Can't read? No problem, you're promoted to fourth grade!(where they don't teach reading)-----Bill pausing third grade reading law sent to full Michigan Senate

Bill pausing third grade reading law sent to full Michigan Senate

"A bill that would suspend retention for Michigan third graders this spring but broaden it to fourth graders next school year is moving to the full Senate.

The Senate Education Committee moved two bills in a 4-2 party-line vote to pause the controversial third grade reading law this year but restart it in the 2021-22 school year and apply it to both third and fourth graders.

In a surprise move, the substitute bill's original sponsor, Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-Newago, testified against the bill on Wednesday and asked the committee to reject changes that he said neither he nor his staff approved.

Bumstead said he sponsored a bill to suspend holding kids back but he does not support the committee's changes.

...The other bill would allow a parent or guardian to have the final decision on whether a student repeats a grade rather than a school district superintendent...Read all.