(1) Each local education provider shall annually report to the department information necessary to determine:
(a) The prevalence of significant reading deficiencies among students in kindergarten and first through third grades;
(a.3) The amount of academic growth to standard in reading annually achieved by students who are enrolled in kindergarten and first through third grades and who are identified as having significant reading deficiencies;
(a.5) The amount of academic growth to standard in reading annually achieved by students who are enrolled in kindergarten and first through third grades and who are identified as reading below grade level;
(a.7) Whether the amount of academic growth to standard annually achieved by each student described in subsections (1)(a.3) and (1)(a.5) of this section demonstrates sufficient, as determined by the department, growth to standard in reading over multiple years;
Whether students who have significant reading deficiencies and who advance to thenext grade level attain reading competency and, if so, at what grade level;
Whether students who have significant reading deficiencies and who do not advanceto the next grade level attain reading competency within the school year during which they do not advance;
Whether students who have significant reading deficiencies and who do not advanceto the next grade level attain reading competency at a lower grade level than students who do advance; and
Whether students who have significant reading deficiencies continue to advance tothe next grade level despite having a continuing significant reading deficiency and the degree to which local education providers are recommending that said students do not advance.
(1.5) Each local education provider shall submit to the department and to the independent evaluator contracted pursuant to section 22-7-1209 (8) any information required by the department or the independent evaluator to complete the evaluation described in section 227-1209 (8). The local education provider, in providing information, and the department and the independent evaluator in receiving and using the information, shall comply with state and federal laws to protect the privacy of student information. The local education provider, the department, and the independent evaluator shall collaborate to minimize the impact on instructional time that may result from collecting and providing the information.
(2) Each local education provider that receives an early literacy grant pursuant to section 22-7-1211 or per-pupil intervention money shall, at the conclusion of each budget year in which it receives the grant or per-pupil intervention money, submit to the department information describing:
(a) In detail, the specific expenditures for which the local education provider used the grant or per-pupil intervention money;
(a.5) If the local education provider purchased instructional programming in reading using grant or per-pupil intervention money, the scores attained by students enrolled in kindergarten through third grade on the interim reading assessments administered pursuant to section 22-7-1205;
The number and grade levels of students who participated in each of the types ofprograms or services provided; and
The progress made by participating students in achieving reading competency.
(3) (a) The department shall annually analyze the information received pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and make the determinations described in subsection (1) of this section.
(b) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the department shall annually submit to the state board, the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, and shall post on the department website a report that summarizes:
The information received pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and the determinations made by the department based on the information;
The implementation of the early literacy grant program in the preceding budget year,including the number of grants, the local education providers that received grants, and the amount of each grant; and
The information received by the department pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(c) The department may provide the report described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3) to committees of the general assembly in conjunction with the report required in section 2-7203, C.R.S.
(4) The information provided in the report described in this section is intended to assist the department, the state board, the governor, the general assembly, and the public in monitoring the implementation of and identifying the results achieved in implementing this part 12.
Source: L. 2012: Entire part added, (HB 12-1238), ch. 180, p. 666, § 2, effective July 1.
L. 2017: IP(3)(b) amended, (HB 17-1267), ch. 242, p. 995, § 6, effective August 9. L. 2019: (1)(a.3), (1)(a.5), (1)(a.7), and (1.5) added and (2) amended, (SB 19-199), ch. 154, p. 1839, § 11, effective May 10; IP(2) and (2)(a) amended, (HB 19-1262), ch. 245, p. 2400, § 10, effective May 21.
Editor's note: Amendments to subsection (2) by SB 19-199 and HB 19-1262 were harmonized.