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House approves Performance Plus reading package after hours of amendments and debate
Summary
After extended floor debate and multiple amendments, the Utah House passed first substitute Senate Bill 230, a reading-improvement program that ties state matching funds to local levies and school plans. Lawmakers split over distribution formulas, state approval of goals and inclusion of phonics training.
The Utah House passed first substitute Senate Bill 230 (Performance Plus: reading achievement) after extended debate over how state matching funds should be distributed and whether the State Board of Education should approve local goals. The bill passed the House 55–17 and will be forwarded to the Senate for further consideration.
Representative Allen, who presented the measure, told colleagues the program requires local reading-improvement plans with "assessment, intervention strategies, professional development, reading performance standards, and specific measurable goals" and said districts must produce plans tied to measurable gains. "Reading is the basis and the foundation of all…
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