House
File
2618
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Amend
House
File
2618
as
follows:
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1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
enacting
clause
and
2
inserting:
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Section
1.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
4
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
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NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
m.
(1)
Administer
an
examination
identical
6
to
the
foundations
of
reading
assessment
administered
in
2012
7
as
part
of
the
Massachusetts
tests,
or
the
most
current
version
8
of
such
assessment.
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(2)
The
higher
education
institution
shall
report
to
the
10
department
no
later
than
August
1
annually,
in
the
form
and
11
manner
prescribed
by
the
department,
the
percentage
of
students
12
whose
scores
on
the
assessment
administered
during
the
prior
13
school
year
were
above,
at,
and
below
the
passing
score,
and
14
shall
report
any
services
or
opportunities
to
retake
the
15
assessment
the
institution
may
make
available
to
a
student
16
who
fails
the
assessment.
The
department
shall
compile
the
17
reports
submitted
under
this
subparagraph
and
publish
on
the
18
department’s
internet
site
the
compiled
reports
related
to
19
students
enrolled
in
the
practitioner
preparation
program
who
20
plan
to
teach
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six.
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Sec.
2.
Section
279.68,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
22
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
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NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
(1)
Each
school
district
shall
provide
24
written
notice
to
the
parent
or
guardian
of
any
student
in
25
kindergarten
through
grade
six
who
is
not
reading
proficiently
26
of
the
student’s
level
of
reading
or
reading
readiness.
The
27
written
notice
shall
contain
a
description
of
the
parent’s
or
28
guardian’s
ability
to
request
that
the
student
be
retained
in
29
the
student’s
current
grade
level
for
the
subsequent
school
30
year.
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(2)
A
school
district
shall
not
promote
a
student
who
is
32
not
reading
proficiently
to
the
next
grade
level,
and
shall
33
retain
the
student
in
the
student’s
current
grade
level
for
the
34
subsequent
school
year,
if
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
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submits
to
the
school
district
a
request
that
the
student
be
1
retained
in
the
student’s
current
grade
level
pursuant
to
2
subparagraph
(1).
3
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
A
school
district
shall
provide
to
4
students
in
kindergarten
through
the
end
of
grade
six
who
are
5
not
reading
proficiently
with
personalized
reading
plans
until
6
the
student
is
reading
at
grade
level,
as
determined
by
the
7
student’s
consistently
proficient
performance
on
valid
and
8
reliable
measures
of
reading
ability.
9
Sec.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
10
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
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