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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 329
5	5	June 9, 2023 - Introduced by Senators STROEBEL, JAGLER, BRADLEY and WIMBERGER,
6	6	cosponsored by Representatives KITCHENS, WITTKE, BINSFELD, NEDWESKI,
7	7	DUCHOW, DITTRICH, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, BRANDTJEN, DONOVAN, GREEN,
8	8	GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, HURD, KRUG, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, MICHALSKI, MURPHY,
9	9	O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, RETTINGER, RODRIGUEZ, ROZAR, SCHMIDT, SNYDER,
10	10	SPIROS, STEFFEN, SUMMERFIELD and TUSLER. Referred to Committee on
11	11	Education.
12	12	AN ACT to repeal 15.374 (2) and 115.39; to renumber and amend 118.19 (12);
13	13	to amend 15.01 (6), 115.28 (7) (a), 115.38 (1) (a), 118.015 (title), 118.015 (2),
14	14	118.015 (3) (a), 118.33 (6) (b) 3. and 121.02 (1) (c) 3.; to repeal and recreate
15	15	118.016; and to create 15.374 (2), 15.377 (9), 115.385 (1) (e), 115.39, 118.015
16	16	(1c), 118.015 (1m), 118.015 (5), 118.19 (12) (a) and (b), 118.33 (5m), 118.33 (6)
17	17	(a) 3., 118.33 (6) (b) 2m., 118.33 (6) (c) 3., 118.33 (6) (cr) 3. and 119.44 (2) (bm)
18	18	of the statutes; relating to: reading instruction in public schools and private
19	19	schools participating in parental choice programs, an early literacy assessment
20	20	and intervention program, providing an exemption from rule-making
21	21	procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
22	22	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
23	23	EARLY LITERACY INSTRUCTION
24	24	OFFICE OF LITERACY AND LITERACY COACHES
25	25	This bill establishes the Office of Literacy in the Department of Public
26	26	Instruction, to be led by a director who is appointed by the state superintendent of
27	27	public instruction after consultation with the Council on Early Literacy Curricula
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40	40	and subject to the advice and consent of the senate and who serves at the pleasure
41	41	of the state superintendent. Under the bill, the Office of Literacy must establish and
42	42	supervise a literacy coaching program to improve literacy outcomes in this state.
43	43	Specifically, the Office of Literacy, in consultation with cooperative educational
44	44	service agencies, must contract for up to 64 full-time equivalent literacy coaches.
45	45	Literacy coaches must demonstrate knowledge and expertise in science-based early
46	46	literacy instruction and instructional practices and have instructional experience in
47	47	grades kindergarten to 12. In addition, the Office of Literacy must provide ongoing
48	48	training on science-based early literacy instruction and instructional practices and
49	49	supervision to literacy coaches and must prohibit literacy coaches from using
50	50	three-cueing.
51	51	The bill requires the Office of Literacy to assign one-half of the literacy coaches
52	52	to schools based on pupil scores on the third grade reading assessment and one-half
53	53	of the literacy coaches to schools that request early literacy support. The latter half
54	54	of the literacy coaches must be dispersed evenly among cooperative educational
55	55	service agency regions. However, the bill prohibits assigning more than a total of 10
56	56	literacy coaches to a first class city school district and more than a total of four
57	57	literacy coaches to a school district that is not a first class city school district and
58	58	requires that no fewer than three literacy coaches be assigned to each cooperative
59	59	educational service agency region. Additionally, the Office of Literacy must ensure
60	60	that a school to which a literacy coach is assigned does not request or require that
61	61	the literacy coach perform duties outside the individual's role as a literacy coach, as
62	62	described in the bill.
63	63	Under the bill, the Office of Literacy must submit an annual report to the Joint
64	64	Committee on Finance on various aspects of the literacy coaching program during
65	65	the previous school year, including the number of literacy coaches, the number of
66	66	schools that were assigned a literacy coach, pupil scores on reading readiness
67	67	assessments and the third grade reading assessment in those schools, and
68	68	information on the training provided to the literacy coaches.
69	69	Finally, under the bill, the Office of Literacy and the literacy coaching program
70	70	sunset on July 1, 2028.
71	71	COUNCIL ON EARLY LITERACY CURRICULA; RECOMMENDED CURRICULA AND
72	72	INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
73	73	The bill creates the Council on Early Literacy Curricula in DPI to recommend
74	74	literacy curricula and instructional materials for use in grades kindergarten to
75	75	three. The council consists of nine members who have knowledge of or experience
76	76	with science-based early literacy instruction and literacy curricula. Under the bill,
77	77	the initial members of the council are appointed jointly by the state superintendent
78	78	of public instruction, the assembly speaker, and the senate majority leader, and if the
79	79	initial members are not appointed jointly within 45 days, each appointing authority
80	80	must each appoint three members. Under the bill, after the initial appointments are
81	81	made, the membership of the council is made up of three members appointed by the
82	82	state superintendent, three members appointed by the assembly speaker, and three
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87	87	Under the bill, the Council on Early Literacy Curricula must annually make
88	88	recommendations for early literacy curricula and instructional materials for use in
89	89	the following school year. The council's recommendations for curricula and
90	90	instructional materials must include all of the components of science-based early
91	91	reading instruction and may not include three-cueing. The bill defines
92	92	“science-based early reading instruction” as instruction that is systematic and
93	93	explicit and consists of the following components: phonological awareness; phonemic
94	94	awareness; phonics; building background knowledge; oral language development;
95	95	vocabulary building; instruction in writing; instruction in comprehension; and
96	96	reading fluency. Under the bill, “three-cueing” means any model, including the
97	97	model referred to as meaning, structure, and visual cues, or MSV, of teaching a pupil
98	98	to read based on meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cues or memory.
99	99	Under the bill, annually, upon receiving recommendations from the Council on
100	100	Early Literacy Curricula, DPI must submit proposed recommendations on early
101	101	literacy curricula and instructional materials to the Joint Committee on Finance.
102	102	DPI may not adopt the recommendations unless JCF approves the
103	103	recommendations. For purposes of the recommendations for the 2024-25 school
104	104	year, the initial recommendations made by the council, the bill requires that
105	105	proposed recommendations be submitted to JCF by November 1, 2023. Under the
106	106	bill, DPI must maintain a list of adopted recommendations for early literacy
107	107	curricula and instructional materials on its website.
108	108	Beginning on January 1, 2024, if a school board, charter school, or private
109	109	school participating in a parental choice program chooses to adopt an early literacy
110	110	curriculum, the school board, charter school, or private school participating in a
111	111	parental choice program must adopt an early literacy curriculum recommended by
112	112	DPI. The bill also requires DPI to award grants to school boards, independent
113	113	charter schools, and private schools participating in a choice program that adopt a
114	114	recommended early literacy curriculum on or after January 1, 2024. Under the bill,
115	115	the amount of the grant is 50 percent of the cost to purchase the recommended
116	116	literacy curriculum and instructional materials.
117	117	Beginning on the date the bill becomes law, school boards, charter schools, and
118	118	private schools participating in a parental choice program are prohibited from
119	119	purchasing curricula and instructional materials that incorporate three-cueing.
120	120	Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, the bill also prohibits public schools, including
121	121	charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice program from
122	122	providing instruction to pupils in grades kindergarten to three that incorporates
123	123	three-cueing in the core reading curriculum or in supplemental materials, including
124	124	materials used for reading intervention.
125	125	TEACHER PREPARATORY PROGRAMS AND LICENSES TO TEACH; INSTRUCTION TO TEACH
126	126	READING
127	127	Under current law, the state superintendent of public instruction is required
128	128	to prescribe standards, requirements, and procedures for the approval of teacher
129	129	preparatory programs that lead to a license issued by DPI. Under the bill, to be
130	130	approved by the state superintendent, a teacher preparatory program must
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134	134	language arts using science-based early reading instruction and that it does not
135	135	provide instruction on teaching reading and language arts that incorporates
136	136	three-cueing.
137	137	Under current law, DPI may not issue a license that authorizes the license
138	138	holder to teach reading or language arts in a prekindergarten class or in grades
139	139	kindergarten to six unless the individual has successfully completed instruction
140	140	preparing the individual to teach reading using appropriate instructional methods,
141	141	including phonics. Current law defines “phonics” as a method of teaching beginners
142	142	to read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups,
143	143	and syllables.
144	144	Under the bill, DPI may not issue a license that authorizes the license holder
145	145	to teach reading or language arts in a prekindergarten class or in grades
146	146	kindergarten to six unless the individual has successfully completed instruction
147	147	preparing the individual to teach reading using science-based early reading
148	148	instruction, as defined in the bill, that includes phonics and that does not include
149	149	three-cueing, as defined in the bill. The bill defines “phonics” as the study of the
150	150	relationships between sounds and words; this includes alphabetic principle,
151	151	decoding, orthographic knowledge, encoding, and fluency.
152	152	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
153	153	Under the bill, school boards and charter school operators must ensure that all
154	154	kindergarten to third grade teachers, principals of schools that offer grades
155	155	kindergarten to three, and reading specialists receive professional development
156	156	training in science-based early literacy instruction by no later than July 1, 2025.
157	157	Under the bill, the mandatory professional development training is the same
158	158	professional development for which American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 federal
159	159	funding was allocated. Specifically, the professional development training must be
160	160	Voyager Sopris Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS)
161	161	or another program endorsed by the Center for Effective Reading Instruction as an
162	162	accredited independent teacher training program and must be provided by the
163	163	Leadership in Literacy Institute or another provider who meets various
164	164	requirements specified in the bill. The bill also requires the same professional
165	165	development training for all faculty or academic staff of the University of Wisconsin
166	166	System who teach a course that includes curriculum in reading instruction designed
167	167	for kindergarten to third grade teachers, elementary school principals, or reading
168	168	specialists.
169	169	THIRD GRADE RETENTION POLICIES
170	170	Under the bill, by January 1, 2025, DPI must establish, by rule, a model policy
171	171	for promoting third grade pupils to the fourth grade. Under the bill, the model policy
172	172	must include various components, including 1) a requirement that a pupil who scores
173	173	in the lowest proficiency category on the third grade reading assessment be retained
174	174	in the third grade, 2) a good cause exception for certain pupils, 3) a requirement that
175	175	the school board provide intensive instructional services, progress monitoring, and
176	176	supports to a pupil who is retained under the policy, 4) written notice to the pupil's
177	177	parent, and 5) an intensive summer reading program for pupils who scored in the
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182	182	By July 1, 2025, the bill requires school boards, independent charter schools,
183	183	and private schools participating in a parental choice program to adopt written
184	184	policies for promoting a third grade pupil to the fourth grade that include all of the
185	185	components that are required to be in DPI's model policy. Additionally, beginning on
186	186	September 1, 2028, school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools
187	187	participating in a parental choice program are prohibited from promoting a third
188	188	grade pupil unless the pupil complies with their respective promotion policy. Under
189	189	current law, school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools
190	190	participating in a parental choice program must adopt written policies for promoting
191	191	pupils from grade four to grade five and from grade eight to grade nine and are
192	192	prohibited from promoting a pupil unless the pupil complies with the applicable
193	193	promotion policy.
194	194	SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL REPORT CARDS
195	195	The bill requires DPI to include in the annual school district and school
196	196	accountability report, commonly referred to as school and school district report
197	197	cards, the number and percentage of pupils who scored in the lowest proficiency
198	198	category on the third grade reading assessment. The bill requires this information
199	199	for school districts and schools that offer third grade. Under the bill, this information
200	200	must first be included in the report cards for the 2023-24 school year that are
201	201	published in the fall of the 2024-25 school year.
202	202	READING READINESS ASSESSMENTS AND INTER VENTIONS
203	203	Under current law, school boards and independent charter schools must
204	204	annually assess pupils enrolled in four-year-old kindergarten to second grade for
205	205	reading readiness using an assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the
206	206	school board or independent charter school. The selected reading readiness
207	207	assessment must evaluate whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter
208	208	sound knowledge. Current law requires a school board or independent charter school
209	209	to provide interventions or remedial reading services to a pupil if the reading
210	210	readiness assessment indicates that the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty with
211	211	interventions or remedial reading services. Current law does not define “at-risk.”
212	212	Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, the bill requires school boards and
213	213	independent charter schools to assess the early literacy skills of pupils in
214	214	four-year-old kindergarten to third grade using various assessments and to create
215	215	a personal reading plan for each pupil in five-year-old kindergarten to third grade
216	216	who is identified as at-risk based on a universal screening assessment or diagnostic
217	217	assessment. Under the bill, “at-risk” means the pupil scored below the 25th
218	218	percentile on an applicable screening assessment, as indicated by the screening
219	219	assessment publisher.
220	220	FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS SCREENING ASSESSMENTS; FOUR-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN
221	221	Under the bill, beginning in the 2024-25 school year, school boards and
222	222	independent charter schools must screen all pupils enrolled in four-year-old
223	223	kindergarten at least two times each school year using a fundamental skills
224	224	screening selected by DPI. The bill specifies that the first screening assessment must
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228	228	by no later than 45 days before the last day of school. The bill defines a “fundamental
229	229	skills screening assessment” as an assessment that evaluates a pupil's phonemic
230	230	awareness and letter sound knowledge.
231	231	UNIVERSAL SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS
232	232	Required universal screening assessments
233	233	Under the bill, beginning in the 2024-25 school year, school boards and
234	234	independent charter schools must screen all pupils enrolled in five-year-old
235	235	kindergarten to third grade at least three times each school year using a universal
236	236	screening assessment selected by DPI. The bill specifies that the first universal
237	237	screening must occur before the 46th day of the school term, the second universal
238	238	screening must occur in the middle of the school term, and the third universal
239	239	screening must occur no later than 45 days before the last day of school. The bill
240	240	defines a “universal screening assessment” as an assessment that evaluates a pupil's
241	241	skill in phonemic awareness, decoding skills, alphabet knowledge, letter sound
242	242	knowledge, and oral vocabulary.
243	243	Required diagnostic assessments
244	244	Under the bill, beginning in the 2024-25 school year, school boards and
245	245	independent charter schools must screen a pupil enrolled in five-year-old
246	246	kindergarten to third grade using a diagnostic assessment 1) if the pupil is identified
247	247	as at-risk based on the first universal screening of the school year, by no later than
248	248	the second Friday in November; 2) if the pupil is identified as at-risk based on the
249	249	second universal screening of the school year, within 10 days after the universal
250	250	screening was administered; and 3) if a teacher or parent suspects the pupil has
251	251	characteristics of dyslexia and submits a request for a diagnostic assessment, within
252	252	20 days of submitting the request. The bill defines a “diagnostic assessment” as a
253	253	tool that includes an assessment that evaluates a pupil's skill in the skills assessed
254	254	in a universal screening assessment as well as rapid naming, phonological
255	255	awareness, word recognition, spelling, vocabulary, listening comprehension, and
256	256	when developmentally appropriate, oral reading fluency and reading
257	257	comprehension, and provides the pupil's parent the opportunity to complete a family
258	258	history survey about learning difficulties in the pupil's family. If a pupil is identified
259	259	as at-risk based on a diagnostic assessment, the bill requires the school board or
260	260	independent charter school to provide information to the pupil's parent about how
261	261	to make a special education referral.
262	262	Personal reading plan; at-risk pupils
263	263	If a pupil is identified as at-risk based on a universal screening assessment or
264	264	a diagnostic assessment, the bill requires the school board or independent charter
265	265	school to create a personal reading plan for the pupil. Under the bill, a personal
266	266	reading plan must include various components related to addressing the pupil's
267	267	specific early literacy deficiencies, including interventions that will be provided to
268	268	the pupil, how the pupil's progress will be monitored, and strategies the pupil's
269	269	parent is encouraged to use to help the pupil achieve grade-level literacy skills. The
270	270	bill further requires the school board or independent charter school to 1) provide the
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275	275	practicable; 2) monitor the pupil's progress at least weekly; 3) provide a copy of the
276	276	personal reading plan to the pupil's parent; 4) obtain a copy of the reading plan
277	277	signed by the pupil's parent; and 5) after 10 weeks of providing the interventions
278	278	required in the personal reading plan, notify the pupil's parent of the pupil's
279	279	progress.
280	280	SELECTED AND APPROVED EARLY LITERACY ASSESSMENTS
281	281	Under the bill, by July 15, 2024, DPI must select a fundamental skills screening
282	282	assessment, select a universal screening assessment, and establish and maintain a
283	283	list of approved diagnostic assessments on its website. DPI must also submit a list
284	284	of the selected and approved assessments to the appropriate standing committees of
285	285	the legislature. Under the bill, DPI may only approve an early literacy assessment
286	286	if the assessment has a sensitivity rate of at least 70 percent, has a specificity rate
287	287	of at least 80 percent, and includes a growth measure.
288	288	STATE FUNDING FOR EARLY LITERACY ASSESSMENTS
289	289	Under the bill, DPI must pay each school board and independent charter school
290	290	for the per pupil cost of each early literacy assessment required to be administered
291	291	under the bill. However, beginning in the 2025-26 school year, a school board or
292	292	independent charter school is eligible for the state funding provided in the bill only
293	293	if the school board or independent charter school submits an annual report to DPI
294	294	and in that report indicates that the school board or charter school used only selected
295	295	or approved early literacy assessments in the previous school year. Under current
296	296	law, DPI pays school boards and independent charter schools for the per pupil cost
297	297	of the reading readiness assessment selected by the school board or independent
298	298	charter school.
299	299	PARENT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
300	300	Under the bill, a school board or independent charter school must provide a
301	301	pupil's results on an early literacy assessment to the pupil's parent by no later than
302	302	15 days after the applicable assessment is scored. The results provided to the parent
303	303	must be in the parent's native language and must include the pupil's overall score,
304	304	the pupil's score on each literacy skill category assessed by the assessment, the
305	305	pupil's percentile rank score, if available, the score on the assessment that indicates
306	306	a pupil is at-risk, and a plain language explanation of the literacy skills that were
307	307	evaluated by the assessment. In addition, if a school board or independent charter
308	308	school is required to screen a pupil using a diagnostic assessment, the school board
309	309	or independent charter school must provide the pupil's parent with information
310	310	related to characteristics of dyslexia, including information about the common
311	311	indicators of characteristics of dyslexia and appropriate interventions and
312	312	accommodations for pupils with characteristics of dyslexia.
313	313	The bill also requires each school board and independent charter school to have
314	314	an early literacy remediation plan. An early literacy remediation plan must include
315	315	information about assessments used to identify at-risk pupils, the interventions
316	316	used to address characteristics of dyslexia, and monitoring pupil progress related to
317	317	early literacy skills. Under the bill, each school district and independent charter
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321	321	Under current law, a school board or independent charter school must report
322	322	the results of a reading readiness assessment to a pupil's parent. Current law does
323	323	not provide a deadline by which the reading readiness results must be provided to
324	324	parents.
325	325	REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
326	326	Under the bill, school boards and independent charter schools must annually,
327	327	by July 15, report to DPI 1) the number of pupils who were identified as at-risk based
328	328	on early literacy assessments administered in the previous school year; 2) the
329	329	number of five-year-old kindergarten to third grade pupils who began receiving
330	330	literacy interventions or remedial reading services in the previous school year, by
331	331	grade; 3) the total number of five-year-old kindergarten to third grade pupils who
332	332	received literacy interventions or remedial reading services in the previous school
333	333	year; 4) the number of five-year-old kindergarten to third grade pupils who exited
334	334	literacy interventions in the previous school year; and 5) the number of pupils for
335	335	whom a special education referral was made based on the results of a diagnostic
336	336	assessment. The school board or independent charter school must also report the
337	337	names of the diagnostic assessments the school board or independent charter school
338	338	used to assess pupils in the previous school year. Annually, by November 30, DPI
339	339	must compile the information it receives from school boards and independent charter
340	340	schools and submit a report to the legislature.
341	341	ENFORCEMENT
342	342	The bill allows the parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in four-year-old
343	343	kindergarten to third grade in a school district or independent charter school to file
344	344	a complaint with DPI if the parent or guardian believes that the school board or
345	345	independent charter school operator is not in compliance with requirements in the
346	346	bill. Under the bill, DPI must issue a determination on whether the school board or
347	347	independent charter school is in compliance and, if the school board or independent
348	348	charter school is not in compliance, describe the actions that must be taken for the
349	349	school board or independent charter school to be in compliance with the applicable
350	350	requirements. If a school board or independent charter school continues to fail to
351	351	comply with the requirements in the bill, the bill allows an individual who filed a
352	352	complaint with DPI to bring an action in circuit court to compel the school board or
353	353	independent charter school to comply with the requirements created in the bill.
354	354	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
355	355	printed as an appendix to this bill.
356	356	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
357	357	enact as follows:
358	358	SECTION 1. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:1 - 9 -2023 - 2024 Legislature
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363	363	15.01 (6) “Division," “bureau," “section," and “unit" means the subunits of a
364	364	department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created
365	365	by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and
366	366	efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department
367	367	or independent agency. The office of credit unions in the department of financial
368	368	institutions, the office of the inspector general in the department of children and
369	369	families, the office of the inspector general in the department of health services, and
370	370	the office of children's mental health in the department of health services have the
371	371	meaning of “division" under this subsection. The office of the long-term care
372	372	ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term care and the office of
373	373	educational accountability and the office of literacy in the department of public
374	374	instruction have the meaning of “bureau" under this subsection.
375	375	SECTION 2. 15.374 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
376	376	15.374 (2) OFFICE OF LITERACY. There is created an office of literacy, to be known
377	377	as the Wisconsin Reading Center, in the department of public instruction. The
378	378	director of the office shall be nominated by the state superintendent of public
379	379	instruction after consultation with the council on early literacy curricula, and with
380	380	the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the pleasure of the state
381	381	superintendent of public instruction.
382	382	SECTION 3. 15.374 (2) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
383	383	act), is repealed.
384	384	SECTION 4. 15.377 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
385	385	15.377 (9) COUNCIL ON EARLY LITERACY CURRICULA. (a) There is created in the
386	386	department of public instruction a council on early literacy curricula composed of 9
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415	415	instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), and literacy curricula for pupils in grades
416	416	kindergarten to 3. The members of the council shall be appointed for staggered
417	417	3-year terms, as follows:.
418	418	1. Three members appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
419	419	2. Three members appointed by the senate majority leader.
420	420	3. Three members appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction.
421	421	(b) An individual may not serve as a member of the council under this
422	422	subsection if any of the following applies:
423	423	1. The individual has a financial interest in an entity that develops, sells, or
424	424	markets a product to assess reading ability.
425	425	2. The individual has a financial interest in an entity that develops, sells, or
426	426	markets a product specifically intended to be used to teach reading.
427	427	3. The individual has a financial interest in an entity that develops, sells, or
428	428	markets a product to treat reading difficulties.
429	429	(c) For purposes of par. (b), “financial interest in an entity” includes all of the
430	430	following:
431	431	1. A direct or indirect ownership interest in the entity.
432	432	2. Receiving income from the entity during the 12 months preceding the
433	433	consideration for appointment under par. (a).
434	434	SECTION 5. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
435	435	115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state; make rules
436	436	establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and
437	437	licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.191,
438	438	118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, 118.195, and 118.197; prescribe by rule
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468	468	SENATE BILL 329
469	469	programs leading to licensure, including a requirement that, to be approved by the
470	470	state superintendent, a teacher preparatory program shall demonstrate that it
471	471	provides instruction that prepares teachers to teach reading and language arts using
472	472	science-based early reading instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), and does not
473	473	provide instruction on teaching reading and language arts that incorporates
474	474	3-cueing, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (c), and a requirement that, beginning on July
475	475	1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each teacher preparatory program located in this
476	476	state shall submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the
477	477	program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure under this
478	478	subsection, together with each individual's date of program completion, from each
479	479	term or semester of the program's most recently completed academic year; file in the
480	480	state superintendent's office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses; and
481	481	register each such license.
482	482	SECTION 6. 115.38 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
483	483	115.38 (1) (a) Indicators of academic achievement, including the performance
484	484	of pupils on the tests administered under s. 121.02 (1) (r), the performance of pupils
485	485	on assessments required under s. 118.016 (3), and the performance of pupils, by
486	486	subject area, on the statewide assessment examinations administered under s.
487	487	118.30.
488	488	SECTION 7. 115.385 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
489	489	115.385 (1) (e) For a school district other than a union high school district and
490	490	for each school that offers grade 3 in that school district, the number and percentage
491	491	of pupils who scored in the lowest proficiency category on the standardized reading
492	492	test administered under s. 121.02 (1) (r).
493	493	SECTION 8. 115.39 of the statutes is created to read:
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520	520	SECTION 8 SENATE BILL 329
521	521	115.39 Literacy coaching program. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
522	522	(a) “CESA region” means the geographic territory within the boundaries of a
523	523	cooperative educational service agency.
524	524	(b) “Eligible school” means any of the following that does not provide
525	525	instruction that incorporates 3-cueing, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (c), in the core
526	526	reading curriculum for grades kindergarten to 3:
527	527	1. A public school, including a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r)
528	528	or (2x).
529	529	2. A private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
530	530	(c) “Office” means the office of literacy in the department.
531	531	(2) LITERACY COACHING PROGRAM. The office shall establish and supervise an
532	532	early literacy coaching program to improve literacy outcomes in this state. As part
533	533	of the early literacy coaching program established under this subsection, the office
534	534	shall, in consultation with cooperative educational service agencies, do all of the
535	535	following:
536	536	(a) Contract with individuals who demonstrate knowledge and expertise in
537	537	science-based early literacy instruction and instructional practices, and have
538	538	instructional experience in grades kindergarten to 12 to serve as literacy coaches.
539	539	The office may not contract for more than 64 full-time equivalent positions under
540	540	this paragraph.
541	541	(b) Provide ongoing training on science-based early literacy instruction and
542	542	instructional practices and supervision to individuals with whom the office contracts
543	543	under par. (a).
544	544	(c) Prohibit literacy coaches from using or promoting instruction that includes
545	545	3-cueing, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (c).
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575	575	(3) PARTICIPATION; SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) The office shall assign
576	576	one-half of the number of literacy coaches under sub. (2) (a) as follows:
577	577	1. Based on scores of the standardized reading test administered to pupils
578	578	during the prior school year under s. 121.02 (1) (r), the office shall identify the 50
579	579	eligible schools that had the lowest percentage of pupils score as proficient in reading
580	580	at grade level and the 50 eligible schools that had the largest gap in pupils who scored
581	581	as proficient in reading at grade level.
582	582	2. a. Subject to par. (c) and subd. 2. b., from the eligible schools identified under
583	583	subd. 1., the office shall select the eligible schools that the office determines have the
584	584	greatest need for early literacy instructional coaching and shall assign at least one
585	585	but no more than 3 eligible schools selected under this subdivision to each full-time
586	586	equivalent literacy coach.
587	587	b. From the eligible schools identified under subd. 1., the office shall select at
588	588	least two eligible schools that are private schools participating in a program under
589	589	s. 118.60 or 119.23.
590	590	(b) The office shall assign one-half of the number of literacy coaches under sub.
591	591	(2) (a), in consultation with cooperative educational service agencies, to eligible
592	592	schools that request early literacy support. The office shall assign literacy coaches
593	593	under this paragraph in a manner that allocates the literacy coaches evenly across
594	594	CESA regions.
595	595	(c) 1. The total number of full-time equivalent literacy coaches assigned under
596	596	pars. (a) and (b) to eligible schools located within the geographical boundaries of a
597	597	school district may not exceed the following:
598	598	a. For a first class city school district, 10.
599	599	b. For a school district other than a first class city school district, 4.
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627	627	2. The total number of full-time equivalent literacy coaches assigned under
628	628	pars. (a) and (b) to eligible schools located within a CESA region may not be fewer
629	629	than 3.
630	630	(d) The office shall ensure that a school assigned a literacy coach under par. (a)
631	631	or (b) does not request or require that the literacy coach perform duties outside the
632	632	individual's role as a literacy coach. For purposes of this paragraph, the role of a
633	633	literacy coach is to provide support to administrators, school-based literacy coaches,
634	634	principals, and teachers to build teacher and school capacity to teach reading and
635	635	language arts using science-based early reading instruction, as defined in s. 118.015
636	636	(1c) (b), in order to increase the percentage of pupils who are reading at grade level
637	637	by the end of grade 3.
638	638	(4) REPORT. By October 15, 2024, and by each October 15 thereafter, the office
639	639	shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that includes at least all of
640	640	the following for the previous school year:
641	641	(a) The number of literacy coaches assigned to schools under sub. (3) (a) and
642	642	(b).
643	643	(b) The number of schools that were assigned a literacy coach under sub. (3) (a)
644	644	and the number of schools that were assigned a literacy coach under sub. (3) (b).
645	645	(c) The number of contracts that the office entered into under sub. (2) (a) and
646	646	the number of contracts under sub. (2) (a) that were terminated.
647	647	(d) The number of requests submitted for a literacy coach under sub. (3) (b).
648	648	(e) The results of the standardized reading test administered under s. 121.02
649	649	(1) (r) and assessments under s. 118.016 in schools that were assigned a literacy
650	650	coach under sub. (3) (a) or (b).
651	651	(f) A description of the training provided under sub. (2) (b).
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681	681	(g) For the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, the number of individuals who
682	682	completed the mandatory professional development training under 2023 Wisconsin
683	683	Act .... (this act), section 27 (2).
684	684	SECTION 9. 115.39 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
685	685	act), is repealed.
686	686	SECTION 10. 118.015 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
687	687	118.015 (title) Reading instruction; early literacy curricula and
688	688	instructional materials.
689	689	SECTION 11. 118.015 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:
690	690	118.015 (1c) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
691	691	(a) “Phonics” means the study of the relationships between sounds and words;
692	692	this includes alphabetic principle, decoding, orthographic knowledge, encoding, and
693	693	fluency.
694	694	(b) “Science-based early reading instruction” means instruction that is
695	695	systematic and explicit and consists of at least all of the following:
696	696	1. Phonological awareness, including word awareness, rhyme recognition,
697	697	repetition and creation of alliteration, syllable counting or identification, onset, and
698	698	rime manipulation.
699	699	2. Phonemic awareness, including phoneme identification, isolation, blending,
700	700	segmentation, addition, substitution, and deletion.
701	701	3. Phonics.
702	702	4. Building background knowledge.
703	703	5. Oral language development.
704	704	6. Vocabulary building to develop lexical and morphological knowledge.
705	705	7. Instruction in writing.
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733	733	8. Instruction in comprehension.
734	734	9. Reading fluency.
735	735	(c) “Three-cueing” means any model, including the model referred to as
736	736	meaning, structure, and visual cues, or MSV, of teaching a pupil to read based on
737	737	meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cues or memory.
738	738	SECTION 12. 118.015 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
739	739	118.015 (1m) EARLY LITERACY CURRICULA AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. (a)
740	740	Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and annually thereafter, the council on early
741	741	literacy curricula shall recommend to the department early literacy curricula and
742	742	instructional materials for use in the following school year in grades kindergarten
743	743	to 3. The council on early literacy curricula may recommend only early literacy
744	744	curricula and instructional materials that satisfy the following criteria:
745	745	1. The curricula and instructional materials include all of the components of
746	746	science-based early reading instruction.
747	747	2. The curricula and instructional materials do not include 3-cueing.
748	748	(b) 1. By no later than 30 days after the department receives recommendations
749	749	under par. (a), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance
750	750	proposed recommendations on early literacy curricula and instructional materials
751	751	that satisfy the criteria under par. (a) 1. and 2. for use in the following school year.
752	752	If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department
753	753	within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the proposed
754	754	recommendations that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the
755	755	proposed recommendations, the department shall adopt the proposed
756	756	recommendations for use in the following school year. If, within 14 working days
757	757	after the date of the submittal of the proposed recommendations, the cochairpersons
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787	787	of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting
788	788	to review the proposed recommendations, the department may not adopt the
789	789	proposed recommendations unless the committee approves or modifies the proposed
790	790	recommendations. If the committee modifies the plan, the department may adopt
791	791	the recommendations only as modified by the committee.
792	792	2. The department shall maintain on its website a current list of the early
793	793	literacy curricula and instructional materials recommendations adopted under this
794	794	paragraph.
795	795	(c) 1. Beginning on January 1, 2024, if a school board, operator of a charter
796	796	school, or governing body of a private school participating in a program under s.
797	797	118.60 or 119.23 adopts a new literacy curriculum for use in grades kindergarten to
798	798	3, the school board, operator, or governing body shall adopt a literacy curriculum
799	799	from the recommendations adopted under par. (b).
800	800	2. The department shall award grants to reimburse school boards, operators
801	801	of charter schools, and governing bodies of private schools participating in a program
802	802	under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that adopt a literacy curriculum from the recommendations
803	803	adopted under par. (b) after January 1, 2024. A grant under this subdivision shall
804	804	be an amount equal to one-half of the costs of purchasing the literacy curriculum and
805	805	instructional materials adopted from the recommendations adopted under par. (b).
806	806	If the amount appropriated for this purpose is insufficient to pay the full amount to
807	807	all grant recipients under this subdivision, the department shall prorate the grant
808	808	awards among all grant recipients.
809	809	(d) Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], no
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837	837	private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 may purchase
838	838	curricula or instructional materials that include 3-cueing.
839	839	SECTION 13. 118.015 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
840	840	118.015 (2) EMPLOYMENT OF READING SPECIALISTS. Each school district shall
841	841	employ a reading specialist certified by the department to develop and coordinate a
842	842	comprehensive reading curriculum in grades kindergarten to 12. At the discretion
843	843	of the state superintendent, a school district may contract with other school districts
844	844	or cooperative educational service agencies to employ a certified reading specialist
845	845	on a cooperative basis.
846	846	SECTION 14. 118.015 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
847	847	118.015 (3) (a) Develop and implement Implement a reading curriculum in
848	848	grades kindergarten to 12.
849	849	SECTION 15. 118.015 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
850	850	118.015 (5) PROHIBITED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES; 3-CUEING. Beginning in the
851	851	2024-25 school year, no public school, including a charter school, may provide
852	852	instruction that incorporates 3-cueing in the core reading curriculum for grades
853	853	kindergarten to 3 or in supplemental materials, including materials used for reading
854	854	intervention, for pupils in grades kindergarten to 3.
855	855	SECTION 16. 118.016 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
856	856	118.016 Reading readiness assessments; characteristics of dyslexia.
857	857	(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
858	858	(a) “At-risk” means a pupil scored below the 25th percentile on a universal
859	859	screening assessment or diagnostic assessment, as indicated by the publisher of the
860	860	assessment.
861	861	(b) “Diagnostic assessment” means a tool that includes all of the following:
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891	891	1. An assessment that evaluates a pupil's skill in the areas listed in par. (L) 1.
892	892	to 5., rapid naming, phonological awareness, word recognition, spelling, vocabulary,
893	893	listening comprehension, and, when developmentally appropriate for the pupil, oral
894	894	reading fluency and reading comprehension.
895	895	2. An opportunity for a pupil's parent to complete a family history survey to
896	896	provide additional information about learning difficulties in the pupil's family.
897	897	(c) “Dyslexia” means a specific learning disability that is all of the following:
898	898	1. Neurobiological in origin.
899	899	2. Characterized by difficulties with accurate and fluent word recognition and
900	900	poor spelling and decoding abilities that typically result from a deficit in the
901	901	phonological component of language. Consequences of these difficulties may include
902	902	problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that may
903	903	impede vocabulary growth and background knowledge.
904	904	3. Often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities.
905	905	(d) “Family history survey” means a questionnaire that includes questions
906	906	about previous recommendations for summer reading support or outside tutoring,
907	907	general interest in reading and books, family history of characteristics of dyslexia,
908	908	and any known family struggles in reading or spelling.
909	909	(e) “Fidelity” means to perform in the manner that the author or publisher of
910	910	a program or assessment intends.
911	911	(f) “Fundamental skills screening assessment” means an assessment that
912	912	evaluates whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound
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939	939	(g) “Inadequate rate of progress” means a pupil's rate of improvement that is
940	940	minimal and that with continued intervention the pupil is unlikely to demonstrate
941	941	grade-level skills by the end of the school year.
942	942	(h) “Independent charter school” means a charter school established under s.
943	943	118.40 (2r) or (2x).
944	944	(i) “Intervention” means an intervention that is all of the following:
945	945	1. Explicit, direct instruction that is systematic, sequential, and cumulative
946	946	and follows a logical plan of presenting the area of deficit that targets the specific
947	947	needs of the pupil without presuming prior skills or knowledge of the pupil.
948	948	2. Individualized instruction to meet the specific needs of a pupil in a setting
949	949	that uses intensive, highly concentrated instruction methods and materials that
950	950	maximize pupil engagement.
951	951	3. Instruction that incorporates the simultaneous use of 2 or more sensory
952	952	pathways during teacher presentations and pupil practice.
953	953	(j) “Parent” has the meaning given in s. 115.76 (12) (a).
954	954	(k) “Reading readiness assessment” means a fundamental skills screening
955	955	assessment, universal screening assessment, or diagnostic assessment.
956	956	(L) “Universal screening assessment” means an assessment that evaluates a
957	957	pupil's skill in all of the following areas:
958	958	1. Phonemic awareness.
959	959	2. Decoding skills.
960	960	3. Alphabet knowledge.
961	961	4. Letter sound knowledge.
962	962	5. Oral Vocabulary.
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991	991	(2) FOUR-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN; SCREENING REQUIREMENT. Each school board
992	992	and the operator of each independent charter school shall annually assess the early
993	993	literacy skills of each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten in the school district
994	994	or in the independent charter school at least 2 times during the school year using a
995	995	fundamental skills screening assessment selected by the department. The school
996	996	board or operator of the independent charter school shall ensure that the first
997	997	screening assessment is administered before the 45th day after the first day of the
998	998	school term and that the 2nd screening assessment is administered by the date that
999	999	is 45 days before the last day of the school term. The school board or operator of the
1000	1000	independent charter school shall ensure that assessments required under this
1001	1001	subsection are administered with fidelity.
1002	1002	(3) EARLY LITERACY ASSESSMENTS; 5-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN TO 3RD GRADE. Each
1003	1003	school board and the operator of each independent charter school shall annually
1004	1004	assess the early literacy skills of each pupil enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to
1005	1005	3rd grade in the school district or in the independent charter school as follows:
1006	1006	(a) Universal screenings. Screen the pupil at least 3 times during the school
1007	1007	year using a universal screening assessment selected by the department. The school
1008	1008	board or operator of the independent charter school shall ensure that the universal
1009	1009	screening assessments are administered at the following times during the school
1010	1010	year:
1011	1011	1. The first universal screening assessment is administered before the 45th day
1012	1012	after the first day of the school term.
1013	1013	2. The 2nd universal screening assessment is administered in the middle of the
1014	1014	school term, as determined by the school board or operator of the independent
1015	1015	charter school.
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1043	1043	3. The 3rd universal screening assessment is administered by the date that is
1044	1044	45 days before the last day of the school term.
1045	1045	(b) Diagnostic assessment. Assess a pupil using a diagnostic assessment as
1046	1046	follows:
1047	1047	1. No later than the 2nd Friday of November if a universal screening
1048	1048	assessment administered under par. (a) 1. indicates that the pupil is at-risk.
1049	1049	2. Within 10 days after a universal screening assessment is administered
1050	1050	under par. (a) 2. if the universal screening assessment indicates that the pupil is
1051	1051	at-risk.
1052	1052	3. Within 20 days after a teacher or parent who suspects that the pupil has
1053	1053	characteristics of dyslexia submits a request for a diagnostic assessment.
1054	1054	(c) Administering assessments with fidelity. Ensure that each assessment
1055	1055	required under this subsection is administered with fidelity.
1056	1056	(4) PARENTAL NOTIFICATION. (a) Assessment results. A school board or operator
1057	1057	of an independent charter school shall provide the results of a reading readiness
1058	1058	assessment, in writing, to a pupil's parent no later than 15 days after the reading
1059	1059	readiness assessment is scored. For purposes of providing results of a reading
1060	1060	readiness assessment under this paragraph, a school board or operator of an
1061	1061	independent charter school shall provide at least all of the following to a pupil's
1062	1062	parent in the native language of the pupil's parent:
1063	1063	1. The pupil's score on the reading readiness assessment.
1064	1064	2. The pupil's score in each early literacy skill category assessed by the reading
1065	1065	readiness assessment.
1066	1066	3. The pupil's percentile rank score on the reading readiness assessment, if
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1097	1097	4. The definition of “at-risk” and the score on the reading readiness assessment
1098	1098	that would indicate that a pupil is at-risk.
1099	1099	5. A plain language description of the literacy skills the reading readiness
1100	1100	assessment is designed to measure.
1101	1101	(b) Special education information. If a diagnostic assessment indicates that a
1102	1102	pupil is at-risk, a school board or operator of an independent charter school shall
1103	1103	include information about how to make a special education referral under s. 115.777
1104	1104	with the diagnostic assessment results provided to the parent under par. (a).
1105	1105	(c) Dyslexia information; certain pupils. If a school board or operator of an
1106	1106	independent charter school is required to assess a pupil's early literacy skills using
1107	1107	a diagnostic assessment, a school board or operator of an independent charter school
1108	1108	shall provide all of the following, in writing, to the pupil's parent:
1109	1109	1. A description of the common indicators and characteristics of dyslexia.
1110	1110	2. Information about appropriate interventions and accommodations for pupils
1111	1111	with characteristics of dyslexia.
1112	1112	(d) Early literacy remediation plan; availability. A school board or operator of
1113	1113	an independent charter school shall post its early literacy remediation plan, as
1114	1114	established under sub. (6), on the school district's or independent charter school's
1115	1115	website.
1116	1116	(5) INTERVENTIONS; AT-RISK PUPILS. (a) Personal reading plans. If a pupil
1117	1117	enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade is identified as at-risk based on a
1118	1118	universal screening assessment or diagnostic assessment, the school board of the
1119	1119	school district or operator of the independent charter school in which the pupil is
1120	1120	enrolled shall do all of the following:
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1147	1147	1. Create a personal reading plan for the pupil that includes at least all of the
1148	1148	following:
1149	1149	a. The pupil's specific early literacy skill deficiencies, as identified by the
1150	1150	applicable assessment.
1151	1151	b. Goals and benchmarks for the pupil's progress toward grade-level literacy
1152	1152	skills.
1153	1153	c. How the pupil's progress will be monitored.
1154	1154	d. A description of the interventions and any additional instructional services
1155	1155	that will be provided to the pupil to address the pupil's early literacy skill
1156	1156	deficiencies.
1157	1157	e. The programming using science-based early reading instruction, as defined
1158	1158	in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), that the pupil's teacher will use to provide reading instruction
1159	1159	to the pupil, addressing the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
1160	1160	vocabulary, and comprehension.
1161	1161	f. Strategies the pupil's parent is encouraged to use to help the pupil achieve
1162	1162	grade-level literacy skills.
1163	1163	g. Any additional services available and appropriate to accelerate the pupil's
1164	1164	early literacy skill development.
1165	1165	2. Provide the interventions described in the pupil's personal reading plan to
1166	1166	the pupil, as soon as practicable.
1167	1167	3. Monitor the pupil's progress at least weekly using the method described in
1168	1168	the pupil's personal reading plan to determine whether the pupil demonstrates an
1169	1169	inadequate rate of progress.
1170	1170	4. Provide a copy of the pupil's personal reading plan to the pupil's parent and
1171	1171	obtain a copy of the pupil's personal reading plan signed by the pupil's parent.
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1201	1201	5. After providing the interventions described in the pupil's personal reading
1202	1202	plan to the pupil for 10 weeks, notify the pupil's parent of the pupil's progress, as
1203	1203	determined under the pupil's personal reading plan.
1204	1204	(b) Deadlines for plan creation. If a school board or operator of an independent
1205	1205	charter school is required to create a personal reading plan for a pupil under par. (a)
1206	1206	1., the school board or operator shall prepare the personal reading plan as follows:
1207	1207	1. If the pupil is identified as at-risk based on a universal screening assessment
1208	1208	administered under sub. (3) (a) 1. or based on a diagnostic assessment administered
1209	1209	under sub. (3) (b) 1., no later than the 3rd Friday of November.
1210	1210	2. If the pupil is identified as at-risk based on a universal screening assessment
1211	1211	administered under sub. (3) (a) 2. or 3. or based on a diagnostic assessment
1212	1212	administered under sub. (3) (b) 2. or 3., within 10 days after the applicable screening
1213	1213	assessment is administered.
1214	1214	(c) Inadequate rate of progress. For purposes of determining whether a pupil
1215	1215	demonstrates an inadequate rate of progress under par. (a) 3., a school board or
1216	1216	operator of an independent charter school shall determine whether the pupil is likely
1217	1217	to demonstrate grade-level skills by the end of the school year by assessing one of
1218	1218	the following:
1219	1219	1. For a pupil enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten, nonword or nonsense word
1220	1220	fluency and phoneme segmentation fluency.
1221	1221	2. For a pupil enrolled in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade, oral reading fluency.
1222	1222	(6) EARLY LITERACY REMEDIATION PLAN; SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INDEPENDENT CHARTER
1223	1223	SCHOOL. A school board or operator of an independent charter school shall establish
1224	1224	an early literacy remediation plan for grades 5-year-old kindergarten to 3 that
1225	1225	includes all of the following:
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1253	1253	(a) The assessments the school board or operator of the independent charter
1254	1254	school uses to satisfy the requirements under sub. (3).
1255	1255	(b) A description of the interventions the school board or operator of the
1256	1256	independent charter school uses to address characteristics of dyslexia.
1257	1257	(c) A description of how the school board or operator of the independent charter
1258	1258	school monitors pupil progress during interventions, including the frequency of
1259	1259	monitoring pupil progress during interventions and any assessment tools used to
1260	1260	monitor pupil progress during interventions.
1261	1261	(d) How the school board or operator of the independent charter school uses
1262	1262	results of assessments required under sub. (3) to evaluate early literacy instruction
1263	1263	being provided in the school district or at the independent charter school.
1264	1264	(e) A parent notification policy that complies with subs. (4) and (5) (a) 4. and
1265	1265	5.
1266	1266	(7) REPORTING ASSESSMENT DATA. By no later than July 15, 2025, and each July
1267	1267	15 thereafter, a school board shall report for each school and for the school district,
1268	1268	and the operator of an independent charter school shall report for the independent
1269	1269	charter school, all of the following to the department:
1270	1270	(a) The number of pupils who were identified as at-risk as the result of a
1271	1271	fundamental skills screening assessment administered in the previous school year.
1272	1272	(b) The number of pupils who were identified as at-risk as the result of a
1273	1273	universal screening assessment administered in the previous school year.
1274	1274	(c) The number of pupils who were identified as at-risk as the result of a
1275	1275	diagnostic assessment administered in the previous school year.
1276	1276	(d) The names of the diagnostic assessments used to assess pupils in the
1277	1277	previous school year.
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1307	1307	(e) The number of pupils enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade who
1308	1308	began receiving interventions during the previous school year, by grade.
1309	1309	(f) The total number of pupils enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade
1310	1310	who received interventions under a personal reading plan during the previous school
1311	1311	year.
1312	1312	(g) The number of pupils enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade who
1313	1313	exited interventions during the previous school year, by grade.
1314	1314	(h) The number of pupils for whom a referral under s. 115.777 was made during
1315	1315	the previous school year based on diagnostic assessment results provided to a parent
1316	1316	under sub. (4) (a).
1317	1317	(8) DEPARTMENT; DUTIES. (a) Selected and approved reading readiness
1318	1318	assessments. 1. By no later than July 15, 2024, and subject to subd. 2., the
1319	1319	department shall select a fundamental skills screening assessment and a universal
1320	1320	screening assessment, and establish and maintain a list of diagnostic assessments
1321	1321	that are approved by the department for use under this section.
1322	1322	2. The department may select or approve an assessment under subd. 1. only
1323	1323	if the assessment meets all of the following criteria:
1324	1324	a. The assessment has a sensitivity rate of at least 70 percent.
1325	1325	b. The assessment has a specificity rate of at least 80 percent.
1326	1326	c. The assessment includes a growth measure.
1327	1327	3. The department shall publish a list of the assessments selected or approved
1328	1328	under subd. 1. on its website and submit the lists of approved assessments to the
1329	1329	appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). If the
1330	1330	department modifies a list under subd. 1., the department shall submit the modified
1331	1331	list to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
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1359	1359	(b) Reports to the legislature. By November 30, 2025, and by each November
1360	1360	30 thereafter, the department shall compile the information it receives under sub.
1361	1361	(7) and submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature
1362	1362	under s. 13.172 (3) that includes the number of pupils identified as at-risk in the
1363	1363	previous school year, by school and by school district.
1364	1364	(9) STATE AID. (a) Payment for costs. From the appropriation under s. 20.255
1365	1365	(1) (f) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay a school board or operator of
1366	1366	an independent charter school the per pupil cost of each reading readiness
1367	1367	assessment required to be administered under sub. (2) or (3). Beginning in the
1368	1368	2025-26 school year, the department may pay a school board or operator of an
1369	1369	independent charter school under this paragraph only if the school board or operator
1370	1370	of the independent charter school does all of the following:
1371	1371	1. Submits the report required under sub. (7) for the previous school year.
1372	1372	2. In the report required under sub. (7) for the previous school year, indicates
1373	1373	that the school board or operator of the independent charter school used only reading
1374	1374	readiness assessments selected or approved under sub. (8) (a) for that school year.
1375	1375	(b) Proration. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) in any fiscal year is
1376	1376	insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under par. (a), the department shall prorate
1377	1377	state aid payments among the school boards and operators of independent charter
1378	1378	schools entitled to the aid.
1379	1379	(10) ENFORCEMENT. (a) If a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in 4-year-old
1380	1380	kindergarten to 3rd grade in a school district or independent charter school believes
1381	1381	that the school board or operator of the independent charter school is not in
1382	1382	compliance with this section, the parent or guardian may file a complaint with the
1383	1383	department that describes the specific manner in which the school board or operator
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1413	1413	is not in compliance with this section. The department shall review a complaint
1414	1414	received under this paragraph and issue a determination on whether the school
1415	1415	board or operator is in compliance with this section. If the department determines
1416	1416	that a school board or operator of an independent charter school is not in compliance
1417	1417	with this section, the department shall notify the school board or operator of its
1418	1418	determination and shall include in the notice the specific actions required for the
1419	1419	school board or operator to be in compliance with this section.
1420	1420	(b) If the department determines under par. (a) that a school board or operator
1421	1421	of an independent charter school is not in compliance with this section and the school
1422	1422	board or operator continues to fail to comply with this section, the complainant under
1423	1423	par. (a) may bring an action for injunctive relief or a writ of mandamus in circuit court
1424	1424	to compel the school board to comply with this section.
1425	1425	(11) RULES. The department may promulgate rules under this section only on
1426	1426	the following:
1427	1427	(a) A process to select or approve assessments under sub. (8) (a).
1428	1428	(b) A process to request that a specific diagnostic assessment be approved by
1429	1429	the department.
1430	1430	SECTION 17. 118.19 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 118.19 (12) (intro.) and
1431	1431	amended to read:
1432	1432	118.19 (12) (intro.) Beginning on July 1, 1998, the The department may not
1433	1433	issue a license that authorizes the holder to teach reading or language arts to pupils
1434	1434	in any prekindergarten class or in any of the grades from kindergarten to 6 unless
1435	1435	the applicant has successfully completed instruction preparing the applicant to
1436	1436	teach reading and language arts using appropriate instructional methods, including
1437	1437	phonics. The phonics instruction need not be provided as a separate course. In this
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1465	1465	subsection, “phonics" means a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce
1466	1466	words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups and syllables. that
1467	1467	satisfies all of the following:
1468	1468	SECTION 18. 118.19 (12) (a) and (b) of the statutes are created to read:
1469	1469	118.19 (12) (a) The instruction prepared the applicant to teach reading and
1470	1470	language arts using science-based early reading instruction, as defined in s. 118.015
1471	1471	(1c) (b).
1472	1472	(b) For licenses issued on or after July 1, 2026, the instruction did not include
1473	1473	3-cueing, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (c), as a method to teach reading and language
1474	1474	arts.
1475	1475	SECTION 19. 118.33 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
1476	1476	118.33 (5m) By January 1, 2025, the department shall establish by rule a
1477	1477	model policy for promoting a pupil from the 3rd grade to the 4th grade that includes
1478	1478	retention based on the pupil's score on the examination under s. 121.02 (1) (r). The
1479	1479	department shall include in the model policy at least all of the following:
1480	1480	(a) A requirement that a pupil who scores in the lowest proficiency category on
1481	1481	the examination under s. 121.02 (1) (r) be retained in the 3rd grade.
1482	1482	(b) A good cause exception to the requirement under par. (a) for all of the
1483	1483	following:
1484	1484	1. Limited-English proficient pupils, as defined in s. 115.955 (7).
1485	1485	2. A pupil who has an individual education plan that indicates that taking the
1486	1486	examination under s. 121.02 (1) (r) is not appropriate for the pupil.
1487	1487	3. A pupil who scores as proficient in reading on an alternative standardized
1488	1488	assessment approved by the department.
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1517	1517	4. A pupil who has an individual education plan or a plan to provide
1518	1518	accommodations or services under section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of
1519	1519	1973 that indicates that the pupil has received intensive intervention in reading for
1520	1520	more than 2 years if the pupil continues to demonstrate a deficiency in reading and
1521	1521	was previously retained in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade.
1522	1522	5. A pupil who has received intensive intervention in reading for 2 or more
1523	1523	school years, continues to demonstrate a deficiency in reading, and was previously
1524	1524	retained in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade for a total of 2 years.
1525	1525	(c) A requirement that the school board do all of the following for a pupil who
1526	1526	is retained in the 3rd grade under the policy:
1527	1527	1. Provide the pupil with intensive instructional services, progress monitoring,
1528	1528	and supports to remediate the identified areas of deficiency.
1529	1529	2. Notify the pupil's parent or guardian, in writing, that the pupil did not meet
1530	1530	the reading proficiency level required for promotion to 4th grade and include a
1531	1531	description of the intensive instructional services and supports that will be provided
1532	1532	to the pupil to remediate the identified areas of reading deficiency.
1533	1533	(d) A requirement that the school board provide an intensive summer reading
1534	1534	program for pupils who scored in the lowest proficiency category on the examination
1535	1535	under s. 121.02 (1) (r).
1536	1536	SECTION 20. 118.33 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
1537	1537	118.33 (6) (a) 3. By July 1, 2025, each school board shall adopt a written policy
1538	1538	specifying the criteria for promoting a pupil from the 3rd grade to the 4th grade that
1539	1539	includes at least all of the components under sub. (5m) (a) to (d). Beginning on
1540	1540	September 1, 2028, a school board may not promote a 3rd grade pupil to the 4th grade
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1567	1567	unless the pupil satisfies the criteria for promotion specified in the school board's
1568	1568	policy under this subdivision.
1569	1569	SECTION 21. 118.33 (6) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
1570	1570	118.33 (6) (b) 2m. By July 1, 2025, each operator of a charter school under s.
1571	1571	118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall adopt a written policy specifying the criteria for promoting
1572	1572	a pupil from the 3rd grade to the 4th grade that includes at least all of the components
1573	1573	under sub. (5m) (a) to (d). Beginning on September 1, 2028, an operator of a charter
1574	1574	school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may not promote a 3rd grade pupil to the 4th grade
1575	1575	unless the pupil satisfies the criteria for promotion specified in the charter school
1576	1576	operator's policy under this subdivision.
1577	1577	SECTION 22. 118.33 (6) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
1578	1578	118.33 (6) (b) 3. If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally
1579	1579	recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school,
1580	1580	the criteria specified in the policy policies adopted by that school board under par.
1581	1581	(a) 1. and 3. apply to pupils enrolled in the charter school and that school board is
1582	1582	subject to the prohibitions in par. (a) 2. and 3. with respect to pupils enrolled in the
1583	1583	charter school, regardless of the location of the charter school.
1584	1584	SECTION 23. 118.33 (6) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
1585	1585	118.33 (6) (c) 3. By July 1, 2025, the governing body of each private school
1586	1586	participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall adopt a written policy specifying
1587	1587	the criteria for promoting a pupil from the 3rd grade to the 4th grade that includes
1588	1588	at least all of the components under sub. (5m) (a) to (d). Beginning on September 1,
1589	1589	2028, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s.
1590	1590	119.23 may not promote a 3rd grade pupil to the 4th grade unless the pupil satisfies
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1619	1619	the criteria for promotion specified in the governing body's policy under this
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1621	1621	SECTION 24. 118.33 (6) (cr) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
1622	1622	118.33 (6) (cr) 3. By July 1, 2025, the governing body of each private school
1623	1623	participating in the program under s. 118.60 shall adopt a written policy specifying
1624	1624	the criteria for promoting a pupil from the 3rd grade to the 4th grade that includes
1625	1625	at least all of the components under sub. (5m) (a) to (d). Beginning on September 1,
1626	1626	2028, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s.
1627	1627	118.60 may not promote a 3rd grade pupil to the 4th grade unless the pupil satisfies
1628	1628	the criteria for promotion specified in the governing body's policy under this
1629	1629	subdivision.
1630	1630	SECTION 25. 119.44 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
1631	1631	119.44 (2) (bm) The performance of pupils on the assessments administered
1632	1632	during the prior school year under s. 118.016 (3), categorized by school, gender, and
1633	1633	ethnicity.
1634	1634	SECTION 26. 121.02 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
1635	1635	121.02 (1) (c) 3. The pupil's reading assessment performance on an assessment
1636	1636	under s. 118.016 (3) indicates that the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty at-risk,
1637	1637	as defined in s. 118.016 (1) (a). If this subdivision applies, the interventions or
1638	1638	services provided the pupil shall be scientifically based include the components of
1639	1639	science-based early reading instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), and shall
1640	1640	address all areas in which the pupil is deficient in a manner consistent with the state
1641	1641	standards in reading and language arts.
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1669	1669	(1) COUNCIL ON EARLY LITERACY CURRICULA; INITIAL APPOINTMENTS,
1670	1670	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
1671	1671	(a) Appointments. Notwithstanding s. 15.377 (9), the initial members of the
1672	1672	council on early literacy curricula shall be appointed as follows:
1673	1673	1. Except as provided in subd. 2., 9 members who have knowledge of or
1674	1674	experience with science-based early literacy instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c)
1675	1675	(b), and literacy curricula for pupils in grades kindergarten to 3 appointed jointly by
1676	1676	the state superintendent of public instruction, the speaker of the assembly, and the
1677	1677	senate majority leader.
1678	1678	2. If the state superintendent of public instruction, the speaker of the assembly,
1679	1679	and the senate majority leader do not jointly appoint 9 members by 45 days after the
1680	1680	effective date of this subdivision:
1681	1681	a. Three members who have knowledge of or experience with science-based
1682	1682	early literacy instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), and literacy curricula for
1683	1683	pupils in grades kindergarten to 3 appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
1684	1684	b. Three members who have knowledge of or experience with science-based
1685	1685	early literacy instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), and literacy curricula for
1686	1686	pupils in grades kindergarten to 3 appointed by the senate majority leader.
1687	1687	c. Three members who have knowledge of or experience with science-based
1688	1688	early literacy instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), and literacy curricula for
1689	1689	pupils in grades kindergarten to 3 appointed by the state superintendent of public
1690	1690	instruction.
1691	1691	3. If members are appointed under subd. 2., the speaker of the assembly, the
1692	1692	senate majority leader, and the state superintendent of public instruction shall make
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1721	1721	their respective appointments by no later than 60 days after the effective date of this
1722	1722	subdivision.
1723	1723	(b) Staggered terms. Notwithstanding the length of terms specified for the
1724	1724	members of the council on early literacy curricula under s. 15.377 (9) (a), 3 of the
1725	1725	initial members shall be appointed for terms expiring on July 1, 2024; 3 of the initial
1726	1726	members shall be appointed for terms expiring on July 1, 2025; and 3 of the initial
1727	1727	members shall be appointed for terms expiring on July 1, 2026. At the expiration of
1728	1728	an initial term, each of the appointing authorities under s. 15.377 (9) (a) 1., 2., and
1729	1729	3. shall appoint one member to the council.
1730	1730	(c) Recommendations for the 2024-25 school year.
1731	1731	1. The council on early literacy curricula shall submit to the department of
1732	1732	public instruction recommendations for literacy curricula and instructional
1733	1733	materials for grades kindergarten to 3 for use in the 2024-25 school year by no later
1734	1734	than October 1, 2023. The council on early literacy curricula may recommend only
1735	1735	literacy curricula and instructional materials that satisfy the criteria in s. 118.015
1736	1736	(1m) (a) 1. and 2.
1737	1737	2. Notwithstanding s. 118.015 (1m) (b), as soon as practicable but by no later
1738	1738	than November 1, 2023, the department of public instruction shall submit to the joint
1739	1739	committee on finance proposed recommendations for literacy curricula and
1740	1740	instructional materials for grades kindergarten to 3 for use in the 2024-25 school
1741	1741	year.
1742	1742	(2) MANDATORY EARLY READING INSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
1743	1743	(a) Each school board and operator of a charter school shall ensure that, by July
1744	1744	1, 2025, or for an individual hired after January 1, 2025, but before July 1, 2025, by
1745	1745	no later than 6 months after the individual's date of hire, each individual who teaches
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1773	1773	a grade from kindergarten to 3 in the school district or charter school, each individual
1774	1774	employed by the school board or charter school as a principal of a school that offers
1775	1775	grades kindergarten to 3, and each individual employed by the school board or
1776	1776	charter school as a reading specialist has received professional development training
1777	1777	that is all of the following:
1778	1778	1. Voyager Sopris Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling
1779	1779	training or another program endorsed by the Center for Effective Reading
1780	1780	Instruction as an accredited independent teacher training program.
1781	1781	2. Offered by the Leadership in Literacy Institute or a provider that meets all
1782	1782	of the following requirements:
1783	1783	a. The provider provides evidence of at least 5 years of experience conducting
1784	1784	evidence-aligned, systematic, structured literacy trainings specifically for school
1785	1785	principals, administrators, and literacy teams.
1786	1786	b. The provider demonstrates that the training content is aligned with the
1787	1787	National Reading Panel Report and subsequent updates of the research by the
1788	1788	Institute of Education Sciences.
1789	1789	c. The provider requires that training include a substantial focus and
1790	1790	understanding on direct instruction.
1791	1791	d. The provider delivers the training over at least 6 days during the 2023-24
1792	1792	or 2024-25 school year.
1793	1793	e. The provider provides participants with activities to implement
1794	1794	evidence-aligned systems and structures that effectuate change in the school or
1795	1795	school district.
1796	1796	f. The provider delivers training that allows for a minimum of 30 participants.
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1825	1825	(b) The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall ensure
1826	1826	that, by July 1, 2025, any faculty or academic staff member of the University of
1827	1827	Wisconsin System who teaches a course that includes curriculum in reading
1828	1828	instruction designed for an individual who intends to apply for a license issued by
1829	1829	the department of public instruction to teach a grade from kindergarten to 3, to be
1830	1830	a principal, or to be a reading specialist has received the professional development
1831	1831	training specified in par. (a) 1. and 2.
1832	1832	(3) MODEL 3RD GRADE RETENTION POLICY; RULE MAKING.
1833	1833	(a) Notwithstanding s. 227.135 (2), the department of public instruction is not
1834	1834	required to present the statement of scope of the rules required under s. 118.33 (5m)
1835	1835	to the department of administration for review by the department of administration
1836	1836	and approval by the governor.
1837	1837	(b) Notwithstanding s. 227.185, the department of public instruction is not
1838	1838	required to present the rules required under s. 118.33 (5m) in final draft form to the
1839	1839	governor for approval.
1840	1840	(c) Sections 227.137, 227.139, and 227.19 (5) (b) 3. do not apply to the rules
1841	1841	required under s. 118.33 (5m).
1842	1842	(d) The department of public instruction shall submit in proposed form the
1843	1843	rules required under s. 118.33 (5m) to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 (1)
1844	1844	no later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this
1845	1845	paragraph.
1846	1846	SECTION 28.0Initial applicability.
1847	1847	(1) LICENSE TO TEACH; LITERACY REQUIREMENT. The treatment of s. 118.19 (12)
1848	1848	first applies to an application for a license to teach under s. 118.19 received by the
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1877	1877	(2) SCHOOL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT CARDS. The treatment of s. 115.385 (1)
1878	1878	(e) first applies to the school district and school accountability report published in the
1879	1879	2024-25 school year.
1880	1880	SECTION 29.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
1881	1881	except as follows:
1882	1882	(1) The repeal of ss. 15.374 (2) and 115.39 take effect on July 1, 2028.
1883	1883	(2) The treatment of ss. 115.38 (1) (a), 118.016, 119.44 (2) (bm), and 121.02 (1)
1884	1884	(c) 3. takes effect on July 1, 2024.
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