1st Sub.
S.B.
260
READING ASSESSMENT AMENDMENTS
Senate Floor
Amendments
Amendment 2 March 7, 2013 8:56 AM
Senator Stephen H. Urquhart
proposes the following amendments:
1. Page
1, Line 21 through Page 2, Line 27
:
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interactive software program shall include instruction for grades 2 and 3;
and
22
. provides that a school district or charter school that received a license during the
23
prior year for the early intervention interactive computer software program shall be
24
given first priority to receive a license during the current year
{
; and
}
.
25
{
. requires the Education Interim Committee to study the reading performance of
26
students enrolled in a half-day kindergarten program as compared to the reading performance
27
of students enrolled in an all-day kindergarten program.
2. Page
2, Lines 29 through 38
:
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This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2014:
30
. to the State Board of Education - State Office of Education - Contracts and Grants -
31
K-3 Reading Diagnostic Assessment System, as an ongoing appropriation:
32
. from the Education Fund, ($2,200,000);
and
33
. to the State Board of Education - State Office of Education - Contracts and Grants -
34
Early Intervention, as an ongoing appropriation:
35
. from the Education Fund,
{
$2,500,000; and
}
$2,200,000.
36
{
. to the State Board of Education - State Office of Education - Contracts and Grants -
37
Early Intervention, as a one-time appropriation:
38
. from the Education Fund, $5,000,000.
3. Page
2, Lines 47 through 49
:
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53A-17a-167, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 420
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{
Uncodified Material Affected:
49
ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL
4. Page
11, Lines 329 through 333
:
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(6) [The] (a) Subject to legislative appropriations, by June 30 of each year, the State
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Board of Education shall select one or more technology providers, through a request for
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proposals process, to provide an interactive computer software program for literacy
{
or
332
numeracy
{
, or both,
}
and assessments for students in kindergarten [
and]
through
333
grade [1] 3.
5. Page
12, Lines 346 through 351
:
346
{
Section 5. Interim study of kindergarten programs.
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The Education Interim Committee shall study a comparison of the student reading
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performance of students enrolled in a half-day kindergarten program to the student reading
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performance of students enrolled in an all-day kindergarten program, as measured by the
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benchmark assessments of kindergarten students reading at grade level required in Section
351
53A-17a-150
.
6. Page
12, Line 363 through Page 13, Line 367
:
363
To State Board of Education - State Office of Education
364
From Education Fund
{
$2,500,000
}
$2,200,000
365
{
From Education Fund, one-time $5,000,000
}
366
Schedule of Programs:
367
Contracts and Grants - Early Intervention
{
$7,500,000
}
$2,200,000
7. Page
13, Lines 368 through 372
:
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The Legislature intends that:
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(1) the appropriation for Contracts and Grants - Early Intervention be used by the State
370
Board of Education to select one or more technology providers to provide an interactive
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computer software program for literacy
{
or numeracy
}
instruction
{
, or both,
}
and assessments for
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students
{
in kindergarten and grade 1
}
as described in Subsection
53A-17a-167
(6);
Renumber remaining sections accordingly.
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