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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is appropriated
1 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
1 3 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2001, the following amount, or so much thereof
1 5 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
1 6 To support innovative research-based K-12 education
1 7 projects:
1 8 .................................................. $ 375,000
1 9 Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used to award
1 10 education innovation project grants in cooperation with the
1 11 council for continuous improvement. Eligible projects shall
1 12 demonstrate research-based innovative methods to improve the
1 13 quality of teaching or promote attraction and retention of
1 14 teachers in the teaching profession, identify measurable
1 15 performance indicators and annually report results, and
1 16 demonstrate how the project can be self-supporting within a
1 17 three-year to five-year period. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
1 18 unencumbered or unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the
1 19 fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated shall not
1 20 revert but shall be available for expenditure for the
1 21 following fiscal year for the purposes of this section.
1 22 The department shall submit a report on the status of the
1 23 projects receiving grants under this section to the senate and
1 24 house standing committees on education and the joint
1 25 appropriations subcommittee on education by December 1, 2000.
1 26 EXPLANATION
1 27 This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the
1 28 state to the department of education for education innovation
1 29 project grants for fiscal year 2000-2001.
1 30 Moneys appropriated shall be used to award education
1 31 innovation project grants in cooperation with the council for
1 32 continuous improvement. Projects must demonstrate research-
1 33 based innovative methods to improve the quality of teaching or
1 34 promote attraction and retention of teachers in the teaching
1 35 profession, identify measurable performance indicators, and
2 1 annually report results, and demonstrate how the project can
2 2 be self-supporting.
2 3 The department is instructed to submit a report on the
2 4 status of the grant projects to the general assembly's
2 5 education committees by December 1, 2000.
2 6 LSB 5444XS 78
2 7 kh/cf/24
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