House Study Bill 25 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            EDUCATION BILL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the establishment of a school district
  2    innovation grant program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1299XD 83
  5 kh/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  256.24  SCHOOL DISTRICT
  1  2 INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM == LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
  1  3    1.  The department shall establish a school district
  1  4 innovation grant program, subject to an appropriation by the
  1  5 general assembly for that purpose, to promote innovation in
  1  6 the delivery of instruction related to the Iowa core
  1  7 curriculum and twenty=first century skills.
  1  8    2.  It is the intent of the general assembly that the
  1  9 school district innovation grants be used to capture promising
  1 10 new practice and innovation for the delivery of instruction.
  1 11    3.  Grant moneys, in amounts to be determined by the
  1 12 department, shall be distributed by the department to
  1 13 qualifying school districts not later than October 15 of the
  1 14 fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated.
  1 15    4.  By February 15 of the fiscal year for which the funds
  1 16 were appropriated, a school district or collaboration of
  1 17 school districts receiving grant moneys under this section
  1 18 shall submit an interim report to the department describing
  1 19 the innovations made by the school district or the
  1 20 collaboration of school districts and providing preliminary
  1 21 conclusions.  By June 1 of the fiscal year for which the funds
  1 22 were appropriated, the school district or collaboration of
  1 23 school districts shall submit a final report to the
  1 24 department.  The department shall summarize the school
  1 25 district reports in a final report to the general assembly by
  1 26 January 15 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for
  1 27 which funds were appropriated for purposes of this section.
  1 28    5.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or
  1 29 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal year for
  1 30 which the funds were appropriated shall not revert but shall
  1 31 be available for expenditure for the following fiscal year for
  1 32 purposes of this section.
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34    This bill directs the department of education to establish
  1 35 a school district innovation grant program, if the general
  2  1 assembly appropriates funds for that purpose, to promote
  2  2 innovation in the delivery of instruction related to the Iowa
  2  3 core curriculum and twenty=first century skills.  The bill
  2  4 provides legislative intent that the school district
  2  5 innovation grants be used to capture promising new practice
  2  6 and innovation for the delivery of instruction.
  2  7    Grant moneys, in amounts to be determined by the
  2  8 department, must be distributed by the department to
  2  9 qualifying school districts not later than October 15 of the
  2 10 fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated.
  2 11    The bill establishes dates by which a school district or
  2 12 collaboration of school districts receiving grant moneys must
  2 13 submit an interim report, then a final report, to the
  2 14 department.  The department is directed to summarize the
  2 15 school district reports in a final report to the general
  2 16 assembly by January 15 of the following fiscal year.
  2 17 LSB 1299XD 83
  2 18 kh/nh/8