SB2706: Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Create The Covid Impact Literacy-based Promotion Modification Act; To Provide That For The 2021-2022 School Year, Students In Third Grade Who Receive What Is Considered Failing Or The Lowest Achievement Level Score On The Reading Screener Shall Still Be Considered Not Ready For Promotion To The Next Grade, Provided That Students Who Fail To Score The Lowest Achievement Level On The Assessment Shall Be Given The Remedial Instruction Provided For In The Literacy-based Promotion Act; To Provide That Students Who Score Above The Lowest Achievement Level But Do Not Score Above The Second Lowest Achievement Level Shall Be Considered Ready For Promotion With Mandatory Remediation; To Amend Sections 37-177-1, 37-177-9, 37-177-11 And 37-177-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.