AN ACT relating to primary school.
What changed between versions
Added detailed definitions for learning disabilities including aphasia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyslexia, enrichment program, evidence-based, phonemic awareness, reading diagnostic assessment, reading improvement plan, reading improvement team, and universal screener.
Requires school districts to implement a multi-tiered system of supports for students in kindergarten through grade three with varying levels of intervention intensity.
Mandates that each school district select at least one universal screener for reading to assess all students' reading performance.
Establishes reading improvement teams that must include parents, teachers, and school representatives to develop and oversee reading improvement plans.
Changed the deadline for implementing universal screening from January 1, 2023 to a later date (specific date not fully visible in excerpt but shows revision from original timeline).