General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6798
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2610
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist. (By Request)
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6798
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2610
*02610*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A REMEDIAL LITERACY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE THREE IN PRIORITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 164 of the general statutes be amended to create a remedial literacy program that shall (1) be available for students who are struggling to learn how to read in grades kindergarten to three, inclusive, in priority school districts, and (2) offer a reading horizons reading workshop that provides instruction for English teachers on new methods of teaching reading to students who are struggling to learn how to read.
Statement of Purpose:
To create a remedial literacy program that helps students who are struggling to learn how to read and to prepare educators for the particular needs of a remedial classroom.