Reading Sufficiency Act Summer Academy Reading Program

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Reading Sufficiency ActSummer Academy Reading
Program
Sandy Garrett State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Oklahoma State Department of Education
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Requirements

• A Third Grade Summer Academy Reading Program
  shall incorporate the content of a reading
  program administered by the Oklahoma Commission
  for Teacher Preparation or a scientifically based
  reading program administered by the State Board
  of Education.

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Teacher Qualifications

• Teachers who are certified as Reading Specialist
• Teachers who have completed Literacy First
  Training
• Teachers who have completed a Reading First
  Summer Reading Academy
• Teachers who have completed the Effective
  Reading Instruction Training (Dynamic Indicators
  of Basic Early Literacy Skills-Phase III)

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Optional Programs

• School districts may approve an option for
  students who are unable to attend a summer
  reading academy.
• School districts shall not be required to pay for
  the optional program, but shall clearly
  communicate to the parent or guardian the
  expectations of the program and any cost involved.

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Optional Programs

• Optional programs may include, but are not
  limited to an approved private tutor, an approved
  computer or Internet-based instruction, or an
  approved program of reading instruction monitored
  by the parent or guardian.

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Eligible Students

• Third grade students determined not to be reading
  at grade level, based on an approved Reading
  Sufficiency Act assessment
• Basic Early Assessment of Reading (BEAR)
• Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
  (DIBELS)
• Literacy First Assessment Battery

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Eligible Students

• Section 2 amends 70 O. S. 1210.508E of the
  Reading Sufficiency Act related to implementation
  of the Summer Academy Reading Programs for
  English Language Learners.
• A third-grade student who is an English language
  learner and is found not to be reading at the
  third-grade level shall be eligible to
  participate in a summer reading remediation
  program.

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Ineligible Students

• Students who have an individualized education
  program pursuant to the Individuals with
  Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) who have
  satisfied their annual goals of the
  individualized education program for that
  student. (70 O.S. 1210.508E)

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Required Instructional Time

• The summer academy reading program for students
  shall be courses that provide at least four (4)
  weeks of instruction a half (1/2) day each day
  for four days. (70 O.S. 1210.508D) (OAC
  21015-27-1)

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Parent Notification

• Parents of third grade students who are reading
  below grade level are to be notified by the end
  of the second quarter of the following
• Reading level of the student.
• Program of reading instruction for the student.
• The potential need for the student to
  participate in a summer academy or alternate
  program.

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Summer Academy Reading Program Allocation

• Contingent upon the availability of appropriated
  funds, the State Department of Education will
  award up to 400 to public school districts for
  each eligible currently enrolled student who is
  found not to be reading at grade level and who
  subsequently participates in a summer academy
  reading program as defined in the Reading
  Sufficiency Act. (70 O.S. 1210.508D)

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Summer Academy Reading Program Allocation

• Section 1 amends 70 O. S. 1210.508D of the
  Reading Sufficiency Act.
• A school district which has ten or fewer students
  participating in a summer reading remediation
  program may be allocated a base amount of One
  Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (1,500.00) for the
  program which shall be in addition to the
  per-student reimbursement amount provided.

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Expenditures

• Reading Sufficiency funds allocated from the
  student count must be used for expenses relating
  to approved summer academy reading programs for
  participating eligible students. (OAC 21015-27-1)

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Expenditures

• The OCAS Project Reporting Code for Summer
  Academy Reading Program Claims is Project Code
  366.

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Expenditures

• The Summer Academy Reading Program claims are due
  to the State Department of Education, Office of
  Standards and Curriculum, Friday, August 14,
  2009.
• Receipts and invoices must accompany claims.

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Reporting Requirements

• Each district will submit the number of eligible
  third grade students who may participate in an
  approved summer academy reading program based on
  results from an approved assessment as outlined
  in the Reading Sufficiency Act. (OAC 21015-27-1)

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Reporting Requirements

• The Summer Academy Reading Program Report will be
  due and must be certified by the superintendent
  by Friday, May 1, 2009, through the School
  District Reporting Site (SDRS).

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Reporting Requirements

• If your district chooses to offer other options
  for remediation and will not use RSA Summer
  Academy Reading Funds, we request that you check
  the release of funds option on the RSA Summer
  Academy Reading reporting site on or before
  Friday, May 1, 2009.

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Reporting Requirements

• Districts offering a Summer Academy Reading
  Program will submit the name(s) of teachers who
  will teach the Third Grade Summer Academy Reading
  Program along with completed training or
  certification.

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Reporting Requirements

• Districts offering a Summer Academy Reading
  Program will submit the dates and hours of
  operation for their Third Grade Summer Academy
  Reading Program.

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Contact Information

• Ms. Cathleen Williams
• [phone]
• Cathleen_Williams_at_sde.state.ok.us
• Ms. Lorie George
• [phone]
• Lorie_George_at_sde.state.ok.us
• Ms. Debra Doyals
• Debra_Doyals_at_sde.state.ok.us