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HB4149

Strong Readers Act; references; legislative findings; declaring intent of the Legislature; reading screenings; reading deficiencies; parent notifications; State Department of Education; reading panel; alternate reading assessments; promotion to fourth grade; retaining third grade; good-cause exemptions; intensive reading instruction; intensive acceleration class; reporting requirements; teacher training requirements; eighth-grade reading level; driver license; remedial reading for driver licenses; alternative reading proficiency tests; motorcycle licenses; testing site requirements; documentation requirements; out of state test results; school enrollment, completion, or lawful excuse for minors to obtain a driver license; violations; alternate route to obtain driver license; employer fines; attendance officers; Department of Public Safety; license cancellation; definitions; exceptions; forms; effective date; emergency.

Introduced·2/2/26
Int Text

Oklahoma HB4149 mandates reading screenings and interventions for students, retention of third-graders who do not meet reading proficiency, and.

Oklahoma HB4149, known as the Strong Readers Act, requires schools to screen students in kindergarten through third grade for reading deficiencies and provide interventions. Third-graders who do not meet reading proficiency must be retained unless granted a good-cause exemption. The act also mandates that students demonstrate reading proficiency at the eighth-grade level to obtain a driver's license, with alternative assessments available. It prohibits the use of the three-cueing systems model in reading instruction and requires teacher training in evidence-based reading strategies.

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Roll Call Votes

House: Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS

10 Yea

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0 Nay

History

Feb 19

House

Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

Feb 16

House

Withdrawn from Rules Committee

Feb 16

House

Referred to Appropriations and Budget