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Wyoming education committee approves cleanup changes to early‑reading assessment statute
Summary
The Senate Education Committee on Jan. 15 approved Senate File 13, a set of technical and reporting changes to Wyoming’s early‑childhood reading assessment and intervention statute, after presentations from the Department of Education and public testimony; the bill passed on a voice roll call, 5–0.
CHEYENNE — The Senate Education Committee voted Jan. 15 to pass Senate File 13, a package of technical amendments the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) proposed to clarify how schools screen and report on early‑reading interventions for children through grade 3.
Senator James Rothfuss, sponsor, described SF 13 as “some cleanup legislation that was brought to us through the WDE on behalf of their… working group that has been looking at assessment intervention for early childhood reading over the past few years.” The committee passed the bill after brief discussion and public testimony.
The bill makes several targeted changes. Shelley Hamill of the Wyoming Department of Education said the measure would (1) clarify screening language to allow use of “one or more instruments” rather than implying districts must pick a single screener; (2) remove a provision that required a separate “group reading plan” to be provided to parents (the department…
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