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Michigan 3rd grade reading law no longer requires students to be held back

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill that strikes from law a requirement to hold back third graders who fail reading proficiency test. Senate Bill 12 passed with the support of every Democratic lawmaker along with two Republican lawmakers in the state Senate. State Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, the bill sponsor, called Michigan's reading law "state mandated mass flunking of third-grade students based on one reading test score"

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Michigan 3rd grade reading law no longer requires students to be held back

The law required holding back third graders who failed a reading proficiency test. Proponents of striking retention requirement called it punitive.

2 years ago·Detroit, United States

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Detroit Free Press broke the news in Detroit, United States 2 years ago on Friday, March 24, 2023.

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