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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

HF 490: Relating to assessments administered by school districts to reevaluate students for reading proficiency

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill provides that subsequent reading assessments administered to evaluate students who are not reading proficiently or who are persistently at risk in reading shall include progress-monitoring tools to assist students and monitor and measure phonological awareness, word identification, and spelling skills.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 27, 2019

  • Rep. Tom Moore (R) · tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Joel Fry (R)
  • Rep. Mary Mascher (D)

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Des Moines Public Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards

In plain words

  1. February 21, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
  2. February 27, 2019House subcommittee named: Moore, T., Fry and Mascher

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF490