K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan Implementation

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-6.053: K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan Implementation

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34, No. 11, March 14, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Subsection (9) has been amended to read:

(9)(a) No change.

(b) A Comprehensive Core Reading Program (CCRP) must be implemented as the major instructional tool for reading instruction. Districts are provided a performance-based flexibility option which may exempt schools from the use of the CCRP. Districts implementing this flexibility must describe their plan for reading instruction, including the intervention for students reading below grade level in grades K-5 or K-6 as applicable. It is a district decision whether to implement the following performance-based flexibility option. 1. Elementary schools meeting all of the following criteria are not required to implement a Comprehensive Core Reading Program:

1.a. A current school grade of an A or B;

2.b. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in reading met for all subgroups;

3.c. Ninety (90) percent of students meeting high standards in reading (an FCAT score of Level 3 or above).

(c) The second performance-based flexibility option may exempt elementary schools from the use of the CCRP as well as the ninety (90) minute reading block. Districts implementing this flexibility must report the reading instruction that will be provided, including the time allotted for reading instruction. It is a district decision whether to implement the following performance-based flexibility option: 1. For students in grades four and five scoring Level 4 or 5 on FCAT reading, districts shall should offer enrichment programs steeped in content that continue to develop the child’s reading skills. These students are not required to receive instruction from a Comprehensive Core Reading Program, nor are they required to receive ninety (90) minutes of reading instruction.