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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 611

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Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.

Literacy Public instruction department of Teacher — Certificate

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, applicants for an initial license to teach grades

kindergarten to five, an initial license to teach special education, an initial license

as a reading teacher, an initial license as a reading specialist, or an initial license to

teach at a school that uses the Montessori method generally must pass an

examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test (FORT) administered in

2012. This bill changes the requirement to allow an applicant to instead pass an

examination identical to the most recent edition of the FORT.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Mursau (R) , Ramthun (R)

5 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Bradley (R) , Darling (R) , Schraa (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Feb 1, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Ramthun, Knodl, Krug and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Bernier, Ballweg and Bradley

  2. Oct 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Oct 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Schraa added as a coauthor

  4. Dec 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  7. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules

  9. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1