1. A. Each local school system shall provide resources on the school system website that includes:

   1. (1) Reading screening instruments used in the local school system; and
   2. (2) A checklist of early warning signs by age of reading difficulties and dyslexia.

2. B. On or before September 1, each year, all local school systems shall provide a report to the Maryland State Department of Education with the following information from the previous school year:

   1. (1) The total number of students in kindergarten through third grade, by grade level disaggregated by grade level, race, disability status, multilingual learner status, and students eligible for free and reduced meals;
   2. (2) The number of students in kindergarten through third grade, by grade level, who were screened at each level disaggregated by grade level, race, disability status, multilingual learner status, and students eligible for free and reduced meals;
   3. (3) The number of students in kindergarten through third grade identified through a screening instrument as at risk for reading difficulties, disaggregated by grade level, race, disability status, multilingual learner status, and students eligible for free and reduced meals; and
   4. (4) The number of students in kindergarten through third grade, by grade level, identified as at risk for reading difficulties who received supplemental reading instruction disaggregated by grade level, race, disability status, multilingual learner status, and students eligible for free and reduced meals.

Authority: Education Article, §4-136(i), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 26, 2021 (48:15 Md. R. 593)

Regulations .01 — .08 repealed and new Regulations .01 — .07 adopted effective March 30, 2026 (53:6 Md. R. 291)