Bill > HSB335

This bill appropriates funds for education support personnel compensation, modifies existing appropriations, transfers funds, and makes technical corrections for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. * **Department of Education - Education Support Personnel Salary Supplement:** $14,000,000 from the General Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and $14,000,000 from the General Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, to supplement compensation for non-salaried education support personnel in school districts. * **Nonpublic School Pupil Transportation:** The standing appropriation for payment of claims for nonpublic school pupil transportation is limited to $8,997,091 from the General Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. If claims exceed this amount, they will be prorated. * **Instructional Support State Aid:** The appropriation for instructional support state aid is set to zero for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. * **Salary Adjustments:** Unappropriated moneys in various special funds, including the commerce revolving fund, gaming enforcement revolving fund, gaming regulatory revolving fund, primary road fund, road use tax fund, fish and game protection fund, and Iowa public employees’ retirement fund, may be used by the department of management to fund salary adjustments for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. * **Taxpayer Relief Fund Transfer:** $21,881,303 is transferred from the Taxpayer Relief Fund to the General Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, to be used in lieu of other general fund moneys for foundation aid. * **State Aid Reduction:** State aid for school districts and area education agencies under section 257.35 will be reduced by $25,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. * **Iowa Individual Health Benefit Reinsurance Association:** The state is excluded from membership in the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association, effective upon enactment and retroactive to January 1, 2020. * **Corrective Provisions:** The bill also includes various technical corrections and amendments to existing legislation from the 2025 legislative session, with some provisions taking effect upon enactment or applying retroactively.