2010 Utah Code
Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Chapter 01 - Administration of Public Education at the State Level
53A-1-606.6 - Students reading below grade level -- Report to Education Interim Committee -- Rulemaking.

53A-1-606.6. Students reading below grade level -- Report to Education Interim Committee -- Rulemaking.
(1) (a) A school district or charter school shall:
(i) notify a parent or guardian of a first, second, or third grade student, prior to the midpoint of the school year, that the first, second, or third grade student is reading below grade level, as determined by multiple assessments administered pursuant to this part, and pursuant to rules enacted under Subsection (2);
(ii) provide information to a parent or guardian of a student described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) regarding reading remediation inteventions available through the school district or charter school; and
(iii) provide focused reading remediation through appropriate interventions that may include tutoring, before and after school programs, or summer school assistance.
(b) A school district or charter school shall provide the following to the parent or guardian of a student described in Subsection (1)(a)(i):
(i) a notification described in Subsection (1)(a)(i); and
(ii) information provided pursuant to Subsection (1)(a)(ii).
(2) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the State Board of Education shall make rules defining expected reading levels for first, second, and third grades.
(3) On or before the November meeting of the Education Interim Committee of each year, the State Board of Education shall report:
(a) the number of students reading below grade level described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) identified during the prior school year; and
(b) the number of students described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) who received reading intervention during the prior school year.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to imply that a student may, or may not be advanced to the next grade level based on the student's reading ability measured in accordance with this section.

Enacted by Chapter 275, 2010 General Session