Talking Points: Historic legislation aims to redress pandemic reading gap
St. PAUL -- Nearly half of all Minnesota students are not reading at grade level, as the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll. However, new legislation ...
St. PAUL -- Nearly half of all Minnesota students are not reading at grade level, as the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll. However, new legislation aims to reverse course. This session, lawmakers approved a $70 million bill called the READ Act, which will change the reading curriculum for all public school students starting July 1. The new curriculum includes new training for teachers, mandatory individual reading assessments in first and second grade, and mandatory inventions after third grade if the student is not reading at grade level.