Florida SB 1340: Florida Statutes

Bill Text

1340 
Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring 
2026-01-07T08:39:40Z 
Specifying requirements for a school district if a student exhibits characteristics of dyslexia or dyscalculia; providing circumstances under which a student is required to undergo further screening for dyslexia or dyscalculia, etc. 
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2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1340 

 By Senator Harrell 

 31-01183-26 20261340__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to coordinated screening and progress 
 3 monitoring; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; specifying 
 4 requirements for a school district if a student 
 5 exhibits characteristics of dyslexia or dyscalculia; 
 6 providing circumstances under which a student is 
 7 required to undergo further screening for dyslexia or 
 8 dyscalculia; requiring the State Board of Education to 
 9 adopt rules; providing an effective date. 
 10 
 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 12 
 13 Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (4) of 
 14 section 1008.25, Florida Statutes, and paragraph (a) of 
 15 subsection (9) of that section is amended, to read: 
 16 1008.25 Public school student progression; student support; 
 17 coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting 
 18 requirements.— 
 19 (4) ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT.— 
 20 (d) If the coordinated screening and progress monitoring 
 21 system under subsection (9), or any district-approved screening 
 22 instrument, identifies a student as exhibiting characteristics 
 23 of dyslexia or dyscalculia, the school district shall: 
 24 1. Ensure that the student is covered by a plan under 
 25 paragraph (b) which includes evidence-based interventions that 
 26 are specific to the identified characteristics of dyslexia or 
 27 dyscalculia and that are aligned, as appropriate, with the 
 28 interventions required under subsection (5) for reading and 
 29 subsection (6) for mathematics. 
 30 2. Treat the screening result as reasonable suspicion that 
 31 the student may be a student with a disability for purposes of 
 32 s. 1003.57 and promptly seek parental consent to conduct an 
 33 initial evaluation consistent with state board rule and 
 34 applicable federal law. 
 35 3. Ensure that screening activities and intervention 
 36 procedures, including interventions required under this 
 37 subsection and subsections (5) and (6), occur concurrently with 
 38 the evaluation process and are not used to delay or deny an 
 39 appropriate evaluation. 
 40 (9) COORDINATED SCREENING AND PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEM.— 
 41 (a) The Department of Education, in collaboration with the 
 42 Office of Early Learning, shall procure and require the use of a 
 43 statewide, standardized coordinated screening and progress 
 44 monitoring system for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education 
 45 Program and public schools. The system must: 
 46 1. Measure student progress in meeting the appropriate 
 47 expectations in early literacy and mathematics skills and in 
 48 English Language Arts and mathematics standards as required by 
 49 ss. 1002.67(1)(a) and 1003.41 and identify the educational 
 50 strengths and needs of students. 
 51 2. For students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education 
 52 Program through grade 3, measure student performance in oral 
 53 language development, phonological and phonemic awareness, 
 54 knowledge of print and letters, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, 
 55 and comprehension, as applicable by grade level, and, at a 
 56 minimum, provide interval level and norm-referenced data that 
 57 measures equivalent levels of growth. 
 58 3. Be a valid, reliable, and developmentally appropriate 
 59 computer-based direct instrument that provides screening and 
 60 diagnostic capabilities for monitoring student progress; 
 61 identifies students who have a substantial deficiency in reading 
 62 or mathematics, including identifying students with 
 63 characteristics of dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other learning 
 64 disorders; and informs instruction. Any student identified by 
 65 the system as having characteristics of dyslexia or dyscalculia 
 66 shall undergo further screening. Any student whose performance 
 67 in the system meets thresholds established by State Board of 
 68 Education rule in circumstances in which the system is not 
 69 capable of identifying characteristics of dyslexia or 
 70 dyscalculia must undergo further screening. The further 
 71 screening required under this subparagraph is used to refine 
 72 instructional planning and parental communication and is not a 
 73 prerequisite to the interventions or evaluation obligations 
 74 described in subsection (4). The State Board of Education shall 
 75 adopt rules establishing timelines, performance thresholds, and 
 76 parental notification requirements for further screening under 
 77 this subparagraph. Screening activities under this subsection 
 78 shall occur concurrently w