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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256E.1 IOWA EARLY INTERVENTION
1 2 BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED – GOALS.
1 3 1. An Iowa early intervention block grant program is
1 4 established within the department of education. The program's
1 5 goals for kindergarten through grade three are to provide the
1 6 resources needed to reduce class sizes in basic skills
1 7 instruction to the state goal of seventeen students for every
1 8 one teacher; provide direction and resources for early
1 9 intervention efforts by school districts to achieve a higher
1 10 level of student success in the basic skills, especially
1 11 reading skills; and increase communication and accountability
1 12 regarding student performance. The Iowa early intervention
1 13 block grant program shall consist of the following:
1 14 a. Class size management. School districts shall develop
1 15 a class size management strategy to work toward, or to
1 16 maintain, class sizes in basic skills instruction for
1 17 kindergarten through grade three that are at the state goal of
1 18 seventeen students for every one teacher.
1 19 b. Improving instruction in the basics. The department of
1 20 education shall identify diagnostic assessment tools that can
1 21 be used to assist teachers in measuring reading accuracy and
1 22 fluency skills, including but not limited to, phonemic
1 23 awareness, oral reading ability, and comprehensive skills, to
1 24 improve student achievement in kindergarten through grade
1 25 three. The department, in collaboration with the area
1 26 education agencies, school districts, and institutions with
1 27 approved practitioner preparation programs, shall identify and
1 28 serve as a clearinghouse on intensive, research-based
1 29 strategies and programs for training teachers in both
1 30 diagnosis and appropriate instruction interventions.
1 31 (1) A school district shall at a minimum biannually inform
1 32 parents of their individual child's performance on the
1 33 diagnostic assessments in kindergarten through grade three.
1 34 If intervention is appropriate, the school district shall
1 35 inform the parents of the actions the school district intends
2 1 to take to improve the child's reading skills and provide the
2 2 parents with strategies to enable the parents to improve their
2 3 child's skills. The board of directors of each school
2 4 district shall adopt a policy indicating the methods the
2 5 school district will use to inform parents of their individual
2 6 child's performance.
2 7 (2) The department shall also identify for school
2 8 districts programs and materials by which parents may support
2 9 classroom reading instruction.
2 10 2. A school district shall integrate its specific early
2 11 intervention block grant program goals and activities into the
2 12 comprehensive school improvement plan required under section
2 13 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "a".
2 14 3. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context
2 15 otherwise requires, "parent" means a biological or adoptive
2 16 parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian or custodian of a
2 17 student.
2 18 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 256E.2 PROGRAM EXPENDITURES.
2 19 A school district shall expend funds received pursuant to
2 20 section 256E.4 at the kindergarten through grade three levels
2 21 to reduce class sizes to the state goal of seventeen students
2 22 for every one teacher and to achieve a higher level of student
2 23 success in the basic skills, especially reading. In order to
2 24 support these efforts, school districts may expend funds
2 25 received pursuant to section 256E.4 at the kindergarten
2 26 through grade three level on programs, instructional support,
2 27 and materials that include, but are not limited to, the
2 28 following: additional licensed instructional staff;
2 29 additional support for students, such as before and after
2 30 school programs, tutoring, and intensive summer programs; the
2 31 acquisition and administration of diagnostic reading
2 32 assessments; the implementation of research-based
2 33 instructional intervention programs for students needing
2 34 additional support; the implementation of all-day, everyday
2 35 kindergarten programs; and the provision of classroom teachers
3 1 with intensive training programs to improve reading
3 2 instruction and professional development in best practices,
3 3 including but not limited to training programs related to
3 4 instruction to increase students' phonemic awareness, reading
3 5 abilities, and comprehension skills.
3 6 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 256E.3 ANNUAL REPORTS.
3 7 1. A school district shall report annually to its school
3 8 community the proportion of fourth grade students who are
3 9 proficient in reading in accordance with section 256.7,
3 10 subsection 21, paragraph "c". School districts are encouraged
3 11 to submit to their communities composite information
3 12 concerning the reading proficiency of their kindergarten
3 13 through grade three enrollments, by grade level.
3 14 2. The annual report submitted to the department of
3 15 education in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21,
3 16 paragraph "c", shall include the district's current class
3 17 sizes for kindergarten through grade three.
3 18 3. Beginning January 15, 2001, the department shall submit
3 19 an annual report to the chairpersons and ranking members of
3 20 the senate and house education committees that includes the
3 21 statewide average school district class size in basic skills
3 22 instruction in kindergarten through grade three, by grade
3 23 level and by district size, and describes school district
3 24 progress toward achieving early intervention block grant
3 25 program goals and the ways in which school districts are using
3 26 moneys received pursuant to section 256E.4.
3 27 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 256E.4 PROGRAM ALLOCATION.
3 28 1. For each fiscal year in the fiscal period beginning
3 29 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2001, moneys appropriated
3 30 pursuant to section 256E.5, subsection 1, paragraph "a" or
3 31 "b", shall be allocated to school districts in accordance with
3 32 the following formula:
3 33 a. Fifty percent of the allocation shall be based upon the
3 34 proportion that the kindergarten through grade three
3 35 enrollment of a district bears to the sum of the kindergarten
4 1 through grade three enrollments of all school districts in the
4 2 state as reported for the base year.
4 3 b. Fifty percent of the allocation shall be based upon the
4 4 proportion that the number of children who are eligible for
4 5 free or reduced price meals under the federal National School
4 6 Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42
4 7 U.S.C. } 1751-1785, in grades one through three of a school
4 8 district bears to the sum of the number of children who are
4 9 eligible for free or reduced price meals under the federal
4 10 National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act
4 11 of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751-1785, in grades one through three in
4 12 all school districts in the state for the base year.
4 13 2. For each fiscal year in the fiscal period beginning
4 14 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2003, moneys appropriated
4 15 pursuant to section 256E.5, subsection 1, paragraph "c", shall
4 16 be allocated to school districts as follows:
4 17 a. Allocation of the sum of twenty million dollars shall
4 18 be based upon the proportion that the kindergarten through
4 19 grade three enrollment of a district bears to the sum of the
4 20 kindergarten through grade three enrollments of all school
4 21 districts in the state as reported for the base year.
4 22 b. Allocation of the sum of ten million dollars shall be
4 23 based upon the proportion that the number of children who are
4 24 eligible for free or reduced price meals under the federal
4 25 National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act
4 26 of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751-1785, in grades one through three of
4 27 a school district bears to the sum of the number of children
4 28 who are eligible for free or reduced price meals under the
4 29 federal National School Lunch Act and the federal Child
4 30 Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751-1785, in grades one
4 31 through three in all school districts in the state for the
4 32 base year.
4 33 3. For each year in which an appropriation is made to the
4 34 Iowa early intervention block grant program, the department of
4 35 education shall notify the department of revenue and finance
5 1 of the amount of the allocation to be paid to each school
5 2 district as provided in subsections 1 and 2. The allocation
5 3 to each school district shall be made in one payment on or
5 4 about October 15 of the fiscal year for which the
5 5 appropriation is made, taking into consideration the relative
5 6 budget and cash position of the state resources. Moneys
5 7 received under this section shall not be commingled with state
5 8 aid payments made under section 257.16 to a school district
5 9 and shall be accounted for by the local school district
5 10 separately from state aid payments. Payments made to school
5 11 districts under this section are miscellaneous income for
5 12 purposes of chapter 257. A school district shall maintain a
5 13 separate listing within its budget for payments received and
5 14 expenditures made pursuant to this section. A school district
5 15 shall certify to the department of education that moneys
5 16 received under this section were used to supplement, not
5 17 supplant, moneys otherwise received and used by the school
5 18 district.
5 19 4. For purposes of this section, unless the context
5 20 otherwise requires, "kindergarten through grade three
5 21 enrollment" means the enrollment as reported in the basic
5 22 educational data survey for the base year.
5 23 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 256E.5 APPROPRIATIONS.
5 24 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
5 25 state to the department of education, the following amounts,
5 26 for the following fiscal years, for the Iowa early
5 27 intervention block grant program:
5 28 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending
5 29 June 30, 2000, the sum of ten million dollars.
5 30 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending
5 31 June 30, 2001, the sum of twenty million dollars.
5 32 c. For each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
5 33 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2003, the sum of thirty
5 34 million dollars.
5 35 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
6 1 state to the department of education for each fiscal year of
6 2 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30,
6 3 2003, the sum of thirty million dollars for the school
6 4 improvement technology block grant program.
6 5 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 256E.6 DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL
6 6 IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
6 7 1. From the moneys appropriated in section 256E.5,
6 8 subsection 2, other than the moneys allocated in subsection 2
6 9 of this section, for each fiscal year in which moneys are
6 10 appropriated, the amount of moneys allocated to school
6 11 districts shall be in the proportion that the basic enrollment
6 12 of a district bears to the sum of the basic enrollments of all
6 13 school districts in the state for the budget year. However,
6 14 except as provided in subsection 6, a district shall not
6 15 receive less than ten thousand dollars in a fiscal year. The
6 16 Iowa braille and sight saving school, the state school for the
6 17 deaf, and the Price laboratory school at the university of
6 18 northern Iowa shall annually certify their basic enrollments
6 19 to the department of education by October 1. The department
6 20 of human services shall certify the average student yearly
6 21 enrollments of the institutions under department of human
6 22 services control as provided in section 218.1, subsections 1
6 23 through 3, 5, 7, and 8, to the department of education by
6 24 October 1.
6 25 2. From the moneys appropriated in section 256E.5,
6 26 subsection 2, for each fiscal year in which moneys are
6 27 appropriated, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars
6 28 shall be divided among the area education agencies based upon
6 29 each area education agency's percentage of the total full-time
6 30 equivalent elementary and secondary teachers employed in the
6 31 school districts in this state. An area education agency may
6 32 contract with an appropriate accredited institution of higher
6 33 education in Iowa to provide staff development and training in
6 34 accordance with section 256E.7.
6 35 3. For each year in which an appropriation is made to the
7 1 school improvement technology block grant program, the
7 2 department of education shall notify the department of revenue
7 3 and finance of the amount to be paid to each school district
7 4 and area education agency based upon the distribution plan set
7 5 forth for the appropriation made pursuant to this section.
7 6 The allocation to each school district and area education
7 7 agency under this section shall be made in one payment on or
7 8 about October 15 of the fiscal year in which the appropriation
7 9 is made, taking into consideration the relative budget and
7 10 cash position of the state resources.
7 11 4. Payments made to school districts and area education
7 12 agencies under this section are miscellaneous income for
7 13 purposes of chapter 257. Moneys received under this section
7 14 shall not be commingled with state aid payments made under
7 15 sections 257.16 and 257.35 to a school district or area
7 16 education agency and shall be accounted for by the local
7 17 school district or area education agency separately from state
7 18 aid payments.
7 19 5. Moneys received under this section shall not be used
7 20 for payment of any collective bargaining agreement or
7 21 arbitrator's decision negotiated or awarded under chapter 20.
7 22 6. For purposes of this section and section 256E.8,
7 23 "school district" means a school district, the Iowa braille
7 24 and sight saving school, the state school for the deaf, the
7 25 Price laboratory school at the university of northern Iowa,
7 26 and the institutions under the control of the department of
7 27 human services as provided in section 218.1, subsections 1
7 28 through 3, 5, 7, and 8. However, notwithstanding subsection
7 29 1, the amount of moneys allocated to the institutions under
7 30 the control of the department of human services as provided in
7 31 section 218.1, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 5, shall be a total of
7 32 not more than twenty thousand dollars for each fiscal year, to
7 33 be distributed proportionately between the four institutions
7 34 by the department of education.
7 35 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 256E.7 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
8 1 TECHNOLOGY PLANNING.
8 2 1. Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
8 3 each school district shall include a technology plan as a
8 4 component of the annual report submitted to the department of
8 5 education in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21,
8 6 paragraphs "a" and "c". The plan shall be developed by
8 7 licensed professional staff of the district, including both
8 8 teachers and administrators. The plan shall, at a minimum,
8 9 focus on the attainment of student achievement goals on
8 10 academic and other core indicators, consider the district's
8 11 interconnectivity with the Iowa communications network, and
8 12 demonstrate how the board will utilize technology to improve
8 13 student achievement. The technology plan shall be kept on
8 14 file in the district and a copy of the plan, and any
8 15 subsequent amendments to the plan, shall be sent to the
8 16 appropriate area education agency.
8 17 2. Prior to receiving funds under this chapter, each area
8 18 education agency shall develop a plan to assist school
8 19 districts in the development of a technology planning process
8 20 to meet the purposes of the school improvement technology
8 21 block grant program. The plan shall describe how the area
8 22 education agency intends to support school districts with
8 23 instructional technology staff development and training. The
8 24 department shall approve each plan prior to the disbursement
8 25 of funds. An area education agency needs to develop only one
8 26 plan and send it to the department of education while this
8 27 chapter is effective. An area education agency may submit a
8 28 plan that meets the requirements of chapter 295, Code 2001.
8 29 An annual progress report shall be submitted to the department
8 30 of education.
8 31 3. Prior to receiving funds pursuant to section 256E.5,
8 32 subsection 2, the Iowa braille and sight saving school, the
8 33 state school for the deaf, and the Price laboratory school at
8 34 the university of northern Iowa shall each submit to the state
8 35 board of regents and the department of education a technology
9 1 plan that supports and improves student achievement,
9 2 demonstrates how technology will be utilized to improve
9 3 student achievement, and includes an evaluation component.
9 4 The schools listed in this subsection need to develop only one
9 5 plan each to send to the state board of regents and the
9 6 department of education while this chapter is effective. An
9 7 annual progress report shall be submitted to the state board
9 8 of regents and the department of education.
9 9 4. Prior to receiving funds pursuant to section 256E.5,
9 10 subsection 2, the institutions under the control of the
9 11 department of human services as provided in section 218.1,
9 12 subsections 1 through 3, 5, 7, and 8, shall each submit to the
9 13 departments of education and human services a technology plan
9 14 that supports and improves student achievement, demonstrates
9 15 the manner in which technology will be utilized to improve
9 16 student achievement, and includes an evaluation component.
9 17 Each institution developing a plan under this subsection needs
9 18 to develop only one plan to send to the departments of
9 19 education and human services while this chapter is effective.
9 20 Each institution shall submit an annual progress report to the
9 21 departments of education and human services. Each institution
9 22 shall submit an annual progress report to the departments of
9 23 education and human services.
9 24 Sec. 8. NEW SECTION. 256E.8 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
9 25 TECHNOLOGY BLOCK GRANT EXPENDITURES.
9 26 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a school district
9 27 shall expend funds received pursuant to section 256E.5,
9 28 subsection 2, for the acquisition, lease, lease-purchase,
9 29 installation, and maintenance of instructional technology
9 30 equipment, including hardware and software, materials and
9 31 supplies related to instructional technology, and staff
9 32 development and training related to instructional technology,
9 33 and shall establish priorities for the use of the funds.
9 34 However, funds received by a school district pursuant to
9 35 section 256E.5, subsection 2, shall not be expended to add a
10 1 full-time equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing.
10 2 2. A school district may expend up to two-thirds of the
10 3 funds received annually pursuant to section 256E.5, subsection
10 4 2, for any of the purposes described in section 256E.2,
10 5 including for the employment of additional licensed
10 6 instructional staff.
10 7 3. Funds received by an area education agency pursuant to
10 8 section 256E.6, subsection 2, shall be expended for the costs
10 9 related to supporting school districts within the area served
10 10 with technology planning and equipment, including hardware and
10 11 software, materials and supplies related to instructional
10 12 technology, and staff development and training related to
10 13 instructional technology.
10 14 Sec. 9. NEW SECTION. 256E.9 FUTURE REPEAL.
10 15 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2003.
10 16 EXPLANATION
10 17 This bill establishes an Iowa early intervention block
10 18 grant program within the department of education, provides for
10 19 a school improvement technology block grant program, and makes
10 20 appropriations from the general fund of the state for those
10 21 programs.
10 22 The Iowa early intervention block grant program includes
10 23 the following:
10 24 GOALS. The program's goals for kindergarten through grade
10 25 three are to provide the resources needed to reduce class
10 26 sizes in basic skills instruction to the state goal of 17
10 27 students to one teacher; provide direction and resources for
10 28 early intervention efforts by school districts to achieve a
10 29 higher level of student success in the basic skills,
10 30 especially reading skills; and increase communication and
10 31 accountability regarding student performance.
10 32 DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The department is
10 33 directed to identify diagnostic assessment tools that can be
10 34 used to assess and improve reading skills and student
10 35 achievement in kindergarten through grade three. The
11 1 department must provide a list of appropriate diagnostic
11 2 assessment tools to assist teachers. In addition, the
11 3 department, in collaboration with the area education agencies,
11 4 school districts, and institutions with approved practitioner
11 5 preparation programs, is required to identify and serve as a
11 6 clearinghouse on intensive, research-based strategies and
11 7 programs for training teachers in both diagnosis and
11 8 appropriate instruction interventions.
11 9 CLASS SIZE MANAGEMENT. School districts shall develop a
11 10 class size management strategy to work toward, or to maintain,
11 11 class sizes in basic instruction for K-3 at the state goal of
11 12 17:1.
11 13 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. A school district
11 14 shall integrate its specific early intervention program goals
11 15 and activities into its comprehensive school improvement plan.
11 16 INFORMATION TO PARENTS. School districts must biannually
11 17 inform parents of their child's performance on the diagnostic
11 18 assessments and of any actions the school district intends to
11 19 take to improve the child's reading skills. Districts must
11 20 also provide the parents with strategies to enable the parents
11 21 to improve their child's skills.
11 22 ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES. A school district can expend
11 23 program funds only to support efforts at the K-3 level to
11 24 reduce class sizes to the state goal and to achieve a higher
11 25 level of student success in basic skills instruction,
11 26 especially reading. Moneys may be expended on programs,
11 27 instructional support, and materials, including but not
11 28 limited to the following: additional licensed instructional
11 29 staff; additional support for students such as before and
11 30 after school programs, tutoring, and intensive summer
11 31 programs; the acquisition and administration of diagnostic
11 32 reading assessments; the implementation of research-based
11 33 instructional intervention programs for students needing
11 34 additional support; the implementation of all-day, everyday
11 35 kindergarten programs; and the provision of professional
12 1 development in best practices to classroom teachers.
12 2 Up to two-thirds of the moneys a school district receives
12 3 under the school technology improvement block grant provided
12 4 for in this bill may be expended on the programs,
12 5 instructional support, and materials allowed under the Iowa
12 6 early intervention block grant program.
12 7 PROGRAM REPORTS. Each school district will be required to
12 8 report annually to its school community the proportion of
12 9 fourth grade students who are proficient in reading. In
12 10 addition, each school district shall include in its
12 11 comprehensive school improvement report to the department, the
12 12 district's current K-3 class sizes. Districts shall certify
12 13 to the department, which are required to supplement and not
12 14 supplant other funding their use of program moneys. Beginning
12 15 January 15, 2001, the department is required to submit an
12 16 annual report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
12 17 senate and house education committees that includes the
12 18 statewide average school district class size in basic skills
12 19 instruction in K-3, by grade level and by district size, and
12 20 that describes school district progress toward achieving early
12 21 intervention program goals and the ways in which school
12 22 districts are using program moneys.
12 23 APPROPRIATION AND ALLOCATION. Under the bill, $10 million
12 24 is appropriated to the department of education for the Iowa
12 25 early intervention block grant program for FY 1999-2000, $20
12 26 million for FY 2000-2001, and $30 million for FY 2001-2002.
12 27 For the first two years of the program, moneys are
12 28 allocated to school districts according to a formula in which
12 29 50 percent of the allocation is based upon K-3 per pupil
12 30 enrollment and 50 percent is based upon the proportion of
12 31 children in grades one through three who are eligible for free
12 32 or reduced price meals under the federal National School Lunch
12 33 Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966. In the third
12 34 year, $20 million is allocated to school districts on a per
12 35 pupil basis, and $10 million will be allocated based on the
13 1 proportion of children in grades one through three who are
13 2 eligible for free or reduced price meals under the federal
13 3 National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act
13 4 of 1966.
13 5 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. The
13 6 school improvement technology block grant program includes the
13 7 following:
13 8 APPROPRIATION AND DISTRIBUTION. The bill appropriates from
13 9 the general fund of the state to the department of education,
13 10 $30 million for FY 2001-2002 and $30 million for FY 2002-2003,
13 11 for purposes of the school improvement technology block grant
13 12 program.
13 13 From the moneys appropriated, area education agencies are
13 14 allocated the sum of $150,000, which is to be divided among
13 15 the area education agencies based upon each area education
13 16 agency's percentage of the total full-time equivalent
13 17 elementary and secondary teachers employed in the school
13 18 districts in this state.
13 19 Moneys are distributed to school districts on a per pupil
13 20 basis. The term "school district" is defined to include the
13 21 Iowa braille and sight saving school, the state school for the
13 22 deaf, the Price laboratory school at the university of
13 23 northern Iowa, and the following institutions under the
13 24 control of the department of human services: the state
13 25 training school, Iowa juvenile home, Glenwood state hospital-
13 26 school, Woodward state hospital-school, and the mental health
13 27 institutes in Cherokee and Independence. However, the amount
13 28 of moneys allocated to the Glenwood state hospital-school,
13 29 Woodward state hospital-school, and the mental health
13 30 institutes at Cherokee and Independence are limited to a
13 31 combined total of not more than $20,000 for each fiscal year,
13 32 to be distributed proportionately between the four
13 33 institutions.
13 34 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY PLANNING. School districts
13 35 are required to include a technology plan as a component of
14 1 the annual comprehensive school improvement plan submitted to
14 2 the department of education in accordance with Code section
14 3 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "c". The plan must be
14 4 developed by licensed professional staff of the district,
14 5 including both teachers and administrators. The plan shall,
14 6 at a minimum, focus on the attainment of student achievement
14 7 goals on academic and other core indicators, consider the
14 8 district's interconnectivity with the Iowa communications
14 9 network, and demonstrate how the school board will utilize
14 10 technology to improve student achievement.
14 11 Prior to receiving school improvement technology funds, the
14 12 Iowa braille and sight saving school, the state school for the
14 13 deaf, the Price laboratory school at the university of
14 14 northern Iowa, and the institutions under the control of the
14 15 department of human services must each submit to the
14 16 department of education and, as appropriate, the state board
14 17 of regents or the department of human services, a technology
14 18 plan that supports and improves student achievement,
14 19 demonstrates how technology will be utilized to improve
14 20 student achievement, and includes an evaluation component. An
14 21 annual progress report must also be submitted.
14 22 The plan required to be sent to the department of education
14 23 by each area education agency may be the same plan submitted
14 24 under the school improvement technology program established in
14 25 Code chapter 295. The plan must describe how the agency will
14 26 assist school districts in the development of a technology
14 27 planning process to meet the planning requirements set forth
14 28 for school districts, and how the agency intends to support
14 29 school districts with instructional technology staff
14 30 development and training.
14 31 An area education agency needs to develop only one plan and
14 32 send it to the department of education while new Code chapter
14 33 256E is effective. An annual progress report shall be
14 34 submitted to the department of education.
14 35 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY BLOCK GRANT EXPENDITURES. A
15 1 school district must expend at least one-third of its school
15 2 improvement technology moneys for the acquisition, lease,
15 3 lease-purchase, installation, and maintenance of instructional
15 4 technology equipment, including hardware and software,
15 5 materials and supplies related to instructional technology,
15 6 and staff development and training related to instructional
15 7 technology, and shall establish priorities for the use of the
15 8 funds. Funds received cannot be expended to add a full-time
15 9 equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing for school
15 10 improvement technology.
15 11 Up to two-thirds of the moneys received by a school
15 12 district may be expended for the same purposes set forth in
15 13 the Iowa early intervention block grant program.
15 14 FUTURE REPEAL. New Code chapter 256E is repealed effective
15 15 July 1, 2003.
15 16 LSB 1527SC 78
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