grants, not to exceed $200,000 per grant, to school districts meeting specified criteria and additional relevant criteria prescribed by the department. Grant amounts received shall be expended exclusively for school-based student behavioral and mental health services and teacher mental health services and training. The bill authorizes the department of education to adopt emergency rules to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 22, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
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