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Utah House rejects bill requiring K–3 students to read at grade level before promotion
Summary
After extended floor debate about local control, costs and stigma, the House voted 28–37 to defeat House Bill 84, which would have required first‑through‑third graders to meet reading benchmarks before promotion and mandated midyear notification and intensive interventions.
Representative Karen Morgan introduced House Bill 84 to require that students in grades 1–3 read at grade level before advancing, with phase‑in beginning in kindergarten the following school year. Morgan described multiple assessments, midyear notifications to parents and required intense, personalized interventions such as one‑on‑one tutoring, before‑ and after‑school programs and summer assistance.…
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