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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 163 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the goal of edu- |
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| 6 | 6 | | cation in schools across America shall be that virtually every student |
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| 7 | 7 | | in the United States achieves grade-level reading proficiency, providing |
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| 8 | 8 | | them with the foundation to develop the skills and knowledge needed |
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| 9 | 9 | | for success in school, work, and life. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. H |
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| 13 | 13 | | UIZENGA(for himself, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. THANEDAR, Mrs. DIN- |
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| 14 | 14 | | GELL, Ms. MCDONALDRIVET, Ms. SCHOLTEN, and Mr. JAMES) sub- |
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| 15 | 15 | | mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on |
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| 16 | 16 | | Education and Workforce |
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| 17 | 17 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 18 | 18 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that |
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| 19 | 19 | | the goal of education in schools across America shall |
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| 20 | 20 | | be that virtually every student in the United States |
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| 21 | 21 | | achieves grade-level reading proficiency, providing them |
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| 22 | 22 | | with the foundation to develop the skills and knowledge |
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| 23 | 23 | | needed for success in school, work, and life. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas literacy is an essential skill for success in the United |
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| 25 | 25 | | States; |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas illiteracy continues to challenge thousands of stu- |
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| 27 | 27 | | dents annually across many grade levels; |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HRES 163 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | Whereas illiteracy has been a silent epidemic that has not |
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| 32 | 32 | | been addressed in the United States for decades and now |
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| 33 | 33 | | finds the Nation at a crisis level; |
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| 34 | 34 | | Whereas a literacy gap nationwide, measuring 8th-grade stu- |
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| 35 | 35 | | dents who are reading below proficiency, exists at well |
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| 36 | 36 | | over 50 percent; |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas children who struggle to read become adults who |
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| 38 | 38 | | struggle in society, leading to a cycle of poverty; |
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| 39 | 39 | | Whereas literacy transforms the lives of students and creates |
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| 40 | 40 | | strong communities; |
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| 41 | 41 | | Whereas a literacy curriculum with a structured literacy ap- |
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| 42 | 42 | | proach that includes multisensory, phonics, and decoding |
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| 43 | 43 | | components is foundational to reading skills; |
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| 44 | 44 | | Whereas literacy programs that include an individual diag- |
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| 45 | 45 | | nostic assessment overseen by a certified teacher are best |
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| 46 | 46 | | set to improve outcomes; |
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| 47 | 47 | | Whereas research shows students who are tutored 1-on-1, 5 |
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| 48 | 48 | | days a week achieve grade-level movement in reading; |
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| 49 | 49 | | Whereas research shows individuals who can read at least at |
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| 50 | 50 | | a high school level are more likely to be hired in the |
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| 51 | 51 | | workforce; |
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| 52 | 52 | | Whereas research shows individuals who can read at least at |
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| 53 | 53 | | a high school level are less likely to be incarcerated; |
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| 54 | 54 | | Whereas research shows Junior Reserve Officers’ Training |
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| 55 | 55 | | Corps students who are reading at a high school level or |
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| 56 | 56 | | better are more likely to be accepted into the military; |
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| 57 | 57 | | and |
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| 58 | 58 | | Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic exacerbated learning loss |
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| 59 | 59 | | among elementary school and secondary school students: |
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| 60 | 60 | | Now, therefore, be it |
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| 63 | 63 | | •HRES 163 IH |
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| 64 | 64 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (1) recognizes the goal of education in schools 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | across America shall be that virtually every student 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | in the United States achieves grade-level reading 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | proficiency, providing them with the foundation to 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | develop the skills and knowledge needed for success 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | in school, work, and life; 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (2) encourages the development and use of lit-8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | eracy programs that include 1-on-1 tutoring for each 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | student diagnosed with a literacy gap of 1 year or 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | more, 5 days per week until the student is reading 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | at grade level; 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (3) encourages State and local governments, in-13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | cluding educational agencies, to collaborate with pri-14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | vate organizations offering proven literacy programs 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | to identify and implement effective solutions to ad-16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | dress illiteracy; and 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (4) encourages State and local governments, in-18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | cluding educational agencies, to collaborate with pri-19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | vate organizations that offer proven literacy pro-20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | grams to create adult literacy initiatives aimed at 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | helping adults with reading skills below an eighth- 22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | grade level. 23 |
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