RSSHF 351 – Preschool compulsory attendance HF 454 – Department of Education’s technical code clean up HF 472 – Shared operational funding weighting HF 500 – ECI fiscal audits HF 533 – Entrepreneurial fund options for school approval FLOOR ACTION HF 351 requires that a child enrolled in the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program (SWVPP) [...]
Read the full story >>HF 215 – Education reform HF 500 – Early Childhood Iowa initiative requirements COMMITTEE AND FLOOR ACTION HF 215 is the House’s version of education reform. A committee strike-all amendment changes HF 215 to reflect what the Senate passed on the floor per our version (SF 423) of education reform. Highlights include: Division I [...]
Read the full story >>SF 423 – Senate education reform HF 351 – Preschool compulsory attendance HF 472 – Supplementary weighting for shared operational functions FLOOR ACTION: SF 423 is the Senate education reform legislation. Highlights include: Division I – Instructional Hours – Moves from days to hours requirement. Division II – Iowa Learning Online – Iowa Learning [...]
Read the full story >>SF 319 – Class Size Reduction Sunset Strike SF 404 – ELL Eligibility years extended FLOOR ACTION SF 319 extends the Class Size Reduction program. Iowa Code 256D funded the Iowa Early Intervention Block Grant Program from July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2014. There is a sunset date in Code. This bill strikes [...]
Read the full story >>SF 219– Expansion of PPEL SF 220 – Retirement incentive fund modifications SF 266– ELL eligibility extension SF 279– School breakfast program reporting SF 321– Whole Grade Sharing SF 332– National Guard assistance program clean up SF 337– Suicide prevention SF 338– School employee background check SF 339– Inspections of school buses SF 350 – [...]
Read the full story >>SSB 1142 – Class Size Reduction program SSB 1205 – Inspections of school buses SSB 1226 – School Safety Bill SF 48 – School employee background check SF 120 – Whole Grade Sharing SF 174 – National Guard assistance program clean up SF 178 – Improving child abuse reporting training SF 216 – Suicide prevention [...]
Read the full story >>SSB 1203 – Skills Gap/Worker Training COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 1203 is the Senate Democratic Skills Gap/Worker Training legislation and contains these components: • Adult Basic Education Programs: new appropriation of $7.5 million. $5.5 million for adult basic education, which combines literacy skill development with job training, and $2 million for ELL Adult Basic Education [...]
Read the full story >>SF 66 – Retirement incentives SF 87 – Expanded uses of PPEL SF 161 – FY15 Categorical Allowable Growth SF 162 – FY15 Allowable Growth SSB 1141 – Student Aid Commission nonprofit entity FLOOR ACTION: SF 161 sets the FY15 categorical allowable growth for schools at 4 percent. The FY15 allowable growth rate for [...]
Read the full story >>SSB 1122 – FY15 Categorical Allowable Growth SSB 1123 – FY15 Allowable Growth COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 1122 sets the FY15 categorical allowable growth for schools at 4 percent. The FY15 allowable growth rate for each of the State Categorical Supplements (Teacher Compensation, Professional Development, and Early Intervention) totals $348.5 million, an increase of $15 [...]
Read the full story >>SF 51/SSB 1060 – FY14 Categorical allowable growth SF 52/SSB 1059 – FY14 Allowable Growth SF 53/SSB 1057 – School Aid Property Tax Equity FLOOR & COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 51/SSB 1060 is the FY14 Categorical Allowable Growth Bill. In 2008, the Legislature provided a new Categorical Allowable Growth formula for three long-standing education line-item [...]
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