HB1213

Adolescent Literacy Initiatives; require MDE to establish for Grades 4-8.

Failed·2/3/26
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Mississippi HB1213 establishes the Adolescent Literacy Initiative to improve reading proficiency in Grades 4-8 through evidence-based instruction.

Mississippi HB1213 establishes the Adolescent Literacy Initiative to improve reading proficiency in Grades 4-8. The bill mandates that the State Department of Education align literacy standards with evidence-based strategies and scientifically researched instruction. It prohibits the use of balanced literacy and three-cueing systems, emphasizing direct, explicit, systematic, sequential, and cumulative instruction.

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History

Feb 3

House

Died In Committee

Jan 19

House

Referred To Education;Appropriations A