MN HF332

School districts must adopt local literacy plans to ensure every child reads at or above grade level by end of grade 3, including English learners, with plans posted on district websites.

Local literacy plans must include assessment processes, parent notification procedures, evidence-based intervention methods, staff development needs, and explicit instruction in phonology and language decoding skills.

Literacy incentive aid funding ($530 per student) is distributed to schools based on third grade reading proficiency rates and fourth grade reading growth rates, averaged across three years of test administrations.

Dyslexia is defined as a neurological learning disability characterized by difficulties with word recognition, spelling, and decoding abilities resulting from a phonological language deficit.

Basic skills revenue may be used for staff development to implement literacy plans, including training for teachers, principals, and other personnel to identify student needs and provide appropriate interventions.