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House approves $1 million for University-linked Reading Skills Development Center
Summary
The Utah House narrowly approved First Substitute HB63 to add a University of Utah–based Reading Skills Development Center to assess struggling readers, train reading specialists and deliver interactive instruction statewide; supporters cited research and rural access while opponents warned about cost, duplication and local control.
The Utah House on Feb. 17 passed First Substitute House Bill 63, authorizing funding to establish a Reading Skills Development Center affiliated with the University of Utah to assess struggling readers, train specialists and provide interactive training to teachers statewide.
Representative Morgan, the bill’s sponsor, told the chamber: “Too many of our children in this state cannot read well,” and described a center where “a parent could take a child and they could have that child assessed by a reading specialist” and where teachers statewide could access “the latest, the finest, up-to-date scientific research available on…
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