H-8325

   Amend  the amendment, H-8315, to House File 2473 as follows:
   1.  Page 3, after line 24 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For foreign language education pilot program grants:

.................................................. $    400,000

   1.  The department shall develop and administer a foreign language education pilot program to provide grants to two schools that have developed an exclusive partnership with an institution under the control of the state board of regents to improve academic outcomes by engaging students in a pathway to college. To further this effort, grant recipients shall implement a plan to provide education in at least one foreign language to students in kindergarten through grade five during the school year beginning July 1, 2015. The department shall develop an application and evaluation process for approval of the pilot program grant applications.
   2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ABDUL-SAMAD of Polk

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ANDERSON of Polk

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BEARINGER of Fayette

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GASKILL of Wapello

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HANSON of Jefferson

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HUNTER of Polk

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ISENHART of Dubuque

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KEARNS of Lee

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LENSING of Johnson

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MASCHER of Johnson

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H. MILLER of Webster

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MURPHY of Dubuque

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OURTH of Warren

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PRICHARD of Floyd

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RUFF of Clayton

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M. SMITH of Marshall

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STAED of Linn

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T. TAYLOR of Linn

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THEDE of Scott

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WINCKLER of Scott