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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 165, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, lines 1 and 2, by striking the words 1 4 "IOWA ENGLISH LANGUAGE REAFFIRMATION." and inserting 1 5 the following: "ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER ACT OF 1 6 2002." 1 7 #2. Page 3, by inserting after line 1, the 1 8 following: 1 9 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 1.19 ENGLISH – IOWA'S 1 10 COMMON LANGUAGE. 1 11 The general assembly of the state of Iowa 1 12 recognizes that English is the common language used in 1 13 Iowa and recognizes that fluency in English is 1 14 necessary for full integration into the American 1 15 culture." 1 16 #3. Page 3, by inserting after line 10 the 1 17 following: 1 18 "Sec. . Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph 1 19 j, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 20 j. Unusual need to continue providing a program or 1 21 other special assistance to non-English speaking 1 22 pupils after the expiration of thethree-yearperiod 1 23 specified in section 280.4. 1 24 Sec. . Section 280.4, subsection 3, Code 2001, 1 25 is amended to read as follows: 1 26 3. In order to provide funds for the excess costs 1 27 of instruction of limited English proficient students 1 28 above the costs of instruction of pupils in a regular 1 29 curriculum, students identified as limited English 1 30 proficient shall be assigned an additional weighting 1 31 that shall be included in the weighted enrollment of 1 32 the school district of residencefor a period not1 33exceeding three years. For the school budget year 1 34 beginning July 1, 2002, pupils shall be eligible to 1 35 receive the additional weighting for a maximum of 1 36 three years. For the school budget year beginning 1 37 July 1, 2003, pupils shall be eligible to receive the 1 38 additional weighting for a maximum of four years. For 1 39 the school budget year beginning July 1, 2004, and 1 40 succeeding budget years, pupils shall be eligible to 1 41 receive the additional weighting for a maximum of five 1 42 years. Additional weighting received pursuant to this 1 43 subsection for school budget years prior to the 1 44 effective date of this Act shall be included in 1 45 determining qualification for additional years of 1 46 funding. However, the school budget review committee 1 47 may grant supplemental aid or modified allowable 1 48 growth to a school district to continue funding a 1 49 program for students after the expiration of the 1 50three-yearperiod specified in this subsection. The 2 1 school budget review committee shall calculate the 2 2 additional amount for the weighting to the nearest 2 3 one-hundredth of one percent so that to the extent 2 4 possible the moneys generated by the weighting will be 2 5 equivalent to the moneys generated by the two-tenths 2 6 weighting provided prior to July 2, 1991." 2 7 #4. Page 3, lines 11 and 12, by striking the words 2 8 "Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act of 2001" and 2 9 inserting the following: "English Language Learner 2 10 Act of 2002". 2 11 #5. Page 3, by inserting after line 12 the 2 12 following: 2 13 "Sec. . ADULT ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INSTRUCTION 2 14 GRANT APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the 2 15 general fund of the state to the state department of 2 16 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, 2 17 and ending June 30, 2004, two hundred twenty thousand 2 18 dollars for adult English proficiency instruction 2 19 grants. Grants shall be awarded by the department of 2 20 education to community colleges as defined in section 2 21 260C.2, for the purpose of expanding existing classes 2 22 in English proficiency for adults. The funds shall be 2 23 used only for administration and supplies and not for 2 24 instructors for the classes." 2 25 #6. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and 2 26 inserting the following: "An Act enacting the English 2 27 language learner Act of 2002 and making an 2 28 appropriation." 2 29 #7. By renumbering as necessary. 2 30 2 31 2 32 2 33 PETERSEN of Polk 2 34 2 35 2 36 HATCH of Polk 2 37 2 38 2 39 2 40 T. TAYLOR of Linn 2 41 2 42 2 43 2 44 MYERS of Johnson 2 45 2 46 2 47 2 48 BUKTA of Clinton 2 49 2 50 3 1 3 2 FOEGE of Linn 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 CHIODO of Polk 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 10 MASCHER of Johnson 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 ATTEBERRY of Delaware 3 15 3 16 3 17 3 18 WITT of Black Hawk 3 19 3 20 3 21 3 22 DOTZLER of Black Hawk 3 23 3 24 3 25 3 26 CONNORS of Polk 3 27 3 28 3 29 3 30 FREVERT of Palo Alto 3 31 3 32 3 33 3 34 WINCKLER of Scott 3 35 3 36 3 37 3 38 LENSING of Johnson 3 39 3 40 3 41 3 42 GREIMANN of Story 3 43 3 44 3 45 3 46 JOCHUM of Dubuque 3 47 3 48 3 49 3 50 REEDER of Fayette 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 REYNOLDS of Van Buren 4 5 4 6 4 7 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 FALLON of Polk 4 12 SF 165.761 79 4 13 av/cls
Text: H08080 Text: H08082 Text: H08000 - H08099 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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