Requiring school districts to report results of first grade students at risk of not learning to read annually to the commissioner of education; prohibiting student advancement to the next grade upon inability to read by the end of second grade, requiring school student intervention and school intervention aid, specifying aid formula; requiring early childhood family education (ECFE) and school readiness programs to include learning experiences for children and families promoting early literacy skills; appropriating money to the department of education for reading intervention aid
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