House File 745 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ABDUL=SAMAD


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making an appropriation to the department of education for
  2    a pilot program for programs to assist at-risk students
  3    entering high school.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2576HH 82
  6 ak/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  APPROPRIATION == DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ==
  1  2 CLOSE THE GAP PROGRAM.  There is appropriated from the general
  1  3 fund of the state to the department of education for the
  1  4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
  1  5 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  1  6 be used for the purpose designated:
  1  7    For allocation to the public high school with the highest
  1  8 student enrollment in the public school district with the
  1  9 highest student enrollment as of the 2005=2006 school year,
  1 10 for the development of programs to assist at=risk ninth grade
  1 11 students in making the transition to high school:
  1 12 ...................................................$    300,000
  1 13    Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated
  1 14 moneys remaining at the end of the budget year shall not
  1 15 revert but shall remain available for expenditure during the
  1 16 following budget year for purposes designated in this section.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill appropriates $300,000 from the general fund of
  1 19 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
  1 20 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, for a pilot
  1 21 program to assist at=risk students entering the public high
  1 22 school with the highest student enrollment in the public
  1 23 school district with the highest student enrollment as of the
  1 24 2005=2006 school year.
  1 25    Any unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining at the end
  1 26 of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the
  1 27 state, but shall remain available for expenditure during the
  1 28 following fiscal year for the purposes provided in the bill.
  1 29 LSB 2576HH 82
  1 30 ak:rj/es/88