Relating to the department of education, including the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program and the postsecondary summer classes for high school students program, and making appropriations

This bill relates to the department of education, including the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program and the postsecondary summer classes for high school students program. The bill appropriates $2 million from the general fund of the state to the department in FY 2023-2024 for purposes of providing payments to community colleges for the concurrent enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program. The bill provides that if these moneys remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year the moneys shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure until the close of the succeeding fiscal year for the postsecondary summer classes for high school students program, which allows resident high school pupils enrolled in grades through to attend a community college for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a community college-employed instructor during the summer and outside of the regular school year through a contractual agreement between a community college and a school district under the future ready Iowa initiative.