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1 1 Section 1. Section 256.9, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsections:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 52. Develop, in collaboration with the
1 4 area education agencies, models for measuring student
1 5 achievement levels in reading in kindergarten through grade
1 6 three using multiple assessments. The models shall be made
1 7 available to school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
1 8 upon request.
1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 53. Allocate any federal assistance
1 10 provided to the department for purposes of teacher training
1 11 and recruiting to accredited elementary schools for purposes
1 12 of professional development relating to reading instruction
1 13 for children in kindergarten through grade three. The
1 14 department shall compile and make available a list of public
1 15 and private providers of professional development relating to
1 16 intensive reading instruction that use scientifically based
1 17 research to teach children cognitive and language skills,
1 18 provide for instructional improvement, and utilize evaluation
1 19 components in accordance with section 284.6, subsection 1,
1 20 paragraphs "b" through "d". Schools receiving assistance in
1 21 accordance with this subsection may use the assistance to
1 22 procure professional development for reading instruction from
1 23 providers appearing on the list compiled by the department.
1 24 Sec. 2. Section 256.11, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2003,
1 25 are amended to read as follows:
1 26 2. The kindergarten program shall include experiences
1 27 designed to develop healthy emotional and social habits and
1 28 growth in the language arts and communication skills, as well
1 29 as a capacity for the completion of individual tasks, and
1 30 protect and increase physical well-being with attention given
1 31 to experiences relating to the development of life skills and
1 32 human growth and development. If the kindergarten program
1 33 includes instruction in reading, the program shall be based on
1 34 the essential components of reading instruction and supported
1 35 by scientifically based reading research as defined in
2 1 subsection 10. A kindergarten teacher shall be licensed to
2 2 teach in kindergarten. An accredited nonpublic school must
2 3 meet the requirements of this subsection only if the nonpublic
2 4 school offers a kindergarten program.
2 5 3. The following areas shall be taught in grades one
2 6 through six: English-language arts, social studies,
2 7 mathematics, science, health, human growth and development,
2 8 physical education, traffic safety, music, and visual art.
2 9 Reading instruction programs for grades one through three
2 10 shall be based on the essential components of reading
2 11 instruction and supported by scientifically based reading
2 12 research as defined in subsection 10. The health curriculum
2 13 shall include the characteristics of communicable diseases
2 14 including acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state
2 15 board as part of accreditation standards shall adopt
2 16 curriculum definitions for implementing the elementary
2 17 program.
2 18 Sec. 3. Section 256.11, subsection 10, Code 2003, is
2 19 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 20 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. When twenty percent or more of the
2 21 students in an attendance center who are enrolled in grade
2 22 three do not meet the minimum grade three reading proficiency
2 23 level adopted by the board of directors of a school district
2 24 or the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school
2 25 in accordance with section 280.28, subsection 2. The
2 26 accreditation committee appointed pursuant to this paragraph
2 27 shall establish an intensive reading remediation plan, based
2 28 on essential components of reading instruction and supported
2 29 by scientifically based reading research, for the school
2 30 district or school. The committee shall prescribe the
2 31 procedures that must be taken to correct deficiencies in
2 32 meeting the local minimum grade three reading proficiency
2 33 level and shall establish a deadline date for correction of
2 34 the deficiencies.
2 35 For purposes of this paragraph, unless the context
3 1 otherwise requires:
3 2 (1) "Essential components of reading instruction" means
3 3 phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading
3 4 fluency, and reading comprehension.
3 5 (2) "Reading comprehension" means a complex system of
3 6 deriving meaning from text that requires the skills and
3 7 knowledge to understand how phonemes or speech sounds are
3 8 connected to text, sufficient background information and
3 9 vocabulary to foster the ability to decode unfamiliar words in
3 10 order to read fluently, and the development of appropriate
3 11 active strategies to construct meaning from text; and that
3 12 results in the development and maintenance of a motivation to
3 13 read.
3 14 (3) "Scientifically based reading research" means research
3 15 that applies rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures to
3 16 obtain valid knowledge relevant to reading development,
3 17 reading instruction, and reading difficulties; employs
3 18 systematic empirical methods that draw on observation or
3 19 experiment, involves rigorous data analyses that are adequate
3 20 to test the stated hypotheses and justify the general
3 21 conclusions drawn; relies on measurements or observational
3 22 methods that provide valid data across evaluators and
3 23 observers and across multiple measurements and observations;
3 24 has been accepted by a peer-reviewed journal or approved by a
3 25 panel of independent experts through a comparably rigorous,
3 26 objective, and scientific review; and relates to all of the
3 27 essential components of reading instruction.
3 28 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 280.28 READING REQUIREMENTS.
3 29 1. The board of directors of each public school district
3 30 and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall
3 31 devote reasonable efforts and resources to reading instruction
3 32 and independent reading in grades one through three.
3 33 2. The board of directors of each public school district
3 34 and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall
3 35 collaborate with the department of education to develop and
4 1 adopt a minimum grade three reading proficiency level. A
4 2 student in grade three who does not meet or exceed the reading
4 3 proficiency level adopted by the school district or school
4 4 shall be provided intensive reading instruction, as determined
4 5 by the director of the department of education pursuant to
4 6 section 256.9, subsection 53, until the student meets the
4 7 minimum grade three reading proficiency level adopted by the
4 8 board or authorities.
4 9 Sec. 5. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
4 10 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
4 11 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
4 12 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
4 13 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
4 14 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
4 15 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section
4 16 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
4 17 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
4 18 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
4 19 EXPLANATION
4 20 This bill contains a number of provisions relating to
4 21 reading instruction for students in kindergarten through grade
4 22 three, multiple assessments to measure student achievement in
4 23 reading, and use of federal assessment assistance for
4 24 professional development relating to reading instruction,
4 25 requires school districts and nonpublic schools to provide
4 26 intensive reading instruction to third grade students who do
4 27 not read at the minimum reading proficiency level adopted by
4 28 the school district or school, and requires that a state
4 29 accreditation committee establish an intensive reading
4 30 remediation plan for an attendance center when 20 percent or
4 31 more of the center's third graders fail to meet the minimum
4 32 reading proficiency levels.
4 33 The director of the department of education is directed to
4 34 develop, in collaboration with the area education agencies,
4 35 models for measuring student achievement levels in reading in
5 1 kindergarten through grade three using multiple assessments.
5 2 The models must be made available to schools upon request.
5 3 The director also must allocate any federal assistance
5 4 provided to the department for purposes of teacher training
5 5 and recruiting to accredited elementary schools for purposes
5 6 of professional development relating to reading instruction.
5 7 The department shall compile and make available a list of
5 8 public and private professional development program providers.
5 9 The bill directs school districts and schools to adopt
5 10 minimum grade three reading proficiency levels and to devote
5 11 reasonable efforts and resources to reading instruction and
5 12 independent reading in grades one through three.
5 13 The bill requires, under the education standards, that
5 14 kindergarten through grade three reading programs be based on
5 15 the "essential components of reading instruction" and
5 16 supported by "scientifically based reading research", which,
5 17 along with "reading comprehension", the bill defines.
5 18 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
5 19 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
5 20 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
5 21 district from state school foundation aid received by the
5 22 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
5 23 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
5 24 mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
5 25 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
5 26 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
5 27 state mandates included in the bill.
5 28 LSB 2061XS 80
5 29 kh/cf/24
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