House Study Bill 156 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON JORGENSEN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the programs of the Iowa commission on 1 volunteer service by establishing an Iowa reading corps and 2 specifying uses of funds. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2392YC (2) 86 ad/sc

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 15H.5, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 1 2015, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. Funding for the Iowa summer youth corps program , and the 3 Iowa green corps program established pursuant to section 15H.6 , 4 and the Iowa reading corps program established pursuant to 5 section 15H.7 shall be obtained from private sector, and local, 6 state, and federal government sources, or from other available 7 funds credited to the community programs account, which shall 8 be created within the economic development authority under 9 the authority of the commission. Moneys available in the 10 account for a fiscal year are appropriated to the commission 11 to be used for the programs. The commission may establish 12 an escrow account within the authority and obligate moneys 13 within that escrow account for tuition or program payments to 14 be made beyond the term of any fiscal year. Notwithstanding 15 section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest earned on moneys in the 16 community programs account shall be credited to the account. 17 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the community programs 18 account or escrow account shall not revert to the general fund 19 but shall remain available for expenditure in future fiscal 20 years. 21 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 15H.7 Iowa reading corps. 22 1. a. The Iowa commission on volunteer service, in 23 collaboration with the department of education, may establish 24 an Iowa reading corps program to provide Iowa reading corps 25 Americorps members with a data-based, problem-solving model 26 of literacy instruction to use in tutoring students from 27 prekindergarten to third grade who are not proficient in 28 reading or who are at risk of becoming not proficient in 29 reading. 30 b. The program shall incorporate models of the evaluation 31 and teaching of early literacy skills, including comprehensive, 32 research-based reading instruction which has been reviewed and 33 approved by the department of education in collaboration with 34 the Iowa reading research center established by section 256.9, 35 -1- LSB 2392YC (2) 86 ad/sc 1/ 3

H.F. _____ subsection 53, paragraph “c” . 1 2. a. The models of literacy instruction utilized by Iowa 2 reading corps Americorps members shall align with literacy 3 program goals and strategies developed by the state department 4 of education and the Iowa reading research center. 5 b. The commission, in collaboration with the department of 6 education, may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement 7 and administer this section. 8 3. The commission may use moneys in and lawfully available 9 to the community programs account created in section 15H.5 to 10 fund the program. 11 4. The commission shall submit an annual report to the 12 general assembly and the state department of education that 13 records and evaluates program data to determine the efficacy 14 of the program. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill concerns programs administered by the Iowa 19 commission on volunteer service (commission). The bill 20 allows the commission, in collaboration with the department 21 of education, to establish the Iowa reading corps. The Iowa 22 reading corps would provide Iowa reading corps Americorps 23 members with a data-based, problem-solving model of literacy 24 instruction to use in tutoring students, from prekindergarten 25 to third grade that are either not proficient in reading or at 26 risk of becoming not proficient in reading. The bill requires 27 all models of literacy instruction used by Iowa reading corps 28 Americorps members to align with literacy program goals and 29 strategies developed by the Iowa department of education 30 and the Iowa reading research center. The bill allows the 31 commission to use moneys in and available to the community 32 programs account established in current Code section 15H.5 to 33 fund the program. The bill allows the commission to establish 34 an escrow account within the economic development authority and 35 -2- LSB 2392YC (2) 86 ad/sc 2/ 3

H.F. _____ to obligate moneys within that account for tuition or program 1 payments made beyond the term of a fiscal year. 2 -3- LSB 2392YC (2) 86 ad/sc 3/ 3