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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY WISE, FOEGE, BUKTA, MYERS, STEVENS,
1 3 QUIRK, WHITAKER, WHITEAD, WENDT, GASKILL,
1 4 FREVERT, BERRY, MILLER, SMITH, GREIMANN,
1 5 HEDDENS, McCARTHY, D. TAYLOR, MURPHY,
1 6 MASCHER, SHOULTZ, OLDSON, REASONER, SWAIM,
1 7 LENSING, HOGG, DAVITT, OSTERHAUS, WINCKLER,
1 8 JOCHUM, HUNTER, STRUYK, T. TAYLOR, CONNORS,
1 9 DANDEKAR, PETERSEN, D. OLSON, LYKAM, and
1 10 FALLON
1 11 A Resolution requesting Iowa's congressional
1 12 delegation to work to secure adequate funding for
1 13 mandates required under the federal "No Child Left
1 14 Behind Act of 2001".
1 15 WHEREAS, President George W. Bush signed into law
1 16 the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) on January
1 17 8, 2002; and
1 18 WHEREAS, the goals of the NCLB legislation are
1 19 laudable and Iowans embrace the conviction that all
1 20 children should have an equal opportunity to obtain a
1 21 high-quality education; and
1 22 WHEREAS, Iowa's commitment to providing all of its
1 23 children with a high-quality education is evidenced by
1 24 the fact that nearly 90 percent of Iowa's schools
1 25 score above the national median on nationally
1 26 standardized tests; and
1 27 WHEREAS, this commitment begins at the local level
1 28 with school districts and schools setting challenging
1 29 local academic standards and continues with the
1 30 state's dedication to assisting local schools through
2 1 the Iowa Early Intervention Program enacted in 1999
2 2 and the Student Achievement and Teacher Quality
2 3 Program enacted in 2001, which continue to provide
2 4 valuable support to school districts and schools
2 5 today; and
2 6 WHEREAS, federal funding for the NCLB represents
2 7 approximately 3.6 percent of Iowa's total school
2 8 district funding for education utilized in a school
2 9 year; and
2 10 WHEREAS, the federal government has neglected to
2 11 provide funding for the NCLB's mandated requirements
2 12 related to supplementary services, transportation
2 13 costs associated with moving students from buildings
2 14 in need of assistance to buildings making annual
2 15 progress, additional data collection, and professional
2 16 development for teachers in schools determined to be
2 17 in need of assistance; and
2 18 WHEREAS, state budget gaps have grown by 50 percent
2 19 this winter and state policymakers will need to
2 20 resolve unprecedented budget shortfalls, according to
2 21 a report released February 4, 2003, by the National
2 22 Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL); and
2 23 WHEREAS, the latest NCSL survey reports that two-
2 24 thirds of the states must reduce their budgets by
2 25 nearly $26 billion between February 2003 and June 30,
2 26 2003, and states addressed a $49.1 billion shortfall
2 27 in budgeting for FY 2003; and
2 28 WHEREAS, according to NCSL, state legislatures face
2 29 a minimum $68.5 billion budget shortfall for FY 2004;
2 30 and
3 1 WHEREAS, Iowa's economy is not growing enough to
3 2 generate adequate funding to improve our education
3 3 system and the NCLB requirements create not only
3 4 another level of mandates lacking the resources to
3 5 bring about the level of success required, but could
3 6 actually result in a shift of vital instructional
3 7 dollars for NCLB purposes that are unlikely to enhance
3 8 student achievement or teacher quality; NOW THEREFORE,
3 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
3 10 That the Iowa House of Representatives requests Iowa's
3 11 elected representatives in the United States Congress,
3 12 in particular Senator Chuck Grassley, Chair of the
3 13 Committee on Finance, and Representative Jim Nussle,
3 14 Chair of the House Budget Committee, to support, work
3 15 to pass, and vote for adequate funding for mandates
3 16 required under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
3 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
3 18 Resolution be sent to the members of Iowa's
3 19 congressional delegation.
3 20 LSB 2350HH 80
3 21 kh/sh/8
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