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AB-876 Pupil reading programs.(2001-2002)

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Assembly Bill No. 876
CHAPTER 558

An act relating to pupil performance, and making an appropriation therefor.

[ Approved by Governor  October 05, 2001. Filed with Secretary of State  October 07, 2001. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 876, Wyland. Pupil reading programs.
Existing law provides for various reading programs for pupils in specified grades, including the Comprehensive Reading Leadership Program Act of 1996, the Elementary School Intensive Reading Program, and the Governor’s Reading Award Program.
This bill would appropriate $100,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for the purpose of contracting for a study that identifies reading programs in schools that maintain kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 6, inclusive, where the performance of 75% of the pupils was at or above the 80th percentile on the reading portion of the achievement tests administered pursuant to the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program.
Appropriation: YES  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 There is hereby appropriated one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for the purpose of contracting for a study that identifies reading programs in schools that maintain any kindergarten or grades 1 to 6, inclusive, where the performance of 75 percent of the pupils was at or above the 80th percentile on the reading portion of the achievement tests administered pursuant to the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program, based upon pupil demographics, including, but not limited to, socioeconomic status and ethnicity.