Kentucky House Bill 272 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 1 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-04 - to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and maintain lists of approved universal screeners and diagnostic assessments for reading and mathematics; require each local school board or public charter school board to adopt at least one approved universal screener and one approved diagnostic assessment; require teachers to be trained on any universal screener or diagnostic assessment adopted by a board; provide that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year an approved diagnostic assessment shall be administered to all students in kindergarten through grade three at designated times during the school year; require that an academic improvement plan be developed and implemented for any student with a deficiency in reading or mathematics; establish the definition, minimum requirements, and procedure for developing an academic improvement plan; require that the academic improvement plan be maintained until the deficiency is deemed remedied as defined by this Act; require a school to provide written notice to the parent or guardian of a student identified with a deficiency in reading or mathematics and establish the minimum requirements for such written notice; beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, require a local school district to provide a summer enrichment program and intensive instructional services for students identified with a deficiency in reading or mathematics; provide that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, a student with a deficiency in reading or mathematics shall not be promoted to grade four without remedying the deficiency or completing intensive remediation in accordance with this Act; provide that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each school district shall collect and report specified reading and mathematics student performance data; require that the Department of Education establish reading and mathematics teacher academies or coaching models by September 1, 2020; require that the department collaborate with designated agencies to develop high quality, evidence-based reading and mathematics programming, materials, and activities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, teacher preparation programs for elementary regular education shall include specified reading and mathematics content; require that the Education Professional Standards Board to develop and maintain a list of approved reading and mathematics teacher preparation tests by January 1, 2020; require that beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, all new teachers seeking certification in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education or Elementary School Education pass approved reading and mathematics teacher preparation tests; amend KRS Chapter 158.792 to end the existing reading diagnostic and intervention grant program after the 2019-2020 school year; provide that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year the reading diagnostic and intervention fund shall fund a literacy coaching program developed by the Department of Education; amend KRS Chapter 158.794 to require the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee to develop a multifaceted strategic plan to improve student achievement in reading for students in kindergarten through grade three and require the committee to advise the Kentucky Department of Education on specified issues; amend KRS Chapter 158.844 to end the existing mathematics achievement grant program after the 2019-2020 school year; provide that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year the mathematics achievement fund will fund the Center for Mathematics; the Kentucky Kid's First Act.

AN ACT relating to early literacy and numeracy education.

Rep. James Tipton [R]

Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]

2019-02-28 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 175 (Y: 86 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-04	Senate	to Education (S)
2019-03-01	Senate	received in Senate
2019-02-28	House	3rd reading, passed 86-12 with Committee Substitute (1)
2019-02-27	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2019
2019-02-27	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2019-02-26	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2019-02-22	House	posted in committee
2019-02-08	House	to Education (H)
2019-02-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb272.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb272/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb272/bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB272/HCS1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb272/vote_history.pdf