Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.508E

Expansion of requirements.

A. If a teacher determines that a student in kindergarten or

first through third grade is not reading at grade level by the end

of the second quarter of the school year, the parent or legal

guardian of the student shall be notified of:

1. The reading level of the student;

2. The program of reading instruction for the student as

required pursuant to the Strong Readers Act; and

3. The potential need for the student to participate in a

summer academy or other program designed to assist the student in

attaining grade-level reading skills.

B. A teacher who determines a student in kindergarten or first

through third grade is not meeting grade-level targets for reading

may, after consultation with the parent or legal guardian of the

student, recommend that the student participate in and complete a

summer academy or other program.

C. Summer academy programs shall be designed to ensure that

participating students successfully complete grade-level

competencies in reading to enhance next-grade readiness. A summer

academy reading program shall be a program that incorporates the

content of a scientifically research-based professional development

program administered by the Commission for Educational Quality and

Accountability or a scientifically research-based reading program

administered by the State Board of Education and is taught by

teachers who have successfully completed professional development in

the reading program or who are certified as reading specialists.

D. School districts may approve an option for students who are

unable to attend a summer academy. The optional program may

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include, but is not limited to, an approved private provider of

instruction, approved computer- or Internet-based instruction, or an

approved program of reading instruction monitored by the parent or

legal guardian. School districts shall not be required to pay for

the optional program but shall clearly communicate to the parent or

legal guardian the expectations of the program and any costs that

may be involved.

E. Subject to the availability of funds, beginning one (1) year

after implementation of this section, the requirements of subsection

B of this section may be expanded to apply to students in fourth

grade. Each year thereafter, the requirements may be expanded by

one grade level until the requirements apply to third-grade students

through eighth-grade students. Summer academy programs shall be

designed for each grade level. Nothing in this section shall

prevent the State Board of Education or a school district board of

education from utilizing private, local, or federal funds to

implement this section.

F. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement

the provisions of this section which shall include requirements for

instructional time for summer academy programs, teacher

qualifications, and evaluation of student achievement as a result of

summer academy programs or other optional programs.