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Committee backs bill to expand science-of-reading training, funds coaching model
Summary
Senate Bill 1069 would require the Idaho State Department of Education to provide professional development in the science of reading for kindergarten through third-grade teachers and elementary administrators, and would fund an ongoing $5 million appropriation to support coaching and training.
The Senate Education Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1069 to the Senate floor with a do-pass recommendation after sponsor Senator Van Burton Shaw and state education officials described the measure as a statewide expansion of evidence-based literacy training.
Senator Van Burton Shaw told the committee the bill would amend Idaho Code (as read in committee) to require the Idaho State Department of Education to provide professional development in the science of reading and evidence-based practices to all teachers and elementary administrators serving students in kindergarten through third grade. He said the legislation would ensure existing literacy dollars are spent in alignment with the science of reading and would fund an ongoing $5,000,000…
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