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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2004: Establishing the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement competitive grant program within the department of education and making appropriations

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill establishes the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement competitive grant program within the department of education. The bill requires the department to develop and administer an advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement competitive grant program to provide grants to teachers to offset the costs associated with obtaining an advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement issued by the board of educational examiners. The bill appropriates $335,000 from the general fund of the state to the department for FY 2024-2025 for purposes of the program.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 17, 2024

  • Sen. J. Taylor
  • Sen. Eric Giddens (D)
  • Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 7 for, 0 against

For: Decoding Dyslexia Iowa; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Professional Educators of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 8, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
  2. January 17, 2024Senate subcommittee named: J. Taylor, Giddens and Kraayenbrink
  3. January 31, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF2004