House Bill 526 Summary

• Amends Section 33-1002 (Educational Support Program) to revise calculation provisions, make codifier's corrections, and add literacy intervention funding as a line item requiring state appropriation based on kindergarten through grade 3 reading assessment results.

• Repeals existing reading assessment and extended year reading intervention program sections (33-1614 and 33-1615) and replaces them with new provisions requiring statewide K-3 reading assessments at least twice yearly, with results reported to the state board, legislature, and governor.

• Establishes new literacy intervention program (33-1616) requiring school districts and public charter schools to provide minimum 60 hours of supplemental instruction for students scoring below basic and 30 hours for students scoring basic on fall reading assessments in kindergarten through grade 3.

• Requires literacy intervention programs to include research-based instruction covering phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency, with maximum $100 per student allowed for transportation costs.

• Directs the state board of education to promulgate rules implementing literacy intervention requirements, including student trajectory growth benchmarks and timelines for achieving proficiency.