House File 734 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 734
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 145)
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 collaborations with the state board of education relating to
9 the approval of practitioner preparation programs pursuant to
10 section 256.7, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, and with the board
11 of educational examiners for the establishment and continuing
12 oversight of the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement
13 pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 23:
14 .................................................. $ 250,000
15 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
16 department pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or
17 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
18 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
19 specified in this section for the following fiscal year.
20 EXPLANATION
21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
23 This bill appropriates $250,000 from the general fund of
24 the state to the department of education for the 2021-2022
25 fiscal year for purposes of the Iowa reading research center
26 for collaborations with the state board of education and the
27 board of educational examiners relating to the approval of
28 practitioner preparation programs that offer practitioner
29 preparation for the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement
30 and to the establishment and continuing oversight of the
31 endorsement. The moneys appropriated do not revert to the
32 general fund at the end of the fiscal year but shall be
33 available for expenditure for the same specified purposes for
34 the following fiscal year.
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