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GA HR650
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
3/18/2022
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Gambill
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AI Summary
- Creates the House Study Committee on Literacy Instruction, composed of 5 House members appointed by the Speaker and 9 nonlegislative members representing agencies including the Department of Education, Department of Early Care and Learning, Technical College System of Georgia, University System of Georgia, Office of Student Achievement, and the Deal Center, plus a complex systems specialist, a nonprofit literacy representative, and a classroom literacy teacher
- Charges the committee with defining evidence-based literacy instruction, assessing the impact of low literacy on Georgia's economy and workforce, cataloging birth-to-retirement literacy programs statewide, and evaluating how those programs coordinate and adapt to new evidence
- Motivated by 2019 data showing only one-third of Georgia fourth graders read at or above proficient levels on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and that students not reading proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school
- Authorizes allowances and expenses for committee members for up to 5 days, funded through House of Representatives appropriations, with the committee required to file a report approved by majority quorum vote with the Clerk of the House
- The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2022
Legislative Description
House Study Committee on Literacy Instruction; create
Last Action
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
3/18/2022
Committee Referrals
Education2/1/2022
Full Bill Text
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