Schools › School Board meeting of Sep 22, 2025
Approved the 2025-26 Lake County Schools Comprehensive Evidence Based Reading Plan, which details how the district will teach reading and train staff for all students.
The vote: 5-0
Voted on as part of the consent agendaA group of routine items the Board votes on together with one motion. Any commissioner can pull an item out to discuss and vote on it separately. County Commission agendas (CivicClerk portal), one motion for several items (approval of the Consent Agenda items 8.01 through 10.07).
From the School Board's official minutes.
Money, as the agenda lists it: Annual Reading Plan, Funding dependent on State Allocation – Other Special Revenue Fund
In plain words
Approval of the 2025-26 Lake County Schools Comprehensive Evidence Based Reading Plan, a required document detailing how the district will teach reading, train staff, and assess student progress.
What changes The district's reading plan for the 2025-26 school year is approved and will be submitted to the Florida Department of Education.
Who and the money Applies to all Lake County Schools students and staff; funding is dependent on State Allocation from the Other Special Revenue Fund.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "the goals of the CERP are to improve student outcomes in reading for all Lake County Schools’ students and to focus Lake County Schools on appropriate professional development and evidence-based reading practices proven to work."
Why (staff, quoted) "School districts must submit an approved CERP to the Florida Department of Education."
Paid from Other Special Revenue Fund
Written from the Board's minutes and the agenda item's staff text on BoardDocs, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Agenda on BoardDocs
From the record
2025-26 Lake County Schools Comprehensive Evidence Based Reading Plan (Chad Farnsworth, Deputy Superintendent),Lake County Schools agenda, Sep 22, 2025, item 10.06. Open the agenda on BoardDocs
I recommend approval of the 2025-26 Lake County Schools Comprehensive Evidence Based Reading Plan.
The Board's minutes record this item as approved, by a vote of 5-0.School Board minutes, Sep 22, 2025. Open the official document