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House
File
2458
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2458
BY
GOSA
,
WILBURN
,
McBURNEY
,
MADISON
,
B.
MEYER
,
and
KRESSIG
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
program
1
within
the
department
of
workforce
development,
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
.
84A.22
Teacher
and
para-educator
1
grant
program.
2
1.
The
department
of
workforce
development
shall
develop
3
and
administer
a
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
program
to
4
provide
grants
to
all
of
the
following
individuals:
5
a.
Individuals
who
are
currently
enrolled
in
a
high
school
6
in
this
state
to
offset
the
costs
associated
with
obtaining
7
a
para-educator
certificate
from
the
board
of
educational
8
examiners
and
an
associate
degree.
9
b.
Individuals
who
currently
hold
a
para-educator
10
certificate
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
to
11
offset
the
costs
associated
with
obtaining
a
bachelor’s
degree.
12
2.
The
department
of
workforce
development,
in
consultation
13
with
the
department
of
education,
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
14
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
15
3.
a.
A
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
program
fund
16
is
established
in
the
state
treasury.
The
teacher
and
17
para-educator
grant
program
fund
shall
be
administered
by
the
18
department
of
workforce
development
and
shall
consist
of
moneys
19
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
and
other
moneys
received
20
by
the
department
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
The
moneys
in
the
21
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
program
fund
are
appropriated
22
to
the
department
of
workforce
development
for
the
teacher
and
23
para-educator
grant
program.
24
b.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
teacher
25
and
para-educator
grant
program
fund
at
the
close
of
the
26
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
27
expenditure
for
the
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
program
for
28
subsequent
fiscal
years.
29
c.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
30
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
31
program
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
32
Sec.
2.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
33
subparagraph
(2),
subparagraph
division
(a),
unnumbered
34
paragraph
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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A
student
shall
be
credited
a
minimum
of
one
week,
but
not
1
more
than
ten
weeks,
of
prior
work
experience
as
a
substitute
2
teacher
or
a
para-educator,
including
prior
experience
under
3
the
teacher
and
para-educator
registered
apprenticeship
4
grant
program
or
the
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
program
5
established
pursuant
to
section
84A.22
,
toward
the
requirements
6
associated
with
the
fourteen-week
student
teaching
experience,
7
if
all
of
the
following
requirements
are
satisfied:
8
Sec.
3.
DEPARTMENT
OF
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
——
TEACHER
9
AND
PARA-EDUCATOR
GRANT
PROGRAM.
There
is
appropriated
from
10
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
workforce
11
development
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
and
12
ending
June
30,
2027,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
13
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
14
For
deposit
in
the
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
program
15
fund
established
pursuant
to
section
84A.22,
if
enacted:
16
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3,500,000
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EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
establishes
the
teacher
and
para-educator
grant
21
program
within
the
department
of
workforce
development.
22
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
workforce
development
23
to
develop
and
administer
the
teacher
and
para-educator
24
grant
program
to
provide
grants
to
two
types
of
individuals:
25
individuals
who
are
currently
enrolled
in
a
high
school
in
26
this
state
to
offset
the
costs
associated
with
obtaining
27
a
para-educator
certificate
from
the
board
of
educational
28
examiners
(BOEE)
and
an
associate
degree,
and
individuals
who
29
currently
hold
a
para-educator
certificate
issued
by
the
BOEE
30
to
offset
the
costs
associated
with
obtaining
a
bachelor’s
31
degree.
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
workforce
32
development,
in
consultation
with
the
department
of
education,
33
to
adopt
rules
to
administer
the
teacher
and
para-educator
34
grant
program.
The
bill
appropriates
$3.5
million
from
the
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general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
workforce
1
development
for
FY
2026-2027
for
purposes
of
the
program.
2
Current
law
requires
that
a
student
be
credited
a
minimum
of
3
1
week,
but
not
more
than
10
weeks,
of
prior
work
experience
as
4
a
substitute
teacher
or
para-educator
toward
the
requirements
5
associated
with
the
14-week
student
teaching
experience.
The
6
bill
provides
that
prior
experience
under
the
teacher
and
7
para-educator
grant
program
qualifies
as
such
prior
work
8
experience.
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