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164.0207 Collaborative Center for Literacy Development: Early Childhood through Adulthood -- Duties -- Report.

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Page 1 of 2 164.0207 Collaborative Center for Literacy Development: Early Childhood through Adulthood -- Duties -- Report. (1) The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development: Early Childhood through Adulthood is created to make available professional development for educators in <br>reliable, replicable research-based reading programs, and to promote literacy <br>development, including cooperating with other entities that provide family literacy <br>services. The center shall be responsible for: <br>(a) Developing and implementing a clearinghouse for information about programs addressing reading and literacy from early childhood and the <br>elementary grades (P-5) through adult education; (b) Providing advice to the Kentucky Board of Education regarding the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Program established in KRS 158.792 and <br>in other matters relating to reading; (c) Collaborating with public and private institutions of postsecondary education and adult education providers to provide for teachers and administrators <br>quality preservice and professional development relating to reading diagnostic <br>assessments and intervention and to the essential components of successful <br>reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, <br>and the connections between writing and reading acquisition and motivation <br>to read; (d) Collaborating with the Kentucky Department of Education to assist districts with students functioning at low levels of reading skills to assess and address <br>identified literacy needs; (e) Providing professional development and coaching for early childhood educators and classroom teachers, including adult education teachers, <br>implementing selected reliable, replicable research-based reading programs. <br>The professional development shall utilize technology when appropriate; (f) Developing and implementing a comprehensive research agenda evaluating the early reading models implemented in Kentucky under KRS 158.792; (g) Maintaining a demonstration and training site for early literacy located at each of the public universities; (h) Assisting middle and high schools in the development of comprehensive adolescent reading plans and maintaining a repository of instructional <br>materials or summary materials that identify comprehension best practices in <br>the teaching of each subject area and a list of classroom-based diagnostic <br>reading comprehension assessments that measure student progress in <br>developing students' reading comprehension skills; and (i) Evaluating the reading and literacy components of the model adult education programs funded under the adult education and literacy initiative fund created <br>under KRS 164.041. (2) The center shall review national research and disseminate appropriate research abstracts, when appropriate, as well as conduct ongoing research of reading Page 2 of 2 programs throughout the state. Research activities undertaken by the center shall <br>consist of descriptive as well as empirical studies. <br>(a) The center may contract for research studies to be conducted on its behalf. <br>(b) The research agenda should, at a minimum, consider the impact of various reading and intervention programs: <br>1. In eliminating academic achievement gaps among students with <br>differing characteristics, including subpopulations of students with <br>disabilities, students with low socioeconomic status, students from racial <br>minority groups, students with limited English proficiency, and students <br>of different gender; 2. In schools with differing characteristics, such as urban versus rural <br>schools, poverty versus nonpoverty schools, schools with strong library <br>media center programs versus schools with weak library media center <br>programs, and schools in different geographic regions of the state; 3. In terms of their costs and effectiveness; and 4. In maintaining positive student progress over a sustained period of time. (3) The center shall submit an annual report of its activities to the Kentucky Department of Education, the Governor, and the Legislative Research Commission <br>no later than September 1 of each year. (4) With advice from the Department of Education, the Council on Postsecondary Education shall develop a process to solicit, review, and approve a proposal for <br>locating the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development at a public institution of <br>postsecondary education. The Council on Postsecondary Education shall approve <br>the location. The center, in conjunction with the council, shall establish goals and <br>performance objectives related to the functions described in this section. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 5, effective March 18, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 526, sec. 29, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 580, sec. 3, <br>effective July 15, 1998. Legislative Research Commission Note (3/18/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 127, which included an amendment to this section, KRS 164.0207, provides that the Act shall be <br>cited as the &quot;Read to Achieve Act of 2005.&quot;