(1) Based on the reports submitted under ORS § 327.835, the Department of Education shall monitor a school district’s or a public charter school’s progress toward achieving the goals established in the early literacy success plan, as described in ORS § 327.831 (3).

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(2) The department shall intervene when a school district or public charter school does not meet the goals established in the early literacy success plan.

(3) When the department intervenes, as provided by subsection (2) of this section, the department:

(a) Shall assist the school district or the public charter school in developing a corrective action plan; and

(b) May retain any or all of the amount the school district or public charter school would have received as a distribution under ORS § 327.833 and may use a portion of the amount retained to prepare and assist the school district or the public charter school in implementing the corrective action plan.

(4) An intervention and corrective action plan shall continue until the school district or public charter school makes sufficient and sustained progress toward achieving the goals established in the early literacy success plan. The department shall determine when sufficient and sustained progress has been achieved.

(5) If a school district or public charter school continues to fail to make progress toward achieving the goals established in the early literacy success plan, the department may take additional action, including not allowing for the distribution to the school district or public charter school of any additional moneys under ORS § 327.833. [2023 c.534 § 7]

See note under 327.825.

Section 8, chapter 534, Oregon Laws 2023, provides:

(1) The Department of Education shall establish timelines for the submission of applications for an Early Literacy Success School Grant under section 4 of this 2023 Act [327.831]. The timelines must allow for the first distributions of grants to school districts and public charter schools under section 5 of this 2023 Act [327.833] to be made for the 2023-2024 school year.

(2) Notwithstanding section 3 (3) of this 2023 Act [327.829 (3)], for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years only, a grant received under section 5 of this 2023 Act for the purposes described in section 3 (2) of this 2023 Act may be used for the benefit of students in grades four and five in addition to being used for the benefit of children and students in prekindergarten through grade three. For the purpose of this subsection, grant moneys used for the benefit of students in grades four and five must be:

(a) Limited as follows:

(A) For the 2023-2024 school year, no more than 20 percent of the total amount received under section 5 of this 2023 Act for the 2023-2024 school year may be used for the benefit of students in grades four and five; and

(B) For the 2024-2025 school year, no more than 10 percent of the total amount received under section 5 of this 2023 Act for the 2024-2025 school year may be used for the benefit of students in grades four and five.

(b) Matched by moneys otherwise available to the school district or the public charter school.

(3) Notwithstanding section 4 (3)(a) of this 2023 Act, the requirement that an application include four-year goals first applies to applications submitted by a school district or a public charter school on or after January 1, 2025.

(4) Notwithstanding section 6 (3)(a) of this 2023 Act [327.835 (3)(a)], the first report required to be submitted by the Department of Education under section 6 (3)(a) of this 2023 Act must be submitted no later than December 31, 2024. [2023 c.534 § 8]

(Birth Through Five Literacy Plan)