Bill Text: IA HF559 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing an agriculture education grant program within the department of education and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 389.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 5-0. [HF559 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF559-Introduced.html
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FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
389)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
agriculture
education
grant
1
program
within
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
Agriculture
education
grant
1
program.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
3
a.
“Agriculture
education
program”
means
all
of
the
4
following:
5
(1)
Instructional
programs
provided
by
school
districts
6
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
under
7
section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
“h”
,
subparagraph
(1),
8
subparagraph
division
(a).
9
(2)
Programs
for
career
and
technical
education
in
10
agriculture
technology
provided
by
school
districts
to
students
11
under
section
280.20.
12
b.
“Personal
services
costs”
means
the
costs
associated
13
with
a
school
district
employing
a
teacher
for
a
maximum
of
14
sixty
days
of
additional
instruction
outside
of
the
teacher’s
15
regularly
scheduled
teaching
duties
to
provide
instruction
in
16
an
agriculture
education
program.
17
2.
The
department
shall
establish
an
agriculture
education
18
grant
program
to
expand
student
access
to
instruction
related
19
to
agriculture,
food,
and
natural
resources.
20
3.
A
school
district
may
apply
to
the
department
for
grants
21
under
this
section
to
offset
the
personal
services
costs
22
associated
with
employing
teachers
to
provide
instruction
in
an
23
agriculture
education
program.
The
maximum
annual
amount
of
a
24
grant
the
department
may
award
to
a
school
district
under
this
25
section
shall
not
exceed:
26
a.
One
hundred
percent
of
the
personal
services
costs
27
associated
with
a
teacher
providing
instruction
in
an
28
agriculture
education
program
if
the
school
district’s
29
agriculture
education
program
has
existed
for
less
than
ten
30
consecutive
years.
31
b.
Fifty
percent
of
the
personal
services
cost
associated
32
with
a
teacher
providing
instruction
in
an
agriculture
33
education
program
for
all
other
programs.
34
4.
Moneys
awarded
under
this
section
shall
be
used
to
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supplement,
not
supplant,
existing
public
funding
used
by
a
1
school
district
for
similar
purposes.
2
5.
The
department
shall
develop
and
make
available
to
3
school
districts
a
statewide
system
to
track
the
time
teachers
4
devote
to
instruction
facilitated
by
grants
provided
under
this
5
section.
6
6.
An
agriculture
education
grant
program
fund
is
7
established
in
the
state
treasury.
The
fund
shall
be
8
administered
by
the
department
and
shall
consist
of
moneys
9
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
and
any
other
moneys
10
received
by
the
department
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
The
11
moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
for
the
12
agriculture
education
grant
program.
Notwithstanding
section
13
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
14
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
but
shall
remain
15
available
for
expenditure
for
the
agriculture
education
grant
16
program
for
subsequent
fiscal
years.
Notwithstanding
section
17
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
18
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
19
7.
The
state
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
20
to
administer
this
section,
including
rules
related
to
grant
21
application
materials,
eligibility
requirements,
and
award
22
criteria.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
establishes
an
agriculture
education
grant
program
27
within
the
department
of
education
(DE)
to
expand
student
28
access
to
instruction
related
to
agriculture,
food,
and
natural
29
resources.
30
The
bill
defines
“agriculture
education
program”
as
31
instructional
programs
provided
by
school
districts
to
students
32
enrolled
in
grades
9
through
12
in
the
agriculture,
food,
33
and
natural
resources
portion
of
the
career
and
technical
34
education
instruction
and
programs
provided
by
school
districts
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under
Code
section
280.20
(career
and
technical
agriculture
1
education),
and
“personal
services
costs”
as
the
costs
2
associated
with
a
school
district
employing
a
teacher
for
3
a
maximum
of
60
days
of
additional
instruction
outside
of
4
the
teacher’s
regularly
scheduled
teaching
duties
to
provide
5
instruction
in
an
agriculture
education
program.
6
The
bill
authorizes
school
districts
to
apply
to
DE
for
7
grants
under
the
program
to
offset
the
personal
services
costs
8
associated
with
employing
teachers
to
provide
instruction
in
an
9
agriculture
education
program.
The
department
of
education
may
10
award
a
grant
to
a
school
district
under
the
program
totaling
11
100
percent
of
the
teacher’s
personal
services
costs
if
the
12
school
district’s
agriculture
education
program
has
existed
13
for
less
than
10
consecutive
years
and
totaling
50
percent
of
14
the
teacher’s
personal
services
costs
for
all
other
programs.
15
School
districts
must
use
these
moneys
to
supplement,
not
16
supplant,
existing
public
funding
used
by
a
school
district
17
for
similar
purposes.
The
bill
establishes
an
agriculture
18
education
grant
program
fund
in
the
state
treasury.
19
The
bill
requires
DE
to
develop
and
make
available
to
20
school
districts
a
statewide
system
to
track
the
time
teachers
21
devote
to
instruction
facilitated
by
grants
provided
under
the
22
program.
23
The
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
adopt
rules
24
to
administer
the
program.
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