Relating to the funding of, the operation of, and appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents, providing for properly related matters, and including effective date and applicability provisions

This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2022-2023 from the general fund of the state and other funds to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents and its institutions. The bill is organized by divisions. DIVISION I —— FY 2022-2023. The bill appropriates moneys to the department for the blind for its administration. The bill includes appropriations to the college student aid commission for general administrative purposes, administration of the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program, the health care professional recruitment program, the national guard service scholarship program, the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program, the teach Iowa scholar program, the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program, the health care loan repayment program, the rural veterinarian loan repayment program, the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program, the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program, mental health practitioner loan repayment program, and the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program. The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education for purposes of the department’s general administration, career and technical education (CTE) administration, division of vocational rehabilitation services including independent living programs, the entrepreneurs with disabilities program, and independent living centers, state library for general administration and the enrich Iowa program, public broadcasting division, career and technical education reimbursement for expenditures made by CTE regional planning partnerships, school food service, early childhood Iowa fund, expansion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act birth through age three services, early head start projects, textbooks for nonpublic school pupils, the student achievement and teacher quality program, statewide student assessment, statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based learning, postsecondary summer classes for high school students program, jobs for America’s graduates specialists, attendance center performance/general internet site and data system support, the online state job posting system, successful progression for early readers, an early warning system for literacy, the Iowa reading research center, computer science professional development incentive fund, children’s mental health school-based training and support, for school districts for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, adult education and literacy programs, distribution to the midwestern higher education compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation, and community colleges.51. The bill appropriates moneys to the state board of regents for the board office, universities’ general operating budgets; the western Iowa regents resource center; Iowa public radio; the state university of Iowa; Iowa state university of science and technology; the university of northern Iowa; and for the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school. DIVISION II —— WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS —— APPROPRIATIONS FY 2022-2023. The bill appropriates moneys from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund to the college student aid commission and the department of education. DIVISION III —— IOWA WORKFORCE GRANT AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM. The bill establishes the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program within the college student aid commission. The bill provides that the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program will provide grants to certain eligible students who are pursuing an eligible program for high-demand jobs. The bill provides that the amount of the grant is based on the number of semester hours in which the student is enrolled. The bill requires the Iowa workforce development board to update its list of high-demand jobs at least once every five years. The bill also provides that this list shall be used for purposes of the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program. DIVISION IV —— CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT.25A(1)(a) (therapeutic classroom transportation claims). DIVISION V —— APPROPRIATION —— STANDING LIMITED. The bill increases the standing limited appropriation to the college student aid commission for tuition grants to qualified students who are enrolled in accredited private institutions from $48,896,050 to $50,118,451. In addition, the bill increases the standing limited appropriation to the college student aid commission for tuition grants to qualified students who are enrolled in eligible institutions from $456,220 to $500,000. DIVISION VI —— STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION.13 establishes how moneys appropriated for purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality program are to be allocated.13 to the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022.11. DIVISION VII —— COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION —— IOWA COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK. The bill appropriates $150,000 from the general fund of the state to the college student aid commission for purposes of the coordination of activities with the Iowa college access network to assist students enrolled in grades through in completing the free application for federal student aid. Any moneys that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.