SB269 Alabama 2020 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Education, K-3 grades, Alabama Literacy Act, provisions against promoting students who fail to demonstrate sufficient reading skills, deleted, references to good cause exemptions, deleted, Act 2019-523, 2019 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 16-6G-5 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the Alabama Literacy
Act, commencing with the 2021-2022 school year,
third grade students who fail to demonstrate
sufficient reading skills will not be promoted to
fourth grade, unless a good cause exemption is
granted</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would delete the provisions
against promoting students who fail to demonstrate
sufficient reading skills to the fourth grade and
would delete all references to good cause
exemptions</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to the Alabama Literacy Act; to amend
Section 5 of Act 2019-523, now appearing as Section 16-6G-5,
Code of Alabama 1975, to delete the requirement that third
grade students who fail to demonstrate sufficient reading
skills not be promoted to fourth grade; and to delete
references to good cause exemptions to nonpromotion.
</p>
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2020 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB269 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced |