SB5659: Literacy Improvement for Transformation Act of 2026
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading or literacy specialist on staff.
Plain-language summary
This bill would let the Secretary of Education give grants to local school districts to hire reading and literacy specialists in elementary and secondary schools. A literacy specialist is a trained teacher who focuses on helping students improve their reading skills. The bill requires each school to have at least one such specialist on staff. The bill has been introduced in Congress but has not yet advanced to for debate.
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SB5659: Literacy Improvement for Transformation Act of 2026