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Committee approves extensions for three education programs tied to literacy, assessment and civic-education pilot

Senate Education Committee · January 27, 2025
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Summary

HB 43 extends sunset dates for three public-education programs: professional learning grants used for LETRS training (K–3 literacy/math), the Elementary Teacher Preparation Assessment Grant (covers first attempt at the literacy assessment, about $140), and a one-year extension to a local civic-education pilot. The committee voted unanimously to

Representative Karen Peterson presented House Bill 43, which would extend sunset dates for three existing public-education programs that had previously been scheduled to expire: professional-learning grants for K–3 literacy and math (used for LETRS training in roughly 115 LEAs), the Elementary Teacher Preparation Assessment…

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