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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana establishes adolescent literacy standards, teacher training, and reading assessment requirements
Last action · June 25, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: John Wyble
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana enacted Act 964 to overhaul adolescent literacy instruction for students in grades four through eight, requiring the state Department of Education to develop approved reading assessments, professional development courses, and an adolescent literacy program starting in the 2027-2028 school year.
Establishes mandatory reading screening, intensive intervention plans, and specialized teacher training requirements across public schools and teacher preparation programs to address adolescent reading deficiencies.
- Louisiana has enacted successive legislative measures in recent sessions to reform reading instruction in public schools around the science of reading. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Students in grades four through eight
Students undergo mandatory reading assessments, receive specialized reading improvement plans, and are provided intensive interventions if reading deficiencies are identified.
Fourth through eighth grade reading and English language arts teachers
Teachers must complete approved adolescent literacy professional development or intervention courses during job-embedded collaboration time and adjust instructional schedules.
Public school governing authorities
Governing authorities must ensure annual reviews of student literacy plans, submit triennial adolescent literacy skills plans, and provide compliant core and intervention instruction.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which students are required to take the newly approved reading assessment at the beginning of the school year?
What happens after a student is identified as having reading deficiencies?
Are teacher training courses for adolescent literacy required to take place during regular working hours?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law without the governor's signature.
Procedural history
27 actions- Jun 25, 2026HouseBecomes Act No. 964 without the Governor's signature.
- Jun 25, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 4, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 31, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 29, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 27, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 25, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 19, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 18, 2026SenateRules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- May 18, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 12, 2026SenateFloorSenate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- May 12, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- May 11, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- May 4, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
- Apr 29, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (17-0).
- Mar 23, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (10-1).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 24, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
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Prohibition of Three-Cueing System
The legislation formally bans the use of the three-cueing systems model across teacher preparation programs and public school reading interventions in favor of the science of reading.
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