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Utah education officials report progress and remaining work on SB127 early-literacy measures
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Utah State Board of Education staff updated the committee on implementation steps for 2022Senate Bill 127, reporting widespread LETRS training licenses issued, change-management cohorts for administrators underway, and pilot community engagement efforts; key deadlines and participation cutoffs were reiterated.
Julie Clark, literacy and early learning coordinator for the Utah State Board of Education, told the committee the board provided a quarterly information update on Senate Bill 127, the 2022 early-literacy law, and highlighted program activity from December 2024 through February 2025.
The update emphasized professional learning using LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling): the state issued a little more than 11,000 LETRS licenses and about 9,000 educators have completed the LETRS professional learning to date, Clark said. Educators who were in K-3 positions on Nov. 1, 2022, were identified as the cohort required to complete LETRS; the board and staff said the state-paid licenses were one-time funds and some LEAs will need to determine how to sustain training after grant-funded cohorts end.
Clark also described a change-management requirement for LEA administrators and literacy coaches. Cohort 1 (started in 2023) had about 60 participants; cohort 2 began in February 2024 with about 300 participants; the most recent…
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