SF0117: Education-retention for reading failure.

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to education; modifying the reading assessment and invention program; defining high performing school districts; exempting high performing school districts as specified; providing remedies to address inadequacies in students' reading abilities in primary grades; providing for retention of students due to reading inadequacies as specified; requiring parental notification as specified; providing for participation of parents in determining educational interventions as specified; providing for causes of action; providing for the award of amounts as specified; specifying burdens of proof; providing duties of the legislative service office; requiring reporting; authorizing license revocation as specified; prohibiting the modification of scores associated with performance on the statewide summative assessment as specified; and providing for an effective date.