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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256D.9, Code Supplement 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 256D.9 FUTURE REPEAL. 1 4 This chapter is repealed effective July 1,20042005. 1 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 279.60 STUDENT PROMOTION OR 1 6 RETENTION. 1 7 1. A student enrolled in grade three who at the completion 1 8 of grade three is more than one year below grade level in 1 9 reading as determined by reading assessments administered 1 10 pursuant to this section, shall not be promoted to grade four 1 11 unless determined not to be in the best interest of the child 1 12 as provided in the student promotion policy adopted by the 1 13 school in accordance with this section. The board of 1 14 directors of each school district shall adopt a student 1 15 promotion policy that facilitates collaboration among 1 16 teachers, parents, and guardians of the students, and the 1 17 school district to support student reading at grade level. 1 18 The policy shall address the assessment of, and the 1 19 establishment of performance levels for, a student identified 1 20 as limited English proficient and a student identified as a 1 21 child requiring special education. The policy shall be 1 22 developed, and annually updated, with input from school 1 23 administrators, teachers, parents, and guardians. Annually, 1 24 by the first day of school, the school district shall notify 1 25 the parents and guardians of students in grades kindergarten 1 26 through grade three of the district's student promotion 1 27 policy. 1 28 2. a. To identify students at risk of reading failure, 1 29 students enrolled in kindergarten through grade three of a 1 30 school district shall be assessed at the beginning of each 1 31 school year and throughout the school year as necessary by 1 32 ongoing assessments of their reading skills or early literacy 1 33 development including, but not limited to, phonological 1 34 awareness, reading fluency, and alphabetic principle. At 1 35 least annually, within the first three months of the school 2 1 year, the school district shall provide written notice to the 2 2 parent or guardian of the student's Iowa grade equivalency. 2 3 b. The department of education shall establish by 2 4 administrative rule a list of approved reading or early 2 5 literacy development assessments, which shall be provided to 2 6 each school district. This list shall include the dynamic 2 7 indicators of basic early literacy skills (DIBELS), a 2 8 standardized, individually administered measure of early 2 9 literacy development, and the Iowa test of basic skills. 2 10 c. The director of the department of education shall 2 11 establish a committee to assist with the development of rules 2 12 required pursuant to paragraph "b", to review and recommend 2 13 reading and early literacy development assessments that 2 14 measure a student's reading skills or early literacy 2 15 development, including assessments relating to the following: 2 16 (1) To assess a student's reading skills or early literacy 2 17 development progress throughout the school year. 2 18 (2) To indicate grade level competencies that have been 2 19 attained. 2 20 (3) To review and recommend reading skill or early 2 21 literacy development assessments that have been developed or 2 22 utilized by other states to the extent that the tests are 2 23 appropriate for use under this section. 2 24 The majority of members appointed shall be supportive of 2 25 research-based reading instruction described in the center for 2 26 the improvement of early reading achievement report issued in 2 27 2001 titled "Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks 2 28 for Teaching Children to Read". 2 29 The assessments recommended shall be thoroughly researched 2 30 and demonstrated to be reliable and valid indicators of 2 31 reading progress. In developing its recommendations, the 2 32 committee shall review the requirements of the federal No 2 33 Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-110, and any 2 34 federal regulations adopted pursuant to the federal Act, to 2 35 align the committee's recommendations with the requirements of 3 1 the federal Act when possible in order to minimize any 3 2 additional burden the committee's recommendations may place on 3 3 a school district. The committee shall provide a progress 3 4 report to the chairpersons of the house and senate standing 3 5 committees on education, annually until July 1, 2008, and 3 6 biennially thereafter. 3 7 3. The board of directors of each school district shall 3 8 establish a committee, composed of stakeholders, to develop 3 9 reading instruction programs that meet the requirements of 3 10 this section. The reading instruction programs shall include, 3 11 but may not be limited to: 3 12 a. Curriculum using systematic and explicit phonics 3 13 instruction. 3 14 b. Sufficient additional in-school instructional time for 3 15 the acquisition of phonological awareness, reading fluency, 3 16 and alphabetic principle. 3 17 c. Tutorial instruction. 3 18 d. Periodic reassessments to measure the reading skills or 3 19 early literacy development including, but not limited to, 3 20 phonological awareness, reading fluency, and alphabetic 3 21 principle, as identified in the student's individualized 3 22 reading instruction program. 3 23 e. Additional in-school instructional time during the 3 24 summer. 3 25 4. If the results of assessments administered indicate 3 26 intervention is necessary, the school district shall provide 3 27 written notice to the parent or guardian of the student's Iowa 3 28 grade equivalency and the options available to the parent or 3 29 guardian as provided in subsection 3. A parent or guardian of 3 30 a student shall be included in the development of an 3 31 individualized program of reading instruction for the student. 3 32 5. If the results of assessments administered indicate the 3 33 student is reading above grade level, the school district 3 34 shall provide written notice to the parent or guardian of the 3 35 options available to the parent for enrichment activities for 4 1 the child. 4 2 6. For any grade three student found reading more than one 4 3 year or more below grade level as determined by reading 4 4 assessments administered pursuant to this section, a new 4 5 intensive reading instruction plan, which shall include 4 6 specialized tutoring by the school district, shall be 4 7 developed and implemented. The school district is encouraged 4 8 to provide tutorial instruction in a manner that would 4 9 minimize interference with a student's instructional time in 4 10 the classroom. Tutorial instruction may be offered before or 4 11 after regular school hours. 4 12 7. A school district shall notify a parent or guardian in 4 13 writing of the ability of the parent or guardian to appeal a 4 14 school's decision to deny promotion of a student to the school 4 15 board. The school board shall decide in favor of a student's 4 16 promotion only if the school board concludes, using standards 4 17 adopted by the school board, that if promoted and provided 4 18 with additional or continued interventions, the student is 4 19 likely to perform at grade level. However, a school board 4 20 shall not deny a promotion to a student under the provisions 4 21 of this section more than once. A decision of the school 4 22 board to deny promotion is subject to appeal under section 4 23 290.1. 4 24 8. The director of the department of education shall 4 25 conduct a review of school district student promotion 4 26 policies, including the number of students in need of 4 27 remediation in reading in kindergarten through grade three, 4 28 and the number of students who successfully completed their 4 29 individualized reading instruction program. The director 4 30 shall evaluate the data reported pursuant to this subsection 4 31 and shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations 4 32 resulting from the review to the senate and house standing 4 33 committees on education and the joint appropriations 4 34 subcommittee on education by December 1, 2006, and biennially 4 35 thereafter. 5 1 9. The state board of education shall submit its 5 2 recommendations for modifications to this section relating to 5 3 student promotion in a report to the senate and house standing 5 4 committees on education and the joint appropriations 5 5 subcommittee on education by December 1, 2006. 5 6 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 5 7 3, shall not apply to this Act. 5 8 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act amending 5 9 section 256D.9, being deemed of immediate importance, takes 5 10 effect upon enactment. 5 11 Sec. 5. PROMOTION DENIAL APPLICABILITY DATE. Provisions 5 12 relating to promotion of a student in section 279.60, 5 13 subsections 1 and 7 of this Act, if enacted, are applicable 5 14 commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2007. 5 15 SF 2246 5 16 kh/cc/26
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