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Senate committee backs $5 million literacy training bill for K‑3 teachers
Summary
Senate Bill 1069 would require the Department of Education to provide professional development in the science of reading to K–3 teachers and elementary administrators, with a $5 million ongoing appropriation and prioritization for low‑performing schools; the Senate Education Committee gave the bill a due‑pass recommendation.
The Senate Education Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10 69 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after sponsor Senator Van Burton Shaw described the bill as building on Idaho’s existing literacy laws to expand professional development in the science of reading.
"This bill mandates that the Idaho Department of Education provide professional development in science of reading and evidence based practices to all teachers and elementary administrators serving students from kindergarten through third grade," Senator Van Burton Shaw said, telling the committee the bill would fund an…
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