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PAG LIN 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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