House File 742 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 228)

    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the Iowa early intervention block grant
  2    program by changing the reporting requirements, extending the
  3    repeal of the chapter establishing the program, and providing
  4    an effective date.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2663HV 81
  7 kh/cf/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256D.3, subsection 3, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  Beginning January 15, 2001 2006, the department shall
  1  4 submit an annual report to the chairpersons and ranking
  1  5 members of the senate and house education committees that
  1  6 includes the statewide average school district class size in
  1  7 basic skills instruction in kindergarten through grade three,
  1  8 by grade level and by district size, and describes school
  1  9 district progress toward achieving early intervention block
  1 10 grant program goals and the ways in which school districts are
  1 11 using moneys received pursuant to section 256D.4 this chapter
  1 12 and expended as provided in section 256D.2.  The report shall
  1 13 include district=by=district information showing the number of
  1 14 students who are not proficient in reading in grade four for
  1 15 the three most recent biennium reporting periods.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 256D.9, Code 2005, is amended to read as
  1 17 follows:
  1 18    256D.9  FUTURE REPEAL.
  1 19    This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2005 2006.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The section of this Act amending
  1 21 section 256D.9, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
  1 22 effect upon enactment.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill makes changes to the Iowa early intervention
  1 25 block grant program by changing a reporting requirement,
  1 26 extending the program's repeal to July 1, 2006, and making
  1 27 that extension effective upon enactment.
  1 28    The Code requires the department to submit an annual report
  1 29 to the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and
  1 30 house education committees that includes the statewide average
  1 31 school district class size information.  The bill requires
  1 32 that the report include district=by=district information
  1 33 showing the number of students who are not proficient in
  1 34 reading in grade four for the three most recent biennium
  1 35 reporting periods.  The bill requires the department to submit
  2  1 the information, including the amount of funding each district
  2  2 received, in an annual report to the chairpersons and ranking
  2  3 members of the senate and house education committees.
  2  4 LSB 2663HV 81
  2  5 kh:nh/cf/24