Utah Early Literacy Outcomes Improvement (SB 127, 2022) and the Early Literacy Program (Utah Code 53F-2-503)
How schools fund reading intervention in Utah
How schools fund reading intervention in Utah
How schools fund reading intervention in Utah
The state-level programs below are the streams Utah districts most often use for evidence-based reading intervention purchases, alongside the federal streams available everywhere.
Early Literacy Program (Utah Code 53F-2-503)
Annual state funds (Base Level, Guarantee, and Low Income Students components) flow to LEAs whose K-3 literacy proficiency plans are approved by USBE; funds supplement local resources for evidence-based early literacy instruction and intervention, including materials.
Early Interactive Software Program (EISP) and literacy software appropriations
State-funded licenses for K-3 computer-based literacy software chosen from a state-vetted vendor list; relevant only if a product is on the vetted software list, so print/teacher-led interventions are usually funded elsewhere.
LETRS / educator professional learning grants (SB 127)
USBE grants fund required science-of-reading (LETRS) training for K-3 teachers, administrators, and coaches; useful for the PD component of an intervention adoption rather than the curriculum itself.
Approved-list note: Utah has no single state-approved list for reading intervention curricula, but SB 127 requires LEAs to use evidence-based intervention materials (0.40+ effect size standard) within a USBE-approved LEA literacy plan (Board Rule R277-406).
