to adopt the amendment to SB 12.
Representative Johnsen moved to adopt the amendment to SB 12. The motion did not prevail 5-9-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Greene, Markkanen, Paquette, Wendzel, Johnsen. Nays: Reps. Koleszar, Churches, Shannon, Stone, Weiss, Glanville, Conlin, Edwards, Wegela. Pass: None. Representative Paquette offered the following amendment to SB 12: 1. Amend page 19, following line 22, by inserting: "(12) If a grade 3 pupil achieves a reading score that is 1 grade level or more behind, as determined by the department based on the grade 3 state English language arts assessment, the school district or public school academy in which the pupil is enrolled shall ensure that all of the following occur: (a) Subject to subdivision (c), by not later than 30 days after the school district or public school academy receives notice of the pupil's reading level under subsection (14), the pupil's parent or legal guardian is notified that the pupil qualifies for a tutoring stipend to be applied toward a tutoring service selected by the pupil's parent or legal guardian and that the pupil's parent or legal guardian has not more than 30 days from the date of the notice sent to the parent or legal guardian to notify the school district or public school academy, in writing, to which tutoring service the parent or legal guardian would like the stipend to be issued. (b) Not later than 30 days after receiving notice from a parent or legal guardian under subdivision (a), the school district or public school academy shall ensure that the pupil receives tutoring services until the pupil is proficient in reading at the pupil's grade level through the tutoring service selected by the pupil's parent or legal guardian under subdivision (a) and that the stipend described in subdivision (a) is issued to the tutoring service. The stipend issued under this subdivision must be up to $1,000.00 per pupil per year until the pupil is proficient in reading at the pupil's grade level. A stipend issued under this subdivision cannot be applied toward payment of a tutoring service provided by a high school student who is an eligible individual, as defined in subsection (15)(a). The notice described in subdivision (a) must reflect the immediately preceding sentence. (c) The pupil's parent or legal guardian chooses, for purposes of subdivision (a), a tutoring service that is on the list of approved tutoring services under subsection (15). (13) Not later than May 23 of each year or not later than 14 days after the department finalizes the scoring for the grade 3 state assessments, whichever is earlier, the department shall provide CEPI with the grade 3 state assessment scores for every grade 3 pupil enrolled in a public school in this state who was administered 1 or more of those assessments. (14) Not later than June 1 of each year or not later than 14 days after CEPI receives the grade 3 state assessment results from the department under subsection (13), whichever is earlier, using those state assessment results, CEPI shall identify each pupil completing grade 3 that year who is not at a grade 3 reading level, shall identify the pupil's reading level, and shall notify the parent or legal guardian and the school district or public school academy of each of these pupils and the pupil's reading level. A school district or public school academy may also make its own notification to a parent or guardian in addition to the notification by CEPI. The notification by CEPI to a parent or legal guardian must be by certified mail. The notification by CEPI must clearly state, at a minimum, that, if a parent or legal guardian receives a notification from CEPI under this subsection, the parent or legal guardian may request a meeting with school officials to discuss the student's lack of proficiency and grade-level performance. If a parent or legal guardian requests a meeting described in this subsection, the school official to whom the request is made must ensure that an appropriate school official is made available to the parent or legal guardian for such a meeting. (15) The department shall develop a process to accept and approve applications from organizations and entities and eligible individuals to provide tutoring services for purposes of subsection (12). By not later than 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the department shall develop a list of department-approved organizations and entities and eligible individuals and publish that list on its website. As used in this subsection: (a) "Eligible individuals" includes, but is not limited to, the following individuals: (i) College graduate students. (ii) High school students who are supervised by an adult during the duration of the tutoring and who have completed training developed by the department. (b) "Organizations and entities" includes, but is not limited to, organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 501; faith-based organizations; the YMCA; United Way; Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America; sororities; and fraternities." and renumbering the remaining subsection.