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House committee advances broad K–3 literacy bill to place coaches, set statewide screeners
Summary
A Georgia House education committee approved LC492653S (House Bill 1193), a substitute bill to place qualified literacy coaches in K–3 schools, establish regional and leadership coaches, require high‑quality instructional materials aligned to the science of reading, and direct a literacy task force to recommend unified screeners; the measure passed by voice vote.
The House Committee on Education voted to advance LC492653S (House Bill 1193), a comprehensive K–3 literacy measure that would require school systems to place qualified literacy coaches in schools serving kindergarten through third grade and establish regional and leadership reading coaches to support classroom work.
The bill, which the committee discussed at length, directs a Georgia Literacy Task Force and a Georgia Literacy Coordinating Committee to recommend high‑quality instructional materials (HQIM) aligned to the science of reading and to identify universal reading screeners. The Office of Student Achievement and the State Board of Education would receive those recommendations; the board would approve a slate of no fewer than two and no more than five screeners for statewide use, with at least one…
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