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2002 SESSION

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SB 624 Educational opportunities; reading improvement.

Introduced by: Warren E. Barry | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Educational opportunities; reading improvement. Adds to the programs that are currently provided under the rubric of educational opportunities a pilot project to increase literacy, ensure that all students can read, and encourage academic achievement among at-risk schools. The Board of Education will select three school divisions, each having at least two elementary schools, at least one middle school, and at least one high school, that are "Accredited with Warning" and will offer, with such funds as may be available for such purpose, the three selected school divisions the opportunity to participate in a two-year pilot public/private partnership project as part of each school's required three-year School Improvement Plan. Each participating school division must contract with private sector reading specialists to offer reading instruction to underachieving students who are reading below grade level, as defined in the Board's regulations. To improve the reading levels of the underachieving students and to implement an innovative approach to student achievement in schools "Accredited with Warning," each participating school division must designate two elementary schools, one middle school, and at least one high school having such accreditation rating to receive the contracted reading instruction and require such schools to provide parents of underachieving students, as defined in the Board's regulations, with the names of reading specialists in the private sector. The Department of Education must evaluate each pilot project by comparing the baseline reading scores of the participating students at the beginning of the project to the reading scores of the participating students at the conclusion of the project.

FULL TEXT

• 01/18/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 027418400  pdf | impact statement
• 02/12/02  Senate: Printed as engrossed 027418400-E  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/18/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 027418400
• 01/18/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/11/02  Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: Read second time
• 02/12/02  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/12/02  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/12/02  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/12/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/12/02  Senate: Printed as engrossed 027418400-E
• 02/18/02  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/18/02  House: Read first time
• 02/18/02  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 02/20/02  House: Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N)
• 02/20/02  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 03/01/02  House: Passed by indefinitely in App. (25-Y 0-N)