House approves literacy-focused bill to expand evidence-based reading instruction
The House passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 12 95 on a broad bipartisan margin (96–1), advancing a policy to standardize evidence-based literacy instruction and teacher training for early grades. Sponsors framed it as a step to improve third-grade reading proficiency.
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Engrossed Substitute House Bill 12 95, a measure to promote evidence-based literacy instruction in K–3 classrooms, passed the Washington State House by a wide margin on third reading. The Clerk recorded 96 yeas, 1 nay and 1 excused, and the bill was declared passed.
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