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11 kindergarten through grade three. If intervention is
12 appropriate, the school district shall inform provide
13 written notice to the parents of the actions the
14 school district intends to take to improve the child's
15 reading skills and provide the parents with strategies
16 to enable the parents to improve their child's skills.
17 If a school district determines that a child is
18 failing to adequately master the school district's
19 reading curriculum, the school district shall
20 establish a compact with the parent of the child which
21 shall include a requirement that the parent meet face-
22 to-face with the child's teacher. However, if the
23 teacher makes a good faith effort to meet face-to-face
24 with the parent but the effort is unsuccessful, the
25 teacher and the school district have no further
26 obligation with respect to face-to-face intervention
27 strategies under this subparagraph. The board of
28 directors of each school district shall adopt a policy
29 indicating adopted pursuant to section 256D.1a shall
30 indicate the methods the school district will use to
31 inform parents of their individual child's
32 performance.
33 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 256D.1a STUDENT PROMOTION
34 POLICY - KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE THREE.
35 1. The board of directors of each school district
36 shall adopt a school promotion policy that facilitates
37 collaborations among teachers, parents of the
38 students, and the school district to support student
39 reading proficiency. The student promotion policy
40 adopted shall include, but shall not be limited to,
41 the provisions set forth in this section. By the
42 first day of school, the school district shall notify
43 the parents of students in kindergarten through grade
44 three of the district's student promotion policy.
45 2. a parent of a student in kindergarten through
46 grade three shall be notified in writing if the
47 student is failing to adequately master the school
48 district's reading curriculum. Notices shall include
49 a copy of the school district's student promotion
50 policy and shall be sent by mail. Notices shall be
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1 written in clear, understandable language. In lieu of
2 notice by mail, the school district may provide a
3 written notice required pursuant to this section to a
4 parent at a parent-teacher conference occurring in the
5 same week in which a notice would have been required
6 to be sent by mail pursuant to this section.
7 3. The individualized education program assigned
8 to a child requiring special education shall determine
9 whether the child is expected to meet the school
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