Bill Text: IA HF2618 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Amended
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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: (Passed) 2024-05-07 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 05/07. [HF2618 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2618-Amended.html
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: (Passed) 2024-05-07 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 05/07. [HF2618 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2618-Amended.html
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HOUSE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
650)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
April
2,
2024
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
elementary
literacy
by
modifying
teacher
1
preparation
program
requirements,
requiring
personalized
2
reading
plans
for
certain
students,
and
providing
parent
and
3
guardian
discretion
for
their
students
to
be
retained
at
4
grade
level.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
m.
(1)
Administer
an
examination
identical
3
to
the
foundations
of
reading
assessment
administered
in
2012
4
as
part
of
the
Massachusetts
tests,
or
the
most
current
version
5
of
such
assessment.
6
(2)
The
higher
education
institution
shall
report
to
the
7
department
no
later
than
August
1
annually,
in
the
form
and
8
manner
prescribed
by
the
department,
the
percentage
of
students
9
whose
scores
on
the
assessment
administered
during
the
prior
10
school
year
were
above,
at,
and
below
the
passing
score,
and
11
shall
report
any
services
or
opportunities
to
retake
the
12
assessment
the
institution
may
make
available
to
a
student
13
who
fails
the
assessment.
The
department
shall
compile
the
14
reports
submitted
under
this
subparagraph
and
publish
on
the
15
department’s
internet
site
the
compiled
reports
related
to
16
students
enrolled
in
the
practitioner
preparation
program
who
17
plan
to
teach
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
279.68,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
19
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
20
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
(1)
Each
school
district
shall
provide
21
written
notice
to
the
parent
or
guardian
of
any
student
in
22
kindergarten
through
grade
six
who
is
not
reading
proficiently
23
of
the
student’s
level
of
reading
or
reading
readiness.
The
24
written
notice
shall
contain
a
description
of
the
parent’s
or
25
guardian’s
ability
to
request
that
the
student
be
retained
in
26
the
student’s
current
grade
level
for
the
subsequent
school
27
year.
28
(2)
A
school
district
shall
not
promote
a
student
who
is
29
not
reading
proficiently
to
the
next
grade
level,
and
shall
30
retain
the
student
in
the
student’s
current
grade
level
for
the
31
subsequent
school
year,
if
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
32
submits
to
the
school
district
a
request
that
the
student
be
33
retained
in
the
student’s
current
grade
level
pursuant
to
34
subparagraph
(1).
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NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
A
school
district
shall
provide
to
1
students
in
kindergarten
through
the
end
of
grade
six
who
are
2
not
reading
proficiently
with
personalized
reading
plans
until
3
the
student
is
reading
at
grade
level,
as
determined
by
the
4
student’s
consistently
proficient
performance
on
valid
and
5
reliable
measures
of
reading
ability.
6
Sec.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
7
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
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