Amendment ID: S2924-13

Amendment 13

Automatic Waiver for Successful Literacy Programs

Mr. Fernandes moves that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after the word “department”, in line 49, the following words:-

(d) The department shall grant a waiver to a school or district to use a kindergarten through grade 3 curriculum that does not currently appear on the department’s list of high-quality curricula provided one or more of the following: (i)              The school or district in the preceding three years has been formally recognized for the quality of its English Language Arts achievement or English Language Arts progress by the department; (ii) The school or district is currently meeting or exceeding its English Language Arts targets and/or demonstrating moderate or substantial growth toward targets as measured by the current department accountability system.