| 15 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) There is established an |
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| 16 | | - | Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities within the Department of |
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| 17 | | - | Education which shall be under the management of a chief. The chief |
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| 18 | | - | shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the |
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| 19 | | - | office, including, but not limited to, expertise in higher education, |
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| 20 | | - | dyslexia and structured literacy. The Office of Dyslexia and Reading |
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| 21 | | - | Disabilities shall (1) verify the compliance of (A) educator preparation |
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| 22 | | - | programs, as defined in section 10-146c of the general statutes, and (B) |
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| 23 | | - | applicants for an initial, provisional or professional educator certificate |
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| 24 | | - | pursuant to the provisions of chapter 166 of the general statutes relating |
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| 25 | | - | to dyslexia instruction and training, including, but not limited to, the |
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| 26 | | - | compliance verifications required pursuant to sections 2 to 4, inclusive, |
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| 27 | | - | of this act; (2) review and recommend changes, as necessary, to the State |
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| 28 | | - | Board of Education's process for approval of educator preparation |
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| 29 | | - | programs related to such compliance verifications; and (3) provide |
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| 30 | | - | guidance to and consult with the department's Talent Office related to |
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| 31 | | - | such compliance verifications. Substitute House Bill No. 6517 |
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| 20 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) There is established an 1 |
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| 21 | + | Office of Training Compliance within the Department of Education. The 2 |
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| 22 | + | Office of Training Compliance shall verify the compliance of (1) 3 |
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| 23 | + | educator preparation programs, as defined in section 10-146c of the 4 |
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| 24 | + | general statutes, and (2) applicants for an initial, provisional or 5 |
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| 25 | + | professional educator certificate with the provisions of chapter 166 of 6 |
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| 26 | + | the general statutes relating to instruction and training, including, but 7 |
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| 27 | + | not limited to, the compliance verifications required pursuant to 8 |
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| 28 | + | sections 2 to 4, inclusive, of this act. 9 |
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| 29 | + | (b) Not later than September 1, 2021, the office shall (1) develop 10 |
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| 30 | + | compliance measures and audit procedures to determine the 11 |
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| 31 | + | compliance of educator preparation programs with the provisions of 12 |
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| 32 | + | subsection (e) of section 10-145a of the general statutes and subsection 13 |
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| 33 | + | (i) of section 10-145d of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and 14 |
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| 34 | + | (2) submit such compliance measures and audit procedures, in 15 |
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| 35 | + | accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing 16 |
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| 36 | + | committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 17 Substitute Bill No. 6517 |
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| 35 | | - | (b) The chief of the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities shall |
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| 36 | | - | appoint such full-time staff as may be necessary for the operations of |
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| 37 | | - | said office, which shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) staff with |
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| 38 | | - | expertise in (A) educator preparation program accreditation analysis |
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| 39 | | - | and approval, and (B) educator preparation program curriculum |
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| 40 | | - | analysis related to structured literacy and dyslexia; and (2) support staff. |
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| 41 | | - | (c) Not later than July 1, 2022, the office shall (1) with consideration |
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| 42 | | - | given to the recommendations set forth in appendices d and e of the |
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| 43 | | - | final report of the task force established pursuant to special act 19-8, |
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| 44 | | - | develop compliance measures and audit procedures to determine the |
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| 45 | | - | compliance of educator preparation programs with the provisions of |
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| 46 | | - | subsection (e) of section 10-145a of the general statutes, and whether |
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| 47 | | - | such educator preparation programs include supervised practicum |
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| 48 | | - | hours or student teaching experience and instruction in the detection |
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| 49 | | - | and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions |
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| 50 | | - | for, students with dyslexia in any programs of study in the diagnosis |
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| 51 | | - | and remediation of reading and language arts; and (2) submit such |
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| 52 | | - | compliance measures and audit procedures, in accordance with the |
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| 53 | | - | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing |
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| 54 | | - | committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters |
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| 55 | | - | relating to higher education and education. |
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| 56 | | - | (d) Not later than July 1, 2022, the office shall develop, and update as |
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| 57 | | - | necessary, (1) with consideration given to the recommendations set |
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| 58 | | - | forth in appendix f of the final report of the task force established |
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| 59 | | - | pursuant to special act 19-8, structured literacy competency targets for |
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| 60 | | - | the purpose of identifying structured literacy competencies that should |
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| 61 | | - | be achieved by an educator based on certification level and endorsement |
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| 62 | | - | type; (2) for the review and consideration of institutions of higher |
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| 63 | | - | education and other providers of educator preparation programs |
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| 64 | | - | approved by the department, a list of sample course assignments and |
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| 65 | | - | evaluations aligned with the structured literacy competency targets Substitute House Bill No. 6517 |
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| 41 | + | 2 of 8 |
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| 67 | | - | Public Act No. 21-168 3 of 9 |
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| 43 | + | relating to higher education and education. 18 |
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| 44 | + | (c) Not later than January 1, 2022, the office shall develop, and update 19 |
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| 45 | + | as necessary, (1) structured literacy competency targets for the purpose 20 |
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| 46 | + | of identifying structured literacy competencies that should be achieved 21 |
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| 47 | + | by an educator based on certification level and endorsement type, (2) for 22 |
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| 48 | + | the review and consideration of institutions of higher education and 23 |
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| 49 | + | other providers of educator preparation programs approved by the 24 |
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| 50 | + | department, a list of sample course assignments and evaluations aligned 25 |
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| 51 | + | with the structured literacy competency targets developed by the office 26 |
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| 52 | + | and the compliance measures developed pursuant to subsection (b) of 27 |
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| 53 | + | this section, and (3) model dyslexia in-service training programs, for use 28 |
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| 54 | + | by local and regional boards of education, aligned with the structured 29 |
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| 55 | + | literacy competency targets developed by the office. 30 |
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| 56 | + | Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the 31 |
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| 57 | + | Office of Training Compliance, established pursuant to section 1 of this 32 |
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| 58 | + | act, shall verify that any educator preparation program, as defined in 33 |
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| 59 | + | section 10-146c of the general statutes, approved by the State Board of 34 |
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| 60 | + | Education is complying with the requirements set forth in (1) subsection 35 |
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| 61 | + | (e) of section 10-145a of the general statutes concerning instruction in 36 |
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| 62 | + | the detection and recognition of, and evidenced-based structured 37 |
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| 63 | + | literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia, as defined in section 38 |
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| 64 | + | 10-3d of the general statutes, and (2) subsection (i) of section 10-145d of 39 |
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| 65 | + | the general statutes, as amended by this act, concerning the inclusion of 40 |
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| 66 | + | supervised practicum hours and instruction in the detection and 41 |
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| 67 | + | recognition of, and evidenced-based structured literacy interventions 42 |
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| 68 | + | for, students with dyslexia in programs of study in the diagnosis and 43 |
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| 69 | + | remediation of reading and language arts. The office shall use the 44 |
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| 70 | + | compliance measures and audit procedures developed pursuant to 45 |
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| 71 | + | subsection (b) of section 1 of this act to carry out the provisions of this 46 |
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| 72 | + | subsection. 47 |
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| 73 | + | (b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the office shall submit, in 48 |
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| 74 | + | accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 49 |
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| 75 | + | to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 50 Substitute Bill No. 6517 |
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| 69 | | - | developed by the office and the compliance measures developed |
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| 70 | | - | pursuant to subsection (c) of this section; and (3) model dyslexia in- |
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| 71 | | - | service training programs, for use by local and regional boards of |
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| 72 | | - | education, aligned with the structured literacy competency targets |
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| 73 | | - | developed by the office. |
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| 74 | | - | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) On and after September 1, |
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| 75 | | - | 2022, the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities, established |
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| 76 | | - | pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall verify that any educator |
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| 77 | | - | preparation program, as defined in section 10-146c of the general |
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| 78 | | - | statutes, that submits an application for initial or continued approval to |
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| 79 | | - | the State Board of Education (1) is complying with the requirements set |
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| 80 | | - | forth in subsection (e) of section 10-145a of the general statutes |
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| 81 | | - | concerning instruction in the detection and recognition of, and |
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| 82 | | - | evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with |
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| 83 | | - | dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d of the general statutes, and (2) |
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| 84 | | - | includes supervised practicum hours or student teaching experience |
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| 85 | | - | and instruction in the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based |
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| 86 | | - | structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia in any |
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| 87 | | - | programs of study for remedial reading, remedial language arts, |
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| 88 | | - | reading consultants or special education. The office shall use the |
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| 89 | | - | compliance measures and audit procedures developed pursuant to |
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| 90 | | - | subsection (c) of section 1 of this act to carry out the provisions of this |
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| 91 | | - | subsection. |
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| 92 | | - | (b) The office may complete the compliance verification required |
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| 93 | | - | pursuant to subsection (a) of this section by reviewing the information |
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| 94 | | - | gathered by a national accrediting agency that accredits educator |
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| 95 | | - | preparation programs for the Department of Education, pursuant to the |
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| 96 | | - | provisions of special act 16-22, provided such national accrediting |
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| 97 | | - | agency uses the compliance measures and audit procedures developed |
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| 98 | | - | pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1 of this act. |
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| 99 | | - | (c) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the office Substitute House Bill No. 6517 |
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| 103 | | - | shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the |
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| 104 | | - | general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General |
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| 105 | | - | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education |
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| 106 | | - | and education, a report on the compliance verification conducted |
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| 107 | | - | pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for each educator preparation |
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| 108 | | - | program. |
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| 109 | | - | (d) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the office |
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| 110 | | - | shall (1) review, and request updates of as necessary, the webinar |
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| 111 | | - | modules and trainings developed or endorsed by the Department of |
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| 112 | | - | Education for the purpose of aligning such webinar modules with the |
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| 113 | | - | compliance measures developed by the office pursuant to subsection (c) |
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| 114 | | - | of section 1 of this act; and (2) submit, in accordance with the provisions |
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| 115 | | - | of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees |
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| 116 | | - | of the General Assembly have cognizance of matters relating to higher |
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| 117 | | - | education and education status reports on the compliance of such |
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| 118 | | - | webinar modules and trainings. |
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| 119 | | - | Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) On and after September 1, 2022, |
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| 120 | | - | the State Board of Education shall not approve any educator preparation |
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| 121 | | - | program until the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities, |
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| 122 | | - | established pursuant to section 1 of this act, completes the compliance |
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| 123 | | - | verification required pursuant to section 2 of this act. |
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| 124 | | - | Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) On and after September 1, 2023, |
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| 125 | | - | the State Board of Education shall issue an initial, provisional or |
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| 126 | | - | professional educator certificate to an applicant who meets the |
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| 127 | | - | requirements set forth in section 10-145b of the general statutes upon |
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| 128 | | - | verification by the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities, |
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| 129 | | - | established pursuant to section 1 of this act, in consultation with the |
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| 130 | | - | department's Talent Office and Bureau of Educator Standards and |
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| 131 | | - | Certification, that (1) an applicant for an initial educator certificate who |
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| 132 | | - | has graduated from an educator preparation program in the state has |
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| 133 | | - | completed not fewer than twelve clock hours of instruction in the Substitute House Bill No. 6517 |
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| 82 | + | cognizance of matters relating to higher education and education, a 51 |
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| 83 | + | report on the compliance verification conducted pursuant to subsection 52 |
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| 84 | + | (a) of this section for each approved educator preparation program. 53 |
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| 85 | + | (c) The office shall review, and request updates of, the webinar 54 |
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| 86 | + | modules developed by the Capitol Region Education Council and the 55 |
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| 87 | + | State Education Resource Center for the purpose of aligning such 56 |
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| 88 | + | webinar modules with the compliance measures developed by the office 57 |
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| 89 | + | pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1 of this act. 58 |
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| 90 | + | Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) On and after January 1, 2022, 59 |
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| 91 | + | the State Board of Education shall not approve any new educator 60 |
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| 92 | + | preparation program unless the Office of Training Compliance, 61 |
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| 93 | + | established pursuant to section 1 of this act, verifies that such educator 62 |
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| 94 | + | preparation program is in compliance with the provisions of subsection 63 |
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| 95 | + | (e) of section 10-145a of the general statutes and subsection (i) of section 64 |
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| 96 | + | 10-145d of the general statutes, using the compliance measures and 65 |
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| 97 | + | audit procedures developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1 of 66 |
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| 98 | + | this act. 67 |
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| 99 | + | (b) The office shall accept from an institution of higher education, or 68 |
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| 100 | + | any other provider of an educator preparation program, as proof of 69 |
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| 101 | + | compliance with the compliance measures developed, pursuant to 70 |
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| 102 | + | subsection (b) of section 1 of this act, (1) a self-examination report that 71 |
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| 103 | + | addresses such requirements, or (2) course syllabi showing assignments 72 |
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| 104 | + | and evaluations relevant to such requirements, with details including, 73 |
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| 105 | + | but not limited to, full citations with specific page numbers of reading 74 |
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| 106 | + | assignments and percentage of final grade attributed to such 75 |
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| 107 | + | assignments and evaluations. 76 |
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| 108 | + | (c) The office shall evaluate the self-examination reports or course 77 |
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| 109 | + | syllabi submitted to the office pursuant to subsection (b) of this section 78 |
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| 110 | + | using the audit procedures developed by the office, pursuant to 79 |
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| 111 | + | subsection (b) of section 1 of this act, for the purpose of verifying 80 |
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| 112 | + | compliance with the compliance measures. The office may complete 81 |
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| 113 | + | such verification by requiring a national accrediting agency that 82 Substitute Bill No. 6517 |
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| 137 | | - | detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy |
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| 138 | | - | interventions for, students with dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d of |
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| 139 | | - | the general statutes; and (2) an applicant for an initial educator |
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| 140 | | - | certificate who seeks an endorsement for comprehensive special |
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| 141 | | - | education or integrated early childhood and special education |
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| 142 | | - | completes the requirements of subdivision (2) of subsection (i) of section |
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| 143 | | - | 10-145d of the general statutes, as amended by this act. |
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| 144 | | - | Sec. 5. Subdivision (2) of subsection (i) of section 10-145d of the |
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| 145 | | - | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu |
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| 146 | | - | thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): |
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| 147 | | - | (2) On and after July 1, [2018] 2021, any (A) certified employee |
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| 148 | | - | applying for a comprehensive special education or integrated early |
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| 149 | | - | childhood and special education endorsement, or (B) applicant for an |
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| 150 | | - | initial, provisional or professional educator certificate and a |
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| 151 | | - | comprehensive special education or integrated early childhood and |
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| 152 | | - | special education endorsement shall have completed a program of |
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| 153 | | - | study in the diagnosis and remediation of reading and language arts |
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| 154 | | - | that includes supervised practicum hours or student teaching |
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| 155 | | - | experience and instruction in the detection and recognition of, and |
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| 156 | | - | evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with |
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| 157 | | - | dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d. |
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| 158 | | - | Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) On and after January 1, 2022, |
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| 159 | | - | the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities shall provide guidance |
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| 160 | | - | to institutions of higher education and other providers of educator |
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| 161 | | - | preparation programs on how to provide verification that any |
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| 162 | | - | supervisor of the practicum hours required pursuant to subdivisions (1) |
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| 163 | | - | and (2) of subsection (i) of section 10-145d of the general statutes, as |
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| 164 | | - | amended by this act, has obtained at least four of the following |
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| 165 | | - | qualifications: (1) A satisfactory score on the reading instruction |
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| 166 | | - | examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, |
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| 167 | | - | or a comparable reading instruction examination with minimum Substitute House Bill No. 6517 |
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| 118 | + | 4 of 8 |
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| 169 | | - | Public Act No. 21-168 6 of 9 |
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| 120 | + | accredits educator preparation programs for the Department of 83 |
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| 121 | + | Education, pursuant to the provisions of special act 16-22, to use such 84 |
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| 122 | + | audit procedures to determine compliance with the compliance 85 |
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| 123 | + | measures, developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1 of this act. 86 |
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| 124 | + | Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) On and after July 1, 2021, the 87 |
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| 125 | + | Department of Education shall not issue an initial, provisional or 88 |
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| 126 | + | professional educator certificate to an applicant until the Office of 89 |
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| 127 | + | Training Compliance, established pursuant to section 1 of this act, 90 |
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| 128 | + | verifies that (1) an applicant for an initial educator certificate who has 91 |
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| 129 | + | graduated from an educator preparation program in the state has 92 |
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| 130 | + | completed not fewer than twelve clock hours of instruction in the 93 |
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| 131 | + | detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy 94 |
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| 132 | + | interventions for, students with dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d of 95 |
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| 133 | + | the general statutes, and (2) a certified employee or an applicant for an 96 |
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| 134 | + | initial, provisional or professional educator certificate who seeks an 97 |
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| 135 | + | endorsement for remedial reading, remedial language arts, reading 98 |
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| 136 | + | consultant, comprehensive special education or integrated early 99 |
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| 137 | + | childhood and special education completes the requirements of 100 |
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| 138 | + | subsection (i) of section 10-145d of the general statutes, as amended by 101 |
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| 139 | + | this act. 102 |
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| 140 | + | Sec. 5. Subsection (i) of section 10-145d of the general statutes is 103 |
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| 141 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 104 |
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| 142 | + | 2021): 105 |
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| 143 | + | (i) (1) On and after July 1, 2017, any (A) certified employee applying 106 |
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| 144 | + | for a remedial reading, remedial language arts or reading consultant 107 |
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| 145 | + | endorsement, or (B) applicant for an initial, provisional or professional 108 |
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| 146 | + | educator certificate and a remedial reading, remedial language arts or 109 |
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| 147 | + | reading consultant endorsement shall (i) achieve a satisfactory score on 110 |
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| 148 | + | the reading instruction examination approved by the State Board of 111 |
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| 149 | + | Education on April 1, 2009, or a comparable reading instruction 112 |
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| 150 | + | examination with minimum standards that are equivalent to the 113 |
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| 151 | + | examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, 114 |
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| 152 | + | and (ii) have completed a program of study in the diagnosis and 115 Substitute Bill No. 6517 |
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| 171 | | - | standards that are equivalent to the examination approved by the State |
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| 172 | | - | Board of Education on April 1, 2009; (2) a valid initial, provisional or |
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| 173 | | - | professional educator certificate issued by the State Board of Education; |
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| 174 | | - | (3) a master's degree in remedial reading or a closely related field; (4) |
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| 175 | | - | specific and documented knowledge about structured literacy |
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| 176 | | - | principles and practices; (5) training for practicum supervision, |
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| 177 | | - | coaching and evaluation of a reading interventionist; or (6) at least three |
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| 178 | | - | years of work experience in providing structured literacy interventions |
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| 179 | | - | for students with remedial reading needs, including, but not limited to, |
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| 180 | | - | students with dyslexia. |
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| 181 | | - | (b) An institution of higher education and any other provider of an |
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| 182 | | - | educator preparation program shall give preference to those candidates |
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| 183 | | - | for a practicum supervisor position who, in addition to meeting the |
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| 184 | | - | qualifications specified in subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of subsection |
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| 185 | | - | (a) of this section, have experience in the design, implementation or |
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| 186 | | - | monitoring of structured literacy interventions or previous practicum |
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| 187 | | - | supervisor experience. |
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| 188 | | - | Sec. 7. Section 10-14t of the general statutes is repealed and the |
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| 189 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): |
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| 190 | | - | (a) On or before [January 1, 2016] July 1, 2022, the Department of |
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| 191 | | - | Education shall develop or approve reading assessments, with |
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| 192 | | - | consideration given to the recommendations set forth in appendix g of |
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| 193 | | - | the final report of the task force established pursuant to special act 19-8, |
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| 194 | | - | for use by local and regional boards of education, in accordance with the |
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| 195 | | - | guidance provided pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, for the |
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| 196 | | - | school year commencing July 1, [2016] 2023, and each school year |
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| 197 | | - | thereafter, to identify students in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, |
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| 198 | | - | who are below proficiency in reading, provided any reading |
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| 199 | | - | assessments developed or approved by the department include |
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| 200 | | - | frequent screening and progress monitoring of students. Such reading |
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| 201 | | - | assessments shall (1) be brief, (2) be evidence-based, as defined in 20 Substitute House Bill No. 6517 |
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| 205 | | - | USC 7801(21), with proven psychometrics for validity, (3) measure |
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| 206 | | - | [phonics] oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, |
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| 207 | | - | vocabulary, rapid automatic name or letter name fluency and reading |
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| 208 | | - | comprehension, [(2)] (4) provide opportunities for [periodic] formative |
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| 209 | | - | [assessment] assessments at least three times, in the fall, winter and |
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| 210 | | - | spring, during [the] each school year, [(3)] (5) produce data that is useful |
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| 211 | | - | for informing individual and classroom instruction, including the |
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| 212 | | - | grouping of students based on such data and the selection of |
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| 213 | | - | instructional activities based on data of individual student response |
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| 214 | | - | patterns during such progress monitoring, [(4)] (6) be compatible with |
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| 215 | | - | best practices in reading instruction and research, and [(5)] (7) assist in |
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| 216 | | - | identifying, in whole or in part, students at risk for dyslexia, as defined |
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| 217 | | - | in section 10-3d, or other reading-related learning disabilities. |
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| 218 | | - | (b) On or before January 1, 2023, the department shall provide |
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| 219 | | - | guidance to local and regional boards of education for administering the |
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| 220 | | - | approved reading assessments, including, but not limited to, (1) |
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| 221 | | - | specifying the appropriate grade levels for each reading assessment; (2) |
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| 222 | | - | allowing approved reading assessments to be combined to ensure each |
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| 223 | | - | ability specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section is |
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| 224 | | - | measured during each school year using one or more reading |
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| 225 | | - | assessments appropriate for a student's grade level; (3) advising how |
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| 226 | | - | each board's goals, student body characteristics and resources should |
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| 227 | | - | inform the choice of reading assessments used by such board; (4) |
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| 228 | | - | advising how aggregate data derived from reading assessments should |
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| 229 | | - | guide each board's prevention and early intervention initiatives; and (5) |
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| 230 | | - | requiring the administration of approved reading assessments in both |
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| 231 | | - | English and a student's native language, if available, for any student |
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| 232 | | - | being instructed in literacy in his or her native language. |
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| 233 | | - | [(b)] (c) Not later than February 1, [2016] 2023, the Commissioner of |
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| 234 | | - | Education shall submit the reading assessments and guidance |
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| 235 | | - | developed or approved under this section to the joint standing Substitute House Bill No. 6517 |
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| 159 | + | remediation of reading and language arts that includes supervised 116 |
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| 160 | + | practicum hours or student teaching experience and instruction in the 117 |
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| 161 | + | detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy 118 |
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| 162 | + | interventions for, students with dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d. 119 |
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| 163 | + | (2) On and after July 1, [2018] 2021, any [(A) certified employee 120 |
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| 164 | + | applying for a comprehensive special education or integrated early 121 |
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| 165 | + | childhood and special education endorsement, or (B)] applicant for an 122 |
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| 166 | + | initial [, provisional or professional] educator certificate [and a] with a 123 |
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| 167 | + | primary endorsement in comprehensive special education or integrated 124 |
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| 168 | + | early childhood and special education endorsement shall have 125 |
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| 169 | + | completed a program of study in the diagnosis and remediation of 126 |
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| 170 | + | reading and language arts that includes supervised practicum hours or 127 |
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| 171 | + | student teaching experience and instruction in the detection and 128 |
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| 172 | + | recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, 129 |
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| 173 | + | students with dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d. 130 |
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| 174 | + | Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) On and after January 1, 2022, 131 |
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| 175 | + | the Office of Training Compliance shall provide guidance to institutions 132 |
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| 176 | + | of higher education and other providers of educator preparation 133 |
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| 177 | + | programs on how to provide verification that any supervisor of the 134 |
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| 178 | + | practicum hours required pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of 135 |
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| 179 | + | subsection (i) of section 10-145d of the general statutes, as amended by 136 |
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| 180 | + | this act, has obtained (1) a satisfactory score on the reading instruction 137 |
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| 181 | + | examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, 138 |
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| 182 | + | or a comparable reading instruction examination with minimum 139 |
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| 183 | + | standards that are equivalent to the examination approved by the State 140 |
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| 184 | + | Board of Education on April 1, 2009, (2) a valid initial, provisional or 141 |
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| 185 | + | professional educator certificate issued by the State Board of Education, 142 |
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| 186 | + | (3) a master's degree in remedial reading or a closely related field, (4) 143 |
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| 187 | + | specific and documented knowledge about structured literacy 144 |
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| 188 | + | principles and practices, (5) training for practicum supervision, 145 |
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| 189 | + | coaching and evaluation of reading interventionalists, and (6) at least 146 |
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| 190 | + | three years of work experience in providing structured literacy 147 |
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| 191 | + | interventions for students with remedial reading needs, including, but 148 Substitute Bill No. 6517 |
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| 239 | | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters |
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| 240 | | - | relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. |
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| 241 | | - | (d) The Department of Education may, in partnership with a public |
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| 242 | | - | institution of higher education, establish a data center to guide the |
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| 243 | | - | department and local and regional boards of education in the use and |
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| 244 | | - | effectiveness of reading assessments. Such data center may include, but |
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| 245 | | - | need not be limited to, tracking (1) which reading assessments are used |
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| 246 | | - | by each regional or local board of education, and (2) student |
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| 247 | | - | information, disaggregated by categories including, but not limited to, |
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| 248 | | - | a student's demographic background, school district, reading |
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| 249 | | - | assessment dates and scores on reading assessments, provided such |
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| 250 | | - | disaggregation keeps such student information personally |
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| 251 | | - | nonidentifiable. |
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| 252 | | - | Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) On or before January 1, 2022, the |
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| 253 | | - | Department of Education shall develop or approve a voluntary family |
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| 254 | | - | history questionnaire to be distributed during the school year |
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| 255 | | - | commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, to assist in the |
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| 256 | | - | identification, in whole or in part, of students who are at risk of reading |
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| 257 | | - | proficiency challenges. |
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| 258 | | - | Sec. 9. (Effective July 1, 2021) Not later than January 1, 2022, and |
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| 259 | | - | annually thereafter until the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities, |
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| 260 | | - | established pursuant to section 1 of this act, is fully staffed, the |
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| 261 | | - | Department of Education shall submit, in accordance with the |
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| 262 | | - | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing |
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| 263 | | - | committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters |
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| 264 | | - | relating to higher education and education status reports on the |
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| 265 | | - | establishment and staffing of said office. |
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| 266 | | - | Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) Not later than January 1, 2023, |
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| 267 | | - | and annually thereafter, the Department of Education shall submit, in |
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| 268 | | - | accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, Substitute House Bill No. 6517 |
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| 196 | + | 6 of 8 |
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| 198 | + | not limited to, students with dyslexia. 149 |
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| 199 | + | (b) An institution of higher education and any other provider of an 150 |
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| 200 | + | educator preparation program shall give preference to those candidates 151 |
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| 201 | + | for a practicum supervisor position who, in addition to meeting the 152 |
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| 202 | + | qualifications specified in subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of this 153 |
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| 203 | + | section, have experience in the design, implementation or monitoring of 154 |
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| 204 | + | structured literacy interventions or previous practicum supervisor 155 |
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| 205 | + | experience. 156 |
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| 206 | + | Sec. 7. Section 10-14t of the general statutes is repealed and the 157 |
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| 207 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 158 |
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| 208 | + | (a) On or before January 1, [2016] 2022, the Department of Education 159 |
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| 209 | + | shall develop or approve reading assessments, with consideration given 160 |
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| 210 | + | to the recommendations set forth in appendix g of the final report of the 161 |
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| 211 | + | task force established pursuant to special act 19-8, for use by local and 162 |
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| 212 | + | regional boards of education, in accordance with the guidance provided 163 |
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| 213 | + | pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, for the school year 164 |
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| 214 | + | commencing July 1, [2016] 2023, and each school year thereafter, to 165 |
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| 215 | + | identify students in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, who are 166 |
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| 216 | + | below proficiency in reading, provided any reading assessments 167 |
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| 217 | + | developed or approved by the department include frequent screening 168 |
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| 218 | + | and progress monitoring of students. [Such] Each approved reading 169 |
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| 219 | + | [assessments] assessment shall (1) measure phonics through real and 170 |
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| 220 | + | pseudo words, phonemic awareness through deletion and blending, 171 |
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| 221 | + | fluency, vocabulary, [and] comprehension [,] and rapid automatic 172 |
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| 222 | + | naming, (2) provide opportunities for [periodic] formative [assessment] 173 |
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| 223 | + | assessments at least three times, in the fall, winter and spring, during 174 |
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| 224 | + | [the] each school year, (3) produce data that is useful for informing 175 |
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| 225 | + | individual and classroom instruction, including the grouping of 176 |
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| 226 | + | students based on such data and the selection of instructional activities 177 |
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| 227 | + | based on data of individual student response patterns during such 178 |
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| 228 | + | progress monitoring, (4) be compatible with best practices in reading 179 |
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| 229 | + | instruction and research, and (5) assist in identifying, in whole or in part, 180 |
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| 230 | + | students at risk for dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d, or other 181 Substitute Bill No. 6517 |
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| 272 | | - | to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having |
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| 273 | | - | cognizance of matters relating to higher education and education, a |
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| 274 | | - | report outlining (1) the outcomes of the compliance verification |
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| 275 | | - | conducted pursuant to section 2 of this act, and (2) the reading |
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| 276 | | - | assessments developed or approved and the related guidance provided |
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| 277 | | - | by the department pursuant to section 7 of this act. |
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| 236 | + | |
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| 237 | + | reading-related learning disabilities. 182 |
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| 238 | + | (b) On or before January 1, 2023, the department shall provide 183 |
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| 239 | + | guidance to local and regional boards of education for administering the 184 |
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| 240 | + | approved reading assessments, including, but not limited to, (1) 185 |
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| 241 | + | specifying the appropriate grade levels for each reading assessment, (2) 186 |
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| 242 | + | allowing approved reading assessments to be combined to ensure each 187 |
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| 243 | + | ability specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section is 188 |
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| 244 | + | measured during each school year using one or more reading 189 |
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| 245 | + | assessments appropriate for a student's grade level, (3) advising how 190 |
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| 246 | + | each board's goals, student body characteristics and resources should 191 |
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| 247 | + | inform the choice of reading assessments used by such board, (4) 192 |
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| 248 | + | advising how aggregate data derived from reading assessments should 193 |
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| 249 | + | guide each board's prevention and early intervention initiatives, and (5) 194 |
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| 250 | + | requiring the administration of approved reading assessments in both 195 |
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| 251 | + | English and a student's native language, if available, for any student 196 |
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| 252 | + | being instructed in literacy in his or her native language. 197 |
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| 253 | + | [(b)] (c) Not later than February 1, [2016] 2023, the Commissioner of 198 |
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| 254 | + | Education shall submit the reading assessments and guidance 199 |
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| 255 | + | developed or approved under this section to the joint standing 200 |
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| 256 | + | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 201 |
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| 257 | + | relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. 202 |
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| 258 | + | (d) The Department of Education may, in partnership with a public 203 |
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| 259 | + | institution of higher education, establish a data center to guide the 204 |
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| 260 | + | department and local and regional boards of education in the use and 205 |
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| 261 | + | effectiveness of reading assessments. Such data center may include, but 206 |
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| 262 | + | not be limited to, tracking (1) which reading assessments are used by 207 |
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| 263 | + | each regional or local board of education, and (2) student information, 208 |
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| 264 | + | disaggregated by categories including, but not limited to, a student's 209 |
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| 265 | + | demographic background, school district, reading assessment dates and 210 |
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| 266 | + | scores on reading assessments, provided such disaggregation keeps 211 |
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| 267 | + | such student information nonidentifiable. 212 |
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| 268 | + | Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) On or before January 1, 2022, each 213 Substitute Bill No. 6517 |
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| 275 | + | local or regional board of education shall develop a voluntary family 214 |
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| 276 | + | history questionnaire to be distributed during the school year 215 |
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| 277 | + | commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, to assist in the 216 |
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| 278 | + | identification, in whole or in part, of students who are at risk of reading 217 |
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| 279 | + | proficiency challenges. 218 |
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| 280 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 281 | + | sections: |
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| 282 | + | |
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| 283 | + | Section July 1, 2021 New section |
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| 284 | + | Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 New section |
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| 285 | + | Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 New section |
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| 286 | + | Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 New section |
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| 287 | + | Sec. 5 July 1, 2021 10-145d(i) |
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| 288 | + | Sec. 6 July 1, 2021 New section |
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| 289 | + | Sec. 7 July 1, 2021 10-14t |
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| 290 | + | Sec. 8 July 1, 2021 New section |
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| 291 | + | |
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| 292 | + | |
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| 293 | + | HED Joint Favorable Subst. |
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| 294 | + | APP Joint Favorable |
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