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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2340 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. 101. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is
1 5 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 6 department of education for the fiscal year beginning
1 7 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the following
1 8 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used
1 9 for the purpose designated:
1 10 For grants to school districts for volunteer
1 11 student mentoring pilot projects:
1 12 .................................................. $ 500,000
1 13 Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or
1 14 unobligated funds remaining on June 30, 2000, shall
1 15 not revert but shall be available for grants to school
1 16 districts for volunteer student mentoring pilot
1 17 projects in the following fiscal year.
1 18 Sec. 102. NEW SECTION. 256.24 VOLUNTEER STUDENT
1 19 MENTORING PILOT PROJECTS.
1 20 1. The department shall administer and approve
1 21 grants to school districts to implement proven,
1 22 research-based structured volunteer student mentoring
1 23 pilot projects, with the funds appropriated by the
1 24 general assembly for purposes of volunteer student
1 25 mentoring pilot project grants. Grant moneys shall be
1 26 allocated on a competitive basis to school districts,
1 27 or to a collaboration of school districts, that submit
1 28 to the department a plan for implementation of a
1 29 volunteer student mentoring program. Grants shall be
1 30 equitably distributed geographically to three large
1 31 school districts, three medium-sized school districts,
1 32 and three small school districts. For purposes of
1 33 this section, a large school district is a district
1 34 with an actual enrollment of five thousand or more
1 35 pupils; a medium-sized school district is a district
1 36 with an actual enrollment of two thousand or more
1 37 pupils, but less than five thousand pupils; and a
1 38 small school district is a district with an actual
1 39 enrollment of less than two thousand pupils.
1 40 2. Priority shall be given to plans that meet the
1 41 following criteria:
1 42 a. Provide for structured mentoring and systematic
1 43 intervention in a technology-based program that
1 44 assists teachers in addressing accountability issues
1 45 by aligning curriculum and connecting teaching
1 46 materials to student achievement goals, and include a
1 47 database that organizes and manages student and mentor
1 48 data as well as generating individualized lesson plans
1 49 that address the instructional and developmental
1 50 level, learning style, and learning objectives for a
2 1 specific student or group of students.
2 2 b. Are recognized as promising educational
2 3 practices for accelerating student achievement and
2 4 increasing a student's self-esteem and interest in
2 5 school.
2 6 c. Include a statement of purpose and a long-range
2 7 plan.
2 8 d. Include a volunteer recruitment plan targeting,
2 9 among others, parents, retired persons, students, and
2 10 the local business and labor community.
2 11 e. Provide for eligibility screening, orientation,
2 12 and training of mentors.
2 13 f. Include a mentor and student matching strategy,
2 14 monitoring, and evaluation process.
2 15 g. Provide a support, recognition, and retention
2 16 component.
2 17 3. Grant amounts shall be distributed as
2 18 determined by the department.
2 19 4. A school district or collaboration of districts
2 20 receiving moneys under this section shall submit with
2 21 the report to the department required under section
2 22 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "c", a report
2 23 describing the impact the volunteer student mentoring
2 24 pilot project funded under this section had on the
2 25 school district's progress in attaining student
2 26 achievement goals on the academic and other core
2 27 indicators and on districtwide progress made in
2 28 attaining locally established student learning goals.
2 29 The department shall summarize annually the school
2 30 district reports and submit the summary and any
2 31 recommendations regarding the grants and projects to
2 32 the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and
2 33 house standing education committees by January 1 of
2 34 the school year succeeding the fiscal year in which
2 35 the appropriation is made."
2 36 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 20 the
2 37 following:
2 38 "Sec. . EMERGENCY RULES. The department of
2 39 education may adopt emergency rules under section
2 40 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2,
2 41 paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of sections
2 42 101 and 102 of this Act and the rules shall be
2 43 effective immediately upon filing unless a later date
2 44 is specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in
2 45 accordance with this section shall also be published
2 46 as a notice of intended action as provided in section
2 47 17A.4."
2 48 #3. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
2 49 word "aides" the following: ", establishing a grant
2 50 process to provide school districts with resources to
3 1 implement volunteer student mentoring pilot projects,
3 2 making an appropriation, and providing emergency
3 3 rulemaking authority".
3 4 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
3 5
3 6
3 7
3 8 MIKE CONNOLLY
3 9 SF 2340.301 78
3 10 kh/cf
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