SF 2019: Establishing the national FFA organization advisors competitive grant program within the department of education and making appropriations

What it does

This bill establishes the national FFA organization advisors competitive grant program within the department of education (DE) to provide grants under the program to school districts to help offset the cost associated with employing teachers who are involved in the national FFA organization. The bill requires DE to adopt rules to administer the program. The bill provides 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 national FFA organization advisors competitive grant program fund and transfers $500,000 from the general fund of the state to this new fund each fiscal year beginning in FY 2024-2025.

Senate subcommittee · named January 17, 2024

• Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
• Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
• Sen. Eric Giddens (D)

Lobbying · 12 for, 0 against

For: Agribusiness Association of Iowa; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Cattlemen's Association; Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa Pork Producers Association; Iowa State Education Association; Professional Educators of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 8, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. January 17, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Garrett, Cournoyer and Giddens
3. February 1, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it