Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funding for the state department of education.

Highlights:

• Appropriates hundreds of millions in funding for the state department of education, including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):

• $2.9 million for career and technical education;

• $2.2 million for school food service;

• $1.7 million for birth to age 3 services;

• $3 million for student achievement and teacher quality program;

• $3 million for statewide student assessment;

• $9.1 million for jobs for america’s graduates program;

• $3.4 million for children’s mental health and school based training and support;

• $228.9 million for community colleges;

• $11.4 million for the Iowa school for the deaf;

• $4.8 million for the Iowa braille and sight saving school

• $6.4 millin for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative agreement;

• $24 million for future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program;

• $218 million for the University of Iowa general support costs; or

• $99 million for the University of Northern Iowa general support costs.

• Specifies that the appropriation provisions in this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funding for the state department of education.

Highlights:

• Appropriates hundreds of millions in funding for the state department of education, including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):

• $2.9 million for career and technical education;

• $2.2 million for school food service;

• $1.7 million for birth to age 3 services;

• $3 million for student achievement and teacher quality program;

• $3 million for statewide student assessment;

• $9.1 million for jobs for america’s graduates program;

• $3.4 million for children’s mental health and school based training and support;

• $228.9 million for community colleges;

• $11.4 million for the Iowa school for the deaf;

• $4.8 million for the Iowa braille and sight saving school

• $6.4 millin for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) collaborative agreement;

• $24 million for future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program;

• $218 million for the University of Iowa general support costs; or

• $99 million for the University of Northern Iowa general support costs.

• Specifies that the appropriation provisions in this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text