AB321,11 Section 11. 118.015 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB321,,61 118.015 (1c) Definitions. In this section:

AB321,,62 (a) “Phonics” means the study of the relationships between sounds and words; this includes alphabetic principle, decoding, orthographic knowledge, encoding, and fluency.

AB321,,63 (b) “Science-based early reading instruction” means instruction that is systematic and explicit and consists of at least all of the following:

AB321,,64 1. Phonological awareness, including word awareness, rhyme recognition, repetition and creation of alliteration, syllable counting or identification, onset, and rime manipulation.

AB321,,65 2. Phonemic awareness, including phoneme identification, isolation, blending, segmentation, addition, substitution, and deletion.

AB321,,66 3. Phonics.

AB321,,67 4. Building background knowledge.

AB321,,68 5. Oral language development.

AB321,,69 6. Vocabulary building to develop lexical and morphological knowledge.

AB321,,70 7. Instruction in writing.

AB321,,71 8. Instruction in comprehension.

AB321,,72 9. Reading fluency.

AB321,,73 (c) “Three-cueing” means any model, including the model referred to as meaning, structure, and visual cues, or MSV, of teaching a pupil to read based on meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cues or memory.

AB321,12 Section 12. 118.015 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB321,,75 118.015 (1m) Early literacy curricula and instructional materials. (a) Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and annually thereafter, the council on early literacy curricula shall recommend to the department early literacy curricula and instructional materials for use in the following school year in grades kindergarten to 3. The council on early literacy curricula may recommend only early literacy curricula and instructional materials that satisfy the following criteria:

AB321,,76 1. The curricula and instructional materials include all of the components of science-based early reading instruction.

AB321,,77 2. The curricula and instructional materials do not include 3-cueing.

AB321,,78 (b) 1. By no later than 30 days after the department receives recommendations under par. (a), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance proposed recommendations on early literacy curricula and instructional materials that satisfy the criteria under par. (a) 1. and 2. for use in the following school year. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the proposed recommendations that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed recommendations, the department shall adopt the proposed recommendations for use in the following school year. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the proposed recommendations, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed recommendations, the department may not adopt the proposed recommendations unless the committee approves or modifies the proposed recommendations. If the committee modifies the plan, the department may adopt the recommendations only as modified by the committee.

AB321,,79 2. The department shall maintain on its website a current list of the early literacy curricula and instructional materials recommendations adopted under this paragraph.

AB321,,80 (c) 1. Beginning on January 1, 2024, if a school board, operator of a charter school, or governing body of a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 adopts a new literacy curriculum for use in grades kindergarten to 3, the school board, operator, or governing body shall adopt a literacy curriculum from the recommendations adopted under par. (b).

AB321,,81 2. The department shall award grants to reimburse school boards, operators of charter schools, and governing bodies of private schools participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that adopt a literacy curriculum from the recommendations adopted under par. (b) after January 1, 2024. A grant under this subdivision shall be an amount equal to one-half of the costs of purchasing the literacy curriculum and instructional materials adopted from the recommendations adopted under par. (b). If the amount appropriated for this purpose is insufficient to pay the full amount to all grant recipients under this subdivision, the department shall prorate the grant awards among all grant recipients.

AB321,,82 (d) Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], no school board, operator of an independent charter school, or governing body of a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 may purchase curricula or instructional materials that include 3-cueing.

AB321,13 Section 13. 118.015 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB321,,84 118.015 (2) Employment of reading specialists. Each school district shall employ a reading specialist certified by the department to develop and coordinate a comprehensive reading curriculum in grades kindergarten to 12. At the discretion of the state superintendent, a school district may contract with other school districts or cooperative educational service agencies to employ a certified reading specialist on a cooperative basis.

AB321,14 Section 14. 118.015 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB321,,86 118.015 (3) (a) Develop and implement Implement a reading curriculum in grades kindergarten to 12.

AB321,15 Section 15. 118.015 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB321,,88 118.015 (5) Prohibited instructional practices; 3-cueing. Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, no public school, including a charter school, may provide instruction that incorporates 3-cueing in the core reading curriculum for grades kindergarten to 3 or in supplemental materials, including materials used for reading intervention, for pupils in grades kindergarten to 3.