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Committee briefed on literacy law: universal K–3 screeners, reporting and AOE guidance due Jan. 25
Summary
The panel received an overview of Act 139 (literacy), which requires AOE to review and publish guidance on universal reading screeners for K–3, mandates annual screening and follow-up for schools eligible for public tuition, expands literacy planning and reporting, and extends the literacy advisory council sunset to 2027.
Belle St. James of the Office of Legislative Council briefed the committee that Act 139 requires the Agency of Education to review and publish guidance on universal reading screeners and expects schools eligible to receive public tuition to screen all K–3 students at least annually. The agency must also collect and report screening data and recommend family notification formats for significantly below-benchmark results; St. James said AOE must publish its list of reviewed screeners by Jan. 25.
The law obliges approved independent schools that accept…
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