Md. Code Ann., Educ. § 7-202
Minimum levels of reading ability
Effective Jul 1, 1978Added by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1985, c. 10, § 3; Acts 1987, c. 11, § 1.State of Maryland
- (a) The State Board shall require a minimum level of reading ability for each grade 2 through 12 that rises for each succeeding grade.
(b) If a county board, based on local assessment of student progress and in conjunction with the Maryland education accountability program, finds that a student in grade 3, 7, or 9 through 11 who is not moderately, severely, or profoundly intellectually limited has not met either a minimum grade level competency or the minimum reading level as required by the State Board for the previous grade, the student shall be:
- (1) Kept in the current grade; or
- (2) Enrolled in an appropriate reading assistance program as part of his instructional program.
- (c) The provisions of this section may not be the sole reason for withholding grade advancement more than once in grades 2 through 7.
- (d) The State Board shall adopt bylaws to implement this section.
Added by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1985, c. 10, § 3; Acts 1987, c. 11, § 1.
Formerly Art. 77, § 98D.