Bill Text: AZ HB2653 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: K-3 reading program; administration
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-12 - Chapter 245 E [HB2653 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-HB2653-Chaptered.html
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House Engrossed |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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CHAPTER 245
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HOUSE BILL 2653 |
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑211, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the K‑3 Reading program.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-211, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-211. K-3 reading program; receipt and use of monies; additional funding; program termination
A. The state board of education, in collaboration with the department of education, shall establish administer a K‑3 reading program to improve the reading proficiency of pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three in the public schools of this state.
B. On or before October 1, 2012, Each school district and charter school shall submit to the state board department of education a plan for improving the reading proficiency of its pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three. The plan shall include baseline data on the reading proficiency of its pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three and a budget for spending monies from both the K‑3 support level weight and the K‑3 reading support level weight established in section 15‑943. Beginning in fiscal year 2013‑2014 and each fiscal year thereafter, Each school district and charter school shall annually submit to the state board department of education on or before October 1 an updated K‑3 reading program plan that includes data on program expenditures and results, except that beginning in fiscal year 2016-2017, a school district or charter school that is assigned a letter grade of A or B pursuant to section 15-241 shall submit this plan only in odd-numbered years.
C. School districts and charter schools shall use monies generated by the K‑3 reading support level weight established in section 15‑943 only on reading programs for pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three with particular emphasis on pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one and two.
D. Each school district and charter school that is assigned a letter grade of C, D or F pursuant to section 15‑241, subsection H or that has more than ten per cent percent of its pupils in grade three reading far below the third grade level according to the reading portion of the Arizona instrument to measure standards test, or a successor test, shall receive monies generated by the K‑3 reading support level weight established in section 15‑943 only after the K‑3 reading program plan of the school district or charter school has been reviewed and recommended for approval by the department of education and approved by the state board of education.
E. Pupils in a charter school that is in its first year of operation and that is sponsored by the state board of education, the state board for charter schools, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, a community college district or a group of community college districts are eligible for the K-3 reading support level weight.
F. The department of education shall solicit gifts, grants and donations from any lawful public or private source in order to provide additional funding for the K‑3 reading program.
G. The state board of education may establish rules and policies for the K‑3 reading program, including:
1. The proper use of monies in accordance with subsection C of this section.
2. The distribution of monies by the department of education in accordance with subsection B of this section.
3. The compliance of reading proficiency plans submitted pursuant to subsection B of this section with section 15-704.
G. H. The program established by this section ends on July 1, 2022 pursuant to section 41‑3102.
Sec. 2. Emergency
This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MAY 12, 2016.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 12, 2016.
