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Senate removes added literacy licensure requirement and advances K‑3 reading bill after floor debate
Summary
Senate File 178, a K‑3 literacy bill, was amended on second reading to remove an added teacher licensure/evaluation requirement that senators said would burden small schools. The chamber also debated retention, assessment methods and the state's existing accountability system before ordering the bill for third reading.
Cheyenne — The Wyoming Senate adopted a second‑reading amendment to Senate File 178 that removes an extra licensure/evaluation requirement for teachers designated as literacy interventionists.
Senator Schueller moved the amendment and described it as a fix to language the State Department of Education had supplied that would have required additional certification or performance evaluations beyond current practice. "We want highly qualified teachers," Schueller said on the floor, "but I don't think a lot of the schools will be able to go the extra route here with adding teacher performance…
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