SF0013

Modifies reading assessment and intervention requirements for Wyoming school districts by eliminating group reading plans as an option within individualized reading plans and expanding school improvement plan requirements.

• Requires school districts to select and implement reading assessment and intervention programs using one or more state superintendent-approved instruments that screen for reading difficulties at least three times per year in kindergarten through grade three, and implement evidence-based intervention programs with fidelity. (W.S. 21-3-401(a))
• Eliminates the permissive language allowing group reading plans within individualized reading plans, requiring students not showing appropriate reading competence to be placed on an individualized reading plan using an appropriate evidence-based intervention program. (W.S. 21-3-401(b))
• Requires school districts to provide screening results and explanations to parents of students showing signs of reading difficulties or not showing appropriate reading competence. (W.S. 21-3-401(b))
• Requires districts to annually report to the department of education on progress toward achieving eighty-five percent of students reading at grade level by end of third grade, including cohort analysis and aggregate data on students identified with reading difficulties. (W.S. 21-3-401(c))
• Expands school and district improvement plan requirements to include not only evidence-based programs, assessment, intervention, and teacher training, but also student-teacher ratios, use of certified tutors, and use of instructional facilitators and paraprofessionals trained in evidence-based instruction. (W.S. 21-3-401(c))

Effective: July 1, 2025

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