A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to community college and department of education reporting requirements and employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program or the Iowa school for the deaf.

This bill modifies Iowa's education reporting requirements for community colleges and updates employee provisions for the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired program and the Iowa School for the Deaf. It requires community colleges to submit annual financial and program data directly to the Department of Education (not the community colleges bureau) by a deadline allowing inclusion in reports due to the legislature by March 15. The Department of Education must then include a statewide financial summary in its annual report to the legislature by February 1, covering educational and employment outcomes. Additionally, the bill mandates that the Department of Administrative Services, with the Department of Education, establish an annual compensation schedule and benefits for all employees at the blind/visually impaired program and the school for the deaf.