Schools Chief Explains Reading Legislation

Wed., April 14, 1999

From Staff

Superintendent of Public Instruction Marilyn Howard and Idaho Department of Education staff members are conducting workshops throughout the state to answer questions about how laws passed by this year’s Legislature will affect teachers.

At a workshop Monday, educators raised questions about the new reading legislation.

School districts are expected to test the reading abilities of students in kindergarten through third grade twice a year. Districts must offer summer school to students who are reading below grade level.

The legislation also requires kindergarten through third-grade teachers and administrators to receive training in reading instruction.

Meanwhile, the districts must figure out how to shuffle staff to accommodate the requirements, and districts must pick up any costs not covered by a $3.9 million state allocation.

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