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                          HOUSE BILL 2042

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Johnson, Talcott and Hickel

 

Read first time 02/18/97.  Referred to Committee on Education.

Providing a grant program for reading in the primary grades.


    AN ACT Relating to reading in the primary grades; and creating a new section.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that it is critical for students to achieve basic reading skills by the end of the second grade.  The legislature also finds that student reading skills need to be assessed in the second grade.  The purpose of the second grade reading assessment is to provide teachers with an accurate evaluation of student reading progress and provide teachers with information needed to improve instructional strategies.  Therefore, the legislature intends to develop a grant program for reading in the primary grades.

 


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