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House Education hears council testimony to restore literacy supports for grades 4–12 in H.480
Summary
The House Education Committee heard testimony from the Advisory Council on Literacy and community members urging restoration of statutory language to ensure supplemental literacy instruction for students in grades 4–12, and discussed whether implementation should be delayed to allow agency and school planning.
Members of the House Education Committee on Wednesday considered language in H.480, section 10, that supporters say restores literacy supports for students in grades 4 through 12. Gwen Carmoli, chair of the Advisory Council on Literacy, and a council community member testified in favor of reinserting language removed in the 2024 early literacy update (Act 139) so older struggling readers continue to receive supplemental instruction.
The Advisory Council on Literacy has recommended that statute 2903 be clarified to make explicit that certain supplemental instruction provisions apply to grades 4–12, not only kindergarten through grade 3, Carmoli said. “The language you see in front of you reflects what the council's work has, and it reflects a…
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