Introduced
by
To require a student to demonstrate having basic literacy skills to be promoted to fourth grade. Students would be tested after grades two and three.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To not prohibit "social advancement" to 4th grade for students who haven't learned how to read, but insteat to to require school principles, teachers and administrators to have additional training in reading disabilities and instruction, and require the Department of Education to develop model remedial reading and intervention programs.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To require school principles, teachers and administrators to have additional training in "the diagnosis and remediation of reading disabilities and differentiated instruction" as specified in the bill; and require the Department of Education to develop a model summer remedial reading program for first through fourth graders, and a model early intervention program for students who need help in reading.
Referred to the Committee on Education
