House File 742 - Reprinted 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 15,20012006, 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 tosection 256D.4this chapter 1 12 and expended as provided in section 256D.2. The report shall 1 13 include district=by=district information showing the 1 14 allocation received for early intervention block grant program 1 15 purposes, the total number of students enrolled in grade four 1 16 in each district, and the number of students in each district 1 17 who are not proficient in reading in grade four for the most 1 18 recent reporting period, as well as for each reporting period 1 19 starting with the school year beginning July 1, 1999. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 256D.9, Code 2005, is amended to read as 1 21 follows: 1 22 256D.9 FUTURE REPEAL. 1 23 This chapter is repealed effective July 1,20052006. 1 24 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act amending 1 25 section 256D.9, being deemed of immediate importance, takes 1 26 effect upon enactment. 1 27 HF 742 1 28 kh:nh/es/25