Illinois 102nd Regular Session Status: Failed Bipartisan · 7 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 5032 — RIGHT TO READ ACT

Last action — Session Sine Die

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  3. Died in session

This bill died with 102nd Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Creates the Right to Read Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall offer support: to each public school district to select evidence-based core reading instruction programs and implement them using structured literacy instruction; and to each early childhood, elementary, and special education teacher, reading specialist, literacy coach, and administrator to complete evidence-based training in teaching reading. Requires the State Board of Education to annually compile and post on its website information on the steps it has undertaken to support school districts to deliver high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction, including a list of any Early Literacy Grant recipients, documentation of how the recipient allocated the funding to support improved literacy, and what evidence-based literacy curricula the recipient is utilizing. Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, requires applicants seeking specified licenses to pass a test in reading foundations, which shall include assessment of the applicant's understanding of phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print and the alphabetic principle, the role of phonics in promoting reading development, word analysis skills and strategies, vocabulary development, application of reading comprehension skills and strategies, and methods for assessing reading development. In provisions concerning minimum requirements for educators trained in other states or countries, provides that an applicant who has successfully completed a reading foundations test of at least comparable rigor to the Illinois reading foundations test is not required to complete a reading foundations test. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke

  3. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  4. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  5. Second Reading - Short Debate

  6. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley

  7. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness

  8. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  9. Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 022-000-000

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40

  11. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  12. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

  14. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  15. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Seth Lewis

  16. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee

  17. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols

  18. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason

  19. Referred to Rules Committee

  20. First Reading

  21. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (174)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 5032 do?
Creates the Right to Read Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall offer support: to each public school district to select evidence-based core reading instruction programs and implement them using structured literacy instruction; and to each early childhood, elementary, and special education teacher, reading specialist, literacy coach, and administrator to complete evidence-based training in teaching reading. Requires the State Board of Education to annually compile and post on its website information on the steps it has undertaken to support school districts to deliver high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction, including a list of any Early Literacy Grant recipients, documentation of how the recipient allocated the funding to support improved literacy, and what evidence-based literacy curricula the recipient is utilizing. Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, requires applicants seeking specified licenses to pass a test in reading foundations, which shall include assessment of the applicant's understanding of phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print and the alphabetic principle, the role of phonics in promoting reading development, word analysis skills and strategies, vocabulary development, application of reading comprehension skills and strategies, and methods for assessing reading development. In provisions concerning minimum requirements for educators trained in other states or countries, provides that an applicant who has successfully completed a reading foundations test of at least comparable rigor to the Illinois reading foundations test is not required to complete a reading foundations test. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 5032?
HB 5032 is sponsored by Rita Mayfield (Democrat), Seth Lewis (Republican), Joyce Mason (Democrat), Cyril Nichols, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (Democrat), Anne Stava (Democrat), Suzanne M. Ness (Democrat), Natalie A. Manley (Democrat), and Margaret Croke (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 5032?
This bill died with 102nd Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 5032?
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