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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256D.2, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 256D.2 PROGRAM EXPENDITURES. 1 4 1.AExcept as provided in subsection 2, a school district 1 5 shall expend funds received pursuant to section 256D.4 at the 1 6 kindergarten through grade three levels to reduce class sizes 1 7 to the state goal of seventeen students for every one teacher 1 8 and to achieve a higher level of student success in the basic 1 9 skills, especially reading. In order to support these 1 10 efforts, school districts may expend funds received pursuant 1 11 to section 256D.4 at the kindergarten through grade three 1 12 level on programs, instructional support, and materials that 1 13 include, but are not limited to, the following: additional 1 14 licensed instructional staff; additional support for students, 1 15 such as before and after school programs, tutoring, and 1 16 intensive summer programs; the acquisition and administration 1 17 of diagnostic reading assessments; the implementation of 1 18 research-based instructional intervention programs for 1 19 students needing additional support; the implementation of 1 20 all-day, everyday kindergarten programs; and the provision of 1 21 classroom teachers with intensive training programs to improve 1 22 reading instruction and professional development in best 1 23 practices, including but not limited to training programs 1 24 related to instruction to increase students' phonemic 1 25 awareness, reading abilities, and comprehension skills. 1 26 2. In addition to the expenditures allowed under 1 27 subsection 1, a school district that has reduced the average 1 28 size of the kindergarten, first, second, and third grade 1 29 classes in the district to the state goal may expend funds 1 30 received pursuant to section 256D.4 for teacher compensation 1 31 reform and student achievement activities approved by the 1 32 Seventy-ninth General Assembly or future general assemblies. 1 33 EXPLANATION 1 34 This bill allows a school district that has reduced its 1 35 average K-3 class sizes to the state goal of 17 students for 2 1 every one teacher to use its Iowa early intervention block 2 2 grant program moneys for teacher compensation reform and 2 3 student achievement activities approved by the Seventy-ninth 2 4 General Assembly or future general assemblies. 2 5 LSB 1631XS 79 2 6 kh/cf/24
Text: SF00355 Text: SF00357 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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