Expansion of requirements. A. If a teacher determines that a student in kindergarten or first through third grade is not reading at grade level by the end of the second quarter of the school year, the parent or legal guardian of the student shall be notified of: 1. The reading level of the student; 2. The program of reading instruction for the student as required pursuant to the Strong Readers Act; and 3. The potential need for the student to participate in a summer academy or other program designed to assist the student in attaining grade-level reading skills. B. A teacher who determines a student in kindergarten or first through third grade is not meeting grade-level targets for reading may, after consultation with the parent or legal guardian of the student, recommend that the student participate in and complete a summer academy or other program. C. Summer academy programs shall be designed to ensure that participating students successfully complete grade-level competencies in reading to enhance next-grade readiness. A summer academy reading program shall be a program that incorporates the content of a scientifically research-based professional development program administered by the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability or a scientifically research-based reading program administered by the State Board of Education and is taught by teachers who have successfully completed professional development in the reading program or who are certified as reading specialists. D. School districts may approve an option for students who are unable to attend a summer academy. The optional program may include, but is not limited to, an approved private provider of instruction, approved computer- or Internet-based instruction, or an approved program of reading instruction monitored by the parent or legal guardian. School districts shall not be required to pay for the optional program but shall clearly communicate to the parent or legal guardian the expectations of the program and any costs that may be involved. E. Subject to the availability of funds, beginning one (1) year after implementation of this section, the requirements of subsection B of this section may be expanded to apply to students in fourth grade. Each year thereafter, the requirements may be expanded by one grade level until the requirements apply to third-grade students through eighth-grade students. Summer academy programs shall be designed for each grade level. Nothing in this section shall prevent the State Board of Education or a school district board of education from utilizing private, local, or federal funds to implement this section. F. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section which shall include requirements for instructional time for summer academy programs, teacher qualifications, and evaluation of student achievement as a result of summer academy programs or other optional programs. Added by Laws 1999, c. 320, § 54, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 201, § 7; Laws 2002, c. 212, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 434, § 25; Laws 2005, c. 385, § 3; Laws 2006, c. 146, § 2, emerg. eff. May 12, 2006; Laws 2008, c. 387, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2011, c. 171, § 3; Laws 2012, c. 171, § 3, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2024, c. 411, § 7, eff. July 1, 2024.
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