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HB3023

Strong Readers Act; reading screenings; screening instruments; intervention plan implementation and reporting; Reading Proficiency Team; State Department of Education; benchmarks; literacy coaches; retention, tutoring, and re-screening options for first and second grade students; mandatory retention for third grade students who do not meet certain benchmarks; exceptions; tutoring and summer academy options; alternative placement teaching certificates; adjunct teachers; prohibitions; effective date; emergency.

Introduced·2/2/26
Int Text

Oklahoma HB3023 mandates reading screenings for kindergarten through third-grade students, intervention plans for those with deficiencies, and.

Oklahoma HB3023, known as the Strong Readers Act, requires reading screenings for students in kindergarten through third grade at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. Students identified with reading deficiencies must receive an individual reading intervention plan. The State Department of Education must approve screening instruments and summer tutoring programs. The act mandates retention for third-grade students who do not meet certain benchmarks, with exceptions for students with IEPs or medical exemptions.

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Current
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
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Committee decision

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History

Feb 3

House

Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

Feb 3

House

Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

Feb 2

House

First Reading