SB 2294: Education; institute initiatives to promote literacy in math, reading, finance, computer science, and civics.

Summary

An Act To Enact The "mississippi Math Act" Establishing The Moving Mathematics In Mississippi (m3) Program Within The State Department Of Education; To Set Forth Findings, Purposes, Definitions And Program Components; To Authorize K-12 Mathematics Coaching And Support, K-5 Mathematics Screening And Interventions, An Algebra-readiness Indicator Based On The Grade 5 Statewide Mathematics Assessment Scale Score, And Professional Development For Grades K-1, 2-6 And 7-12; To Provide For Administration, Rulemaking, Data Protections, Reporting, Evaluation And District Participation; To Create The Moving Mathematics In Mississippi Fund; To Require Annual Reporting To The Legislature; To Provide Certain Intervention And Implementation Strategies For Literacy Proficiency Among Students In Grades 4-8; To Define Terminology; To Require The State Department Of Education To Provide A System Of Support For School And District Instructional Leaders, Content-area Teachers, Literacy Coaches, Dyslexia Therapists, Interventionists, Tutors, And Other Identified Personnel To Ensure They Have The Knowledge And Skills To Support Students In Grades 4-8 With Reading Difficulties; To Prescribe What The System Of Support Shall Entail; To Require That Any Student In Grades 4-8 Exhibiting Deficiencies In Reading Shall Receive An Individual Reading Plan (irp) No Later Than 30 Days After The Identification Of The Reading Deficiency; To Specify That The Irp Shall Be Created By The Teacher, Interventionist, Principal, Other Pertinent School Personnel, And Parent And Shall Describe The Scientifically Researched And Evidenced-based Reading Intervention Services The Student Shall Receive To Remedy The Reading Deficit; To Require Written Notification Of The Parent Of Any Student In Grades 4-8 Within 10 Business Days Of The Identification Of A Reading Deficiency; To Require That Any Incoming Student In Grades 4-8 Identified With A Reading Deficiency Be Provided With Supplemental Or Intensive Interventio…

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Apr 8, 2026

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