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 November 2023
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Upcoming Deadlines
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Due Date
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What's Due
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December 1
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Nonpublic Transportation Parental Claims
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December 1
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SBRC Application for MSA
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December 12
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SBRC Hearing
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January 1
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Last date to certify to the Department for reorganization or dissolution action effective July 1
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January 15
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At-Risk/Dropout MSA Application
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Staff Contact Information
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Department of Education Resources
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There is a NEW platform for Certified Annual Report (CAR) reports available for districts and area education agencies (AEAs)! The same reports that are currently in the CAR application are now available within the EdPortal in EdInsight, including the addition of the Create Your Own Report. Reports within EdInsight may be downloaded and exported into a variety of formats including .csv, .xlsx, and .pdf. All current CAR application users were granted access to the EdInsight finance reports. Instructions for logging in and accessing the reports are available on the Department’s Certified Annual Reports web page, under the Instructions section titled “How to Run CAR Reports on EdInsight”.
If you have further questions, please contact Kathy Bowers at kathy.bowers@iowa.gov or 515-210-9674, Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942, or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
The FY24 Allocation Summary is available. The summary includes individual district data for selected federal, state, and local resources by source and/or project code in one file for easy reference. The second tab in the file provides additional information, which may be especially helpful for new School Business Officials (SBOs) or those looking to learn more about revenue streams.
During the October 17, 2023, annual work session of the School Budget Review Committee (SBRC), the Department presented a modification to the SBRC Application, specifically the section for "Open Enrollment Out Not On Prior Year Headcount" (OEO). The calculation traditionally included multiplying the eligible full time equivalency (FTE) count by the state cost per pupil (SCPP). The Committee agreed to consider future requests that also include the prior year teacher leadership and compensation (TLS) supplement amount ($357.80) for each eligible FTE. Beginning with the 2023 SBRC Application, district MSA requests will include the state cost per pupil (SCPP) ($7,413) and TLC ($357.80), for a total of $7,770.80 per eligible FTE student.
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Edler at stephanie.edler@iowa.gov or 515-689-2258.
The Nutrition Programs and Indirect Costs - Calculation and Coding document on the Department’s Indirect Cost Rate web page has been updated to provide more extensive examples of Nutrition Programs indirect cost calculation.
If you have further questions, please contact Kathy Bowers at kathy.bowers@iowa.gov or 515-210-9674, Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942, or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
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Are you intrinsically motivated to be a resource for others? Have you thought about the impact you could make at a state level being a resource for peers across the state? Consider joining our team! We are currently accepting applications for an Education Program Consultant - School Finance (Infrastructure and Enrollments) to assist districts with uses of capital funds, open enrollment billing questions, and applications such as LEP Allowable Costs, SBRC Application, and At-Risk/Dropout. Update as of this publication - the position will be posted soon! Check the State of Iowa Careers page. An option to filter job opportunities by agency is available on the right at the top of the list.
If you have questions about the position responsibilities or ways this person will make a difference internally and across the state, please reach out to Kassandra Cline at kassandra.cline@iowa.gov or 515-326-2242.
If additional resources are needed now, consider maximizing available resources through either the flexibility account or the increased uses of some restricted funds for TSS purposes.
Flexibility Account
A school district may authorize a transfer of all or any portion of the unexpended, unobligated amounts remaining at the end of the fiscal year for the following categorical funds to the Flexibility Account.
- Project 3117: Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program (SWVPP)
- Project 3373 or 3376: Professional Development (PD)
- Project 1113: Home School Assistance Program (HSAP)
- Project 3116: Teacher Leadership & Compensation Supplement (TLC)
- Other categorical sources if the program, purpose, or requirements for the expenditure of such moneys have been repealed or are no longer in effect
Rules and requirements for using the Flexibility Account, including information about the required public hearing and language for the board resolution, are available on the Department’s General Fund web page, under the Flexibility Account section titled “General Fund: Flexibility Account”.
Increased Use for TSS Purposes
Beginning FY24, a school district may use carryforward funds as well as current allocation of the following categorical funding for Teacher Salary Supplement (TSS) purposes.
- Project 3373 or 3376: Professional Development (PD)
- Project 3116: Teacher Leadership & Compensation Supplement (TLC)
- Project 1118: Gifted and Talented (TAG)
Best practice: Include as an informational item to the district’s board of education or through formal board action (e.g., negotiation process) when using PD, TLC, or TAG funds for TSS purposes. Additional guidance on how to use these funds for TSS purposes is available on the Department’s Categorical Funding web page, under the Budgetary Allocation Information section titled “HF 68 Guidance: Categorical Funding and Operational Sharing”.
FY23 Statewide Carryforward Balances
The table below shows the preliminary FY23 statewide carryforward amounts for categorical funds that may be available to transfer to a Flexibility Account or available to use for TSS purposes.
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Project Number
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Preliminary FY23 Statewide Carryforward Balances
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Available for Flexibility Account
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Available for TSS Purposes
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1113 (HSAP)
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$13,724,730.98
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Yes
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No
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1118 (TAG)
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$27,107,460.71
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No
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Yes
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3116 (TLC)
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$42,994,221.31
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Yes
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Yes
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3117 (SWVPP)
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$21,417,003.82
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Yes
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No
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3373 and 3376 (PD)
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$29,933,553.37
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Yes
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Yes
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If you have further questions, please contact Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
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Due to a system change at the Department of Revenue there will be a delay in the December Income Surtax Payment. Typically the payment is issued around December 1 for approximately 75% of the total due to the district with the remainder paid in February.
The December Income Surtax Payment will be paid closer to the middle of December to allow for all the collections to be processed in the legacy tax system.
If you have further questions, please contact John Parker at john.parker@iowa.gov 515-281-8485.
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Fund
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Authorizing Law
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Project Code(s)
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Fund Availability
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ESSER II
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CRRSA Act
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4055
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March 13, 2020 - September 30, 2023
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ESSER III
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ARP Act
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4045 (80%)
4043 (20%)-Minimum Reservation to Address Learning Loss/Address Unfinished Learning (20%)
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March 13, 2020 - September 30, 2024
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Claim Periods
Reimbursement timelines for each claim period are provided below.
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Quarter
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Claim Period
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Last Day to Submit “Not Started” and “In Progress” Claims (Due Date)
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Last Day to Submit Corrections to "Action Required" Claims (Cut-Off Date)
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Quarter 1
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November 1 - 30
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November 30
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December 10*
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Quarter 2
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January 1 - 31
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January 31
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February 10*
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Quarter 3
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April 1 - 30
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April 30
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May 10*
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Quarter 4
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June 1 - July 15 (expenditures MUST be made by June 30th)
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July 15
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July 25*
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*Claims must be submitted by the last day of the reimbursement period. The cut-off date is the last day to submit corrected information to the Department should the claim submitted by the due date be returned as "Action Required."
Reminder: If a district recorded a deferred inflow for unclaimed ESSER expenditures in fiscal year 2023, remember to include those expenditures in the first quarter claim.
If you have questions related to the claims process, please use the "Ask a Question" feature in CASA or contact the ESSER team at esser@iowa.gov.
EL Expenditure Coding
This article serves as the annual reminder regarding expenditure coding for the district’s EL program. While district expenditures coded to Project 1112 or 4644 cannot exceed the revenues coded to Project 1112 (property tax and state aid-financed weighted English Learners (EL) and School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) modified supplemental amount (MSA) for EL) or Project 4644 (Title III, English Language Acquisition State Grants), the expenditures should retain program codes 410 through 419. Expenditures without a program code of 410 through 419 will not appear in the LEP Allowable Costs Application. Continue to retain Program 410 through 419 for EL expenditures, even though the project code may be changed to 0000.
Appropriate and inappropriate uses of EL funds are found in Iowa Administrative Code 281—98.16. Very few expenditures that fall into the executive, building, or business administrative functions, or the operations and maintenance, transportation, and community service functions are appropriate uses of EL categorical funds. While these may be related costs, they are not direct costs of providing the district’s EL program; therefore, the costs cannot be included in a request to the SBRC for excess costs of providing the program.
Reporting EL Instructional and Support Staff in Fall BEDS Staff
For districts that report expenditures for salaries but no teachers are identified with an appropriate English as a Second Language (ESL) assignment code in Fall BEDS Staff, those districts will not be able to submit a request to the SBRC for excess EL costs incurred during the 2022-2023 school year. Please review Fall BEDS Staff to ensure teachers in a district’s EL program have been appropriately identified with the position of Regular Education Teacher and assigned to the ESL program.
In the Iowa Education Portal, go to the Fall BEDS Staff application. Under “Staff Filters” in the upper right on the home page, set the Program field to ESL. All teachers and paraprofessionals assigned to the program must appear when filtering on ESL. Additional individuals, such as administrators or coordinators of the EL program, may also appear.
Common Reporting Problems
Problem 1: Missing staff
The teacher will not appear when filtering on program = ESL if the program assignment has been identified as “No special program.” Edit the position and change the program to ESL.
Problem 2: Missing staff when a teacher has multiple assignments, not all of which are in the EL program
In this example, the teacher has two assignments, one of which belongs under “No special program." The other assignment belongs under the ESL program. For this teacher, the ESL assignment will need to be deleted from the “No special program” and the FTE will require a modification from 1.00 to 0.78. A new position must be added with the position of Regular Education Teacher, FTE = 0.22, and program = ESL. The ESL assignment will then be added to the added position. Seventy-eight percent of this teacher’s salary and benefits will be paid from noncategorical funds while 22% can be paid from EL categorical funds.
Problem 3: A teacher with a regular curriculum course assignment coded to a categorical program
This teacher is coded to two different categorical programs (ESL and Special Education); however, a third program (No special program) is required. The entry for the third program must have a position of regular education teacher and an FTE equivalent to the portion of contract time the teacher is assigned to teach the Creative Writing course. The Creative Writing assignment must be moved to the newly created position. The FTE must also be modified to reflect only the portion of time the teacher is assigned to the ESL assignment. The portion of time (FTE), the program, and the funding stream from which the teacher will be paid should be in agreement.
Problem 4: A teacher assigned to teach a regular curriculum course under the ESL program
If the teacher has an ESL endorsement, is appropriately licensed to teach physical science, and all students in the sections taught by this teacher are EL students, then it may be possible to have that portion of the teacher’s assignment paid from EL categorical funds. If students enrolled in the course are also generating credit toward graduation, the teacher would need to be appropriately licensed in the content area as well.
Please make sure all data submitted to the Department are reviewed for accuracy. Inaccurate reporting in one application can impact other applications as well.
If you have questions related to the Fall BEDS Staff application, contact Shelly Neese at shelly.neese@iowa.gov or 515-336-3859.
If you have questions related to account coding, please contact Kathy Bowers at kathy.bowers@iowa.gov or 515-210-9674, Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942, or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
Supply chain issues have significantly impacted the School Food Authorities' (SFAs) ability to procure nutritious foods. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supply Chain Assistance (SCA) funds are a critical funding stream that provide an additional financial resource for SFAs to assist with these issues.
SFAs are now eligible for a fourth round of SCA funding. A form was sent via email to Authorized Representatives on Oct. 20. This form must be completed by all SFAs, indicating whether the SFA would like to accept or decline these funds. The requirements of 7 CFR 210.19(a)(1) to maintain no more than a three month operating balance in the nonprofit foodservice account does not impact an SFA’s eligibility for and/or receipt of SCA funds. SCA funds do not expire, but appropriate record keeping is required until funds are expended (Source/Project 4014, Supply Chain Assistance Funds [FAL/CFDA 10.555]).
SCA funds must be used exclusively for the purchase of domestic food products that are unprocessed or minimally processed. Examples of allowable food products include the examples below.
- Fluid milk, cheese and yogurt (flavored or unflavored)
- Fruits and vegetables, including 100% juices
- Grain products such as pasta and rice
- Meats (whole, pieces, or ground)
- Meat alternatives such as beans or legumes
- Foods in a wide variety of minimal processing states (e.g., whole, cut, pureed) and/or forms (e.g., fresh, frozen, dried)
SCA funds must not be used for labor, supplies, administrative expenses, past or retroactive expenditures, non-domestic food products, or foods that are significantly processed or prepared. Examples of significantly processed or prepared foods include the examples below.
- Baked goods such as breads, muffins or crackers
- Pre-packaged sandwiches or meals
- Prepared and/or pre-cooked items such as chicken nuggets
- Foods that come ready-to-eat or require no preparation beyond heating
It is also important to note that SCA funds are only available for use in the following USDA Child Nutrition Programs: National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO) and/or Afterschool Snack Program. SCA funds may NOT be used for Special Milk Program (SMP), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) or Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
If you have additional questions on SCA funding, contact Meg Collins at meg.collins@iowa.gov or 515-336-3903.
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Coding reminders for Teacher Leadership and Compensation (TLC) are provided below.
- Use Source/Project Code 3116 for coding revenue and expenditures.
- Expenditure functions are determined by the use of funds. For example, expenditures for Instructional Staff Support Services (Function 221X) are common. Keep in mind that use of the instruction function code (Function 1XXX) is only appropriate for expenditures related to instruction to students, not other teachers.
- FY24 district allocations are calculated based on the budget enrollment multiplied by the per pupil amount of $368.53 (Aid and Levy Line 4.46).
- Tuition received for open enrollment in (Source 1323) and expenditures incurred for open enrollment out (Object 567) should include the TLC project code (3116) for the portion of TLC received or paid.
- FY24 TLC amount for open enrollment of $357.80 is based on the prior year amount.
If you have questions related to account coding, please contact Kathy Bowers at kathy.bowers@iowa.gov or 515-210-9674, Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942, or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
If you have questions related to the TLC program, please contact Scott Dryer at scott.dryer@iowa.gov or 515-402-8700.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship was awarded over $2.1 million through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS Source/Project 4911). These funds are available to schools to purchase local, domestic, unprocessed or minimally processed foods to help with the challenges of supply chain disruptions.
Schools that applied and agreed to the terms of the funding will work with a food hub sponsor for purchasing pre-authorization and payments. Purchases must be made directly from LFS registered vendors. Purchases from mainline distributors or grocery stores are not allowed for this sub-grant. Standard school local procurement regulations apply to all transactions and will be monitored through existing review processes.
The expenditures must be incurred between October 1, 2022 and February 28, 2024, and all funds must be spent prior to that date. Districts will record LFS funds similar to how commodities are recorded. Expenditures and revenues must be equal at the end of the fiscal year with Source/Project 4911.
If you have further questions, please contact Kathy Bowers at kathy.bowers@iowa.gov or 515-210-9674, Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942, or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
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The SBRC Application opened on November 15.
Important: The application must be certified by December 1 for requests to move forward to the SBRC. If board minutes are not available by December 1, be sure to still certify the application timely, and upload December board minutes as soon as they’re available, but no later than three days after the December board meeting.
The SBRC application includes the optional requests of MSA as described below.
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Increased Enrollment—for districts showing fall 2023 certified enrollment greater than fall 2022 certified enrollment (Iowa Code § 257.31(5)”a”).
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Open Enrollment Out—for students identified as open enrolled out in fall 2023 who were not included in the district’s fall 2022 certified enrollment count, minus any increase in enrollment calculated above (Iowa Code § 282.18(9)”e”).
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EL Instruction Beyond Five (5) Years—for resident students included in fall 2023 certified enrollment who have already received the maximum EL supplementary weighting and who are continuing to receive EL instructional services (Iowa Code § 257.31(5)”j”).
This application is pre-populated from the district’s certified enrollment and Student Reporting in Iowa (SRI) submissions. Please complete the steps below to submit the request.
- Verify the accuracy of the data.
- Enter the amount of each request.
- Enter contact information.
- Click Submit.
- Upload board minutes.
- If board minutes will be uploaded after December 1, enter the date of the December board meeting when the board will act upon the request(s). If this option is not available, enter the date the board action will occur.
- Each request should be a separate action item on the board agenda.
Board Action: Each of the three areas for which MSA is requested should be noted separately. It should not be a single, combined amount. Although you may need to submit/upload board minutes after the December 1 application due date, you should complete and “certify” the application prior to the December 1 deadline. You will still have access to submit/upload board minutes after your board meeting.
Sample Format:
Sample formats were provided in the October 2023 SBA. In general, they read:
Title of Request- The district's administration is authorized to submit a request to the School Budget Review Committee for a modified supplemental amount of $XXXX related to (state reason for the request). Ayes ____ Nays: ____ The motion ____ unanimously/by a vote of _____.
If you have questions as you complete the SBRC Application, please contact Scott Dryer at scott.dryer@iowa.gov or 515-402-8700.
If you have not already done so, be sure to update contact information for your school board officers and other key stakeholders in your district or AEA as soon as those changes are known, and before December 15. The School Board Officers application is available on the EdPortal. This application is used by the Department for email distribution lists and other important communications, so it is important to keep the information up-to-date at all times to help ensure correct routing.
If you have any questions, please contact Holli Marolf at holli.marolf@iowa.gov or 515-281-5812.
The At-Risk/Dropout Application will be available via the Iowa Education Portal by early December. The application will not open until the Fall 2023 Certified Enrollment numbers have been finalized. Only those districts wishing to request SBRC-granted MSA (Project 1119) will need to complete a submission.
Eligibility: The purpose of the requested MSA is to provide additional resources for the 2024-2025 school year that are necessary to implement the at-risk, dropout prevention, and returning dropout services for identified students that are included in your local school board’s adopted plan (Iowa Code § 257.38). If a board has not adopted a plan as statutorily required, the district is not eligible to make this request for MSA.
As in past years, the Department intends to maintain the general structure of the pre-2020 application for MSA as a tool for developing/housing the local program plan for those districts desiring to use it. This includes planning components, including budget forms, which districts have reported as being useful in developing the program plans for the local school board’s approval. Use of the planning components is not required; the planning components are not connected to the form used to request the MSA.
If you have questions relating to related programming or the application, please contact Stephanie Edler at stephanie.edler@iowa.gov or 515-689-2258.
First semester parental claims for nonpublic transportation are due to the districts no later than December 1. Parents providing transportation for their children to attend an accredited nonpublic school are required to file these claims with their resident district. Please make sure to communicate this information to the nonpublic schools within your district.
Once the requests have been received by the district, it is important to establish a good record-keeping process to ensure accurate information is reported at the end of the school year by the district to the Department. The most common information to track, possibly on a spreadsheet, are the names of the parent(s) and their child(ren), their legal address, the name and address of the nonpublic school, and the mileage distance for which the parent is transporting. This will make the claim from the district to the Department at the end of the year much easier to file and verify.
Please be sure to check for errors on parental claims. Including incorrect data in the Nonpublic Reimbursement application has an impact on the amount of funding per claim for all districts at the end of the year. Each year, the Department receives a number of requests for correction after the claims have been paid. Due to the funding mechanism, these are difficult, and in some cases impossible, to resolve.
As a reminder, second semester claims from parents to the districts will be due by May 2, 2024. Information regarding this program can be found in the Nonpublic Reimbursement page of the Department’s website. If you have further questions, please contact Max Christensen at max.christensen@iowa.gov or 515-336-3965.
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The School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) met in regular session to hold hearings on October 17. The Committee received final FY24 cash reserve levy amounts totaling $165,940,551, down 13% from FY23. The Committee received an update on final usage of the amounts available to districts based on FY22 increased enrollment of the SWVPP; 148 of the 158 districts eligible used the full amount available, totaling $7,551,731.52. The Committee also took action to direct districts that were late filing financial reports to appear at the December 12 hearing to present corrective action plans.
The Committee approved MSA for one district relating to hazard abatement. The Summary of Action is available on the SBRC website.
If you have further questions regarding the SBRC, please contact the SBRC Liaison, Stephanie Edler at stephanie.edler@iowa.gov, or 515-689-2258.
The Bureau of School Business Operations hosted the Finance Roundtable at the Grimes Building on Wednesday, October 25. Led by Bureau Chief Kassandra Cline, 20 members attended and discussed agenda topics including district preparation for audits, feedback on recent changes to the SBA newsletter, impact of virtual office hours and plan for FY24 reporting season, ideas for Department outreach, categorical balances including the flexibility account, federal fiscal risk assessment, COGNOS cube, and the FY24 allocation summary. This diverse group is an invited focus group comprised of school business officials, superintendents and AEA representatives from around the state including members of the Department of Education, Department of Management, Legislative Services Agency, and Office of the Auditor of State, as well as individuals from various organizations that support school district's across the state including IASBO, IASB, SAI, and ISFIS. The group meets three times during the school year to discuss school finance-related issues and is scheduled to meet again in January.
The Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services offers the following reminder about federal and program-specific procurement regulations for LEAs who are considering contracting with a Food Service Management Company (FSMC).
Federal regulations at 2 CFR 200.319(a) requires all organizations that receive federal funding must provide a level playing field that allows for full and open competition for all potential vendors. When one FSMC is allowed to promote their business to district officials, then an equal opportunity must be provided to other FSMCs. Only allowing one FSMC to promote their business is providing them with an unfair advantage in the bidding process. If an FSMC is found to have an unfair advantage they may be excluded from bidding on potential contracts. Additionally, vendors who assist with contract language or specifications shall be excluded from competing for the procurement.
For additional information, refer to USDA Guidance - Contracting with Food Service Management Companies: Guidance for School Food Authorities.
If you have any questions, contact Shea Cook at shea.cook@iowa.gov or 515-326-1682.
If the student:
- Is served pursuant to an IEP, the resident district pays.
- Is a regular education student, the resident district pays.
- Is home schooled, the resident district pays.
- Attends a nonpublic school, the resident district pays.
- Dropped out of school, the resident district pays.
- Recently moved into your district, the current resident district pays.
- Was placed by a parent, the resident district pays.
- Was counted in certified enrollment by another district, the current resident district pays.
- Was under open enrollment prior to the placement, the resident district pays.
Q: Is there a way a district can avoid paying for the educational services a student receives while at a Psychiatric Medical Institution for Children (PMIC) or psychiatric unit of a hospital?
A: If the student has an IEP and parental rights have been terminated, then the host district is responsible for paying. However, the district with the PMIC or hospital may file the claim with the state through the TIB application.
Q: How is the resident district determined?
A: According to Iowa Code section 282.1(2), the resident district is the location where a student is physically present, whose residence has not been established in another district by operation of law, and is in the district for the purpose of making a home and not solely for school purposes.
Q: If the resident district did not get to count the student in certified enrollment, does the resident district still have to pay?
A: Yes, the current resident district is still responsible for the educational costs incurred for a student in a PMIC facility or psychiatric unit of a hospital. Iowa Code section 282.27(5) allows districts to include, in the regular education foster care claim, students who were not included in the resident district’s certified enrollment count and who were placed in either a PMIC facility or psychiatric unit of a hospital. The district where the PMIC facility is located will educate the student and bill the PMIC’s district cost per pupil to the resident district. Students who were not in the resident district’s count will be automatically included in the regular education foster care claim. For students in a psychiatric unit of a hospital, the resident district will need to enter the student in their local student information system in order to generate the record that will populate the regular education foster care claim.
If you have questions related to billing, please contact Scott Dryer at scott.dryer@iowa.gov or 515-402-8700.
All current information regarding the Students First Education Savings Account (ESA) program can be found here.
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If you have questions relating to Medicaid or other topics in this section, please contact Jim Donoghue at jim.donoghue@iowa.gov or 515-281-8505.
CARES Act funding included an increase in the federal share of state Medicaid programs starting January 2020 and will be discontinued after December 31, 2023. Claims paid October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 have a federal share of 65.63% and a state share of 34.27%. Claims paid January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024 have a federal share of 64.13% and a state share of 35.87%.
The Department will advise districts of changes to the federal share through the School Business Alert.
If your district participates in Medicaid and paid for any private duty nurses during the 2022-2023 fiscal year, please contact Jim Donoghue with the hours and dollars paid for these individuals. These data are worked into the Medicaid rate setting for 2024-2025.
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It is the policy of the Iowa Department of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, political party affiliation, or actual or potential parental, family or marital status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code sections 216.9 and 256.10(2), Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d and 2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational Amendments, 20 U.S.C.§§ 1681 – 1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq.). If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy by the Iowa Department of Education, please contact the legal counsel for the Iowa Department of Education, Grimes State Office Building, 400 E. 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146, telephone number: 515-281-5295, or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Citigroup Center, 500 W. Madison Street, Suite 1475, Chicago, IL 60661-4544, telephone number: 312-730-1560, FAX number: 312-730-1576, TDD number: 877-521-2172, email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov.
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