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Alaska House Bill HB274

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11+ HOUSE BILL NO. 274
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1213 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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1415 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
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16-BY THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
17+BY THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
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18-Offered: 3/20/24
19-Referred: Finance
19+Introduced: 1/18/24
20+Referred: Education, Finance
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21-Sponsor(s): HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
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2223 A BILL
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2425 FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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2627 "An Act relating to screening reading deficiencies and providing reading intervention 1
27-services to public school students enrolled in grades kindergarten through three; and 2
28-relating to funding for reading improvement plans." 3
29-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
30- * Section 1. AS 14.30.760(a) is amended to read: 5
31-(a) To implement the district reading intervention services established under 6
32-AS 14.30.765, the department shall 7
33-(1) adopt a statewide screening tool to administer to students in grades 8
34-kindergarten through three to identify students with reading deficiencies, including 9
35-students with characteristics of dyslexia; the screening tool must evaluate 10
36-(A) phonemic awareness, letter naming fluency, letter sound 11
37-fluency, and letter word sound fluency of students in kindergarten; 12
38-(B) letter word sound fluency and oral reading fluency of 13
39-students in grade one; 14 33-GH2315\B
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28+services to public school students enrolled in grades kindergarten through three." 2
29+BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
30+ * Section 1. AS 14.30.760(a) is amended to read: 4
31+(a) To implement the district reading intervention services established under 5
32+AS 14.30.765, the department shall 6
33+(1) adopt a statewide screening tool to administer to students in grades 7
34+kindergarten through three to identify students with reading deficiencies, including 8
35+students with characteristics of dyslexia; the screening tool must evaluate 9
36+(A) phonemic awareness, letter naming fluency, letter sound 10
37+fluency, and letter word sound fluency of students in kindergarten; 11
38+(B) letter word sound fluency and oral reading fluency of 12
39+students in grade one; 13
40+(C) vocabulary and oral reading fluency of students in grades 14 33-GH2315\A
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43-(C) vocabulary and oral reading fluency of students in grades 1
44-two and three; 2
45-(2) support teachers of grades kindergarten through three by 3
46-(A) administering the statewide screening tool three times each 4
47-school year, once in the fall, once in the winter, and once in the spring, to all 5
48-students in grades kindergarten through three [, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 6
49-STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE SUFFICIENT READING SKILLS ON 7
50-THE FIRST SCREENING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR]; 8
51-(B) providing methods to monitor student progress; 9
52-(C) providing targeted instruction based on student needs as 10
53-determined by the results of the screening tool; and 11
54-(D) providing additional assistance as determined by the 12
55-department; 13
56-(3) provide training to school district staff related to using the results 14
57-of the statewide screening tool and understanding evidence-based reading 15
58-interventions, including explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, 16
59-phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, oral language skills, and reading 17
60-comprehension; 18
61-(4) require that districts identify the early education programs attended 19
62-by students and report to the department the average score on each performance 20
63-screening tool by students in grades kindergarten through three who 21
64-(A) attended a state-approved early education program; 22
65-(B) attended a head start program; 23
66-(C) attended a private early education program; 24
67-(D) did not attend an early education program; 25
68-(5) establish a process that allows the commissioner to waive, upon 26
69-request, use of the statewide screening tool required under this subsection by a school 27
70-district if the school district has adopted an evidence-based reading screening tool and 28
71-the screening tool is approved by the department; 29
72-(6) review, approve, and assist districts developing alternative 30
73-standardized reading screening tools in any language for use by school districts. 31 33-GH2315\B
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44+two and three; 1
45+(2) support teachers of grades kindergarten through three by 2
46+(A) administering the statewide screening tool three times each 3
47+school year, once in the fall, once in the winter, and once in the spring, to all 4
48+students in grades kindergarten through three [, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 5
49+STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE SUFFICIENT READING SKILLS ON 6
50+THE FIRST SCREENING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR]; 7
51+(B) providing methods to monitor student progress; 8
52+(C) providing targeted instruction based on student needs as 9
53+determined by the results of the screening tool; and 10
54+(D) providing additional assistance as determined by the 11
55+department; 12
56+(3) provide training to school district staff related to using the results 13
57+of the statewide screening tool and understanding evidence-based reading 14
58+interventions, including explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, 15
59+phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, oral language skills, and reading 16
60+comprehension; 17
61+(4) require that districts identify the early education programs attended 18
62+by students and report to the department the average score on each performance 19
63+screening tool by students in grades kindergarten through three who 20
64+(A) attended a state-approved early education program; 21
65+(B) attended a head start program; 22
66+(C) attended a private early education program; 23
67+(D) did not attend an early education program; 24
68+(5) establish a process that allows the commissioner to waive, upon 25
69+request, use of the statewide screening tool required under this subsection by a school 26
70+district if the school district has adopted an evidence-based reading screening tool and 27
71+the screening tool is approved by the department; 28
72+(6) review, approve, and assist districts developing alternative 29
73+standardized reading screening tools in any language for use by school districts. 30
74+ * Sec. 2. AS 14.30.765(f) is amended to read: 31 33-GH2315\A
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77- * Sec. 2. AS 14.30.765(f) is amended to read: 1
78-(f) If it is determined, based on a statewide screening administered in the 2
79-spring, that a student in grade three has a reading deficiency, and the student does not 3
80-demonstrate sufficient reading skills to progress to grade four under (e) of this section, 4
81-the student's teacher and other pertinent district staff shall notify and attempt to meet 5
82-with the student's parent or guardian to explain that the student is not prepared to 6
83-progress to grade four. School staff shall work with the parent or guardian to schedule 7
84-a date, time, and place for the meeting, to be held after the spring screening 8
85-assessment and not later than 15 [45] days before the end of the school year. 9
86-Following that meeting, the parent or guardian may decide that the student will not 10
87-progress to grade four or decide to progress the student to grade four by signing a 11
88-waiver developed by the department acknowledging that the student is not prepared 12
89-and agreeing that the student will participate in an additional 20 hours of individual 13
90-reading improvement plan intervention services during the summer before the student 14
91-enters grade four. If no parent or guardian attends the meeting or if the parent or 15
92-guardian does not determine whether the student will progress to the next grade, the 16
93-superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall, after considering the student's 17
94-best interests and whether the student has previously not progressed to the next grade, 18
95-determine whether the student will progress to grade four. 19
96- * Sec. 3. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read: 20
97-Sec. 14.30.773. Support for reading improvement plans. The state shall 21
98-provide to a school district, for each student in grades kindergarten through three who 22
99-is determined to have a reading deficiency based on the statewide screening or 23
100-assessment tool, $500 to provide the support, intervention, and services the student 24
101-needs for the student's reading improvement plan, including teacher and 25
102-paraprofessional career development. 26
78+(f) If it is determined, based on a statewide screening administered in the 1
79+spring, that a student in grade three has a reading deficiency, and the student does not 2
80+demonstrate sufficient reading skills to progress to grade four under (e) of this section, 3
81+the student's teacher and other pertinent district staff shall notify and attempt to meet 4
82+with the student's parent or guardian to explain that the student is not prepared to 5
83+progress to grade four. School staff shall work with the parent or guardian to schedule 6
84+a date, time, and place for the meeting, to be held after the spring screening 7
85+assessment and not later than 15 [45] days before the end of the school year. 8
86+Following that meeting, the parent or guardian may decide that the student will not 9
87+progress to grade four or decide to progress the student to grade four by signing a 10
88+waiver developed by the department acknowledging that the student is not prepared 11
89+and agreeing that the student will participate in an additional 20 hours of individual 12
90+reading improvement plan intervention services during the summer before the student 13
91+enters grade four. If no parent or guardian attends the meeting or if the parent or 14
92+guardian does not determine whether the student will progress to the next grade, the 15
93+superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall, after considering the student's 16
94+best interests and whether the student has previously not progressed to the next grade, 17
95+determine whether the student will progress to grade four. 18