(b) Inadequate rate of progress. For purposes of determining whether a pupil demonstrates an inadequate rate of progress under par. (a) 3., a school board or operator of an independent charter school shall determine whether the pupil is likely to demonstrate grade-level skills by the end of the school year by assessing one of the following:
1. For a pupil enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten, nonword or nonsense word fluency and phoneme segmentation fluency.
2. For a pupil enrolled in 1st or 2nd grade, oral reading fluency.
(6) Early literacy remediation plan; school district or independent charter school. A school board or operator of an independent charter school shall establish an early literacy remediation plan for grades 5-year-old kindergarten to 2 that includes all of the following:
(a) The assessments the school board or operator of the independent charter school uses to satisfy the requirements under sub. (3).
(b) A description of the interventions the school board or operator of the independent charter school uses to address characteristics of dyslexia.
(c) A description of how the school board or operator of the independent charter school monitors pupil progress during interventions, including the frequency of monitoring pupil progress during interventions and any assessment tools used to monitor pupil progress during interventions.
(d) How the school board or operator of the independent charter school uses results of assessments required under sub. (3) to evaluate early literacy instruction being provided in the school district or at the independent charter school.
(e) A parent notification policy that complies with subs. (4) and (5) (a) 4. and 5.
(7) Reporting assessment data. By no later than July 15, 2023, and each July 15 thereafter, a school board shall report for each school and for the school district, and the operator of an independent charter school shall report for the independent charter school, all of the following to the department:
(a) The number of pupils who were identified as at-risk as the result of a fundamental skills screening assessment administered in the previous school year.
(b) The number of pupils who were identified as at-risk as the result of a universal screening assessment administered in the previous school year.
(c) The number of pupils who were identified as at-risk as the result of a diagnostic assessment administered in the previous school year.
(e) The names of the reading readiness assessments used to assess pupils under subs. (2) and (3) in the previous school year.
(f) The number of pupils enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade who began receiving interventions during the previous school year, by grade.
(g) The total number of pupils enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade who received interventions under a personal reading plan during the previous school year.
(8) Department; duties. (a)
Approved reading readiness assessments. 1. By no later than July 15, 2022, the department shall establish and maintain a list of each of the following that are approved by the department for use under this section:
a. Fundamental skills screening assessments.
b. Universal screening assessments.
cm. Diagnostic assessments.
2. The department shall publish each list of approved assessments under subd. 1. on its Internet site and submit the lists of approved reading readiness assessments to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). If the department modifies a list under subd. 1., the department shall submit the modified list to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
3. The department may include a universal screening assessment on the list under subd. 1. b. and may include a diagnostic assessment on the list under subd. 1. cm. only if the assessment meets all of the following criteria:
a. The assessment is aligned with the model academic standards in reading and language arts, including foundational reading skills.
b. The assessment has a sensitivity rate of at least 70 percent and a specificity rate of at least 80 percent.
(b) Reports to the legislature. By November 30, 2023, and by each November 30 thereafter, the department shall compile the information it receives under sub. (7) and submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) that includes the number of pupils identified as at-risk in the previous school year, by school and by school district.
(9) State aid. (a) Payment for costs. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay a school board or operator of an independent charter school the per pupil cost of each reading readiness assessment required to be administered under sub. (2) or (3). Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, the department may pay a school board or operator of an independent charter school under this paragraph only if the school board or operator of the independent charter school does all of the following:
1. Submits the report required under sub. (7) for the previous school year.
2. In the report required under sub. (7) for the previous school year, indicates that the school board or operator of the independent charter school used only reading readiness assessments approved under sub. (8) (a) for that school year.
(b) Proration. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under par. (a), the department shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards and operators of independent charter schools entitled to the aid.
(10) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section, including establishing a process under which a school board or operator of an independent charter school may request that the department include a reading readiness assessment on a list of approved assessments under sub. (8) (a).
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Section 3
. 119.44 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
119.44 (2) (bm) The performance of pupils on the assessments administered during the prior school year under s. 118.016 (3), categorized by school, gender, and ethnicity.
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Section 4
. 121.02 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.02 (1) (c) 3. The pupil's reading assessment performance on an assessment under s. 118.016 (3) indicates that the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty
at-risk, as defined in s. 118.016 (1) (a). If this subdivision applies, the interventions or services provided the pupil shall be scientifically based evidence-based and shall address all areas in which the pupil is deficient in a manner consistent with the state standards in reading and language arts.
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Section 6
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Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2022.
