House File 731 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  KAUFMANN, MASCHER, WORTHAN,
                                           and LENSING


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making an appropriation to the department of education for
  2    teacher training in the reconstruction of reading recovery in
  3    Spanish program and providing an effective and applicability
  4    date provision.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2719YH 82
  7 ak/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  APPROPRIATION == DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ==
  1  2 READING RECOVERY IN SPANISH PROGRAM.  There is appropriated
  1  3 from the general fund of the state to the department of
  1  4 education for the fiscal period beginning January 1, 2007, and
  1  5 ending June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof
  1  6 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  1  7    For allocation of twelve thousand five hundred dollars each
  1  8 to five pilot projects for teacher training in the
  1  9 reconstruction of reading recovery in Spanish, including books
  1 10 and materials for teaching, travel expenses, and professional
  1 11 development:
  1 12 ...................................................$     62,500
  1 13    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE == RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This
  1 14 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  1 15 enactment and is retroactively applicable to January 1, 2007,
  1 16 and is applicable on and after that date.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill appropriates $62,500 from the general fund of the
  1 19 state to the department of education for the fiscal period
  1 20 beginning January 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, for five
  1 21 pilot projects in teacher training in the reconstruction of
  1 22 reading recovery in Spanish program (descubriendo la lectura),
  1 23 plus books and materials for teaching, travel expenses, and
  1 24 professional development.  Each pilot project shall receive
  1 25 $12,500.  The bill makes the appropriation effective upon
  1 26 enactment and retroactively applicable to January 1, 2007.
  1 27 LSB 2719YH 82
  1 28 ak:rj/es/88