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Somerset district outlines early steps to implement Wisconsin's Act 20 literacy law
Summary
District reading staff told the board the district has begun implementing Wisconsin's Act 20, has screened hundreds of K–3 students with the selected universal screener and is developing required personal reading plans while noting continuing rule clarifications and funding uncertainty.
Mindy, the district's reading specialist and early literacy coach, told the Somerset School Board the district has begun implementing Wisconsin's Act 20, a new state law that promotes science‑based early reading instruction and requires districts to support students to be proficient readers by the end of third grade.
Mindy said Somerset's current reading resources are on the Department of Public Instruction's recommended list, all teachers are participating in the required reading training, and the district completed universal screening for grades…
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