Amendment ID: S2203-17

Amendment 17

Promoting Literacy

Mr. Tarr, Ms. L'Italien and Mr. Humason move to amend the bill by inserting, after section ___, the following new section:-

"Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary the commissioner of the department of elementary and secondary education shall require all school districts, along with all commonwealth charter schools and Horace Mann Charter Schools to submit a plan to ensure that every student is able to read at age appropriate grade level."