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House Journal: Page 934: Wednesday, March 25, 1998

20   district.
21     3.  Moneys received by a school district under this
22   chapter are miscellaneous income for purposes of
23   chapter 257 or are considered encumbered.  Each local
24   school district shall maintain a separate listing
25   within their budget for payments received and
26   expenditures made pursuant to this section.
27     4.  Moneys received for purposes of this chapter
28   shall not be used for payment of any collective
29   bargaining agreement or arbitrator's decision
30   negotiated or awarded under chapter 20.
31     5.  A beginning teacher induction fund is
32   established in the office of the treasurer of state to
33   be administered by the department.  Moneys
34   appropriated by the general assembly for deposit in
35   the fund shall be used to provide funding to school
36   districts pursuant to the requirements of this
37   section.
38     6.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or
39   unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal
40   year for which the funds were appropriated shall not
41   revert but shall be available for expenditure in the
42   following fiscal year for the purposes of this
43   section.
44     Sec. 11.  NEW SECTION.  256E.6  REPORTS.
45     The board of directors of a school district or the
46   boards of directors of a collaboration of school
47   districts implementing an approved beginning teacher
48   induction program as provided in this chapter shall
49   submit an assessment of the program's results by July
50   1 of the fiscal year succeeding the year in which the

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 1   school district or the collaboration of school
 2   districts received moneys under this chapter.  The
 3   department shall annually report the statewide results
 4   of the program to the chairpersons and the ranking
 5   members of the house and senate education committees
 6   by January 1.
 7     Sec. 12.  NEW SECTION.  256F.1  LEGISLATIVE
 8   FINDINGS AND INTENT.
 9     The general assembly finds that it is in the best
10   interest of the state to encourage and fund early
11   education programs focused on kindergarten through
12   grade three in the public school districts.  The goal
13   of these programs is to improve student achievement in
14   the basic educational subject matters of reading,
15   language arts, and mathematics, and to accomplish
16   proficiency in those subjects by grade four.  Toward
17   that goal, it is the intent of this chapter to
18   establish and fund an early childhood education
19   imperatives program.

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