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To improve early literacy outcomes, Utah proposes $16 million for interventions
After a report showed that nearly half of Utah K-3 students read below grade level, Gov. Spencer Cox included improving that number among his top priorities this year. A bill advancing in the Legislature may help him achieve that goal — but later. A bill Ogden Republican Sen. Ann Millner is sponsoring to boost early literacy in the state by increasing reading assessments to three times a year starting in kindergarten and allocating $16 million to school districts to provide paraeducators to support literacy. If students are below the state benchmark, they would start an individualized ...
