SB329,,159159(b) A description of the interventions the school board or operator of the independent charter school uses to address characteristics of dyslexia. SB329,,160160(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. SB329,,161161(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. SB329,,162162(e) A parent notification policy that complies with subs. (4) and (5) (a) 4. and 5. SB329,,163163(7) Reporting assessment data. By no later than July 15, 2025, 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: SB329,,164164(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. SB329,,165165(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. SB329,,166166(c) The number of pupils who were identified as at-risk as the result of a diagnostic assessment administered in the previous school year. SB329,,167167(d) The names of the diagnostic assessments used to assess pupils in the previous school year. SB329,,168168(e) The number of pupils enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade who began receiving interventions during the previous school year, by grade. SB329,,169169(f) The total number of pupils enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade who received interventions under a personal reading plan during the previous school year. SB329,,170170(g) The number of pupils enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade who exited interventions during the previous school year, by grade. SB329,,171171(h) The number of pupils for whom a referral under s. 115.777 was made during the previous school year based on diagnostic assessment results provided to a parent under sub. (4) (a). SB329,,172172(8) Department; duties. (a) Selected and approved reading readiness assessments. 1. By no later than July 15, 2024, and subject to subd. 2., the department shall select a fundamental skills screening assessment and a universal screening assessment, and establish and maintain a list of diagnostic assessments that are approved by the department for use under this section. SB329,,1731732. The department may select or approve an assessment under subd. 1. only if the assessment meets all of the following criteria: SB329,,174174a. The assessment has a sensitivity rate of at least 70 percent. SB329,,175175b. The assessment has a specificity rate of at least 80 percent. SB329,,176176c. The assessment includes a growth measure. SB329,,1771773. The department shall publish a list of the assessments selected or approved under subd. 1. on its website and submit the lists of approved 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). SB329,,178178(b) Reports to the legislature. By November 30, 2025, 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. SB329,,179179(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 2025-26 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: SB329,,1801801. Submits the report required under sub. (7) for the previous school year. SB329,,1811812. 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 selected or approved under sub. (8) (a) for that school year. SB329,,182182(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. SB329,,183183(10) Enforcement. (a) If a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade in a school district or independent charter school believes that the school board or operator of the independent charter school is not in compliance with this section, the parent or guardian may file a complaint with the department that describes the specific manner in which the school board or operator is not in compliance with this section. The department shall review a complaint received under this paragraph and issue a determination on whether the school board or operator is in compliance with this section. If the department determines that a school board or operator of an independent charter school is not in compliance with this section, the department shall notify the school board or operator of its determination and shall include in the notice the specific actions required for the school board or operator to be in compliance with this section. SB329,,184184(b) If the department determines under par. (a) that a school board or operator of an independent charter school is not in compliance with this section and the school board or operator continues to fail to comply with this section, the complainant under par. (a) may bring an action for injunctive relief or a writ of mandamus in circuit court to compel the school board to comply with this section. SB329,,185185(11) Rules. The department may promulgate rules under this section only on the following: SB329,,186186(a) A process to select or approve assessments under sub. (8) (a). SB329,,187187(b) A process to request that a specific diagnostic assessment be approved by the department.