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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Section 256D.9, Code Supplement 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 256D.9 FUTURE REPEAL. 1 4 This chapter is repealed effective July 1,20042005. 1 5 Sec. 2.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 The board of directors of each school district shall adopt a 1 12 student promotion policy that facilitates collaboration among 1 13 teachers, parents, and guardians of the students, and the 1 14 school district to support student reading at grade level. 1 15 The policy shall address the assessment of, and the 1 16 establishment of performance levels for, a student identified 1 17 as limited English proficient and a student identified as a 1 18 child requiring special education. The policy shall be 1 19 developed, and annually updated, with input from school 1 20 administrators, teachers, parents, and guardians. Annually, 1 21 by the first day of school, the school district shall notify 1 22 the parents and guardians of students in grades kindergarten 1 23 through grade three of the district's student promotion 1 24 policy. 1 25 2. a. To identify students at risk of reading failure, 1 26 students enrolled in kindergarten through grade three of a 1 27 school district shall be assessed at the beginning of each 1 28 school year and throughout the school year as necessary by 1 29 ongoing assessments of their reading skills or early literacy 1 30 development including, but not limited to, phonological 1 31 awareness, reading fluency, and alphabetic principle. At 1 32 least annually, within the first three months of the school 1 33 year, the school district shall provide written notice to the 1 34 parent or guardian of the student's Iowa grade equivalency. 1 35 b. The department of education shall establish by 2 1 administrative rule a list of approved reading or early 2 2 literacy development assessments, which shall be provided to 2 3 each school district. This list shall include the dynamic 2 4 indicators of basic early literacy skills, a standardized, 2 5 individually administered measure of early literacy 2 6 development, and the Iowa test of basic skills. 2 7 c. The director of the department of education shall 2 8 establish a committee to assist with the development of rules 2 9 required pursuant to paragraph "b", to review and recommend 2 10 reading and early literacy development assessments that 2 11 measure a student's reading skills or early literacy 2 12 development, including assessments relating to the following: 2 13 (1) To assess a student's reading skills or early literacy 2 14 development progress throughout the school year. 2 15 (2) To indicate grade level competencies that have been 2 16 attained. 2 17 (3) To review and recommend reading skill or early 2 18 literacy development assessments that been developed or 2 19 utilized by other states to the extent that the tests are 2 20 appropriate for use under this section. 2 21 The majority of members appointed shall be supportive of 2 22 research-based reading instruction described in the United 2 23 States department of education report issued in 2001 titled 2 24 "Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching 2 25 Children to Read". 2 26 The assessments recommended shall be thoroughly researched 2 27 and demonstrated to be reliable and valid indicators of 2 28 reading progress. The committee shall provide a progress 2 29 report to the chairpersons of the house and senate standing 2 30 committees on education, annually until July 1, 2008, and 2 31 biennially thereafter. 2 32 3. The board of directors of each school district shall 2 33 establish a committee, composed of stakeholders, to develop 2 34 reading instruction programs that meet the requirements of 2 35 this section. The reading instruction programs shall include, 3 1 but may not be limited to: 3 2 a. Curriculum using systematic and explicit phonics 3 3 instruction. 3 4 b. Sufficient additional in-school instructional time for 3 5 the acquisition of phonological awareness, reading fluency, 3 6 and alphabetic principle. 3 7 c. Tutorial instruction. 3 8 d. Periodic reassessments to measure the reading skills or 3 9 early literacy development including, but not limited to, 3 10 phonological awareness, reading fluency, and alphabetic 3 11 principle, as identified in the student's individualized 3 12 reading instruction program. 3 13 e. Additional in-school instructional time during the 3 14 summer. 3 15 4. If the results of assessments administered indicate 3 16 intervention is necessary, the school district shall provide 3 17 written notice to the parent or guardian of the student's Iowa 3 18 grade equivalency and the options available to the parent or 3 19 guardian as provided in subsection 3. A parent or guardian of 3 20 a student shall be included in the development of an 3 21 individualized program of reading instruction for the student. 3 22 5. If the results of assessments administered indicate the 3 23 student is reading above grade level, the school district 3 24 shall provide written notice to the parent or guardian of the 3 25 options available to the parent for enrichment activities for 3 26 the child. 3 27 6. For any grade three student found reading more than one 3 28 year or more below grade level as determined by reading 3 29 assessments administered pursuant to this section, a new 3 30 intensive reading instruction plan, which shall include 3 31 specialized tutoring by the school district, shall be 3 32 developed and implemented. The school district is encouraged 3 33 to provide tutorial instruction in a manner that would 3 34 minimize interference with a student's instructional time in 3 35 the classroom. Tutorial instruction may be offered before or 4 1 after regular school hours. 4 2 7. A school district shall notify a parent or guardian in 4 3 writing of the ability of the parent or guardian to appeal a 4 4 school's decision to deny promotion of a student to the school 4 5 board. The school board shall decide in favor of a student's 4 6 promotion only if the school board concludes, using standards 4 7 adopted by the school board, that if promoted and provided 4 8 with additional or continued interventions, the student is 4 9 likely to perform at grade level. However, a school board 4 10 shall not deny a promotion to a student under the provisions 4 11 of this section more than once. A decision of the school 4 12 board to deny promotion is subject to appeal under section 4 13 290.1. 4 14 8. The director of the department of education shall 4 15 conduct a review of school district student promotion 4 16 policies, including the number of students in need of 4 17 remediation in reading in kindergarten through grade three, 4 18 and the number of students who successfully completed their 4 19 individualized reading instruction program. The director 4 20 shall evaluate the data reported pursuant to this subsection 4 21 and shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations 4 22 resulting from the review to the senate and house standing 4 23 committees on education and the joint appropriations 4 24 subcommittee on education by December 1, 2006, and biennially 4 25 thereafter. 4 26 Sec. 3. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 4 27 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 4 28 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 4 29 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 4 30 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 4 31 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 4 32 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section 4 33 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be 4 34 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and 4 35 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts. 5 1 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act amending 5 2 section 256D.9, being deemed of immediate importance, takes 5 3 effect upon enactment. 5 4 Sec. 5. PROMOTION DENIAL APPLICABILITY DATE. Provisions 5 5 relating to promotion of a student in section 279.60, 5 6 subsections 1 and 6 of this Act, if enacted, are applicable 5 7 commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2007. 5 8 EXPLANATION 5 9 This bill requires, effective with the school year 5 10 commencing July 1, 2007, that a school district retain a 5 11 student in grade three if, at the completion of grade three, 5 12 the student is more than one year below grade level in reading 5 13 assessments specified by the bill. A student shall not be 5 14 denied promotion under the provisions of the bill more than 5 15 once. 5 16 Students enrolled in kindergarten through grade three must 5 17 be assessed from the beginning of and throughout the school 5 18 year using ongoing assessments of reading skills or early 5 19 literacy development including phonological awareness, reading 5 20 fluency, and alphabetic principle. The department of 5 21 education is required to establish by rule, and provide each 5 22 school district with, a list of approved reading or early 5 23 literacy development assessments. 5 24 The bill also requires the board of directors of each 5 25 school district to adopt a student promotion policy, provide 5 26 interventions to improve a student's reading skills, and 5 27 notify the parents and guardians of students of the options 5 28 under the school district's reading instruction program. An 5 29 intensive reading instruction plan must be developed and 5 30 implemented by a school district for any grade three student 5 31 who is one year or more below grade level and their tutorial 5 32 instruction must be provided before or after regular school 5 33 hours. 5 34 The school board can decide in favor of a student's 5 35 promotion only if the school board concludes that if promoted 6 1 and provided with additional or continued interventions, the 6 2 student is likely to perform at grade level. 6 3 The bill requires the director of the department of 6 4 education to conduct a review of school district student 6 5 promotion policies and to submit findings and recommendations 6 6 resulting from the review to the senate and house standing 6 7 committees on education and the joint appropriations 6 8 subcommittees on education by December 1, 2006, and biennially 6 9 thereafter. 6 10 The bill extends the repeal of the early elementary 6 11 intervention program to July 1, 2005, effective upon 6 12 enactment. 6 13 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 6 14 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any 6 15 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 6 16 district from state school foundation aid received by the 6 17 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 6 18 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state 6 19 mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. 6 20 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate 6 21 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any 6 22 state mandates included in the bill. 6 23 LSB 6319SC 80 6 24 kh/pj/5.4
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