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Committee hears State Board update on literacy training, LETRS completion and plans for classroom implementation
Summary
State Board and literacy experts updated the Committee on Education about LETRS training, a 'seal of literacy' licensure requirement for certain educators by July 1, 2028, ESSER-funded training of roughly $25 million, and high reported pass rates; members pressed for implementation plans to translate training into classroom gains.
The Committee on Education received a detailed update from State Board representatives on statewide literacy training and implementation of LETRS and the Blueprint for Literacy.
Doctor Harwood outlined licensure changes tied to a "seal of literacy" required by July 1, 2028, for certain educator positions. He described three pathways to the seal—approved trainings, the Foundations of Science of Reading courses, and tests—and provided counts of participation: for…
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