Bill Text: IA HF490 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to assessments administered by school districts to reevaluate students for reading proficiency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Subcommittee: Moore, T., Fry and Mascher. H.J. 372. [HF490 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF490-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
490
BY
KONFRST
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
assessments
administered
by
school
districts
1
to
reevaluate
students
for
reading
proficiency.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
31,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Adopt
by
rule
guidelines
for
school
district
3
implementation
of
section
279.68
,
including
but
not
limited
4
to
basic
levels
of
reading
proficiency
on
approved
locally
5
determined
or
statewide
assessments
and
identification
of
tools
6
that
school
districts
may
use
in
evaluating
and
reevaluating
7
any
student
who
may
not
be
or
who
is
determined
not
to
be
8
reading
proficiently
and
is
persistently
at
risk
in
reading,
9
including
but
not
limited
to
initial
assessments
and
subsequent
10
assessments,
alternative
assessments,
and
portfolio
reviews.
11
Subsequent
assessments
used
to
evaluate
students
who
are
12
not
reading
proficiently
or
who
are
persistently
at
risk
in
13
reading
shall
include
progress-monitoring
tools
to
assist
14
students
and
monitor
and
measure
phonological
awareness,
word
15
identification,
and
spelling
skills.
The
state
board
shall
16
adopt
standards
that
provide
a
reasonable
expectation
that
a
17
student’s
progress
toward
reading
proficiency
under
section
18
279.68
is
sufficient
to
master
appropriate
grade
four
level
19
reading
skills
prior
to
the
student’s
promotion
to
grade
four.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
provides
that
subsequent
reading
assessments
24
administered
to
evaluate
students
who
are
not
reading
25
proficiently
or
who
are
persistently
at
risk
in
reading
26
shall
include
progress-monitoring
tools
to
assist
students
27
and
monitor
and
measure
phonological
awareness,
word
28
identification,
and
spelling
skills.
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