Nevada § 388.157 - Plan to improve literacy of pupils enrolled in elementary school: Contents; submission to Department for approval; regulations

§ 388.157. Plan to improve literacy of pupils enrolled in elementary school: Contents; submission to Department for approval; regulations

1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter

school shall prepare a plan to improve the literacy of pupils enrolled in an elementary

school. Such a plan must include, without limitation: (a) A program to provide intervention services and intensive instruction to pupils

who have been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading to ensure that

those pupils achieve adequate proficiency in the requisite reading skills and reading

comprehension skills necessary to perform at a level determined by a statewide assessment

to be within a level determined by the State Board for a pupil enrolled in the same

grade in which the pupil is enrolled. Such a program must include, without limitation, regularly scheduled reading sessions

in small groups and specific instruction designed to target any area of reading in

which the pupil demonstrates a deficiency, including, without limitation, phonological

and phonemic awareness, decoding skills, reading fluency and vocabulary and reading

comprehension strategies; (b) Procedures for assessing a pupil's proficiency in the subject area of reading

using valid and reliable standards-based assessments that have been approved by the

State Board by regulation during each grade level of the elementary school at which

the pupil is enrolled as determined necessary; (c) A program to improve the proficiency in reading of pupils who are English learners;

and (d) Procedures for facilitating collaboration between licensed teachers designated

as literacy specialists and classroom teachers. 2. The board of trustees of each school district or the governing body of a charter

school, as applicable, shall: (a) Submit its plan to the Department for approval on or before the date prescribed

by the Department on a form prescribed by the Department; and (b) Make such revisions to the plan as the Department determines are necessary. 3. The Department shall adopt regulations that prescribe procedures for assessing

the development across early learning domains of a pupil enrolled in kindergarten

within the first 45 days of school in a school year.