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MS SB2487
Bill
AI Summary
- Requires Individual Reading Plans (IRPs) for students in grades 4-8 with reading deficiencies within 30 days of identification, with parents notified within 10 business days
- Establishes an eighth-grade reading gate beginning in the 2027-2028 school year that prohibits promotion to ninth grade for students scoring at the lowest achievement level on state reading assessments
- Mandates each school board employ at least one reading specialist, interventionist, or dyslexia therapist in schools serving grades 4-8, with required training in science of reading and dyslexia intervention
- Requires the State Department of Education to develop approved lists of high-quality instructional materials and assessment systems aligned with evidence-based reading research, explicitly prohibiting balanced literacy and three-cueing instruction methods
- Provides good-cause exemptions from the eighth-grade reading requirement for limited English proficient students with less than two years in ELL programs, students with qualifying IEPs, and students retained twice who received two or more years of intensive intervention
Legislative Description
Literacy in Grades 4 through 8; develop intervention strategies to support the promotion of.
Last Action
Died In Committee
3/3/2026
Committee Referrals
Education2/16/2026
Education1/19/2026
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