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Utah House rejects first substitute of HB62 on reading requirements after extended debate
Summary
Lawmakers debated and amended a measure to restrict promotion of third-grade students not reading at grade level; after hours of amendments and floor exchanges the first substitute failed in a 33-40 vote and was filed.
Representative Karen Morgan, sponsor of first substitute House Bill 62, introduced a measure aimed at strengthening reading standards and limiting social promotion in Utah schools. She told colleagues the bill would require remediation, parental notification and local decision-making while barring promotion from third grade for students ‘‘not reading at or above grade level at the end of the school year.’’
Morgan said the substitute leaves most decisions to local schools and requires remediation and parent notice: "It requires schools to provide information to the parents of third grade students regarding these standards for grade advancement, and a…
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