Bill Text: IA HF2618 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to elementary literacy by modifying teacher preparation program requirements, requiring personalized reading plans for certain students, and providing parent and guardian discretion for their students to be retained at grade level. (Formerly HSB 650.) Effective date: 07/01/2024
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-04-23 - Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 04/23. [HF2618 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2618-Enrolled.html
House
File
2618
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Enrolled
House
File
2618
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
ELEMENTARY
LITERACY
BY
MODIFYING
TEACHER
PREPARATION
PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS,
REQUIRING
PERSONALIZED
READING
PLANS
FOR
CERTAIN
STUDENTS,
AND
PROVIDING
PARENT
AND
GUARDIAN
DISCRETION
FOR
THEIR
STUDENTS
TO
BE
RETAINED
AT
GRADE
LEVEL.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
m.
(1)
Administer
an
examination
identical
to
the
foundations
of
reading
assessment
administered
in
2012
House
File
2618,
p.
2
as
part
of
the
Massachusetts
tests,
or
the
most
current
version
of
such
assessment.
(2)
The
higher
education
institution
shall
report
to
the
department
no
later
than
August
1
annually,
in
the
form
and
manner
prescribed
by
the
department,
the
percentage
of
students
whose
scores
on
the
assessment
administered
during
the
prior
school
year
were
above,
at,
and
below
the
passing
score,
and
shall
report
any
services
or
opportunities
to
retake
the
assessment
the
institution
may
make
available
to
a
student
who
fails
the
assessment.
The
department
shall
compile
the
reports
submitted
under
this
subparagraph
and
publish
on
the
department’s
internet
site
the
compiled
reports
related
to
students
enrolled
in
the
practitioner
preparation
program
who
plan
to
teach
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six.
Sec.
2.
Section
279.68,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
(1)
Each
school
district
shall
provide
written
notice
to
the
parent
or
guardian
of
any
student
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six
who
is
not
reading
proficiently
of
the
student’s
level
of
reading
or
reading
readiness.
The
written
notice
shall
contain
a
description
of
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
ability
to
request
that
the
student
be
retained
in
the
student’s
current
grade
level
for
the
subsequent
school
year.
(2)
A
school
district
shall
not
promote
a
student
who
is
not
reading
proficiently
to
the
next
grade
level,
and
shall
retain
the
student
in
the
student’s
current
grade
level
for
the
subsequent
school
year,
if
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
submits
to
the
school
district
a
request
that
the
student
be
retained
in
the
student’s
current
grade
level
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(1).
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
A
school
district
shall
provide
to
students
in
kindergarten
through
the
end
of
grade
six
who
are
not
reading
proficiently
with
personalized
reading
plans
until
the
student
is
reading
at
grade
level,
as
determined
by
the
student’s
consistently
proficient
performance
on
valid
and
reliable
measures
of
reading
ability.
House
File
2618,
p.
3
Sec.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2618,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
