Important updates related to Third Grade Reading Guarantee

7/17/2023

House Bill 33 of the 135th General Assembly included several legislative changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Most immediately, the changes effect the promotion of students who were in grade 3 in the 2022-2023 school year. The State Board of Education and the Department also have set the 2023-2024 Third Grade Reading Guarantee promotion scores. Finally, the new legislation created measures that will take effect in the 2023-2024 school year related to:

• parental exemption requests;
• parent notification;
• reading improvement and monitoring plans (RIMP) requirements; and
• reading intervention requirements for EdChoice and Cleveland scholarship recipients.

Find complete details about these updates on the Third Grade Reading Guarantee webpage. Direct questions to ThirdGradeGuarantee@education.ohio.gov.