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OH HB549
Bill
Status
5/19/2014
Primary Sponsor
Teresa Fedor
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AI Summary
H.B. 549 Summary
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Delays mandatory third grade student retention based on reading assessments from the 2013-2014 school year to the 2015-2016 school year, allowing schools flexibility during the transition period.
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Requires school districts to assess reading skills of students in kindergarten through third grade and provide intensive reading intervention services to students identified as reading below grade level.
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Establishes teacher qualification requirements for third grade reading instruction, including reading endorsements, master's degrees in reading, high performance ratings, or completion of approved reading instruction training programs.
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Provides $65 million in state funding (item 200590) to support reading intervention services, with $45 million distributed to all districts based on adjusted formula ADM and $20 million to districts where fewer than 80% of students scored proficient on third grade reading assessments.
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Requires districts unable to staff positions with qualified teachers to submit staffing plans by June 30, 2015, and report progress annually to the Department of Education.
Legislative Description
And to amend Sections 263.10 and 263.255 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly to delay until the 2015-2016 school year retention of third grade students and requirements for teachers who provide instruction to third grade students under the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, to provide for a subsidy for reading intervention services, and to make an appropriation.
Third Grade Reading Guarantee-delay student rentention/teacher skills/intervention
Last Action
To Finance and Appropriations
5/19/2014