2. An opportunity for a pupil’s parent to complete a family history survey to provide additional information about learning difficulties in the pupil’s family.

(c) “Dyslexia” means a specific learning disability that is all of the following:

1. Neurobiological in origin.

2. Characterized by difficulties with accurate and fluent word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities that typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language. Consequences of these difficulties may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that may impede vocabulary growth and background knowledge.

3. Often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities.

(d) “Family history survey” means a questionnaire that includes questions about previous recommendations for summer reading support or outside tutoring, general interest in reading and books, family history of characteristics of dyslexia, and any known family struggles in reading or spelling.

(e) “Fidelity” means to perform in the manner that the author or publisher of a program or assessment intends.

(f) “Fundamental skills screening assessment” means an assessment that evaluates whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge.

(g) “Inadequate rate of progress” means a pupil’s rate of improvement that is minimal and that with continued intervention the pupil is unlikely to demonstrate grade-level skills by the end of the school year.

(h) “Independent charter school” means a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).

(i) “Intervention” means an intervention that is all of the following:

1. Explicit, direct instruction that is systematic, sequential, and cumulative and follows a logical plan of presenting the area of deficit that targets the specific needs of the pupil without presuming prior skills or knowledge of the pupil.

2. Individualized instruction to meet the specific needs of a pupil in a setting that uses intensive, highly concentrated instruction methods and materials that maximize pupil engagement.

3. Instruction that incorporates the simultaneous use of 2 or more sensory pathways during teacher presentations and pupil practice.

(j) “Parent” has the meaning given in s. 115.76 (12) (a).

(k) “Reading readiness assessment” means a fundamental skills screening assessment, universal screening assessment, or diagnostic assessment.

(L) “Universal screening assessment” means an assessment that evaluates a pupil’s skill in all of the following areas:

1. Phonemic awareness.

2. Decoding skills.

3. Alphabet knowledge.

4. Letter sound knowledge.

5. Oral vocabulary.

(2) Four-year-old kindergarten; screening requirement. Each school board and the operator of each independent charter school shall annually assess the early literacy skills of each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten in the school district or in the independent charter school at least 2 times during the school year using a fundamental skills screening assessment selected by the department. The school board or operator of the independent charter school shall ensure that the first screening assessment is administered before the 45th day after the first day of the school term and that the 2nd screening assessment is administered by the date that is 45 days before the last day of the school term. The school board or operator of the independent charter school shall ensure that assessments required under this subsection are administered with fidelity.

(3) Early literacy assessments; 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade. Each school board and the operator of each independent charter school shall annually assess the early literacy skills of each pupil enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade in the school district or in the independent charter school as follows:

(a) Universal screenings. Screen the pupil at least 3 times during the school year using a universal screening assessment selected by the department. The school board or operator of the independent charter school shall ensure that the universal screening assessments are administered at the following times during the school year:

1. The first universal screening assessment is administered before the 45th day after the first day of the school term.

2. The 2nd universal screening assessment is administered in the middle of the school term, as determined by the school board or operator of the independent charter school.

3. The 3rd universal screening assessment is administered by the date that is 45 days before the last day of the school term.

(b) Diagnostic assessment. Assess a pupil using a diagnostic assessment as follows: