- (a) A school district shall offer intensive reading intervention services to students in kindergarten through grade three who exhibit a reading deficiency under AS 14.30.765.
- (b) Each school district must submit to the department not later than September 1 of each year a reading plan to provide services described in (a) of this section based on a response to intervention or multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) model. A school district may resubmit a department-approved K - 3 MTSS reading plan from the prior school year, if the district reading plan and intervention services have not changed.
- (c) The department will provide a K - 3 MTSS reading plan template to school districts.
(d) Each school district's K - 3 MTSS reading plan must comply with AS 14.30.765(b) and must include
- (1) identification of the literacy screening tool to be used and the proposed schedule that is in alignment with statewide assessment schedules;
- (2) a description of the adopted core and intervention reading programs for students in kindergarten through grade three.
- (3) a description of the district's progress monitoring tool and the proposed schedule;
- (4) a parent notification of student reading deficiency letter template;
- (5) an individual reading improvement plan template;
- (6) a description of home supports for early literacy development; and
- (7) description of reading-related professional development for staff working with students in kindergarten through grade three.
(Eff. 7/1/2023, Register 247)
Authority: AS 14.07.020, AS 14.07.060, AS 14.30.765