House File 246 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 246
BY STAED, HUNTER, STECKMAN,
DONAHUE, WILLIAMS, HANSEN,
ANDERSON, JACOBY, KURTH,
MASCHER, and EHLERT
A BILL FOR
1 An Act making an appropriation to the department of education
2 for the Iowa reading research center.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— IOWA READING RESEARCH
2 CENTER. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
3 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
4 beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, the following
5 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
6 purposes designated:
7 1. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center for
8 approval of practitioner preparation programs that, pursuant to
9 section 256.7, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, apply for approval
10 to offer practitioner preparation for the advanced dyslexia
11 specialist endorsement issued by the board of educational
12 examiners pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 23:
13 .................................................. $ 150,000
14 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
15 department pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or
16 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
17 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
18 specified in this section for the following fiscal year.
19 EXPLANATION
20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
22 This bill appropriates $150,000 from the general fund of
23 the state to the department of education for the 2021-2022
24 fiscal year for purposes of the Iowa reading research center
25 for approval of practitioner preparation programs that apply
26 to offer practitioner preparation for the advanced dyslexia
27 specialist endorsement issued by the board of educational
28 examiners. The moneys appropriated do not revert to the
29 general fund at the end of the fiscal year but shall be
30 available for expenditure for the same specified purposes for
31 the following fiscal year.
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