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House approves $500,000 pilot for "advanced readers at risk" after heated debate
Summary
The Utah House approved a three-year, $500,000 pilot to support 'advanced readers at risk'—students above grade-level who become disengaged—after floor debate about priorities for limited education dollars. The bill passed 50-25 and will go to the Senate.
Representative Marta Dillery, sponsor of House Bill 216, told the House the bill would fund a three-year pilot to identify and support "advanced readers at risk," students who read above grade level but become disengaged without appropriate instruction. "We're asking for dollars 500,000," Dillery said, describing a program that would place model classrooms in districts, provide teacher development for roughly 450 educators and nine regional parent conferences, and support trade and technical-school access as well as college…
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