S.B. 241: Early Literacy

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 18, 2026. This bill establishes a framework of literacy interventions in kindergarten through grade 3 within the public education system.

• Defines terms
• Establishes a third-grade level reading goal for 2030
• Requires a local education agency (LEA) to, based on the student's performance on a benchmark reading assessment, provide a student with an individualized reading plan that identifies specific reading interventions to remediate a reading deficiency, including considering retention in lower grades and requiring retention in grade 3 except in cases of certain good cause exemptions
• Requires regional education service agencies and certain school districts to provide formal professional learning and information training in the science of reading
• Dedicates a certain amount of funding to provide literacy training and paraprofessionals who support literacy
• Requires certain school performance monitoring

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Ann Millner