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EXPLANATION: Adding language to allow school districts to request and receive a waiver from the Department of Education to expend the reading coach funds to interventionists who spend more than fifty percent of their time with struggling readers in elementary school.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 292, paragraph 1.61, line 25 after
/district/ and before /./, by inserting:
/ except in the event that the district can request and
receive a waiver from the Department of Education to expend the
funds on interventionists who spend more than fifty percent of
their time providing direct support to struggling readers in
grades kindergarten through grade five./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.