Utah Code § 53G-10-802 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-10 / § 53G-10-802
§ 53G-10-802. Individualized reading plan.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) For each student in kindergarten through grade 3 who scores below or well below grade level on a benchmark reading assessment, the LEA shall: (a) provide to the student's parent, in writing or through the LEA's standard parent-communication portal: (i) notification that the student has demonstrated a substantial deficiency in reading; (ii) a description of the current services that the student receives; (iii) a description of the process for establishing an individualized reading plan to identify reading interventions; (iv) notification that retention, especially in earlier grades, can benefit the student's reading proficiency; (v) notification that, if the student scores below benchmark on the benchmark reading assessment at the end of third grade, the student is subject to retention under Section 53G-10-803; (vi) notification that the benchmark reading assessment is not the sole determinant of promotion and that additional evaluations and assessments are available to parents and the LEA to determine a student's reading proficiency and readiness for promotion to the next grade level; and (vii) a statement that connects the child's proficiency in reading to long-term outcomes of success; and (b) coordinate with the student's literacy team to establish an individualized reading plan for: (i) a student in kindergarten who scores well below benchmark on the mid-year or end-of-year benchmark reading assessment; (ii) a student in grade 1, 2, or 3 who scores below or well below benchmark on a benchmark reading assessment; (iii) a student whom an LEA promotes to grade 4 in accordance with Subsection 53G-10-803(2)(b)(ii) and has not scored at or above benchmark on a benchmark reading assessment during grade 4; and (iv) a student in kindergarten or grade 4: (A) who does not score at or above benchmark on a benchmark reading assessment; (B) who is not a student described in Subsection (1)(b)(i) or (1)(b)(iii); and (C) whose parent requests that the student receive an individualized reading plan. (2) (a) The literacy team for a student described in Subsection (1)(b) shall: (i) within 45 days after the day on which the LEA provides the first notice described in Subsection (1)(a) during a given school year, meet and jointly establish an individualized reading plan for the student that includes: (A) identification of the student's specific reading deficiencies; (B) a description of the reading interventions and intervention settings the LEA will provide to the student to remediate the identified reading deficiencies in accordance with Section 53G-10-803; (C) opportunities for the student's parent to be involved in the reading interventions the individualized reading plan identifies; (D) a process for monitoring and communicating to the student's parent the extent to which the student receives the reading interventions; and (E) a statement that if the student does not score at or above benchmark on the benchmark assessment, the student is subject to retention under Section 53G-10-803; (ii) meet at least once annually while the student has an individualized reading plan; and (iii) meet at the request of the parent to review the student's individualized reading plan and progress. (b) After every benchmark reading assessment, the literacy team shall communicate to review and, if necessary, modify the student's individualized reading plan. (3) An LEA shall continue the provision of reading interventions in accordance with a student's individualized reading plan described in Subsection (2)(a) until: (a) the student scores at or above benchmark on the benchmark reading assessment for the student's current grade level; or (b) the literacy team jointly modifies the student's literacy plan. (4) A teacher of a student with an individualized reading plan shall review the student's plan and literacy progress with the student and the student's parent during each parent teacher conference. (5) An LEA shall assign a student with an individualized reading plan under this section to a teacher who has completed or is in the process of completing formal training in the science of reading. (6) Each school and each LEA shall retain a student's individualized reading plan as part of the student's permanent school record.