House Advances Legislation to Study Early Literacy

The House of Representatives is advancing legislation that will create a study of early literacy rates in Montana’s children, a move proponents say will help address low rates of reading proficiency in young kids.

Rep. Linda Reksten, R-Polson, said House Resolution 63 will provide data to inform the next Legislature about whether early literacy intervention programs created in 2023 and 2025 are working.

“The reason to follow this data is because we can make the strongest improvement in our student achievement in accessing skills of reading and math if we follow this data because it will set ch...