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Establishing the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement grant program
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 1, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa is creating a grant program to help teachers pay for special training to become dyslexia specialists. If money is provided, teachers can apply for these funds to help cover the costs of their extra certification. The state will prioritize applicants who live in Iowa or graduated from certain Iowa colleges.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement grant program.2(23), to help offset the cost associated with obtaining the endorsement, if moneys are appropriated by the general assembly for a fiscal year for this purpose. The bill requires the commission to establish the criteria to be used when evaluating applications for grants submitted under the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement grant program. The bill also requires the commission to give priority to applicants who are residents of Iowa and to applicants who graduated from an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents or an accredited private institution. The bill requires the commission, in collaboration with the department, to adopt rules to administer the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement grant program. The bill establishes an advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement grant program fund in the state treasury.