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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2267 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause and inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. 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, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the following 1 8 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used 1 9 for the purpose designated: 1 10 For issuance of reading interventions grants to 1 11 school districts that wish to utilize intervention 1 12 methods to assist children enrolled in the district 1 13 who are reading below grade level: 1 14 .................................................. $ 5,000,000 1 15 The director of the department of education shall 1 16 develop reading interventions grant approval criteria 1 17 and procedures. In developing grant approval criteria 1 18 and awarding grants, the director shall consider 1 19 equity concerns and options for distributing grant 1 20 amounts, based on enrollment, in order to accommodate 1 21 the needs of small, medium, and large population 1 22 school districts. The deadline for applications for 1 23 reading interventions grants for the fiscal year 1 24 beginning July 1, 2000, shall be November 1, 2000, 1 25 with grant awards to be made on or about December 1, 1 26 2000. Grant moneys received pursuant to this section 1 27 shall supplement, not supplant, moneys received by a 1 28 school district pursuant to section 256D.5. 1 29 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 279.59 STUDENT PROMOTION 1 30 POLICY. 1 31 Each school district is encouraged to develop and 1 32 adopt a student promotion policy that expresses 1 33 clearly to parents the school district's reluctance to 1 34 promote any child from third to fourth grade if the 1 35 district determines, through valid and reliable 1 36 assessments of student progress, that the child is not 1 37 reading at grade level. Such a policy shall take into 1 38 consideration and allow for the promotion of a child 1 39 if the district finds that promotion is in the best 1 40 interest of the child. Any policy adopted in 1 41 accordance with this section shall require that the 1 42 school district consult with the parent or guardian of 1 43 the child before making any decision regarding 1 44 retention." 1 45 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and 1 46 inserting the following: "An Act encouraging a school 1 47 district to develop and adopt a student promotion 1 48 policy and making an appropriation to the department 1 49 of education to provide reading interventions grants 1 50 to school districts." 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 MIKE CONNOLLY 2 5 SF 2267.502 78 2 6 kh/as
Text: S05148 Text: S05150 Text: S05100 - S05199 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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