Lawmakers convened on Tuesday evening to hear proponent testimony for House Bill 117, which proposes to remove Ohio's third grade reading guarantee.
As it stands, the guarantee mandates third-grade students must attain a score of at least 685 on their reading test in order to progress to fourth grade.
According to the Ohio Department of Education, approximately 1 percent of third-grade students failed to meet the required threshold during the 2021-22 academic year.
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