2007 Senate Bill 842

Require basic literacy to advance to 4th grade

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 24, 2007

Introduced by Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R-30)

To require a student to demonstrate having basic literacy skills to be promoted to fourth grade. Students would be tested after grades two and three.

Referred to the Committee on Education

May 20, 2008

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 10, 2008

Substitute offered

To not prohibit "social advancement" to 4th grade for students who haven't learned how to read, but insteat to to require school principles, teachers and administrators to have additional training in reading disabilities and instruction, and require the Department of Education to develop model remedial reading and intervention programs.

The substitute passed by voice vote

June 11, 2008

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To require school principles, teachers and administrators to have additional training in "the diagnosis and remediation of reading disabilities and differentiated instruction" as specified in the bill; and require the Department of Education to develop a model summer remedial reading program for first through fourth graders, and a model early intervention program for students who need help in reading.

Received in the House

June 11, 2008

Referred to the Committee on Education