Bill > HF2783

This bill appropriates funds to the education system for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027. * **Department for the Blind:** $3,207,190 for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, with 103.74 full-time equivalent positions. * **Department of Education:** * General Administration: $7,073,808 (71.87 FTEs) * Career and Technical Education Administration: $721,779 (10.80 FTEs) * Public Broadcasting Division: $8,165,236 (53.20 FTEs) * Career and Technical Education Reimbursement: $2,952,459 * School Food Service: $2,253,055 (27.83 FTEs), including $76,258 for the summer electronic benefit transfer program. * Birth to Age Three Services: $1,721,400, including $383,769 for child health specialty clinics. * Early Head Start Projects: $574,500 for projects serving children from birth to age three. * Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program: $2,990,467 (5.83 FTEs) * Statewide Student Assessment: $3,000,000, including $300,000 for the Iowa testing programs at the state university of Iowa. * Statewide Clearinghouse to Expand Work-Based Learning: $300,000 * Postsecondary Summer Classes for High School Students Program: $600,000 (funds do not revert). * Jobs for America’s Graduates: $9,946,450 (funds do not revert). * Attendance Center Performance/General Internet Site and Data System Support: $250,000 (1.60 FTEs) * Successful Progression for Early Readers: $7,824,782 * Early Warning System for Literacy: $1,915,000 * Iowa Reading Research Center: $1,500,000 (funds do not revert), including $250,000 for collaborations with the state board of education and board of educational examiners. * Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund: $500,000 * Children’s Mental Health School-Based Training and Support: $1,899,682, including $200,000 for a children’s grief and loss rural program. * Best Buddies Iowa: $35,000 * Midwestern Higher Education Compact: $118,450 (funds do not revert). * Nonpublic School Concurrent Enrollment Payments to Community Colleges: $1,000,000 (funds do not revert). * Community Colleges (General State Financial Aid): $246,858,161 * Iowa School for the Deaf: $12,813,313 (132.00 FTEs) * Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Program: $5,112,412 (68.72 FTEs) * Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Collaborative Initiative: $6,310,409 (7.00 FTEs), with at least $500,000 for technology education, industry credentials, and professional development (funds do not revert). * Therapeutic Classroom Incentive Fund: $2,351,382 * Online State Job Posting System: $265,000 * Lead-K Program: $200,000 * Division of Special Education: $10,000,000 (60.00 FTEs) * Professional Development: $1,676,458 * College Student Aid Commission: * Administration (including Future Ready Iowa Skilled Workforce Last-Dollar Scholarship Program): $591,533 (4.95 FTEs) * National Guard Service Scholarship Program: $6,600,000 * All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship Program: $3,229,468 * Teach Iowa Scholar Program: $1,045,248, including $96,533 for grants in specific rural areas. * Health Care Professional Incentive Program: $7,985,911 * Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program: $700,000 * Future Ready Iowa Skilled Workforce Last-Dollar Scholarship Program: $23,927,005 * Future Ready Iowa Skilled Workforce Grant Program: $425,000 * Iowa Workforce Grant and Incentive Program: $6,500,000 * Court Reporter Equipment Grant Program: $50,000 * Advanced Dyslexia Specialist Endorsement: $335,000 * School District Electronic Mail Security: $500,000 (funds available until June 30, 2030). * **Iowa Skilled Worker and Job Creation Fund (Department of Education):** * Skilled Workforce Shortage Tuition Grants: $5,000,000 * Workforce Training and Economic Development Funds: $15,100,000, with $100,000 for administration. * Capital Projects for Community Colleges (Vertical Infrastructure): $6,000,000, with a portion potentially transferred to a career training physical expansion program fund if enacted. * Pathways for Academic Career and Employment Fund: $4,800,000 * Gap Tuition Assistance Fund: $2,000,000 * Workforce Preparation Outcome Reporting System: $75,000 * STEM Best: $700,000 (funds do not revert). * **State Board of Regents:** * Office of State Board of Regents: $764,642 (2.48 FTEs), including $268,297 for the western Iowa regents resource center and $125,000 for John Pappajohn centers for entrepreneurship. * State University of Iowa: $223,496,355 (5,058.32 FTEs) for general university operations, plus specific allocations for Oakdale campus ($2,103,819, 38.25 FTEs), State Hygienic Laboratory ($4,822,610, 102.51 FTEs), Family Practice Program ($2,220,598, 2.71 FTEs), Child Health Care Services ($634,502, 4.16 FTEs), Statewide Cancer Registry ($143,410, 2.10 FTEs), Substance Abuse Consortium ($53,427, 0.99 FTEs), Center for Biocatalysis ($696,342, 6.28 FTEs), Primary Health Care Initiative ($624,374, 6.22 FTEs), Birth Defects Registry ($36,839, 0.38 FTEs), Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center ($156,389, 2.75 FTEs), Iowa Online Advanced Placement Academy STEM Initiative ($463,616), Iowa Flood Center ($1,205,593), College of Nursing ($2,800,000), and Center for Intellectual Freedom ($1,000,000). * Iowa State University of Science and Technology: $229,864,938 (4,062.34 FTEs). * University of Northern Iowa: $101,894,146 (1,250.28 FTEs) for general university operations, plus allocations for Real Estate Education Program ($123,523, 0.86 FTEs), Educators for Iowa ($1,500,000), and Center for Civic Education ($1,000,000). * **At-Risk Children:** The appropriation from the general fund to the department of education for at-risk children programs is capped at $10,524,389. * **Work-Study Appropriation:** The appropriation for the work-study program is zero for this fiscal year. * **National Board Certification Awards:** $508,250 is appropriated for national board certification awards, with at least $85,000 for the ambassador to education position. * **Professional Development Programs:** Various appropriations totaling over $2.4 million are made for professional development, teacher quality, and teacher development academies. * **Vocational-Technical Tuition Grants:** The appropriation to the vocational-technical tuition grants fund is $1,863,099. * **Iowa Tuition Grants for For-Profit Institutions Fund:** Any unencumbered or unobligated funds from this fund as of July 1, 2026, will be transferred to the vocational-technical tuition grants fund. * **Iowa Special Education Council:** The repeal of Section 256.35B is noted. * **Antibulling Programming:** Reporting requirements for school districts regarding incidents of violence and the department's antibullying programming are updated. * **Board of Educational Examiners Fees:** Licensing fees collected by the board are retained and appropriated to the board for its duties.

Budget and Finance

Appropriations (House)

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