Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 61 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2008 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-03-03 - House: Left in Rules

Study; early reading proficiency and comprehension; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study ways to promote and ensure early reading proficiency and comprehension among third graders in public schools. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall (i) determine the number of third graders who read at grade level; (ii) rank the school divisions according to the number of third graders who passed the most recent third grade reading test; (iii) identify best practices utilized by school divisions with the highest percentage of third graders who read at grade level; (iv) examine the findings and recommendations of state and national studies pertaining to the efficacy of early reading proficiency and comprehension and its relationship to academic success, and recommend those recommendations appropriate for implementation in Virginia; and (v) determine strategies to increase the number of third graders who pass the third grade reading test and ways to improve and sustain the early reading proficiency of third grade students. The joint subcommittee must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2009 Session of the General Assembly.

Public schools; joint subcommittee to study ways to promote reading proficiency & comprehension.

Sen. John Miller [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-03		House: Left in Rules
2008-02-11		House: Referred to Committee on Rules
2008-02-11		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-01-30		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-01-30		Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
2008-01-30		Senate: Read third time
2008-01-29		Senate: Printed as engrossed 084193275-E
2008-01-29		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SJ61E
2008-01-29		Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
2008-01-29		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2008-01-29		Senate: Read second time
2008-01-28		Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
2008-01-25		Senate: Reported from Rules with amendments by voice vote
2008-01-08		Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
2008-01-08		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084193275

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SJ61