From the ECS State Policy Database Reading/Literacy

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary MA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Third Grade Reading Expert Panel H.B. 4243 Establishes an Early Literacy Expert Panel to develop recommendations to have all students in the commonwealth reading proficiently by the e... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Third-Grade Reading Proficiency S.B. 316 - Third-Grade Reading Proficiency Directs the state board to determine a level of achievement on the 3rd grade English language arts assessment for a student to be promoted t... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Licensure Requirements for Staff Developing Informational Sources to Support Curriculum and Literacy Development S.B. 316 - Licensure Requirements for Staff Developing Informational Sources to Support Curriculum and Literacy Development By June 20, 2013, directs the department to conduct a study of the licensure requirements for educational staff responsible for the developm... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Birth through 3rd Grade Literacy Education S.B. 316 - Birth through 3rd Grade Literacy Education Directs the state board and the early childhood advisory council, in consultation with the governor's office of 21st century education, to d... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Additional State and Federal Funds to Support Early Literacy Assessment and Interventions S.B. 316 - Additional State and Federal Funds to Support Early Literacy Assessment and Interventions By December 31, 2012, directs the superintendent of public instruction and the governor's director of 21st century education to issue a repo... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Oklahoma Bridge to Literacy Program H.B. 2676 Directs the state board to establish the Oklahoma Bridge to Literacy Program to improve reading skills of children through the 4th grade. Re... More... IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Early Childhood Literacy S.F. 2284 - Division IX This section requires the state board to adopt, by rule, guidelines for school district implementation of basic levels of reading proficienc... More... LA Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Literacy Screenings in Grades K-3 LAC 28:CXV.2307 From May 2012 Louisiana Register: LEAs must require every child enrolled in grades K-3 to be given a state board-approved literacy screening... More... VA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Third Grade Reading Intervention H.B. 1181 Public schools; reading intervention. Requires local school divisions to provide reading intervention services to students in grade three wh... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Ensuring K-3 Literacy Education H.B. 1238 Requires each local education provider (LEP, i.e., school districts, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services or BOCES, charter schools) t... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Approved Reading Screening Instruments H.B. 2511 Deletes the limitation on the number of screening instruments that the state board is to approve for use at the beginning of the school year... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 P-3 Reading Proficiency & Teacher Preparation S.B. 458 (Sec. 5) Requires the Department of Education, by January 1, 2012, to develop and approve reading assessments that districts must use to ide... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Dyslexia Teacher Training Pilot S.B. 1565 New section of law. Establishes a dyslexia teacher training pilot to train higher education faculty to teach multisensory structure reading ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Modifies the Reading Sufficiency Act H.B. 2516 Adds kindergarten students to assessment requirement (K-3 students are to be assessed at the beginning of each year using an approved screen... More... MD Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Electronic Reader Pilot Program H.B. 1220 Requires the State Department of Education to conduct a study on the costs and benefits (specifications detailed in bill) of establishing an... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Early Literacy Assessment Tool H.B. 1345 (sec. 7) Requires the education department to issue request for proposals for the purchase of an early literacy assessment tool that teachers may use... More... MS Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Reading Sufficiency Program of Instruction S.B. 2453 Repeals section 37-13-10, Mississippi code of 1972, which provides components of a reading sufficiency program of instruction to be implemen... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Reading Instruction H.B. 5101 - Reading Instruction For the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years, requires each district with one or more of the 100 lowest-performing elementary schools based on t... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior H.B. 69 - K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior Defines "aphasia", "dyscalculia", "dysgraphia", "dyslexia", "phonemic awareness" and "scientifically based research". Directs the state boar... More... WI Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Reading Section S.B. 461 Creates the Governor's Read to Lead Development Fund and the Read to Lead Development Council. Sets membership of the Council. Allows for aw... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Third -Grade Retention S.B. 1258 Directs the Department of Education to prominently post on their website best practice examples of reading intervention and remedial reading... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Reading Assessment--Dyslexia S.F. 52 Requires assessment and early intervention for dyslexia and other reading difficulties in K-3. Directs districts to report number of student... More... NM Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 K-3 Plus Program H.B. 14 Converts the "K-3 plus" pilot project to a program in the state education department to provide funding for additional educational time for ... More... OH Signed into law 12/2011 P-12 Dyslexia Early Screening and Intervention Pilot H.B. 96 Specifies dyslexia as a specific learning disability. Directs the superintendent of public instruction to establish a pilot project, to oper... More... OH Signed into law 12/2011 P-12 Dyslexia Training for K-4 Teachers H.B. 157 - Dyslexia Training for K-4 Teachers Defines "dyslexia" and "dyslexia specialist". Permits the governing board of any educational service center to engage the services of a dysl... More... MN Adopted Rules 11/2011 P-12 Rules Governing English Language Arts Academic Standards MN ADC 3501.0640, 0645, 0650, 0655 Revised English Language Arts standards to set consistent expectations across the state. The revised standards include statutory requirement... More... CA Signed into law 09/2011 P-12 Governor's Reading Award Program S.B. 942 - Governor's Reading Award Program Repeals the Governor's Reading Award Program, a grant program for school districts that maintain any of grades K-8. Repeals the requirement ... More... MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Reading Proficiently by Grade 3 H.F. 26 (1) Restates the literacy goal so that the legislature seeks to have every child reading at or above grade level no later than the end of gr... More... MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Reading Corps Specifications H.F. 26 Expands the state's Reading Corps program to include comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction to children age three to grade ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Promotion of Minimum Reading Opportunities Daily H.B. 2397 Directs each school board to promote at least 60 minutes of minimum reading opportunities daily for students in grades K-3 whose reading lev... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy S.B. 929 Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the... More... IN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Licensing Requirements Related to Reading S.B. 1 - Proficiencies for Teaching Reading To be licensed as an elementary teacher, individuals must be able to demonstrate comprehensive scientifically based reading instruction skil... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 Third Grade Literacy Recommendations H.B. 200 - Third Grade Literacy Recommendations Articulates legislative priority that high school graduates enter the workforce or higher education fully prepared. To implement this priori... More... TN Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Reading Proficiency S.B. 1776 Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a student in the third grade may not be promoted to the next grade level unless the student has sh... More... WI Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Assessing and Improving Literacy Section A.B. 40 (Act 32) - Budget Bill Provided over $600,000 for costs to develop and implement a program to assess and improve literacy in elementary school children (section 91... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Reading Proficiency and Support S.B. 346 Starting with students entering first grade in the 2011-2012 school year, the program of reading instruction must include provisions of the ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Elements of Reading Instruction H.B. 1269 Requires all teachers of reading in the public schools in kindergarten through third grade to incorporate into instruction the five elements... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Notification of Student Reading Below Grade Level S.B. 38 Clarifies that a district or charter school must assess the reading level of a student in 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade at the midpoint of a school ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Allowable Expenditures of K-3 Reading Improvement Program Funds S.B. 63 Identifies allowable expenditures of K-3 Reading Improvement Program funds, including, among other uses, focused reading remediations throug... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 K-3 Reading Improvement Program H.B. 302 Directs the state board of education to approve a benchmark assessment for districts and charter schools to assess the reading proficiency o... More... MS Vetoed 03/2011 P-12 Repeal of Reading Sufficiency Components H.B. 642 To repeal components for the state department of education reading sufficiency program of instruction. (Identical to S.B. 2531, which was si... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Standards of Quality H.B. 1792/S.B. 1270 Codifies in the Standards of Quality the flexibility to use funds provided in the appropriation act and provided to local school divisions f... More... NM Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Teaching Reading and Elementary Licensure Exam H.B. 74 Requires the knowledge of the science of teaching reading to be part of the teacher assessment examination for elementary licensure. http://... More... IN Notices of Intent to Adopt Rules 10/2010 P-12 Reading Framework 511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6; 511 IAC 6.2-3.1 Amends 511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6 to include the utilization of the reading framework adopted by the state board of education as part of the required... More... TX Adopted 08/2010 P-12 Intensive Reading or Language Intervention Pilot Program 19 TAC 102.1057 2007 H.B. 1270 requires an intensive reading and language intervention pilot program that had been permissive, and directs the commissioner ... More... MO Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Reading/Literacy H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions Removes the provision specifying that no fee can be charged for Parents as Teachers services, clarifies that families with children younger ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Task Force on Reading Assessment H.B. 2732 Requires the State Board of Education to adopt specific competency requirements for the promotion of third grade pupils. Establishes the Tas... More... KY Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Adolescent Literacy S.B. 163 Relates to adolescent reading skills. Expresses legislative intent that all middle and high school students have the skills necessary to rea... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Reading Below Grade Level and Remediation S.B. 150 Requires notification of a parent of a 1st, 2nd or 3rd grader, prior to midyear of the school term, that the student is reading below grade ... More... IN Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Funding Remedial Programs and School Fund Transfers H.B. 1367 Adds a new chapter to the code, Chapter 8.5--Reading Deficiency Remediation Plan. Requires the state superintendent and the state board... More... NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Services for Students w/ Dyslexia H.B. 230 Requires interventions for students displaying characteristics of dyslexia; provides that a parent of a student referred to a student assist... More... UT Adopted 07/2009 P-12 Adult Education Programs R277-733 Changes the percentage and the criteria for which funds are allocated to local Adult Education programs consistent with findings from the st... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Interagency Literacy Council H.B. 4328 Establishes the Interagency Literacy Council for the study, promotion and enhancement of literacy in the state. Specifies that one of the du... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Increasing Workforce in High-Demand and "Green" Occupations H.B. 1935 and H.B. 3, Section 64 Establishes the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant program and fund to award grants to public junior colleges and public technical in... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Participation in Teacher Reading Academy H.B. 3 - Section 24 Amends action that triggers a teacher's participation in a teacher reading academy. Former provision required teacher to participate in read... More... WY Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Adolescent Literacy Chapter 5 Amends rules concerning standards for middle level grades (5-8). Entails standards for preparing educators to teach language arts to middle-... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Assessment of Reading Instruction H.F. 2 Includes as part of the Board of Teaching's licensure exams an assessment of reading instruction for teacher licensure prekindergarten and e... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Minnesota Reading Corps Program H.F. 2 Establishes a Minnesota Reading Corps program to provide AmeriCorps members with a data-based problem-solving model of literacy instruction ... More... FL Adopted 05/2009 P-12 ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES FAC 6A-6.054, .0900, .0901, .0904, .0905, .0906, .0907, .0908, .0909,.09091 Amends rule to provide criteria for reading intervention for students in the grades K-12; amends rule to update terminology to reflect curre... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Dyslexia Training Program S.B. 6016 Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop an educator training program to enhance the reading, writing, and... More... OK Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Teacher Preparation in Reading Instruction H.B. 1581 Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, all institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education that offer elementary, early... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Teacher Professional Development S.B. 1 Section 8 Adds provision that teacher professional development programs must be based on teacher needs. Makes inclusion of specific components in teac... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Duties of Commission on Volunteers H.B. 231 Relates to the Utah Commission on Volunteers. Removes the commission's duty to prepare service learning applications. Removes the commission... More... IL Adopted 03/2009 P-12 Reading Improvement Block Grant Program 23 IAC 260.100, .110, .120, .130, .140 Establishes rules concerning the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program. Identifies the applicants eligible to apply for professional devel... More... UT Adopted 11/2008 P-12 Adult Education Programs R277-733 Updates and align state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to adult education programs. Adds provisions regarding the qualification... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Language arts development A.B. 2135 Requires the State Board of Education to revise reading/language arts framework to include, as a core program, the English Language Developm... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 curriculum standards S.B. 1097 Relates to the State Board of Education and school curriculum content standards. Requires that prior to the adoption of a curriculum framewo... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Dyslexia Screenings S.B. 719 By January 30, 2009, requires the state board to implement a pilot program to provide universal screening of students in grades prekindergar... More... CT Signed into law 06/2008 Postsec. Community College Adult Literacy Board and Services S.B. 465 Establishes an adult literacy board as a standing committee of the state Employment and Training Commission to review and advise the commiss... More... CO Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Addressing Student Literacy Challenges H.B. 1223 Requires the Department of Education to make available to school districts, administrative units, and local education agencies technical ass... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Licensing Teach for America and Middle School Reading H.B. 3124 Directs the state board to issue a license to teach to persons in the Teach for America Program; provides such licenses will not be subject ... More... MO Adopted 05/2008 P-12 STATE REIMBURSED REMEDIAL READING 5 CSR 50-320.010 Proposes to rescind rules regarding the standards for remedial reading classes. http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c50-320.pdf... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Postsec. Adult and Family Literacy Programs S.B. 773 Requires the State Department of Education each year by August 1 to compile a list by county of adult education and family literacy services... More... UT Adopted 01/2008 P-12 Adult Education Programs R277-733 Defines "adult basic education," "adult education," "GED," "measurable outcomes." Establishes clearer fiscal standards and practices for adu... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey S.B. 2889 Amends fiscal year 2008 annual appropriations act to allocate $ 250,000 from Governor's Literacy Initiative to Literacy Volunteers of New Je... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 Postsec. Reading/literacy A.B. 962 Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission to assess and discuss issues, information, and barriers relating to, and progress made in th... More... IL Signed into law 10/2007 Community College We Want to Learn English Initiative S.B. 1446 Authorizes the community college board to establish and administer a We Want to Learn English Initiative to provide resources for immigrants... More... MI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Reading Instruction Requirement for Teachers S.B. 70 Provides for the extension of the requirement that a teacher, in order to advance to a professional certification, must complete a course of... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Professional Development for Teachers of Reading H.B. 1390 Adds provisions related to implementing comprehensive reading reform and systemic change. Specifies that the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Intensive Reading or Language Intervention Pilot Program H.B. 1270 Requires, rather than authorizes, the commissioner of education to establish by rule an intensive reading or language intervention pilot pro... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Read-to-Achieve Grant Program S.B. 192 Creates the Read-to-Achieve Grant Program in which grants are given to fund intensive reading programs of eligible public schools for pupils... More... VT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Impact of Libraries H.B. 99 Creates a legislative interim committee to study the impact of Vermont's public libraries on increased literacy, computer and internet acces... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Early Childhood Literacy Programs H.F. 2245 [Early Childhood] Establishes a research-based early childhood literacy program premised on actively involved parents, ongoing professional staff development,... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Reporting of First Grade Literacy H.F. 2245 [First Grade Literacy] Requires districts to report to the commissioner on education students who are at risk of not learning to read by the end of first grade. ht... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Reading Teacher Academies H.B. 2237 (Reading-Related Provisions) Directs the commissioner to establish teacher academies for teachers providing reading instruction for students in grades 6 through 8 by Jun... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. High School Redesign H.B. 584/S.B. 561 Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness o... More... UT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Funding for K-3 Reading Improvement Program H.B. 461 Provides an ongoing appropriation, subject to future budget constraints, to the state board for the K-3 Reading Improvement Program. Appropr... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 K-3 Literacy and Numeracy Screening H.B. 1058 Relates to dyslexia screening and remediation pilot programs. Requires state department of education to select a literacy and numeracy scree... More... UT Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Early Childhood Reading Readiness H.C.R. 5 This concurrent resolution of the legislature and governor encourages reading with a child 20 minutes a day to help prepare children for suc... More... LA Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Adult Education Content Standards LAC 28:CXXIX.Chapter 1-11 Raises accountability levels among adult education programs and ensures similar concepts are taught at appropriate educational levels throug... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Funding for Reading Improvement Programs R277-422 Allows a school district to budget an increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue in addition to revenue from new growth without th... More... WV Adopted 10/2006 P-12 Reading & Language Arts Content Standards Title 126, Series 44A Amends rules regarding reading and language arts content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policie... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Language Arts and Math Instruction Requirements A.B. 2722 Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting the same basic instructional materials in language arts or mathematics for the same gra... More... WV Adopted 09/2006 P-12 Program/Curriculum Requirements Title 126, Series 42 Amends rules regarding the pre-K & K-12 program or curriculum requirements; reduces the amount of required teaching time for English Languag... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Language Arts Curriclum S.B. 1769 Requires the 2008 Reading/Language Arts/English Language Development Curriculum Frameworks and Criteria adopted by the Board of Education to... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Reading First Evaluation A.B. 2248 Provides a local educational agency that receives continuous funding for Reading First beginning in rounds 1-3 of grant funding is eligible ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Prekindergarten and Family Literacy Programs A.B. 172 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Department of Education to administer prekindergarten and family literacy pr... More... OK Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Instruction in Reading and Mathematics H.B. 2712 Requires each public school district to ensure that a majority of the instructional time each day of the school year in kindergarten through... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Class Size and Other Block Grant Funds S.B. 2272 - Section 6 Extends repeal date of Iowa Early Intervention and School Improvement Technology Block Grant Programs to July 2007. (Includes funds for K-3 ... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Extended School Program for Adults S.B. 2272 - Section 38 Deletes provision that a local board may provide an extended school tuition-free program for district residents over the maximum school age ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Creation of Just Read, Florida Office and Research-Based Strategies H.B. 7087 (Section 8) There is created in the Department of Education the Just Read, Florida! office. The office will: (1) Train highly effective reading coaches.... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Florida Secondary School Redesign Act H.B. 7087 - Section 19 Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Florida Center for Reading Research H.B 7087 (Section 34) Creates the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) at the Florida State University. The center shall include two outreach centers, one a... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Research-based Reading Instruction Allocation H.B. 7087 (Section 50) The research-based reading instruction allocation is created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students in kindergarten throug... More... TN Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Reading Instruction Requirement for Teacher Certification H.B. 2973 Requires reading instruction as a mandatory element of teacher education curriculum and requires certification of teacher competence in read... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Reading Achievement Account H.B. 2836 From Substitute Senate Bill Report: A Reading Achievement Account (Account) is created in the custody of the State Treasurer. The Account is... More... NM Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Reading Materials Fund H.B. 225 Creates a Reading Materials Fund to be used to purchase scientific research-based reading materials for certain reading programs; makes appr... More... OK Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Teacher Education and Certification OAC 210:20-9-172 Amends rules concerning teacher education and certification withregard to competencies for licensure. Adds the reading competencies foreleme... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Adult Learners May Take Exit Exam A.B. 1057 An act to add Section 60851.3 to the Education Code, relating to education. Require the exit examination to be offered to a person regularly... More... RI Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Literacy for Students Entering High School Uncodified Rules Establishes rules to provide for improving reading levels for students. Revises graduation requirements. Implements personalized learning en... More... OK Adopted 08/2005 P-12 Reading Sufficiency Act OAC 210:15-27-1 Establishes rules concerning the Reading Sufficiency Act to meet legislative changes from the 2005 session . Updates student eligibility for... More... TN Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Governor's Books from Birth Fund S.B. 2275/Act 416 Establishes the Governor's Books from Birth Fund and authorizes a partnership arrangement between the Fund and a nonprofit public benefit co... More... NC Signed into law 06/2005 Community College Postsec. Community College System H.B. 583 The Community Colleges System Office is designated as the primary lead agency for delivering workforce development training, adult literacy ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Intensive Reading and Language Intervention Pilot Program H.B. 3468 Intensive Reading and Language Intervention Pilot Program. From bill analysis: Over the past decade many instructional aids have been develo... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Reporting Reductions and Reading Sufficiency Act S.B. 966 Amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 3-153, which relates to exemptions for reporting district plans to state board of education. Except for distric... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Phonologic Weakness H.B. 1488 Defines "phonologic weakness." Requires the department of education to develop and implement a plan to (1) train teachers, especially the t... More... FL Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 Course Requirements/Basic/Adult Secondary Programs FAC 6AER05-1 Establishes emergency rules regarding course requirements. Establishes basic and adult secondary programs for 2005. Course Requirements - G... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Professional Development Requirements S.B. 1150 Limits professional development requirements for certified personnel working solely in the following adult education programs: (1) Adult bas... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Educator Licensure H.B. 1026 Authorizes the state board to establish procedures for the filing and investigation of complaints alleging conduct that, if true, may establ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Division of Children's Programs S.B. 1224 Establishes legislative intent for the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program. Requires program to include the following: (1) Districts wi... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Achievement Improvement H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions) Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7) Requires colleges and universities to: (a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other ent... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' Professional Growth Fund H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of the Council of Postsecondary Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 5) Specifies that, for the state to achieve its student achievement goals, the Council on Postsecondary Education, in cooperation with the Educ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Role of Department of Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 4) Mandates that the Kentucky Department of Education provide assistance to schools and teachers, including publicizing professional developmen... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Roles of School Councils, Local Boards and Superintendents in Achieving State Education Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraphs 8-10) (8) School councils at all school levels are encouraged to identify and allocate resources to qualified teachers to become coaches or mentor... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Program S.B. 19 This act is to be cited as the "Read to Achieve Act of 2005." Relates to reading; makes an appropriation therefor; describes the general ass... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Reading and Literacy Proficiency S.J.R. 92 Directs the department of education to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the professional development, training and resources needed in ea... More... GA Adopted 12/2004 Postsec. Grant Programs GAC 668-1 Establishes rules regarding the Area School Program and adult literacy grants. http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=GRANTS_OF_GEO... More... DE Rule Adoption 11/2004 P-12 Standard Certificate Reading Specialist 14 DAC 1554 Amends regulation relating to the Standard Certificate Reading Specialist, to clarify as to which educators this regulation applies to. ... More... LA Adopted 10/2004 P-12 Reading Competencies for Alternate Certification LAC 28:I.903 Amends rules to add a requirement for demonstration of reading competencies by alternate teacher certification program completers. http://ww... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Reading First Plan A.B. 2416 Authorizes a local educational agency that provides every pupil in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, with instructional materials i... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Supplemental Instruction: Reading Ability S.B. 651 Requires a school district, as a condition of receiving funding for supplemental instruction, to convene a pupil study team for each pupil w... More... OH Rule Adoption 09/2004 P-12 OhioReads Grants Program Hearings and Meetings OAC 3301:1-1-01 thru -04 Rescinds rules regarding rules for giving public notice of hearings, notice of meetings, definitions, and establishing terms and conditions ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Statewide Curriculum S.B. 2672 Requires the Board of Regents for elementary and secondary education to select and/or develop a statewide curriculum in mathematics and Engl... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Student Investment Initiative H.B. 7986 Requires district strategic plans to extend the range at which the improvement of reading is addressed to include students in grade four (4)... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Strategies Based on Scientific Research H.B. 8180 Requires that activities under this act include strategies to improve the performance of students in mathematics, reading and writing. Such ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Postsec. Teaching of Reading Coursework for Certification Candidates S.B. 542 Eliminates requirement that the applicant have completed three semester hours in the teaching of reading for secondary-level certification, ... More... RI To governor 06/2004 P-12 Reading Instruction Tied to Strategic Plans S.B. 2590 Amends the requirements of the Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative. Specifically, the grades which the strategic plan to improve read... More... RI To governor 06/2004 P-12 Strategies Based on Scientifically Based Research S.B. 2623 Activities under this act must include strategies to improve the performance of students in mathematics, reading and writing. Such activitie... More... FL Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Education Personnel S.B. 2986 Relates to education personnel; provides for expunging of criminal history records of applicants for employment at certain education related... More... FL To governor 05/2004 P-12 Middle Grades Reform Act S.B. 354 Creates the "Middle School Reform Act;" provides definitions; prescribes program criteria and content; provides a timeline for implementatio... More... FL Signed by Governor 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Accelerated High School Graduation, High Stakes Testing, Reading Deficiencies S.B. 364 Revises course requirements in college & career preparatory accelerated high school graduation program; amends requirements for grade point ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Teacher Education Programs H.B. 5507 Concerning teacher education programs at institutions of higher education; requires teacher training programs to include literacy training. ... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Language Proficiency for LEP Students IDAPA 08.02.03 §§ 111-112 Amends rules to allow new Limited English Proficient (LEP) students to take a language proficiency test in lieu of the state reading test. ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Reading Sufficiency H.B. 2477 Part of this bill relates to the Reading Sufficiency Act; limits certain students who are excluded from the reading goals and program of rea... More... OK Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Modifies Reading Sufficiency Act H.B. 1133 Modifies the Reading Sufficiency Act to allow that if a student is found not to be reading at the appropriate grade level and teachers, in c... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Required Components of English Standards of Learning H.B. 1014 Requires the English Standards of Learning for reading in grades K-3 to be based on components of effective reading instruction, including, ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Early Identification, Diagnosis and Assistance for Struggling Readers H.B. 1014 Requires local boards to provide early identification, diagnosis, and assistance for students with reading problems and provision of instruc... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Parenting Programs S.B. 98 Requires the Department of Correctional Education to arrange for noncustodial parent offenders committed to the custody of the Department of... More... UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Performance Plus Reading Achievement S.B. 230 Creates the K-3 Reading Improvement Program to achieve the state's goals of having third graders reading at or above grade level; requires a... More... WY Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Financial Assistance for Reading and Intervention; Funding Formula H.B. 93 Provides assistance to districts for reading assessment and intervention programs; implements the adjustment to the education resource block... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Reading S.B. 33 § 5 Adds Ark. Code 6-15-1804. Students exhibiting a reading deficiency will receive intensive reading instruction and beginning with the 2005-06... More... GA Adopted 11/2003 P-12 Reading First Program System Subgrant GAC 160-1-4-.265 Submits rules regarding the Reading First Program System Subgrant, which provides federal funds for scientifically based reading reform for ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 English Learners; Reading First A.B. 1485 §§ 1 - 3 Prohibits the department of education and the state board of education from developing or implementing requirements or criteria making a loc... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Literacy Programs A.B. 1266 §§ 5 - 6 Repeals the English Language and Intensive Literacy Program, the Library Literacy Service and the Families for Literacy Program. Creates the... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Promotion Provisions H.B. 3 -- Third Grade Reading Guarantee This section specififes that the following options available to districts under the third grad reading guarantee for students who receive a ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Reading Improvement Grants S.B. 381 Provides that the state board has the power and duty to improve the reading and study skills of children from grades 7 through 12 in school ... More... OH Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 OhioReads Classroom Reading Grant Program OAC 3301:1-1-01, 02, 03, 04, 05 Establishes rules pertaining to OhioReads classroom reading grant program. Specifies rule for giving public notice of hearings, notice of me... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Students with Dyslexia or a Related Disorder H.B. 1691 Under current law, a school district is entitled to compensatory education funding to provide services to students who are educationally dis... More... AZ Line item vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Budget Reconciliation Education H.B. 2534 Creates budget reconciliation for education and includes the following provisions: Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring ad... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Child Care S.B. 2446 Revises inservice training requirements for child care personnel; requires training in early literacy and language development; requires ann... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Community College Postsec. Charter Schools H.B. 55-A Requires emphasis on reading; requires certain accountability measures; eliminates the limitations on the number of charter schools per scho... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Opportunity Contract Pilot Program Eligibility H.B. 1369 Modifies the eligibility criteria for children in grades 1 through 3 for purposes of the "Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program" (HB03... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Regional Training Programs S.B. 210 Revises provisions governing the regional training programs for the professional development of teachers and administrators and the Statewid... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Literacy H.B. 1173 Specifies that the general assembly intends for the Department of Education, for purposes of Colorado family literacy programs, to actively ... More... LA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Alternate Teacher Education-Requirements H.B. 568 Clarifies that at least nine semester hours in the teaching of reading must be completed by anyone seeking certification at any level below ... More... WA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Pilot Program H.B. 2012 A new section is added to chapter 28A.630 13 RCW. Creates the special services pilot program to encourage participating school districts to... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Early Intervention Block Grant Program Repeal Date H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes repeal date from 2003 to 2004 on chapter establishing statewide early intervention block grant program. Components of this program i... More... IA Vetoed 05/2003 P-12 Reading Instruction Pilot Program H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Establishes a reading instruction pilot program for students in grades K-8, to be conducted in 2003-04 school year for any district or conso... More... CA Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Reading First Program Title 5 CCR 11990 Establishes emergency rules concerning the Reading First Program, specifying how the amount of the grant for each approved subgrant applicat... More... NV Temporary Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Literacy Standards NAC 389.2433, 389.248, 389.2932, 389.29415, 389.299 Amends rules concerning literacy standards for kindergarten and elementary school. NEVADA REG 3130 (SN)... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Postsec. Teacher Preparation Section H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Section 22-2-2 (Z)(BB and CC) to require the state board to approve education curricula and programs offered in all two-year public ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Reading Proficiency Fund H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Section 22-8-43. The public school reading proficiency fund dollars are to be distributed to public schools that implement innovativ... More... TX Adopted 01/2003 P-12 Student Services and Reading Specialist Certificates 19 TAC 239.90 thru 239.95 Proposes rules related to the reading specialist certificate and student services certificates. Specifies the rules for general provisions f... More... TX Adopted 01/2003 P-12 Continuing Education, Particularly for Reading Specialists 19 TAC 232.851 Amends rules relating to the number of required continuing professional education hours by classes of certificates. Requires holders of the ... More... OR Adopted 01/2003 P-12 Reading Endorsement Content Area OAR 584-017-0170, 584-063-0055, 584-060-0061, 584- 065-0050 Revises the reading endorsement content area and compentencies and amends rules to require completion of a reading program. Increases fees f... More... AZ Rejected by voters 11/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College Fair Gaming Act Proposition 201 Revises State Gaming Act; a portion of the revenues from non-tribal gaming devices would support reading programs for students in kindergart... More... FL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Public School Student Progression, Remedial Services, Reporting Requirements S.B. 20E Shifts responsibility for establishing rules regarding student report cards from state superintendent to state board. Modifies rules relatin... More... ID Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Postsec. Reading assessment for preservice teachers H.B. 399 PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS-Amends existing law to clarify that only K-8 preservice teachers shall pass the State Board of Education's preservice r... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program H.B. 1370 Allows, if federal funds are sufficient, districts in addition to Baltimore and Prince George's County to apply to department for grants to ... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Tobacco Tax for Education S.B. 856 Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricte... More... CA Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Supplemental Instruction in Fresno Unified School District A.B. 1285 Allows Fresno Unified School District to apply for a waiver from certain regulations so as to allow the district to use designated funds for... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School-Readiness Child Care Subsidation Program H.B. 1297 Creates the School-Readiness Child Care Subsidization Program on and after January 1, 2003, which program offers three-year school-readiness... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill - Phonics Component H.B. 1711 Requires districts to have reading programs for kindergarten through grade three that are based on scientific research. The programs must c... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Family Literacy Education Grant Program H.B. 1303 Establishes a Family Literacy Education Grant Program within the Department of Education; permits local education providers to apply for gra... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Reading H.B. 2465 Requires diagnostic assessment of a child's reading proficiency before instruction; requires teaching of phonics; permits multiple reading i... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Summer School Grant Program and Teacher Pay Incentive Program H.B. 1304 Expands the Summer School Grant Program to provide funding to school districts for the operation of intensive literacy and reading comprehen... More... MD Signed by governor 05/2002 P-12 Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program H.B. 1370 Provides that if additional federal funding becomes available for the Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program, counties other ... More... DE Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Below the Standard Score and Individual Improvement Plan for Promotion S.B. 322 Before enactment of this legislation, this subparagraph banned any 3rd-, 5th- or 8th-grader scoring Well Below the Standard on the state rea... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Need- and Performance-Based Adult Education Grants S.B. 737 Requires the department of education to distribute need- and performance-based grants for adult education. Adult education and -literacy gr... More... UT Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 School Community Councils S.B. 167 Specifies the duties, powers, and membership of a school community council and establishes a process for the selection of council members. ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Guidance Counselors, Reading Specialists H.B. 1136 Amends the Standards of Quality to require, within the Standards of Accreditation, guidance counselors in elementary schools at the followin... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Basal Textbook Selection: Minimum Decodability Standard H.B. 794 Directs the Board of Education, in making selections for basal textbooks for reading in kindergarten through third grade to establish a mini... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Attendance Requirement for Inclusion in Reading Assessment S.B. 1412 Amends existing law to define the students who shall be included in calculations relating to the reading assessment. Students counted must ... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Student Improvement Goals Repealed S.B. 5823 Repeals student improvement goals provisions, includes reading and mathematic goals. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2001-02/Senate/5800... More... CA Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Reading Section A.B. 804 Intensive reading instruction is to be offered four hours per day for six continuous weeks during the summer or when school is not regularly... More... NJ Vetoed 12/2001 P-12 Donated Books A.B. 3151 Establishes the Spread the Word Program in Department of Education to provide donated books to certain elementary school children; provides ... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Reading Intervention Provision S.B. 1 Replaces the fourth grade reading guarantee with a third grade reading guarantee beginning July 1, 2003. Provides districts with three opti... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Reading Programs A.B. 876 Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for purposes of contracting for a study that identifies reading programs in schools that m... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Early Success Reading Initiative H.B. 3941 Creates Early Success Reading Initiative; authorizes the University of Oregon to develop, implement and monitor the initiative; specifies co... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Pilot Phonics Program S.B. 595 Establishes elementary school pilot program on teaching students how to read using explicit phonics; appropriates moneys from General Fund t... More... OR Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 Phonics Game S.B. 593 Directs state department to provide instructional phonics game to each approved Oregon prekindergarten.... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Reading Proficiency S.B. 10A Expresses the sense of the Nevada Legislature regarding available methods to improve the reading proficiency of Nevada's school children at ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Reading Improvement Block Grant Program H.B. 3566 Amends the School Code; provides that under the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, programs provided with grant funds shall not replac... More... TN Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Reading and Writing Proficiency S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill Requires the state board of education to establish by rule and policy a reading initiative for kindergarten through grade 8 that includes at... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reading Sufficiency Act S.B. 168 Modifies the 1997 Reading Sufficiency Act. Goal is 90% of third graders reading at/above grade level. For students below this level, requi... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reporting on Reading S.B. 1173 Modifies reporting requirements to include a more general report on the number, status, and funding of reading programs in grades kindergart... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reading H.B. 3352 Creates within the department of education, a program to provide books to kindergarten through fifth grade students who have few books at ho... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Literacy and lifelong learning program H.B. 614 Provides for changing the responsibility for ongoing operation of a literacy and lifelong learning program to the public libraries of the St... More... MS Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Extension of Testing and Remediation for Students with Learning Difficulties S.B. 2309 Deletes the automatic repealer on the Pilot Program for testing and educational remediation for students with dyslexia and related disorders... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "e... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Testing in Reading, Writing S.B. 673 Adds statewide testing in reading writing. Requires the department of education to involve local school district personnel, especially certi... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Preparation in the Teaching of Reading S.B. 395 A person seeking standard or alternative elementary certification shall have completed six hours of reading courses, and a person seeking st... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Supplemental Reading Instruction S.B. 180 A school district shall provide reading enhancement in grades two through ten, designed to improve a student's reading proficiency to his gr... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Improving Reading Proficiencies H.B. 74 Provides for improvement in public school students reading proficiencies; makes an appropriation.... More... UT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Advanced Readers At Risk Program H.B. 216 Makes an appropriation to fund an advanced readers at risk program in the public schools to develop advanced reading knowledge and skills in... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Evaluations S.B. 1116 Provides statewide goals for reading evaluations conducted in public schools; provides additional assistance to schools which fail to achiev... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Courses H.B. 281 Requires reading courses for teacher certification.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading H.B. 145 Relates to reading achievement in elementary schools; modifies the provisions related to the State System of Public Education; sets a goal o... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Clinic H.B. 99 Modifies the provisions related to the State System of Public Education by changing the Reading Skills Development Center into a clinic to a... More... VA Active 03/2001 P-12 Early Intervention Reading Initiative N/A For kindergarten through third grade. Provides for diagnosis of reading problems in the first school years and for intervention. Universit... More... WY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Assessment S.B. 92 Relates to public schools; requires school districts to implement a reading assessment for first and second grade students; requires demonst... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Funding for Reading H.B. 1230 Makes an appropriation for the acceleration of the Reading Enhancement Program.... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Reading Program for Certain States A.B. 886 Appropriates funds to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to fund reading training programs in the Oakland Unified School District and ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Reading Success Institute H.B. 7735 Relates to An act pertaining to education; relates to the State-Wide Reading Success Institute for training teachers.... More... TN Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Improvement of Reading Instruction S.B. 2485 Requires certain actions by State Department of Education, State Board of Education, and Higher Education Commission to improve teaching of ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Read-to-Achieve Program H.B. 1136 Concerns the creation of the Learning Improvement Grant Program for public schools in the Department of Education. The program, also referre... More... OK Vetoed 06/2000 P-12 Partnership for School Readiness S.B. 1597 Creates the Partnership for School Readiness Act to facilitate community collaboration of efforts and services that will prepare children to... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Professional Development H.B. 2000 Provides continued support of elementary school reading professional development institutes through ongoing teacher development at individua... More... CO Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Read-to-Achieve S.B. 124 Concerns literacy in early elementary grades; establishes and appropriates funds for a Read-To-Achieve Program. Under this program, any pub... More... NM Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Reading Initiative H.B. 8A Relates to education; improves student reading proficiencies; creates a statewide reading initiative; creates the Public School Reading Prof... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Early Literacy H.B. 1172, S.B. 750 Requires the State Board of Education to distribute grants to organizations that promote literacy at an early age during --- child health vi... More... OK Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Literacy Initiatives Commission H.B. 1850 Re-creates the Literacy Initiatives Commission.... More... IN Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Proficiency in Reading Instruction S.B. 352 Provides that an individual seeking licensure as an elementary teacher must demonstrate proficiency in comprehensive reading instruction ski... More... UT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Incentive for Reading Endorsement H.B. 397 Creates a reading performance improvement scholarship program to assist selected elementary teachers in obtaining a reading endorsement.... More... NM Vetoed 03/2000 P-12 Early Literacy Program H.B. 28 Relates to education; provides for an early literacy program in the public schools; makes an appropriation.... More...