Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-199

EDU 199

Improving Literacy Programs

Ms. L'Italien moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7010-0033, by inserting, after the words "early literacy grant program" the following words:- ", including but not limited to literacy programs that meet the needs of children with deficits that indicate likely third grade reading failure, including those at risk for dyslexia, with a deficit in phonemic awareness, naming speed and letter sound knowledge, favoring programs that meet the federal statute for the essential components of reading instruction (ECORI). 20 U.S.C. § 6368(3).(5)"