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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Stewart

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/2/2007

HB 310

SHORT TITLE Reading Materials Fund

SB

ANALYST Aguilar

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$1,000.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

REVENUE (dollars in thousands)

Estimated Revenue

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

FY09

$1,000.0

Recurring Reading Materi-

als Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 310 appropriates $1 million from the general fund to the Reading Materials fund for

the purpose of making distributions to school districts that want to use a scientific research-based

core comprehensive, intervention or supplementary reading program.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $1 million contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert

to the general fund.

House Bill 310 – Page

2

This bill provides for continuing appropriations. The LFC has concerns with including continu-

ing appropriation language in the statutory provisions for funds, as earmarking reduces the abil-

ity of the legislature to establish spending priorities.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Money in the reading materials fund is appropriated to the department to assist public schools

that want to change their reading programs from the current adoption

A school district that wants to use a scientific research-based core comprehensive, intervention

or supplementary reading program may apply to the department for money from the reading ma-

terials fund to purchase the necessary instructional materials for the selected program.

A school district may apply for funding for its reading program if:

(1) Core and supplemental materials are highly rated by either the Oregon reading first center

or the Florida center for reading research or the materials are listed in the international

dyslexia association's framework for informed reading and language instruction;

(2) The district selects no more than two comprehensive published core reading programs;

and

(3) The district has established a professional development plan describing how it will pro-

vide teachers with professional development and ongoing support in the effective use of

the selected instructional materials.

PA/yr