I hope we never have to use it again, he said.
A separate measure is expected to be included in the state s education budget would allow the children and stepchildren of slain Department of Corrections employees to receive the All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship, a state-funded scholarship program for students attending Iowa colleges and universities.
Children of police officers, sheriffs and firefighters killed in the line of duty are already eligible to receive the scholarship. The maximum award under the scholarship in the 2020-2021 school year was $4,644 and recipients can receive the scholarship for up to eight full-time semesters or 16 part-time semesters.
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Victim service providers across Iowa are worried they ll have to provide less help during a time of increasing need if state legislators don t fill a $6 million gap for fiscal year 2021 caused by cuts to a federal grant.
Instead, the Iowa House of Representatives has proposed that the state maintain the same amount of funding as last year, a little more than $5 million. That money goes to 28 groups who assist Iowa families affected by homicide, sexual assault, domestic violence and other crimes. Unfortunately, we just can t afford to backfill all that huge cut, Rep. Gary Worthan, R-Storm Lake, told the Press-Citizen on Tuesday.
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IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
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An attack that left two dead at the Anamosa State Penitentiary has heightened debate over prison funding.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $34.6 million increase in the proposed budget for state justice systems Wednesday, including what a lawmaker called “possibly a record increase” of $20.5 million for state prison salaries and staffing.
Rep. Gary Worthan, R-Storm Lake, called the proposal a “culmination” of his 11 years overseeing this budget. “It’s not 100 percent optimal but it’s getting dang close,” he said.
The proposal would increase full-time equivalent positions by 13 across the entire system. The Anamosa Correctional Facility, where two staff members were killed in what the Department of Corrections said was an attack by inmates, would receive a $1.8 million increase.