00                           HOUSE BILL NO. 247                                                                           
01 "An Act relating to funding for reading improvement plans."                                                             
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to article 15 to read:                                    
04 Sec. 14.30.773. Support for reading improvement plans. The state shall                                                
05 provide to a school district, for each student in grades kindergarten through three who                                 
06 is determined to have a reading deficiency based on the statewide screening or                                          
07 assessment tool, $1,000 to provide the support, intervention, and services the student                                  
08 needs for the student's reading improvement plan, including teacher and                                                 
09       paraprofessional career development.