Bill > HB05124

This bill proposes an amendment to existing education statutes that would establish a minimum reading proficiency requirement for high school graduation. Specifically, the bill would mandate that students must be able to read at an eighth-grade reading level before they can receive a high school diploma. By setting this literacy standard, the legislation aims to ensure that graduating high school students have achieved a basic level of reading comprehension. The eighth-grade reading level is considered a foundational benchmark that indicates a student can understand and interpret age-appropriate text with reasonable complexity. While the bill does not provide detailed implementation guidelines, it represents a direct effort to raise educational standards and improve literacy outcomes for high school students by establishing a clear minimum reading skill requirement as a graduation criterion.

Education

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