256D.3 - ANNUAL REPORTS.
256D.3 ANNUAL REPORTS.
1. A school district shall report annually to its school
community the proportion of fourth grade students who are proficient
in reading in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph
"c". School districts are encouraged to submit to their
communities composite information concerning the reading proficiency
of their kindergarten through grade three enrollments, by grade
level.
2. The annual report submitted to the department of education in
accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "c",
shall include the district's current class sizes for kindergarten
through grade three.
3. Beginning January 15, 2006, the department shall submit an
annual report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate
and house education committees that includes the statewide average
school district class size in basic skills instruction in
kindergarten through grade three, by grade level and by district
size, and describes school district progress toward achieving early
intervention block grant program goals and the ways in which school
districts are using moneys received pursuant to this chapter and
expended as provided in section 256D.2.{ The report shall include
district-by-district information showing the allocation received for
early intervention block grant program purposes, the total number of
students enrolled in grade four in each district, and the number of
students in each district who are not proficient in reading in grade
four for the most recent reporting period, as well as for each
reporting period starting with the school year beginning July 1,
2001. Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 18, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 147, §1 Footnotes
{§256D.2 is repealed, § 256D.2A probably intended; corrective
legislation is pending