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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 129 – Early reading in Idaho study

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 129

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SCR129.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
READING - Stating findings and continuing the reading committee created by
the First Regular Session of the Fifty-fourth Idaho Legislature and
directing that the committee should prepare draft legislation to implement
the recommendations of the committee.

02/17    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/18    Rpt prt - to Educ
02/27    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/02    10th Ord - ADOPTED - 33-0-2
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Sweeney,
      Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Ipsen, Sandy
    Floor Sponsor - Dunklin
    Title apvd - to House
03/03    House intro - 1st rdg - to W/M
03/20    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 65-0-5
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
      Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
      Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck,
      Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kendell,
      Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague,
      Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
      Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
      Stubbs, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Kempton, Sali, Taylor, Wheeler, Wood
    Floor Sponsor -
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/23    To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
    Sp signed - to Secretary of State

Bill Text


SCR129


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                           SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 129

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE TO  STUDY  THE
 3        STATUS  OF  EARLY  READING EDUCATION IN IDAHO TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT
 4        YEAR AND TO PREPARE LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  THE
 5        COMMITTEE FOR SUBMISSION TO THE LEGISLATURE.

 6    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 7        WHEREAS,  the First Regular Session of the Fifty-fourth Idaho Legislature,
 8    recognizing that the ability to read well is essential to the  future  success
 9    of  children, authorized a study of the status of reading in public schools in
10    Idaho and of recommended policies to guarantee that every child  can  read  at
11    grade level by third grade; and
12        WHEREAS,  the  State  Board  of  Education and the Department of Education
13    appointed a committee of legislators, business leaders, educators  and  parent
14    representatives from all regions of the state to conduct the study; and
15        WHEREAS,  the committee determined that Idaho should be the first state to
16    make reading every child's birthright; and
17        WHEREAS, after thorough research and testing, the committee found  that  a
18    majority  of  Idaho's  fourth grade school children are not comprehending what
19    they read at a level expected of them, thus creating  the  need  for  remedial
20    work in later grades and in the workplace; and
21        WHEREAS, certain groups of disadvantaged children have significant reading
22    problems  which  will  prevent  them  from   succeeding  in school or life and
23    greatly increase  the likelihood that they will drop out of school,  be  unem-
24    ployed, and be sent to prison; and
25        WHEREAS,  we  have  the  methods  and tools to ensure that every child can
26    read.
27        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
28    sion of the Fifty-fourth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Repre-
29    sentatives  concurring  therein,  that  the legislature authorizes the reading
30    study committee to prepare the "Every Child's  Birthright"  Literacy  Act  for
31    presentation  to  the 1999 Idaho Legislature. The committee should incorporate
32    the recommendations that the act propose a comprehensive and  systematic  plan
33    for ensuring that every Idaho child will read at grade level by grade three, a
34    definition  and method of measurement of reading at grade level, a process and
35    time line for implementation, and a budget and analysis of the  most  cost-ef-
36    fective methods for achieving the goals.
37        BE  IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall hold public hearings on a
38    draft of the act prior to finalizing the proposal to the legislature.