(a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, if a school determines that a student in kindergarten through grade 8 is at risk of not achieving grade level proficiency in mathematics as determined by an analysis of the student's data from:
- (1) a grade level screener approved by the department; or
(2) a through-year statewide assessment;
the school must provide intervention that meets the requirements under subsection (b).
(b) A school shall provide intervention to a student described in subsection (a) that meets the following conditions:
- (1) The intervention includes a multitiered system of support that progresses from less to more intensive support based on the student's individual needs.
- (2) The intervention is aligned to daily Tier I instruction and standard level learning progressions.
(3) The intervention is:
- (A) targeted;
- (B) differentiated; and
- (C) supplemental to Tier I instruction.
(4) The intervention:
- (A) is aligned with evidence based instructional strategies to promote conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and real world problem solving; and
- (B) allows a student opportunities to interact, show progress, and demonstrate understanding through rigorous grade level content.
- (5) The intervention includes continual assessment and in depth analysis of each student's data to inform the flexible movement in and out of Tiers II and III.
- (c) The department shall provide guidance on the multitiered system that a school is required to provide under subsection (b).
As added by P.L.180-2025, SEC.4.