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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."
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2 4 MIKE CONNOLLY
2 5 SF 2267.502 78
2 6 kh/as
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