Proyectos de ley › 90.ª Asamblea General
Establishing the school counselor grant program to be administered by the department of education and making appropriations
Dónde está ahora
- Hecho: Presentado22 de febrero de 2023
- Se detuvo: SubcomitéMurió al terminar la Asamblea General
- Sigue: Comité de la Cámara
- Sigue: Lo aprueba la Cámara
- Sigue: Comité del Senado
- Sigue: Lo aprueba el Senado
- Sigue: A gobernador(a)
- Sigue: Firmado como ley
Murió al terminar la sesión La sesión de 2024 terminó el 19 de abril de 2024, la última sesión ordinaria de la Asamblea General. Los proyectos que no pasaron por ambas cámaras murieron. ¿Qué es el embudo (funnel)?
Qué contiene
Resumen con IA Iowa is creating a new grant program to help school districts hire more counselors. Districts can apply for this money if they have more than one counselor for every 300 students. The state will provide funds to help pay for these new staff members over a five-year period. (Todavía no está traducido al español.)1
Lea la explicación oficial (en inglés)
5 million to the program in FY 2023-2024. The bill provides that the program is to increase the number of school counselors who are employed by school districts. The bill authorizes a school district to apply to the department for a grant to employ additional school counselors who hold the proper endorsement issued by the board of educational examiners if, at the time of application, the ratio of the number of school counselors employed by the school district to the number of students enrolled in the school district exceeds one school counselor to 300 students. The bill prohibits a school district from applying for more than two grants under the program in one year. The bill provides that the amount of a grant the department may award to a school district under the program shall not exceed $125,000 over a five-year period for each additional school counselor employed by the school district. The bill also provides that beginning the year the department awards a grant to a school district under the program, the school district shall allocate one-fifth of the amount of the grant annually to cover the costs associated with employing each additional school counselor. The bill establishes that moneys awarded under the program shall be used to supplement, not supplant, existing public funding used by a school district for similar purposes. The bill establishes a school counselor grant program fund in the state treasury to be administered by the department. The bill appropriates the moneys in the fund to the department for the program. The bill requires the state board of education to adopt rules to administer the program.