256D.2A - PROGRAM FUNDING.
256D.2A PROGRAM FUNDING.
For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, and each succeeding
budget year, a school district shall expend funds received pursuant
to section 257.10, subsection 11, at the kindergarten through grade
three levels to reduce class sizes to the state goal of seventeen
students for every one teacher and to achieve a higher level of
student success in the basic skills, especially reading. In order to
support these efforts, school districts may expend funds received
pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, at the kindergarten
through grade three level on programs, instructional support, and
materials that include but are not limited to the following:
additional licensed instructional staff; additional support for
students, such as before and after school programs, tutoring, and
intensive summer programs; the acquisition and administration of
diagnostic reading assessments; the implementation of research-based
instructional intervention programs for students needing additional
support; the implementation of all-day, everyday kindergarten
programs; and the provision of classroom teachers with intensive
training programs to improve reading instruction and professional
development in best practices including but not limited to training
programs related to instruction to increase students' phonemic
awareness, reading abilities, and comprehension skills. Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §88; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §98