Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (662578) for CS for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/26/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hays) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 390 - 403
    4  and insert:
    5         (5) READING DEFICIENCY AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.—
    6         (a) Any student who exhibits a substantial deficiency in
    7  reading, based upon locally determined or statewide assessments
    8  conducted in kindergarten or grade 1, grade 2, or grade 3, such
    9  as the statewide kindergarten screening administered under s.
   10  1002.69 and subsequent related reading readiness screening or
   11  through teacher observations, must be given intensive reading
   12  instruction immediately following the identification of the
   13  reading deficiency. The student’s reading proficiency must be
   14  reassessed by locally determined assessments or through teacher
   15  observations at the beginning of the grade following the
   16  intensive reading instruction. The student must continue to be
   17  provided with intensive reading instruction until the reading
   18  deficiency is remedied.