Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XXXIX - Bulletin 1566-Pupil Progression Policies and Procedures
Chapter 7 - Promotion and Support Policy
Section XXXIX-700 - Support Standard for Grades Kindergarten-3

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXXIX-700

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

A. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year and every school year thereafter, each local education agency shall identify all students in kindergarten, first, second, and third grade who score below grade-level on the literacy screener.

B. The school shall notify the parents or legal custodian of students identified in part A of this subsection in writing regarding the student's performance within 15 days of identification. Such notification shall

1. Provide information on activities that can be done at home to support the student's literacy proficiency.

2. Provide information about supports and interventions that will be provided by the school to support the student's literacy proficiency.

3. Provide a timeline for updates as a result of progress monitoring that includes a middle-of-year and end-of-year update.

4. Provide information about the importance of being able to read proficiently by the end of the third grade.

C. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, a student in grades kindergarten through three, within thirty days of being identified as having literacy skills that are below grade level based on the results of the literacy screener, shall receive an individual reading improvement plan. The plan shall be created by the teacher, principal, other pertinent school personnel, and the parent or legal guardian; describe the evidence-based reading intervention services the student will receive; and give suggestions for strategies parents can use at home.

1. The department may audit a random sampling of individual reading improvement plans in each local education agency.

D. The school shall provide mid-year and end-of-the-year updates to the parent or legal custodian of students identified in §700.A of this Chapter.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6; R.S. 17.7; R.S. 17:24.4; and R.S. 14:24.10.

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