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HOUSE BILL No. 2029—page 49 (1) Phonics, phonological and phonemic awareness; (2) vocabulary development; (3) silent and oral reading fluency; and (4) reading comprehension. (c) To promote the goals of the every child can read act, the board of education of each school district shall: (1) Measure student achievement by participation in the state assessment program, use of a single statewide universal screening tool recommended in the comprehensive literacy implementation plan submitted to the state board of education that is due on June 1, 2026, and implemented for the 2027-2028 school year and through other universal screening and assessment tools that are approved by a board of education of a school district or by the state department of education; (2) provide targeted and tiered interventions that are designed to match a student's individual deficiencies through additional contact hours with such student, including, but not limited to, one-on-one instruction, small group instruction, tutoring and summer school programs for all students and especially for those students who are at and below the third grade level who are identified as having a literacy deficit; and (3) ensure that the teacher of each third grade student communicates with the parent or guardian of each such student to provide information on the student's literacy proficiency or deficiencies and any recommended interventions for such student to achieve proficiency. Such communication shall occur at least once during the fall semester and once during the spring semester. When a teacher provides the communications required pursuant to this paragraph, each such communication shall provide the parent or guardian with: (A) A summary of the every child can read act and the literacy goals of the act; (B) any assessment data relating to literacy that pertains to the student; (C) any recommended interventions for the student; and (D) how the school district tracks the outcomes of any such interventions. (d) (1) On or before June 30 of each school year, each school district shall report to the state department of education on the school district's implementation of the every child can read act, the interventions that the school district is using to attain the goals of such act and the resulting outcomes of such interventions. Such report shall include: (A) The number of third grade students in such school district; (B) the screening and assessment data from at least the preceding two school years that the school district is using as a baseline to evaluate student progress in literacy; (C) the percentage of students that are proficient, moving toward proficiency or deficient, with percentages provided for all students and student subgroups; (D) the number of students in prekindergarten through grade eight who performed in the high-risk category on the fall screening measure; (E) the number of students in kindergarten through grade three with an individual student literacy plan beginning in school year 2027- 2028; and (F) the number of students in kindergarten through grade three who exited the high-risk category or such student's individual student literacy plan by the end of the school year beginning in school year 2027-2028. (2) The state department of education shall compile such reports and submit a summary report to the governor, the legislature, literacy advisory committee and the state board of education on or before October 1 of each year. (3) The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2032. Sec. 18. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3574, as amended by section 7 of