Senate File 331 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY McKINLEY Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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: 4 TLSB 1600XS 82 5 kh/gg/14 PAG LIN 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 1,20061 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 15,20082009. 1 15 8. This section is repealed effective June 30,20082009. 1 16 Sec. 2.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. 1 25 LSB 1600XS 82 1 26 kh:sc/gg/14