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S1486aa........................................................by EDUCATION
TEACHERS - READING - Amends existing law to revise requirements for certain
certificated employees of a school district taking a state approved reading
instruction course titled "Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course"; and to
revise procedures.
02/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/22 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/09 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/15 Rpt out amen - to engros
03/16 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/21 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 30-0-5
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Hawkins,
Ingram, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Richardson, Riggs,
Risch, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler,
Whitworth, Williams
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Geddes, Ipsen, Noh, Parry, Sandy
Floor Sponsor - Dunklin
Title apvd - to House
03/22 House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Educ
03/27 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/28 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
Rules susp - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hammond,
Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Mader, Marley,
McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner,
Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Sellman, Shepherd,
Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail,
Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Cuddy, Field(20), Hadley, Loertscher, Schaefer
Floor Sponsor - Montgomery
Title apvd - to Senate
03/29 To enrol
03/30 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/31 Sp signed
04/03 To Governor
04/12 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 269
Effective: 04/12/00
S1486
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1486, As Amended
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO TEACHER PREPARATION; AMENDING SECTION 33-1207A, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 REVISE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES TAKING A STATE
4 APPROVED READING INSTRUCTION COURSE TITLED "IDAHO COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY
5 COURSE" AND TO REVISE PROCEDURES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1207A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 33-1207A. TEACHER PREPARATION. (1) Higher Education Institutions. The
10 state board shall review teacher preparation programs at the institutions of
11 higher education under their supervision and shall assure that the course
12 offerings and graduation requirements are consistent with the state board
13 approved, research based "Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Plan." To assure the
14 most immediate compliance with this requirement, the board may allocate funds,
15 subject to appropriation, to institutions which require revision of the pro-
16 gram.
17 The state board shall be responsible for the development of a single
18 preservice assessment measure for all kindergarten through grade eight (8)
19 teacher preparation programs. The assessment must include a demonstration of
20 teaching skills and knowledge congruent with current research on best reading
21 practices. In addition the assessment must include how children acquire lan-
22 guage; the basic sound structure of English, including phonological and
23 phonemic awareness; phonics and structural analysis; semantics and syntactics;
24 how to select reading textbooks; and how to use diagnostic tools and test data
25 to improve teaching. It shall also include the preservice teacher's knowledge
26 base of reading process: phonological awareness; sound-symbol correspondence
27 (intensive, systematic phonemes); semantics (meaning); syntax (grammar and
28 language patterns); pragmatics (background knowledge and life experience); and
29 comprehension and critical thinking. By September 2002, all teacher candidates
30 shall pass this assessment as part of the graduation requirements from an
31 Idaho teacher preparation program. The state board shall report the number of
32 preservice teachers taking and passing the performance-based reading assess-
33 ment to the legislature and governor annually. All costs associated with
34 administration of this test shall be borne by the institution which adminis-
35 ters the test and shall be shown as a line item in the appropriation request
36 of the institution for state reimbursement.
37 (2) In-service Programs. Each teacher employed in a classroom for kinder-
38 garten through grade eight (8), Title I, or special education and each school
39 administrator of a school which includes kindergarten through grade eight (8),
40 Title I, or special education shall complete three (3) credits (or forty-five
41 (45) contact hours of in-service training) of a single state approved reading
42 instruction course titled "Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course" based on the
43 state approved research based "Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Plan" in order to
2
1 recertify. Effective September 2000, the affected certificated personnel need
2 only qualify under this requirement once. Courses which qualify for credit
3 shall be approved by the state department of education,. These courses and any
4 educator who completes a state approved reading instruction course prior to
5 September 2001, shall be deemed to have met the requirements of this subsec-
6 tion. Completion of a state approved reading instruction course shall be a
7 one-time requirement for each renewal of certification for those currently
8 employed in an Idaho school district and shall be included within current
9 requirements for continuing education for renewal. The department shall pro-
10 vide a waiver of this requirement if the applicant successfully completes the
11 reading assessment measure developed for preservice purposes as provided in
12 subsection (1) of this section. The department shall establish a procedure to
13 allow a waiver of this requirement if the applicant teaches in a secondary
14 grade subject which does not directly involve teaching reading or writing.
15 The board of trustees of every school district shall include in its plan
16 for in-service training, coursework covering reading skills development,
17 including diagnostic tools to review and adjust instruction continuously, and
18 the ability to identify students who need special help in reading. The dis-
19 trict plan for in-service training in reading skills shall be submitted to the
20 state department of education for review and approval, in a format specified
21 by the department.
22 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
23 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
24 passage and approval.
AS1486
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
Moved by Dunklin
Seconded by Burtenshaw
IN THE SENATE
SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1486
1 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
2 On page 2 of the printed bill, in line 5, delete "2003," and insert:
3 "2001".
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10158
This bill addresses a technical problem with one of the bills passed in the previous
session as part of the Idaho Reading Initiative. We now require teachers to pass a
comprehensive literacy course before their next period of re-certification, unless
they exempt out of the course. However, the test to grant the exemption is not yet
prepared. In addition, quality literacy courses for teachers to take are not yet
widely available across the state. This bill gives educators until September 2003
to complete the course, so they can wait until all components of the Reading
Initiative are in place.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Senator Betsy Dunklin
Phone: 332-1382
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S1486