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SS/SCS/SB 949 - This act requires school districts and charter schools to establish a reading success plan for students in kindergarten to third grade. The plan shall be provided to those students who exhibit a reading deficiency, are identified as being at risk for dyslexia, or have a formal diagnosis of dyslexia. The plan shall contain certain characteristics, as described in the act. A student who exhibits a reading deficiency shall receive an individual reading success plan no later than 30 days after the identification of the reading deficiency for students in first through third grade and by January 31st for kindergarten students. The student's parent shall be notified no later than 15 days after the identification of the reading deficiency. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, students who are not reading at grade level by the end of the second grade shall receive intensive reading intervention. Each school district and charter school shall review student reading success plans and shall provide services as outlined in the act. Each school district and charter school shall also establish an intensive acceleration class for any student not reading proficient or above on the third grade state assessment. Summer reading camps shall be provided to all third grade students scoring at the lowest achievement level on the third grade statewide English language arts assessment. School districts and charter schools shall annually report certain information relating to student reading proficiency, as set forth in the act, to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by September 1st of each year. The Department shall establish a uniform format for the reporting of such information. The information shall be compiled each year and reported to the State Board of Education, the Governor, and the Joint Committee on Education. The State Board of Education shall strongly recommend that institutions of higher education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education align literacy and reading instruction coursework with knowledge and practice standards from the Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI). Current sections of law relating to reading intervention plans are repealed under the act. This act is similar to HB 1417 (2018). JAMIE ANDREWS
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