Bills › 89th General Assembly

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2021
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 1, 2021
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 734
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 734 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 734 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Iowa will provide $250,000 to the department of education to help create a new specialist role for people who teach students with dyslexia. This money will also support the Iowa reading research center as it works with state education boards to approve training programs for these specialists. The funds can be used for these specific goals in both the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 years.1

Read the official explanation

This bill appropriates $250,000 from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the 2021-2022 fiscal year for purposes of the Iowa reading research center for collaborations with the state board of education and the board of educational examiners relating to the approval of practitioner preparation programs that offer practitioner preparation for the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement and to the establishment of the endorsement. The moneys appropriated do not revert to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year but shall be available for expenditure for the same specified purposes for the following fiscal year.

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House subcommittee

Named January 26, 2021. On March 1, 2021 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 2-1.

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Lobbying

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