Bill Text: IA HF413 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing the school counselor grant program to be administered by the department of education and making appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-22 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 409. [HF413 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF413-Introduced.html
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BY
RINKER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
school
counselor
grant
program
to
be
1
administered
by
the
department
of
education
and
making
2
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.20
School
counselor
grant
1
program.
2
1.
The
department
shall
establish
a
school
counselor
grant
3
program
to
increase
the
number
of
school
counselors
who
are
4
employed
by
school
districts
in
this
state.
5
2.
A
school
district
may
apply
to
the
department
for
a
grant
6
to
employ
additional
school
counselors
who
hold
the
proper
7
endorsement
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
under
8
chapter
272
if,
at
the
time
of
application,
the
ratio
of
the
9
number
of
school
counselors
employed
by
the
school
district
to
10
the
number
of
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
exceeds
11
one
school
counselor
to
three
hundred
students.
A
school
12
district
shall
not
apply
for
more
than
two
grants
under
the
13
school
counselor
grant
program
in
one
year.
14
3.
The
amount
of
a
grant
the
department
may
award
to
a
15
school
district
under
the
school
counselor
grant
program
shall
16
not
exceed
one
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
over
a
17
five-year
period
for
each
additional
school
counselor
employed
18
by
the
school
district
as
a
result
of
the
program.
Beginning
19
the
year
the
department
awards
a
grant
to
a
school
district
20
under
the
program,
the
school
district
shall
allocate
one-fifth
21
of
the
amount
of
the
grant
annually
to
cover
the
costs
22
associated
with
employing
each
additional
school
counselor
as
a
23
result
of
the
program.
24
4.
Moneys
awarded
under
this
section
shall
be
used
to
25
supplement,
not
supplant,
existing
public
funding
used
by
a
26
school
district
for
similar
purposes.
27
5.
A
school
counselor
grant
program
fund
is
established
28
in
the
state
treasury.
The
fund
shall
be
administered
by
29
the
department
and
shall
consist
of
moneys
appropriated
by
30
the
general
assembly
and
any
other
moneys
received
by
the
31
department
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
The
moneys
in
the
fund
are
32
appropriated
to
the
department
for
the
school
counselor
grant
33
program.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
at
34
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
to
the
general
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fund
of
the
state
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
1
for
the
school
counselor
grant
program
for
subsequent
fiscal
2
years.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
3
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
4
fund.
5
6.
The
state
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
6
to
administer
this
section,
including
rules
relating
to
grant
7
application
materials,
eligibility
requirements,
and
award
8
criteria.
9
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
——
SCHOOL
COUNSELOR
GRANT
10
PROGRAM.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
11
state
to
the
department
of
education
for
the
fiscal
year
12
beginning
July
1,
2023,
and
ending
June
30,
2024,
the
following
13
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
14
purposes
designated:
15
For
deposit
in
the
school
counselor
grant
program
fund
16
established
pursuant
to
section
256.20,
if
enacted:
17
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EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
establishes
the
school
counselor
grant
program
to
22
be
administered
by
the
department
of
education
and
appropriates
23
$2.5
million
to
the
program
in
FY
2023-2024.
The
bill
provides
24
that
the
program
is
to
increase
the
number
of
school
counselors
25
who
are
employed
by
school
districts.
26
The
bill
authorizes
a
school
district
to
apply
to
the
27
department
for
a
grant
to
employ
additional
school
counselors
28
who
hold
the
proper
endorsement
issued
by
the
board
of
29
educational
examiners
if,
at
the
time
of
application,
the
ratio
30
of
the
number
of
school
counselors
employed
by
the
school
31
district
to
the
number
of
students
enrolled
in
the
school
32
district
exceeds
one
school
counselor
to
300
students.
The
33
bill
prohibits
a
school
district
from
applying
for
more
than
34
two
grants
under
the
program
in
one
year.
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The
bill
provides
that
the
amount
of
a
grant
the
department
1
may
award
to
a
school
district
under
the
program
shall
not
2
exceed
$125,000
over
a
five-year
period
for
each
additional
3
school
counselor
employed
by
the
school
district.
The
bill
4
also
provides
that
beginning
the
year
the
department
awards
5
a
grant
to
a
school
district
under
the
program,
the
school
6
district
shall
allocate
one-fifth
of
the
amount
of
the
grant
7
annually
to
cover
the
costs
associated
with
employing
each
8
additional
school
counselor.
The
bill
establishes
that
moneys
9
awarded
under
the
program
shall
be
used
to
supplement,
not
10
supplant,
existing
public
funding
used
by
a
school
district
for
11
similar
purposes.
12
The
bill
establishes
a
school
counselor
grant
program
fund
13
in
the
state
treasury
to
be
administered
by
the
department.
14
The
bill
appropriates
the
moneys
in
the
fund
to
the
department
15
for
the
program.
16
The
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
adopt
rules
17
to
administer
the
program.
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