SF0092 - Reading assessment and intervention.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0142 |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0092
Reading assessment and intervention.
Sponsored by: Joint Education Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
public schools; requiring school
2
districts to implement a reading assessment for first and
3 second
grade students; requiring demonstration of
4
proficiency; requiring remediation programs; imposing
5
duties on the state board of education; providing payments
6 to
districts from the foundation program account; providing
7 an
appropriation; specifying application; and providing for
8 an
effective date.
9
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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12 Section 1. W.S. 21-3-301 is created to read:
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14 ARTICLE 3
15 READING ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION
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17 21-3-301. Reading assessment and intervention.
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2 (a) Each school
district shall design and implement a
3
reading screening program that measures student reading
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progress in grades one (1) and two (2).
The screening
5 program
shall be designed by each school district in
6
consultation with the state superintendent, aligned to the
7
statewide educational program standards and shall
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specifically screen for student performance in reading at
9
grades one (1) and two (2).
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11 (b) Students
not screening successfully shall be
12 assessed to identify the specific reading
problem and
13 determine its nature. Students not showing appropriate
14 reading competence shall be placed on an
individualized
15 reading plan (IRP) to remedy the reading
related
16 difficulty.
The IRP shall be approved in writing by both
17 the parent or guardian and the district and
shall utilize
18 an appropriate research based intervention
program. For
19 students under an individualized education
program (IEP),
20 the IEP shall be deemed sufficient to meet
the requirements
21 of this subsection and no additional plan
shall be
22 required.
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1 (c) The state
board of education shall by rule and
2
regulation, consistent with the intent of this section,
3
provide for the screening of students entering grade two
4 (2)
or grade three (3) from private education, from a
5
school outside of Wyoming and as necessary from another
6 school
district within Wyoming. In addition,
the board may
7
delay the grade two (2) screening requirement imposed under
8
this section by one (1) year to phase in implementation of
9
screening requirements under this section.
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11 Section 2. W.S. 21-3-110(a) by creating
a new
12 paragraph (xxii) is amended to read:
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14 21-3-110. Duties of boards of trustees.
15
16 (a) The board
of trustees in each school district
17 shall:
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19 (xxii) Implement and administer the reading
20 screening
program for students in grades one (1) and two
21 (2)
as required by W.S. 21-3-301.
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1 (a) For school year 2001-2002, the state department
2
shall pay from the foundation program account an amount to
3
each district determined by multiplying one hundred
4
sixty-seven dollars ($167.00) by the average daily
5
membership (ADM) in kindergarten through grade two (2).
6
For purposes of this subsection and notwithstanding W.S.
7
21-13-309(q), the average daily membership (ADM) for each
8
district's kindergarten through grade two (2) students
9
shall be computed based upon the prior year ADM. In
10 addition and notwithstanding W.S. 21-13-309(s),
the ADM for
11 each district's kindergarten students
shall not be divided
12 by two (2). Payments computed under this subsection
shall
13 be used by districts to implement
the screening assessment
14 and intervention required under
section 1 of this act.
15
16 (b) The payment computed
pursuant to subsection (a)
17 of this section shall be made by the
department on or about
18 October 15, 2001.
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20 Section
4. Two
hundred thirty thousand dollars
21 ($230,000.00) is appropriated from
the general fund to the
22 department of education for purposes
of implementing this
23 act.
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1 Section 5. No school district shall be
required to
2
comply with this act during the 2000-2001 school year.
3
Nothing in this act prohibits any school district from
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voluntarily implementing portions of this act during the
5
2000-2001 school year.
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7 Section 6. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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9 (END)
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