Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 700: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions and for evidence-based reading instruction curriculum and providing for reading screening, for reading deficiency and identification, for school entity duties and reading intervention plan, for parent notification, for grants to school entities, for funding and for reporting; and establishing the Evidence-based Reading Instruction Restricted Account.

In committee Last action June 23, 2025: Re-referred to Appropriations

Plain-language summary

SB 700 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on April 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions and for evidence-based reading instruction curriculum and providing for reading screening, for reading deficiency and identification, for school entity duties and reading intervention plan, for parent notification, for grants to school entities, for funding and for reporting; and establishing the Evidence-based Reading Instruction Restricted Account. Primary sponsor: Devlin Robinson (Republican). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 23, 2025): Re-referred to Appropriations.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Devlin Robinson (Republican). 19 co-sponsors.