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Committee backs $5 million ongoing literacy training for K–3 teachers focused on ‘science of reading’
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1069 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after sponsors said the bill would expand ongoing, coach-based professional development in the science of reading for kindergarten through third-grade teachers and elementary administrators.
The Senate Education Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1069 to the full Senate with a due-pass recommendation after sponsors said the proposal would expand professional development in evidence-based reading instruction for kindergarten through third-grade teachers and elementary administrators.
Senator Van Burton Shaw, presenting the bill, said it would amend Idaho Code (as stated in committee remarks) to require the Idaho State Department of Education to provide professional development in the “science of reading” and evidence-based practices to K–3 teachers and elementary administrators. Shaw said the measure would emphasize phonics, fluency, vocabulary and text comprehension and would…
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