SF0178: Fixing reading failure.

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to education; modifying the reading assessment and invention program; defining terms; exempting high performing school districts as specified; providing remedies to address inadequacies in students' reading abilities in kindergarten through grade four; 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; creating causes of action; providing for the award of amounts as specified; specifying burdens of proof; requiring reporting; authorizing license revocation of teachers as specified; prohibiting modification of proficiency scores on the English language arts portion of the statewide summative assessment as specified; providing for rulemaking; specifying duties of the department of education staff; creating an operations research staff within the department of education; exempting the operations research staff within the department of education from the state personnel system and requirements; and providing for an effective date.