House
File
563
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
563
BY
SIEGRIST
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
directing
the
department
of
education
to
convene
a
1
working
group
to
study
the
effectiveness
of
efforts
related
2
to
increasing
the
reading
proficiency
of
students
enrolled
3
in
school
districts
in
kindergarten
through
grade
three.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
——
STUDENT
READING
1
PROFICIENCY
WORKING
GROUP.
2
1.
The
department
of
education
shall
convene
and
provide
3
administrative
support
to
a
working
group
that
shall
study
4
the
effectiveness
of
the
implementation
of
section
279.68,
5
relating
to
the
successful
progression
for
early
readers,
at
6
the
classroom
level
by
the
department
and
school
districts.
7
The
working
group’s
study
shall
analyze
all
of
the
following:
8
a.
School
district
annual
data
related
to
the
reading
9
proficiency
of
students,
including
whether
intensive
reading
10
interventions
are
improving
student
performance
on
required
11
assessments.
12
b.
The
frequency
with
which
school
districts
are
providing
13
intensive
reading
interventions
for
students
who
are
not
14
reading
proficiently.
15
c.
The
frequency
with
which
school
districts
are
assessing
16
students,
including
students
who
are
not
reading
proficiently.
17
d.
The
amount
of
elementary
classrooms
within
school
18
districts
that
offer
direct
whole-class
phonics
instruction
in
19
addition
to
intensive
reading
interventions.
20
e.
The
employees
that
school
districts
use
to
provide
21
intensive
reading
interventions,
including
the
licenses,
22
certificates,
authorizations,
or
statements
of
recognition
23
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
that
are
held
by
24
such
employees.
25
f.
Activities
students
who
do
not
receive
intensive
reading
26
interventions
engage
in
while
other
students
in
the
student’s
27
class
receive
intensive
reading
interventions.
28
g.
The
impact
of
the
assessments
administered
pursuant
to
29
section
279.68
to
students
who
do
not
require
intensive
reading
30
interventions.
31
h.
Data
reported
by
school
districts
to
the
department
of
32
education
pursuant
to
section
279.68,
including
how
often
such
33
data
is
reported
and
how
the
department
and
school
districts
34
use
such
data.
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i.
Tools
used
by
the
department
of
education
to
report
1
and
track
compliance
with
section
279.68,
including
the
2
department’s
internet
site.
3
2.
Any
expenses
incurred
by
a
member
of
the
working
group
4
shall
be
the
responsibility
of
the
individual
member
or
the
5
respective
entity
represented
by
the
member.
6
3.
The
working
group
shall
submit
its
findings
and
7
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
31,
2023.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
directs
the
department
of
education
(DE)
to
12
convene
a
working
group
to
study
the
effectiveness
of
efforts
13
related
to
increasing
the
reading
proficiency
of
students
14
enrolled
in
school
districts
in
kindergarten
through
grade
15
three.
The
bill
provides
that
DE
shall
study
the
effectiveness
16
of
the
implementation
of
the
program
created
by
Code
section
17
279.68
(student
progression
——
intensive
reading
instruction)
18
related
to
the
successful
progression
of
early
readers.
The
19
bill
establishes
that
the
working
group’s
study
shall
analyze
20
data
reported
under
the
program,
the
frequency
with
which
21
interventions
and
assessments
are
provided
under
the
program,
22
the
number
of
classrooms
that
offer
direct
whole-class
phonics
23
instruction
in
addition
to
intensive
reading
interventions,
24
the
licensure
status
of
employees
that
school
districts
use
to
25
provide
intensive
reading
interventions,
activities
students
26
engage
in
while
other
students
are
receiving
intensive
reading
27
interventions,
the
impact
of
the
assessments
administered
under
28
the
program
to
students
who
do
not
require
intensive
reading
29
interventions,
and
tools
that
are
used
by
DE
to
report
and
30
track
compliance
under
the
program.
31
The
bill
provides
that
any
expenses
incurred
by
a
member
of
32
the
working
group
shall
be
the
responsibility
of
the
individual
33
member
or
the
respective
entity
represented
by
the
member.
34
The
bill
requires
the
working
group
to
submit
its
findings
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and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
31,
1
2023.
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