Senate File 331 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McKINLEY


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act extending the reading instruction pilot project grant
  2    program by one year and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.25, subsections 4, 6, and 8, Code
  1  2 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  Grant moneys shall be distributed to qualifying school
  1  4 districts by the department no later than September 1, 2006
  1  5 2007.  Grantees shall use moneys received pursuant to this
  1  6 section to provide for ongoing support and training of the
  1  7 teachers implementing the pilot projects.  Grant amounts shall
  1  8 be distributed as determined by the department.
  1  9    6.  The department, in collaboration with an independent,
  1 10 external evaluator, shall submit a final report summarizing
  1 11 the results of the pilot projects, including student
  1 12 achievement results, to the chairpersons and ranking members
  1 13 of the senate and house of representatives standing committees
  1 14 on education by January 15, 2008 2009.
  1 15    8.  This section is repealed effective June 30, 2008 2009.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 17 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill extends the reading instruction pilot project
  1 20 grant program one additional year.  The general assembly
  1 21 appropriated $250,000 for the program in 2006, which will
  1 22 carry over to the 2007=2008 fiscal year for purposes of the
  1 23 program as provided in the Code provision that establishes the
  1 24 program.  The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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