House Bill 33 of the 135th General Assembly included several legislative changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Information about the most significant changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee is available below.
PROMOTION OF 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS
Under House Bill 33 of the 135th General Assembly, any district, community school, STEM school or chartered nonpublic school that would have retained students who did not meet the promotion score on Ohio’s State Test for grade 3 English language arts during the 2022-2023 school year must promote those students to fourth grade unless a student’s parent or guardian requests otherwise.
Students promoted to fourth grade must continue to receive at least 90 minutes of reading instruction that includes intensive intervention until the student is able to read at grade level.