Description General Description: This bill expands a diagnostic assessment system for reading. Bill Details Bill Number: SB0218S01Year: 2019Status: Senate/ filedLast Action: Mar 14, 2019 Sponsor SenatorJerry W. StevensonRepublican - District 21 Fiscal Note Fiscal Note Amount: $1,500,000This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2020: to State Board of Education -- Initiative Programs -- Electronic Elementary Reading Tool, as an ongoing appropriation: from the Education Fund, $1,500,000.View Fiscal Note Utah PTA Response Utah PTA Position Pending Utah PTA Resolution: EDU 1997-1 | Literacy (retired)Impact on Children: This bill will help to identify struggling readers beyond the third grade. Results of a longitudinal study of nearly 4000 students find that those who do not read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave school without a diploma than proficient readers. Commission: Education Utah PTA Public Policy Program National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: Resolved, That Utah PTA and its constituent bodies encourage the Governor and the State Legislature to make literacy a priority for all Utah students.
