SF 178 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Fixing reading failure.

This bill establishes a statewide reading assessment and intervention program for kindergarten through fourth grade in Wyoming. It requires schools to use universal screening three times yearly to identify early reading difficulties (including dyslexia), mandates targeted interventions for students not meeting reading benchmarks, and requires parental notification and involvement in intervention planning. Schools with 60% or more students scoring proficient in grade 3 reading for two consecutive years are exempt from certain requirements. The bill also creates new provisions for student retention in grades 3-4 due to reading inadequacies, sets standards for teacher certification related to reading assessments, and prohibits altering proficiency scores on statewide English language arts tests. It directly affects K-4 students, school districts, teachers, and parents.
Bill status failed 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Failed
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 28, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

624
Failed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Feb 12, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican29
6 Yea 22 Nay 1
75% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 12, 2025
Vote failed
Senate Vote: fail (6-24-1)
senate
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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