l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1290

Increasing Reading Efficiency and Accountability Development (iREAD) Pilot Program; establish for "D" and "F" schools.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE INCREASING READING EFFICIENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY DEVELOPMENT (IREAD) PILOT PROGRAM WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY IN "D" AND "F" RATED SCHOOLS WITH EVIDENTIARY DATA REPORTS OF CHRONIC READING INEFFICIENCY AND UNDERPERFORMING READERS BEGINNING WITH THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROGRAM SHALL FOCUS ON ENHANCING THE OUTPUTS OF LITERACY PROFICIENCY AMONG ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS WITH "D" AND "F" ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT IREAD PILOT PROGRAM AS AN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM TO ASSIST TEACHERS, LITERACY COACHES AND PARENTS IN PROMOTING READING; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO ADOPT POLICIES GOVERNING THE PROGRAM AND ESTABLISH MINIMUM CRITERIA; TO PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR SERVICES AND PROGRAM ELEMENTS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE SELECTED TECHNOLOGY VENDOR; TO REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROPRIATE $750,000.00 TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION, SUPPORT AND CONTINUATION OF THE IREAD PILOT PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON THE IREAD PILOT PROGRAM TO THE EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE BY JANUARY 1, 2027; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PILOT PROGRAM SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 3 IN SCHOOLS WITHIN THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT PRIORITY FOR INCLUSION IN AN EXPANSION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM SHALL BE GIVEN TO SCHOOLS WITHIN EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS IN "D" AND "F" RATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVING PROPORTIONALLY THE LARGEST POPULATION OF UNDERSERVED AT-RISK FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations A
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Education;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives