1. A public elementary school that has notified the parent or legal guardian of a pupil that, based upon the results of state or local assessments, it has been determined that the pupil has a deficiency in the subject area of reading pursuant to NRS 392.750 shall, within 30 days after providing such notice, establish a plan to monitor the growth of the pupil in the subject area of reading.

2. A plan to monitor the growth of a pupil in the subject area of reading must be established by a licensed teacher and any other relevant licensed school personnel and approved by the principal of the school and the parent or legal guardian of the pupil. The plan must include a description of any intervention services and intensive instruction that will be provided to the pupil to correct the area of deficiency and must include that the pupil will receive intensive instruction in reading until the pupil achieves adequate proficiency in the requisite reading skills and reading comprehension skills necessary to perform at a level determined by a statewide assessment to be within a level established by the State Board of Education for a pupil enrolled in the same grade in which the pupil is enrolled. Such instruction must include, without limitation, the programs and services included in the plan to improve the literacy of pupils enrolled in elementary school approved by the Department pursuant to NRS 388.157.

3. A school that establishes a plan to monitor the growth of a pupil in the subject area of reading shall regularly assess the growth of the pupil in any area of deficiency in the subject area of reading to ensure that the programs and services provided to the pupil pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 392.750 continue to increase the proficiency of the pupil in the subject area of reading until the pupil performs at a level determined by a statewide assessment to be within a level established by the State Board for a pupil enrolled in the same grade in which the pupil is enrolled.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 1862; A 2019, 4494)