SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 23-B, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 232422
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11  Senators Wilson, Hill and Siplin moved the following amendment
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, between lines 78 & 79,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 2.  Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year,
19  each school designated as a "D" or an "F" school at the end of
20  the previous school year shall provide an intensive reading
21  program for all students at each grade level beginning in
22  grade 1 and ending in grade 12. As used in this section, the
23  term "intensive reading program" means a part of the student's
24  school day that is in addition to the student's regular
25  instruction, and includes, but is not limited to, a series of
26  sessions of reading instruction with a certified reading
27  instructor and the individual student in which the following
28  are offered, based on the student's learning style:
29         1.  phonemic awareness;
30         2.  phonics;
31         3.  fluency;
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 23-B, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 232422 1 4. comprehension; and 2 5. vocabulary. 3 4 The student's progress must be checked a minimum of three 5 times during the school year to assess the teaching method 6 used and to assure that progress is being achieved. Following 7 the student's completion of the intensive reading program, 8 each student shall be reassessed and the results shall become 9 a part of the student's academic improvement plan. 10 11 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 On page 1, line 9, after the second semicolon 17 18 insert: 19 requiring an intensive reading program for all 20 students at specified grade levels in schools 21 designated as "D" or "F" by time certain; 22 defining the term "intensive reading program"; 23 requiring reassessments of students following 24 the completion of the program; providing for 25 assessment results; 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 9:53 AM 06/18/03 h0023B.ed33.b6