71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 3941
 
LC 4123/HB 3941-4
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 3941
 
  By COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
 
                             May 14
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 4 through 30 and
delete page 2 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + The Legislative Assembly finds
that:
  ' (1) Reading is the gateway to learning and a key to building
a child's self-esteem.
  ' (2) Children who read below grade level after third grade are
at significantly greater risk of truancy, school failure,
criminal and at-risk behaviors, early pregnancy and substance
abuse.
  ' (3) Research shows that children who have academic problems
and exhibit at-risk behavior can be helped most effectively
through prevention programs designed specifically to strengthen
the collaborative and collective decision-making skills of
kindergarten through grade three teachers and administrators
within each individual school.
  ' (4) Scientifically based assessment methods can identify as
early as kindergarten those children needing extra help to
successfully learn to read.
  ' (5) Scientifically based instructional reading materials can
provide the reading skills children need to successfully learn to
read. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) There is created the Early
Success Reading Initiative for the State of Oregon.
  ' (2) The purpose of the initiative is to recognize the
essential need of elementary schools to effectively use
research-based teaching practices and learning strategies.
  ' (3) The components of the Early Success Reading Initiative
include, but are not limited to:
  ' (a) Providing research-based assessment systems to
administrators, teachers and the public in order to provide the
decision-making and accountability information needed to monitor
children's progress as they learn to read.
  ' (b) Screening and continuously monitoring the reading
progress of all children from kindergarten through the completion
of the third grade.
  ' (c) Using scientific, research-based reading systems to
create school cultures and processes that enable all children to
read successfully, including children with disabilities and
children with linguistic and cultural diversity and other
learning needs.
  ' (d) Enabling administrators and teachers within each
individual school to collect, interpret and use student learning
data to:
  ' (A) Guide kindergarten through grade three teachers and
administrators in instructional decisions;
  ' (B) Implement a kindergarten through grade three schoolwide
reading action plan;
  ' (C) Provide strategies for student groups; and
  ' (D) Provide structured interaction with parents.
  ' (e) Establishing a relationship between school districts and
the University of Oregon to provide instructional and research
support to assist school administrators, teachers and parents to
enable students in kindergarten through grade three to learn to
read effectively and successfully through means that are in
congruence with state standards for reading and common curriculum
goals.
  ' (4) The University of Oregon shall design, implement and
monitor the Early Success Reading Initiative. The University of
Oregon shall provide consultation services to school districts
that establish early success reading sites.
  ' (5) The goal of the initiative is to enable each school
district to establish early success reading sites at individual
elementary schools. An elementary school that is initially
selected as an early success reading site shall serve as a model
and as a resource to other elementary schools within its school
district as those schools implement the initiative.
  ' (6) The University of Oregon may seek grants and private
funds to support the Early Success Reading Initiative. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + The University of Oregon shall
report annually on the implementation, longitudinal progress and
results of the Early Success Reading Initiative to the Governor,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the appropriate
legislative committees. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + During the 2001-2003 and 2003-2005
biennia, the University of Oregon shall include in the reports
required by section 3 of this 2001 Act a review of the pilot
project created pursuant to section 5 of this 2001 Act. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 5. + }  { + (1) During the 2001-2003 and
2003-2005 biennia, as part of the Early Success Reading
Initiative, the Department of Education shall award grants to
school districts for a pilot project to establish early success
reading sites in individual schools as provided under section 2
of this 2001 Act.
  ' (2) The grants shall be awarded to the 30 school districts
with the lowest scores on the statewide assessment in reading
administered to third grade students during the 2000-2001 school
year. Each school district that receives a grant shall use the
grant to establish one early success reading site at an
elementary school in the district.
  ' (3) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules
necessary for the implementation of this section. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 6. + }  { + In addition to and not in lieu of
any other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department
of Higher Education for the University of Oregon, for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund, the
amount of $230,000, which may be expended for the Early Success
Reading Initiative. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 7. + }  { + In addition to and not in lieu of
any other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department
of Education, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $270,000, which may be expended for
grants to school districts for the Early Success Reading
Initiative pilot project. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 8. + }  { + This 2001 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act
takes effect on its passage. + } ' .
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