VA HB568

Requires literacy screeners for students in kindergarten through grade 8 to begin no earlier than the 10th instructional day of the academic year, with testing windows extending at least 15 instructional days to ensure equitable access

Mandates the Department of Education create a student reading plan template that auto-populates data from literacy screener results, minimizes duplicative manual entry, and permits batch creation of plans for students with similar literacy needs

Requires the Department to annually compile de-identified themes and trends from educator feedback on literacy screener implementation and reading plan development, with reports due to the Board of Education and legislative committees by December 1

Requires the Department to conduct and publicly release an implementation feasibility analysis at least 60 days before any substantial modifications to literacy screeners or associated data systems, assessing system readiness, teacher workload impact, and training needs