Bill > S1898

This bill aims to improve student literacy in Florida by revising and expanding the duties of the Just Read, Florida! Office within the Department of Education. Key provisions include: - Requiring the Department of Education, in consultation with the Office of Early Learning, to implement a coordinated screening and progress monitoring system for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program through grade 8. - Creating the "Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Act" to provide instructional supports to school districts, administrators, and teachers in implementing evidence-based reading instruction and interventions. - Requiring certain students to participate in the coordinated screening and progress monitoring system and providing for the provision of intensive reading interventions for students identified as having a substantial reading deficiency. - Revising funding and accountability provisions related to reading instruction and interventions, including requirements for school district comprehensive reading plans. - Establishing pathways for teachers to earn a reading endorsement through competency-based, evidence-based training. The bill is designed to improve student reading performance and achievement across Florida's public schools.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1898