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Preston County board presses staff to draft retention policy under Third Grade Success Act
Summary
At its Oct. 13 meeting, Preston County school officials and board members reviewed preliminary counts under the state's Third Grade Success Act and asked staff to draft a local policy by winter; officials emphasized that the numbers are preliminary and that multiple exemptions and student supports remain available.
At the Oct. 13 Preston County Board of Education meeting, K–8 curriculum director Katie Rush briefed the board on early, beginning‑of‑year counts tied to the state's Third Grade Success Act and outlined a timeline for local policy work.
"Two years ago now, the state passed a new law called the Third Grade Success Act," Rush said, describing the law's goal of ensuring students read on grade level by third grade and the statute's retention provisions. She told the board that preliminary, non‑final beginning‑of‑year ELA screen data show 88 second graders below the second‑grade cut score and 116 third graders below the third‑grade cut score; she added that 53 of the second graders and 18 of the third graders on those lists have speech‑only IEPs. Rush stressed these are early figures subject to change when the district submits certified counts and when the General Summative Assessment (GSA) results are reported.
Why it matters: the Third Grade Success Act allows districts to retain students who have not met required…
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