HF 246 (LSB 2168YH (3) 89)

HOUSE FILE 246

BY  STAED, HUNTER, STECKMAN, DONAHUE, WILLIAMS, HANSEN, ANDERSON, JACOBY, KURTH, MASCHER, and EHLERT

A BILL FOR

An Act making an appropriation to the department of education for the Iowa reading research center.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For purposes of the Iowa reading research center for approval of practitioner preparation programs that, pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, apply for approval to offer practitioner preparation for the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement issued by the board of educational examiners pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 23:
   ...................................................................... $    150,000

   2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the department pursuant to 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 specified in this section for the following fiscal year.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill appropriates $150,000 from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the 2021-2022 fiscal year for purposes of the Iowa reading research center for approval of practitioner preparation programs that apply to offer practitioner preparation for the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement issued by the board of educational examiners. The moneys appropriated do not revert to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year but shall be available for expenditure for the same specified purposes for the following fiscal year.