HB 6015 Summary

• Suspends grade 3 reading proficiency requirements for the 2020-2021 school year, exempting schools from mandatory retention and advancement restrictions based on reading assessment scores.

• Replaces "shall" with "must" throughout the statute to clarify mandatory language regarding reading assessment systems, early literacy coaching, and intervention programs.

• Adds definition of "CEPI" (Center for Educational Performance and Information) and clarifies that schools must submit retention reports to CEPI detailing pupils retained in grade 3 and those promoted via good cause exemptions.

• Excludes the 2020-2021 school year from requirements that pupils be assessed on reading skills at least 3 times per year and that the first assessment occur within the first 30 school days.

• Removes the effective date requirement that provisions apply "beginning in the 2017-2018 school year" and "beginning June 4, 2019," making the requirements ongoing rather than date-specific.