Closing the gap from 50.3% to 80% proficiency by 2030 means nearly doubling Utah's success rate in just four years. SB 241's classroom investments are necessary but insufficient. The research is clear: parents who teach specific foundational skills are 6× more effective. That's your home multiplier.
Three things you already know
Every K-3 student reading below benchmark gets an individualized reading plan. Parents must participate meaningfully in that plan. The law creates the requirement — not the preparation mechanism.
Parent participation · Required by statute
Today, rinnalla is a parent coaching companion grounded in the Science of Reading, designed for PreK–3rd grade families. We're building toward a multi-role coordination system that connects every adult on a child's literacy team — teachers, paras, and coaches — to the same plan.
Today · Parent companion · Building toward multi-role coordination
K-3 devices don't go home by law. Parents are required to participate in reading plans but can't access school-provided tools. The home-side literacy infrastructure must be parent-owned.
Home-side · Parent-owned · Beyond school hours
Parents who teach specific foundational literacy skills are six times more effective than parents encouraged simply to read aloud — regardless of family income level.
Sénéchal, 2006 · Scientific Studies of Reading · See the 6× research →
Also confirmed in Sénéchal & Young, 2008 meta-analysis of 1,174 families published in Review of Educational Research.
The proficiency gap Utah must close by 2030. Moving from 50.3% to 80% means nearly doubling the annual success rate.
Gardner Policy Institute, January 2026
Utah has invested more than $16M through SB 241 alone — plus millions more in statewide LETRS implementation and literacy coaches in schools across the state. The classroom foundation is strong, and the work happening in Utah classrooms is meaningful.
But closing a 29.7 percentage point gap in four years requires a home multiplier the classroom alone cannot deliver. This is not a problem you solve with more minutes in the school day.
The kindergarten-ready children got there because adults at home had language, routines, and daily confidence before the gap established. That advantage compounded for years before any teacher saw the child.
rinnalla is Utah's home multiplier: it gives PreK-3 parents the precision to execute their 6× effectiveness.
The Governor and First Lady named literacy their top priority. Businesses see this as workforce investment. SB 241 takes effect July 1. The infrastructure needs to be operational when school starts in August.
Today, rinnalla coaches PreK–3rd grade parents in the Science of Reading so they can execute their role in their child's literacy plan with precision. As we grow, we are building toward a multi-role coordination system that connects every adult on a child's literacy team — making the IRP a living coordination system rather than a compliance document.
rinnalla supports districts implementing SB 241 by giving parents the precision to execute their role in their child's individualized reading plan — strengthening the home side of the literacy team without adding to teacher workload.
23% of Utah students attend rural schools. Traditional family engagement strategies — literacy nights parents drive to — exclude the communities that need them most. The home multiplier reaches every parent on their schedule.
rinnalla's founder, Marci Houseman, co-founded the Utah chapter of The Reading League. In her prior role at Lexia Learning, she supported USBE's statewide LETRS implementation. rinnalla uses the same five Science of Reading pillars that LETRS teaches — ensuring school-home alignment from day one. The 6× parent teaching effectiveness that powers the home multiplier was first documented by Dr. Sénéchal, whose research forms rinnalla's scientific foundation.
SB 241's Individualized Reading Plan Framework
rinnalla coaches PreK–3rd grade parents in the Science of Reading with brief, daily sessions that fit into real family life. Parents get the precision to execute their role in their child's literacy plan — that is the home multiplier, available today.
Parents get specific activities grounded in the same five Science of Reading pillars that LETRS teaches — ensuring school-home alignment from day one. The 6× research effectiveness transfers from theory to practice through daily coaching.
We are building toward a multi-role system where every adult on a child's literacy team — teacher, para, coach, parent — works from the same plan, with the IRP as a living coordination system and home engagement visible to the classroom. Closing 50.3% to 80% becomes mathematically achievable when the home multiplier is fully activated.
No training required. No jargon. No family literacy night a rural parent has to drive to. No device time for the child. Just the home multiplier, activated.
Simple questions about their child's age, what they've noticed, what they want to work on. Designed today for PreK–3rd grade families, with district IRP connection on our roadmap.
Brief explanation of one foundational skill — phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary — in plain language. Why it matters for reading. How it multiplies classroom instruction.
Something they can do in the next ten minutes. Language they can use so it feels like play, not school. Materials they already have. The 6× effectiveness, activated.
Home multiplier engagement data — evidence that the parent is executing their role in the literacy team. As we build toward IRP integration, that data will align directly to each child's plan.
The five Science of Reading pillars
Hearing and manipulating the sounds in spoken words.
Connecting letters and sounds to decode written words.
Reading with accuracy, pace, and expression.
Knowing what words mean and how they're used.
Building meaning from text in real time.
We'll be exhibiting at the UAESP Summer Conference (June 9–10) and the UAPCS Summer Conference (June 10–11). We'll also be attending the Utah Rural Schools Conference (July 15–17) and ISTE 2026. District meetings work too — a 20-minute conversation about your SB 241 implementation timeline is worth more than a procurement process that starts in September.
Districts are starting with summer parent pilots — a low-risk, low-dollar way to test the home multiplier with a small cohort of families — so infrastructure is operational when school resumes in August. Outcomes-based agreements available.