LAC 28:XXXIX.700. Support Standard for Grades Kindergarten-3

A. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year and every school year thereafter, each local education agency shall identify all students in kindergarten, first, second, and third grade who score below grade-level on the literacy screener. 1. Beginning with the 2026 - 2027 school year and beyond, each LEA shall identify all students in kindergarten, first, second, and third grades who score below grade level on the numeracy screener. B. The school shall notify the parents or legal guardian of students identified as scoring below grade level pursuant to this Section in writing regarding the student’s performance within 15 days of identification. Such notification shall: 1. Provide information on activities that can be done at home to support the student’s literacy and/or numeracy proficiency. 2. Provide information about supports and interventions that will be provided by the school to support the student’s literacy and/or numeracy proficiency. 3. Provide a timeline for updates as a result of progress monitoring that includes a middle-of-year and end-of-year update. 4. Provide information about the importance of being able to read proficiently by the end of the third grade. C. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, a student in grades kindergarten through three, within thirty days of being identified as having literacy skills that are below grade level based on the results of the literacy screener, shall receive an individual reading improvement plan. The plan shall be created by the teacher, principal, other pertinent school personnel, and the parent or legal guardian; describe the evidence-based reading intervention services the student will receive; and give suggestions for strategies parents can use at home. D. Beginning no later than the 2026 - 2027 school year, a student in kindergarten through third grade, within 30 days of being identified as being below grade level based on the numeracy screener shall receive an individual numeracy improvement plan. The plan shall be created by the teacher, principal, other pertinent school personnel, and the parent or legal guardian; describe the evidence-based numeracy intervention services the student will receive; and include suggestions for strategies parents can use at home. E. The school shall provide mid-year and end-of-year updates to the parent or legal guardian of students identified as below grade level pursuant to this Section. F. The LDOE may audit a random sampling of the plans required by this Section in each LEA. The plans may be consolidated into a single expanded academic support plan in accordance with §705 of this Chapter.