House Journal: Page 1779: Thursday, May 1, 2003
5 person who is under the age of eighteen shall be found
6 within ten years after the person upon whom the
7 offense is committed attains eighteen years of age.
8 An information or indictment for any other sexual
9 exploitation shall be found within ten years of the
10 date the victim was last treated by the counselor or
11 therapist, or within ten years of the date the victim
12 was enrolled in or attended the school.
13 Sec. . Section 903B.1, subsection 4, paragraph
14 h, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
15 h. Sexual exploitation by a counselor in violation
16 of section 709.15."
17 15. Page 21, by inserting after line 25 the
18 following:
19 "Sec. 104. READING INSTRUCTION PILOT PROGRAM.
20 1. Recognizing the state's goals of assisting
21 children to grow, develop, and learn to their fullest
22 extent, empowering students in grades kindergarten
23 though eight to become good readers, and supporting
24 student achievement and overall academic performance,
25 and recognizing the importance of instructional
26 methodologies and strategies for reading, a reading
27 instruction pilot program is established. The
28 objective of the program shall be to improve student
29 reading achievement and provide interventions needed
30 to assist struggling readers by increasing teacher
31 capacity to provide reading instruction.
32 2. The program shall be established for the school
33 year beginning July 1, 2003, in a school district with
34 an enrollment of at least six hundred pupils in grades
35 kindergarten through twelve, or in two or more school
36 districts, each with enrollments of less than six
37 hundred pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve,
38 jointly participating in the program and with a
39 combined enrollment of at least six hundred pupils in
40 grades kindergarten through twelve. The program shall
41 involve the implementation of systematic intensive
42 phonics reading instruction and direct instruction for
43 students up to and including the eighth grade. The
44 program shall meet the standards set forth by the
45 United States department of education's national
46 institute for literacy, which has identified the five
47 areas of successful reading instruction as phonemic
48 awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text
49 comprehension.
50 3. The program shall offer training and ongoing
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1 support for participating teachers and provide
2 continuous formal and informal student assessment to
3 demonstrate results. Teachers in the school district
4 or group of districts selected shall, prior to the
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