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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
June 2,2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol Building
LOCAL
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I hereby transmit House File 2783, an Act relating to and making appropriations to the education
system, iacluding the funding and operation of the Department for the Blind, Department of
Education, State Board of Regents, Department of Workforce Development, and Iowa Special
Education Council.
House File 2783 is approved this date with the following exception:
• Division 11 Section 2(33) is a provision, along with its associated funding that constitutes
a clear and unmistakable earmark — drafted, designed, and lobbied for by a specific
information technology and cybersecurity firm. The provision allocates one-time state
funding to incentivize school districts to subscribe to ongoing cybersecurity services. What
it does not disclose is the financial commitment that follows: once a district subscribes, it
assumes recurring annual costs that will substantially and persistently exceed the limited
one-time appropriation contained id this section. In effect, this earmark uses a modest sum
of taxpayer dollars as an inducement to lock Iowa school districts into long-term vendor
relationships — shifting the true cost of this arrangement onto local budgets for years to
come, with no guarantee of continued state support to offset it.
Additionally, cybersecurity services of the type described in this provision are already
accessible to every school district in Iowa through state-negotiated master agreements —
contracts specifically designed to deliver quality services at discounted pricing, without
directing public dollars to any single vendor. These agreements exist precisely so that
districts can meet their technology and security needs efficiently and competitively,
selecting the vendor that best serves their students and communities. Every school district
in Iowa already has the tools and authority it needs to secure robust cybersecurity services
— at favorable pricing, from the vendor of their choice.
For the above reasons, 1 respectfully disapprove that part of House File 2783 as specified above,
in accordance with Article 111, Section 16, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa. The remainder
of House File 2783 is approved as of this date.
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House File 2783
AN ACT
RELATING TO AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM,
INCLUDING THE FUNDING AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR
THE BLIND, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF REGENTS,
DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND IOWA SPECIAL
EDUCATION COUNCIL,
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2026-2027 APPROPRIATIONS — DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
Section 1. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS —
ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department for the blind for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027,
the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 3,207,190
FTEs 103.74
DIVISION II
FY 2026-2027 APPROPRIATIONS — DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and
ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or so much thereof
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as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated;
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 7,073,808
FTEs 71.87
2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 721,779
FTEs 10.80
3. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
$ 8,165,236
FTEs 53.20
4. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
For reimbursement for career and technical education
expenditures made by regional career and technical education
planning partnerships in accordance with section 256.136:
$ 2,952,459
5. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
a. For use as state matching moneys for federal programs
that shall be disbursed according to federal regulations,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 2,253,055
FTEs 27.83
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $76,258
shall be allocated to the administrative costs associated with
participation in the federal summer electronic benefit transfer
program.
6. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No.
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108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
those services:
$ 1,721,400
b. Prom the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
$383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
7. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
a. For early head start projects:
b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
used for implementation and expansion of early head start
pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
and received state funding to administer an early head start
project.
8. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
$ 2,990,467
FTEs 5.83
9. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
a. For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the
department of education on behalf of school districts and
accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated
with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance
with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph *^b";
$ 3,000,000
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
than $300,000 shall be distributed to the Iowa testing programs
within the state university of Iowa college of education
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to offset the costs of administering the statewide student
assessment at accredited nonpublic schools.
10. STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK-BASED LEARNING
For support costs associated with the creation of a
statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based learning:
$ 300,000
11. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
PROGRAM
For support costs associated with the creation of a program
to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils
enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to attend a community college
for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a
community college-employed instructor during the summer and
outside of the regular school year through a contractual
agreement between a community college and a school district:
$ 600,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
12. JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
For school districts to reinforce collaborative efforts and
regional initiatives that accelerate work-based learning and
credential attainment, and to provide direct career education
services to identified middle school or high school students
enrolled in school districts through direct instruction by a
jobs for America's graduates specialist:
$ 9,946,450
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
13. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
For administration of a process for school districts to
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establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
performance of each attendance center operated by the district
in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
report card for each attendance center, for internet site
and data system support, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
$ 250,000
PTEs 1.60
14. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
For distribution to school districts for implementation
of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
progression for early readers:
$ 7,824,782
15. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
a. For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an
early warning assessment and administering the early warning
system for literacy established in accordance with section
279.68 and rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7,
subsection 31:
$ 1,915,000
b. The department shall administer and distribute to school
districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
16. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
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paragraph
$ 1,500,000
b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state
board of education relating to the approval of practitioner
preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3,
paragraph ^^c", and with the board of educational examiners for
the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 256.146,
subsection 21, For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and
ending June 30, 2027, the center shall submit a report to the
general assembly detailing the expenditures of moneys used for
purposes of this paragraph ^"b".
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
specified in this subsection until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
17. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
FUND
For deposit in the computer science professional development
incentive fund established in section 284.6A:
$ 500,000
18. CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING AND
SUPPORT
a. For distribution to area education agencies for
school-based children's mental health services, including
mental health awareness training for educators;
$ 1,899,682
b. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection for
distribution to area education agencies, $200,000 shall be
used for purposes of implementing a children's grief and
loss rural program to serve Iowa children in rural school
districts or accredited nonpublic schools. The program shall
be administered by, and the moneys allocated pursuant to this
paragraph shall be distributed to, an existing statewide
not-for-profit health care organization that currently provides
grief and loss services to children. For the fiscal year
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beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the health
care organization receiving moneys pursuant to this paragraph
shall prepare a report, in collaboration with the department
of education, detailing the expenditures of moneys used for
the purposes of this program and its outcomes, which shall be
submitted to the general assembly by September 30, 2027.
19. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
a. For school districts to create opportunities for
one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership
development for students with intellectual and developmental
disabilities:
$ 35,000
b. The department of education shall establish criteria for
the distribution of moneys appropriated under this subsection
and shall require an organization receiving moneys under this
subsection to annually report student identifying data for
students participating in the program to the department in the
manner prescribed by the department as a condition of receiving
such moneys.
20. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
For distribution to the midwestern higher education compact
to pay Iowa's member state annual obligation;
$ 118,450
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated pursuant
to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
21. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under
section 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph ""b":
$ 1,000,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
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22. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For general state financial aid to merged areas, as defined
in section 260C.2, in accordance with section 260C.18C:
$246,858,161
23. IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 12,813,313
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24. IOWA EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
IMPAIRED PROGRAM
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 5,112,412
PTEs 68.72
25. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
(STEM) COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE
For purposes of the science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) collaborative initiative established in
section 256.111, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 6,310,409
PTEs 7.00
a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be expended for
salaries, staffing, institutional support, activities directly
related to recruitment of kindergarten through grade 12
mathematics and science teachers, and for ongoing mathematics
and science programming for students enrolled in kindergarten
through grade 12.
b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not less
than $500,000 shall be used to provide, or support access to,
all of the following:
(1) Technology and emerging technology education
opportunities, including but not limited to artificial
intelligence, computer science, data science, and related
fields, to high school students and career academy students.
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(2) Opportunities for students and instructional staff to
obtain industry-recognized credentials, certifications, or
other validated competencies.
(3) Research-based or evidence-informed instructional
content and learning frameworks.
(4) Online or hybrid access to instructional content.
(5) Instructional software, platforms, tools, or resources
for classroom and student use.
(6) Validation, certification, or credentialing of skills
and competencies across a broad range of technology-related and
artificial intelligence-related disciplines.
(7) Professional development, training, or
capacity-building opportunities for teachers and instructional
staff.
(8) Deployment, implementation, and programmatic support,
including but not limited to alignment or integration with
applicable academic standards or workforce needs.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
26. THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM INCENTIVE FUND
For deposit in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund
established in section 256.25:
$ 2,351,382
27. ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
For purposes of administering an online state job posting
system that allows the department of education, school
districts, charter schools, area education agencies, and
accredited nonpublic schools to post job openings on an
internet site:
$ 265,000
28. LEAD-K PROGRAM
For purposes of maintaining and implementing the program
established pursuant to section 256.106, including ensuring
statewide consistency in guidance and supports related to
language and communication outcomes for children who are deaf
or hard of hearing:
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$ 200,000
29. DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
For general supervision, oversight, compliance, employee
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes
within the area education agency regions and the department
of education main office, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions;
$ 10,000,000
PTEs 60 . 00
30. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For purposes of providing required professional development
to public and nonpublic schools:
$ 1,676,458
31. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
a. Administration
For general administration salaries, support, maintenance,
and miscellaneous purposes, and for the administration of the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
program in accordance with section 256.228, including salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes related to the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship
program, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 591,533
PTEs 4.95
b. National guard service scholarship program
For purposes of providing national guard service
scholarships under the program established in section 256.210:
$ 6,600,000
c. All Iowa opportunity scholarship program
(1) For deposit in the all Iowa opportunity scholarship fund
created in section 256.212:
$ 3,229,468
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, if the
moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph exceed $500,000,
^^eligible institution" as defined in section 256.212 shall,
during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, include
accredited private institutions as defined in section 256.183.
d. Teach Iowa scholar program
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(1) For deposit in the teach Iowa scholar fund established
in section 256.218:
$ 1,045,248
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, $96,533
shall be allocated to grants to eligible applicants under the
teach Iowa scholar program who teach in a school district that
is located in a city in Iowa with a population of less than
twenty-six thousand that is located more than twenty miles from
a city with a population of greater than fifty thousand.
e. Health care professional incentive program
For deposit in the health care professional incentive
program fund created in section 256.222:
$ 7,985,911
f. Rural veterinarian loan repayment program
For deposit in the rural veterinary care trust fund created
in section 256.226:
$ 700,000
g. Future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship program
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce
last-dollar scholarship fund created in section 256.228:
$ 23,927,005
h. Future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
fund created in section 256.229:
$ 425,000
i. Iowa workforce grant and incentive program
For deposit in the Iowa workforce grant and incentive
program fund created in section 256.230:
$ 6,500,000
j. Court reporter equipment grant program
For deposit in the court reporter equipment grant program
fund created in section 256.231:
$ 50,000
32. ADVANCED DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST ENDORSEMENT
For purposes of a grant program that provides grants to
teachers licensed by the board of educational examiners to
offset the costs associated with obtaining an advanced dyslexia
specialist endorsement issued by the board of educational
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examiners pursuant to section 256.146, subsection 21;
$ 335,000
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b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2030.
Sec. 3. IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION FUND
APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled
worker and job creation fund created in section 8.57J to the
department of education for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated;
1. For purposes of providing skilled workforce shortage
tuition grants in accordance with section 256.227:
$ 5,000,000
2. For deposit in the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A:
$ 15,100,000
From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not
more than $100,000 shall be used by the department for
administration of the workforce training and economic
development funds created pursuant to section 260C.18A.
3. a. For capital projects at community colleges that meet
the definition of the term '^vertical infrastructure" in section
8.57, subsection 3, paragraph ^"c":
$ 6,000,000
b. Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
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disbursed pursuant to section 260G.6, subsection 3. Projects
that qualify for moneys appropriated in this subsection must
include at least one of the following:
(1) Accelerated career education program capital projects.
(2) Major renovations and major repair needs, including
health, life, and fire safety needs, including compliance with
the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
c. (1) If the career training physical expansion program
fund created in section 84J.3 is enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts,
House File 2466, or successor legislation, or by 2026 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 2168, or successor legislation, then the
department of education shall deposit $3,500,000 of the moneys
appropriated under paragraph ^^a" into the career training
physical expansion program fund.
(2) The deposit of moneys described in this paragraph is
contingent on the career training physical expansion program
fund created in section 84J.3, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts,
House File 2466, or successor legislation, or by 2026 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 2168, or successor legislation, receiving no
other moneys for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, in any
Act of the general assembly.
4. For deposit in the pathways for academic career and
employment fund created in section 260H.2:
$ 4,800,000
5. For deposit in the gap tuition assistance fund
established in section 2601.2:
$ 2,000,000
6. For support costs associated with administering a
workforce preparation outcome reporting system for the purpose
of collecting and reporting data relating to the educational
and employment outcomes of workforce preparation programs
receiving moneys pursuant to this section:
$ 75,000
7. For STEM best:
$ 700,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
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succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 4, CHIROPRACTIC LOAN FUNDS. Notwithstanding section
256.204, the moneys deposited in the chiropractic loan
revolving fund created in section 256.204 for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, may be used
for purposes of the chiropractic loan forgiveness program
established in section 256.205.
Sec. 5. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. The department of
administrative services shall pay the Iowa school for the deaf
and the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually
impaired program the moneys collected from the counties during
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, for expenses relating
to prescription drug costs for students attending the Iowa
school for the deaf and the Iowa educational services for the
blind and visually impaired program.
DIVISION III
FY 2026-2027 APPROPRIATIONS STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
Sec. 6. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the state board of
regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending
June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 764,642
FTEs 2.48
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June
30, 2027, the state board of regents shall submit a quarterly
financial report to the general assembly in a format agreed
upon by the state board of regents office and the legislative
services agency. The report submitted for the quarter ending
December 31, 2026, must include the five-year graduation rates
for the regents universities.
b. For distribution to the western Iowa regents resource
center:
$ 268,297
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending
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June 30, 2027, the state board of regents and the institutions
of higher learning governed by the state board of regents
shall not reduce moneys budgeted for the fiscal year for the
institutions' police departments.
d. For allocation in equal parts by the state board of
regents to the state university of Iowa, the Iowa state
university of science and technology, and the university
of northern Iowa to support the John Pappajohn centers for
entrepreneurship:
$ 125,000
The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
used to supplement, not supplant, any other funding received by
the John Pappajohn centers for entrepreneurship,
2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
$223,496,355
FTEs 5,058.32
b. Oakdale campus
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 2,103,819
FTEs 38.25
c. State hygienic laboratory
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 4,822,610
PTEs 102.51
d. Family practice program
For allocation by the dean of the college of medicine, with
approval of the advisory board, to qualified participants
to carry out the provisions of chapter 148D for the family
practice residency education program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
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$ 2,220,598
FTEs 2.71
e. Child health care services
For specialized child health care services, including
childhood cancer diagnostic and treatment network programs,
rural comprehensive care for hemophilia patients, and the
Iowa high-risk infant follow-up program, including salaries
and support, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 634,502
FTEs 4.16
f. Statewide cancer registry
For the statewide cancer registry, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
$ 143,410
FTEs 2.10
g. Substance abuse consortium
For distribution to the Iowa consortium for substance abuse
research and evaluation, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
$ 53,427
FTEs . 99
h. Center for biocatalysis
For the center for biocatalysis, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
$ 696,342
FTEs 6.28
i. Primary health care initiative
For the primary health care initiative in the college
of medicine, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
$ 624,374
FTEs 6.22
From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$254,889 shall be allocated to the department of family
practice at the state university of Iowa college of medicine
for family practice faculty and support staff,
j. Birth defects registry
For the birth defects registry, and for not more than the
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following full-time equivalent positions:
$ 36,839
PTEs . 38
k. Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center
For the Larned A. Waterman Iowa nonprofit resource center,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
$ 156,389
PTEs 2.75
1. Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative
For the Iowa online advanced placement academy science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative established
in section 263.8A:
$ 463,616
m. Iowa flood center
For the Iowa flood center for use by the university's college
of engineering pursuant to section 466C.1:
$ 1,205,593
n. College of nursing
For employing additional instructors in the college of
nursing to increase the number of students who graduate from
the college of nursing:
$ 2,800,000
o. Center for intellectual freedom
For purposes of supporting the center for intellectual
freedom established in section 263C.2:
$ 1,000,000
3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
$229,864,938
PTEs 4,062.34
4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
a. General university
For salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, financial
aid, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
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$101,894,146
FT£s 1,250.28
b. Real estate education program
For purposes of the real estate education program, and for
not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
$ 123,523
FTEs .86
c. Educators for Iowa
For purposes of recruiting additional students to
participate in educational opportunities that lead to teacher
licensure:
$ 1,500,000
d. Center for civic education
For purposes of establishing and operating a center for
civic education that promotes the values of free speech,
civic leadership, public service, and citizenship, and
that enhances civic education among students enrolled in
colleges and universities in this state, students enrolled
in prekindergarten through grade twelve in schools in this
state, teachers, and the public by developing and implementing
effective civic learning strategies, encouraging respectful
dialogue, and offering educational resources related to free
speech and civic knowledge:
$ 1,000,000
Sec. 7. ENERGY COST-SAVINGS PROJECTS — FINANCING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30,
2027, the state board of regents may use notes, bonds, or
other evidences of indebtedness issued under section 262.48 to
finance projects that will result in energy cost savings in an
amount that will cause the state board to recover the cost of
the projects within an average of six years.
DIVISION IV
STANDING APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 8. AT-RISK CHILDREN. Notwithstanding the standing
appropriation in section 279.51 for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the amount appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
education for programs for at-risk children under section
279.51 shall not be more than $10,524,389. The amount of any
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reduction in this section shall be prorated among the programs
specified in section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs *^a", ^^b",
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and c .
Sec. 9. WORK-STDDY APPROPRIATION. Notwithstanding section
256.209, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and
ending June 30, 2027, the amount appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the college student aid commission of
the department of education for the work-study program under
section 256.209 shall be zero.
DIVISION V
STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION
Sec. 10. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
(1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026, and
ending June 30, 2026 2027, to the department, the amount of
five hundred eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the
issuance of national board certification awards in accordance
with section 256.44. Of the amount allocated under this
paragraph, not less than eighty-five thousand dollars shall
be used to administer the ambassador to education position in
accordance with section 256.45.
Sec. 11. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs b, c, e,
f, and g. Code 2026, are amended to read as follows:
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026, and
ending June 30, 2026 2027, up to seven hundred twenty-eight
thousand two hundred sixteen dollars to the department for
purposes of implementing the professional development program
requirements of section 284.6, assistance in developing model
evidence for teacher quality committees established pursuant to
section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph ^b'', and the evaluator
training program in section 284.10. A portion of the funds
allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
be used by the department for administrative purposes and for
not more than four full-time equivalent positions.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026,
and ending June 30, 2026 2027, an amount up to one million
seventy-seven thousand eight hundred ten dollars to the
department for the establishment of teacher development
academies in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 10. A
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portion of the funds allocated to the department for purposes
of this paragraph may be used for administrative purposes.
e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026, and
ending June 30, 2026 2027, to the department an amount up to
fifty thousand dollars for purposes of the fine arts beginning
teacher mentoring program established under section 256.34.
f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026, and
ending June 30, 2026 2027, to the department an amount up
to six hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety-one
dollars shall be used by the department for a delivery system,
in collaboration with area education agencies, to assist in
implementing the career paths and leadership roles considered
pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17, including but
not limited to planning grants to school districts and area
education agencies, technical assistance for the department,
technical assistance for districts and area education agencies,
training and staff development, and the contracting of external
expertise and services. In using moneys allocated for purposes
of this paragraph, the department shall give priority to school
districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
students. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
department for purposes of this paragraph may be used by the
department for administrative purposes and for not more than
five full-time equivalent positions.
g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 2027, and
for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department, ten
million dollars for purposes of implementing the supplemental
assistance for high-need schools provisions of section 284.11.
Annually, of the moneys allocated to the department for
purposes of this paragraph, up to one hundred thousand dollars
may be used by the department for administrative purposes and
for not more than one full-time equivalent position.
DIVISION VI
IOWA TUITION GRANTS
Sec. 12. Section 256.183, subsection 3, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
3. ^Eligible institution'' mesins an institution of higher
learning located in Iowa which is operated privately and
not controlled or administered by any state agency or any
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subdivision of the state, which is not exempt from taxation
under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and
which meets all of the criteria in subsection 1, paragraphs
through and is a school of bartering and cosmetology
arts and sciences licensed under chapter 157 and is accredited
by a national accrediting agency recognized by the United
States department of education. For the fiscal year beginning
July 1,—2017i—such a school of barboring and cosmetology arts
and scioncGs shall provide a matching aggregate amount of
institutional financial aid equal to at least seventy five
percent of the amount rccoivod by the institution's students
for Iowa tuition grant assistance under section 256.101.—Fot
the fiscal year beginning July It 2018, the school of barbering
and cosmetology arts and sciences shall provide a matching
aggregate amount of institutional financial aid equal to at
least eighty-five percent of the amount received in that fiscal
year.—Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 201Q,
and each succeeding fiscal year,—the matching aggregate amount
of institutional financial aid shall be at least equal to the
match provided by eligible institutions under section 261.0,
subsection 3, paragraph Code 2023.
Sec. 13. Section 256.192, subsections 1, 2, 4, and 5, Code
2026, are amended to read as follows:
1. A vocational-technical tuition grant may be awarded to
any resident of Iowa who establishes financial need and who is
admitted and in attendance as a full-time or part-time student
in d any of the following:
3, A vocational-technical or career option program at a
community college in the state, and v7ho establishes financial
need.
b. An eligible institution.
2. All classes, including liberal arts classes, identified
by the community college or eligible institution as required
for completion of the student's vocational-technical or
career option program, or barbering and cosmetology arts
and sciences program, shall be considered a part of the
student's vocational-technical or career option program
or barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences program for
the purpose of determining the student's eligibility for a
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grant. Notwithstanding subsection 3, if a student is making
satisfactory academic progress but the student cannot complete
a vocational-technical or career option program or barbering
and cosmetology arts and sciences program in the time frame
allowed for a student to receive a vocational-technical tuition
grant as provided in subsection 3 because additional classes
are required to complete the program, the student may continue
to receive a vocational-technical tuition grant for not more
than one additional enrollment period.
4. a, (1) The amount of a vocational-technical tuition
grant to a qualified full-time student who is enrolled in a
vocational-technical or career option program at a community
college shall not exceed the lesser of one thousand two hundred
dollars per year or the amount of the student's established
financial need.
(2) The amount of a vocational-technical tuition
grant to a qualified part-time student who is enrolled in a
vocational-technical or career option program at a community
college in a course of study including at least three semester
hours but fewer than twelve semester hours or the trimester
or quarter equivalent shall be equal to the amount of a
vocational-technical tuition grant that would be paid to a
full-time student, except that the commission shall prorate
the amount in a manner consistent with the federal Pell grant
program proration.
b. (1) The amount of a vocational-technical tuition
grant to a qualified full-time student who is enrolled in an
eligible institution for the fall and spring semesters, or the
equivalent, shall be the amount of the student's financial need
for that period not to exceed six thousand dollars.
(2) The amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant to
a qualified full-time student who is enrolled in an eligible
institution for the summer semester or equivalent shall be
one-half the amount of the vocational-technical tuition grant
the student receives under subparagraph (1).
(3) The amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant to
a qualified part-time student who is enrolled in an eligible
institution in a course of study including at least three
semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours for the
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fall, spring, and summer semesters, or the equivalent, shall be
equal to the amount of a tuition grant that would be paid to a
full-time student times a number which represents the number
of hours in which the part-time student is actually enrolled
divided by twelve semester hours, or the equivalent.
(4) If a qualified student receives financial aid under any
other program, the full amount of such financial aid shall be
considered part of the student^s financial resources available
in determining the amount of the student^s financial need
for that period. In no case may the state's total financial
contribution to the student^s education, including financial
aid under any other state or federal program, exceed the
tuition and mandatory fees at the eligible institution the
student attends.
5. A vocational-technical tuition grant shall be awarded
on an annual basis, requiring reapplication by the student for
each year. Payments under the grant shall be allocated equally
among the semesters or quarters of the year upon certification
by the institution community college or eligible institution
that the student is in full-time or part-time attendance
in a vocational-technical or career option program or a
barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences program, as defined
under rules of the department. If the student discontinues
attendance before the end of any term after receiving payment
of the grant, the entire amount of any refund due that student,
up to the amount of any payments made under the annual grant,
shall be paid by the institution community college or eligible
institution to the state.
Sec. 14. Section 256.194, subsection 2, Code 2026, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 15. Section 256.194, subsection 3, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
3. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2025,
there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
the commission for deposit in the vocational-technical tuition
grants fund established in section 256.192, subsection 8, the
sum of one million seven hundred fifty thousand one hundred
eighty-five one million eight hundred sixty-three thousand
ninety-nine dollars.
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Sec. 16. REPEAL. Section 256.191, Code 2026, is repealed.
Sec. 17. TRANSFER OF MONEYS. Any moneys appropriated to
the college student aid commission for purposes of the Iowa
tuition grants for-profit institutions fund established in
section 256.191, subsection 8, that remain unencumbered or
unobligated as of July 1, 2026, shall be transferred to the
vocational-technical tuition grants fund established in section
256.192, subsection 8.
DIVISION VII
IOWA SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNCIL — REPEAL
Sec. 18. REPEAL. Section 256.35B, Code 2026, is repealed.
DIVISION VIII
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO
ANTIBULLYING PROGRAMMING
Sec. 19. Section 279.51A, subsection 5, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
5. Each school district shall report to the department
of education, in a manner prescribed by the department, an
annual count of all incidents of violence that result in
injury or property damage or assault by a student in a school
building, on school grounds, or at a school-sponsored function,
and any time a student is referred for the use of or transfer
to a therapeutic classroom. The report shall include but not
be limited to demographic information on students reported as
victims and reported as perpetrators of incidents of violence
that result in injury or property damage or assault, including
but not limited to disaggregated information on race, gender,
national origin, age, grade level, and disability, along with
any other data required for the department to implement the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by
the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95,
with appropriate safeguards to ensure student privacy. The
department shall compile the reports.
b. The department shall compile and oummarigc the reports,
categoriged by behaviorii—and shall submit the—summary an annual
report to the general assembly by on or before November 1
annually each year that contains all of the following:
(1) A summary of the annual reports compiled pursuant to
paragraph
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(2) A description of the department's antibullying
programming and current and projected expenditures for the
antibullying programming for the immediately preceding fiscal
year.
c, A teacher or administrator who submits a report in
accordance with this section and who meets the requirements of
section 280.27 or section 613.21 shall be immune from civil
or criminal liability relating to such action, as well as for
participating in any administrative or judicial proceeding
resulting from or relating to the report pursuant to the
provisions of sections 280.27 and 613.21. The provisions of
section 70A.29 shall apply to a teacher or administrator who
submits a report in accordance with this section or who reports
an incident of violence or assault to a local law enforcement
agency in good faith and without fraudulent intent or the
intent to deceive. Personal information regarding a student
in a report submitted pursuant to this section shall be kept
confidential as required under the federal Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. §1232g, and in the same
manner as personal information in student records maintained,
created, collected, or assembled by or for a school corporation
or educational institution in accordance with section 22.7,
subsection 1.
DIVISION IX
BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS — FEES
Sec. 20. Section 256.155, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2026,
are amended to read as follows:
2. Licensing fees are payable to the treasurer of state and
shall be deposited with the executive director of the board.
The—executive—director—shall deposit—twenty—f-ive percent—e#
the fees collected annually with the treasurer of state and
the fees shall be credited to the general fund of the state.
The remaining licensing fees Licensing fees collected during
the fiscal year shall be retained by and are appropriated to
the board for the purposes related to the board's duties.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, licensing fees retained by and
appropriated to the board pursuant to this section that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for
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the activities of the board as provided in this part until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
3. The executive director shall keep an accurate and
detailed account of fees received, including foes paid to the
treasurer of otato and fees retained by the board.
PAT GRASSjSEY
Speaker of the House
AMY SINC^IR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2783, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved
MEGHAN NELSON
Cftlef Clerk of the House
202^
KIM fteYNOLDS
Governor