Bill: SB 935, 84(R) - 2015

Bill Caption

Relating to the establishment of a reading excellence team pilot program.

Fiscal Notes

State Impact

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB935, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($3,070,272) through the biennium ending August 31, 2017.

Local Government Impact

School districts could incur costs associated with the use and facilitation of reading excellence teams and with implementing the associated recommendations. Costs could vary widely among districts.

Bill Analysis

SB 935 would require the commissioner of education to establish a reading excellence pilot program and make it available to school districts that have low student performance on required standardized reading tests. The team would work with the teachers and the district to improve student reading.

Vote Recommendation Notes

05/21/2015 update:

We support SB 935 in the second chamber. The second chamber sponsor is Representative Joe Deshotel.

First chamber recommendation:

This bill would affirm the principle of limited government, therefore we support this legislation. SB 935 would provide an intermediary step to save a school that is showing signs of failure in the area of reading. Rather than allow the school to go all the way down the road to failure which can lead to a variety of other, more substantial interventions, the pilot program created by this bill may create a path toward course correction before it is too late. For this reason we support SB 935 despite the fiscal note.

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