Bill Text: IA HF2377 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement competitive grant program within the department of education and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 2030; See HF 2643.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-06 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2643. [HF2377 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2377-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2030)
(COMPANION
TO
SF
2004
BY
J.
TAYLOR)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
1
endorsement
competitive
grant
program
within
the
department
2
of
education
and
making
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.20
Advanced
dyslexia
specialist
1
endorsement
competitive
grant
program.
2
1.
The
department
shall
develop
and
administer
an
advanced
3
dyslexia
specialist
endorsement
competitive
grant
program
to
4
provide
grants
to
teachers
licensed
by
the
board
of
educational
5
examiners
to
offset
the
costs
associated
with
obtaining
an
6
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
endorsement
issued
by
the
board
of
7
educational
examiners
pursuant
to
section
256.146,
subsection
8
21.
9
2.
The
department
shall
not
provide
more
than
twenty-five
10
grants
annually
under
this
section
unless
surplus
moneys
are
11
available.
12
3.
The
state
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
13
to
administer
this
section,
including
rules
relating
to
grant
14
application
materials,
eligibility
requirements,
and
award
15
criteria.
16
4.
An
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
endorsement
competitive
17
grant
program
fund
is
established
in
the
state
treasury.
The
18
fund
shall
be
administered
by
the
department
and
shall
consist
19
of
moneys
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
and
other
moneys
20
received
by
the
department
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
The
moneys
21
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
for
the
advanced
22
dyslexia
specialist
endorsement
competitive
grant
program.
23
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
close
24
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
25
the
state
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
26
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
endorsement
competitive
grant
27
program
for
subsequent
fiscal
years.
Notwithstanding
section
28
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
29
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
30
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
——
ADVANCED
DYSLEXIA
31
SPECIALIST
ENDORSEMENT
COMPETITIVE
GRANT
PROGRAM.
There
32
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
33
department
of
education
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
34
1,
2024,
and
ending
June
30,
2025,
the
following
amount,
or
35
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2
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so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
1
designated:
2
For
deposit
in
the
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
endorsement
3
competitive
grant
program
fund
established
pursuant
to
section
4
256.20,
if
enacted:
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$
335,000
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
establishes
the
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
10
endorsement
competitive
grant
program
within
the
department
of
11
education.
12
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
develop
and
administer
13
an
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
endorsement
competitive
grant
14
program
to
provide
grants
to
teachers
to
offset
the
costs
15
associated
with
obtaining
an
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
16
endorsement
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners.
The
17
bill
appropriates
$335,000
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
18
to
the
department
for
FY
2024-2025
for
purposes
of
the
program.
19
The
bill
prohibits
the
department
from
providing
more
than
20
25
grants
annually
under
the
program
unless
surplus
moneys
are
21
available.
The
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
22
adopt
rules
to
administer
the
program.
The
bill
establishes
23
an
advanced
dyslexia
specialist
endorsement
competitive
grant
24
program
fund
in
the
state
treasury
and
appropriates
moneys
in
25
the
fund
to
the
department
for
the
program.
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