This booklet is one of eight developed both as resource guides to assist Wisconsin public schools in offering quality reading instruction and as models for improvement where there is a need for change. This third booklet offers a rationale for establishing local reading advisory councils and lists both the functions and limitations of such councils. Two methods are outlined for selecting advisory council members and suggestions are made for developing bylaws, selecting officers, organizing task forces, and restructuring or disbanding an advisory council. An annotated bibliography of resources for establishing an advisory council is appended. (AEA)