Melissa in the Morning: Reading Legislation

A new bill is looking to improve reading skills for our students. It builds on an effort that started three years ago. Senate Bill 220 would require that schools adopt an individual reading plan for every student in grades 4 through 9 who does not meet the achievement standard for reading on annual exams. It may sound good on the surface, but is it more complicated to implement than we realize and how will we pay for it? A real reading advocate and education leader in our state, Fran Rabinowitz, weighed in on this. She is the executive director of The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents.