Senate Bill 866:

http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/bills/billinf.php?ls=86

These bills address an important need to ensure that elementary teachers are well qualified to teach reading to our students. Allocating less than 5% of our college and university teacher preparation programs to teaching the basics of reading instruction has not produced the desired results.

S.F. No. 866  (Saltzman, Olson, G. Bonoff, Clark, Wiger)
H.F. No. 1080 (Norton, McFarlane, Doepke, Kelliher, Benson)

Comprehensive scientifically based reading instruction definition clarified, prekindergarten through grade six teachers requirements made, reading instruction assessment created, and Board of Teaching rules legislative review provided