Oklahoma · 2026
HB 3023
Strong Readers Act; reading screenings; screening instruments; intervention plan implementation and reporting; Reading Proficiency Team; State Department of Education; benchmarks; literacy coaches; retention, tutoring, and re-screening options for first and second grade students; mandatory retention for third grade students who do not meet certain benchmarks; exceptions; tutoring and summer academy options; alternative placement teaching certificates; adjunct teachers; prohibitions; effective date; emergency.
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Summary AI-generated
HB 3023, the Strong Readers Act, proposes reading screenings, intervention plans, and the establishment of a Reading Proficiency Team within the State Department of Education. The bill outlines benchmarks, literacy coaching, and options for tutoring and summer academies for first and second-grade students. It further mandates retention for third-grade students who do not meet specific benchmarks, while providing exceptions and addressing alternative teaching certificates and prohibitions.
Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
Issue tags AI-classified
Classified by a local model from the bill's text; confidence shown. GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
Sponsors
- Dick Lowe Republican lead