HF 868: 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 retroactive applicability provisions

What it does

This bill appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2021-2022 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 2021-2022. 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, and the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program.

Lobbying · 10 for, 7 against

For: Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates; Decoding Dyslexia Iowa; Iowa Alliance for Arts Education; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Biotechnology Association; Iowa Fraternal Order of Police; Iowa Psychiatric Physicians Society; Iowa School Counselors Association; Iowa School Psychologists Association; Iowa School Social Workers Association

Against: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. April 12, 2021Filed in the House
2. May 6, 2021Passed the House, 51–38
3. May 7, 2021Arrived in the Senate
4. May 18, 2021Took the place of SF 596 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
5. May 18, 2021Passed the Senate, 28–17
6. May 18, 2021Passed the House, 54–35
7. June 2, 2021Sent to the Governor
8. June 8, 2021Signed into law