2021-01-22                     Senate Journal                      Page 0035
SB 8                                                                                                                          
SENATE BILL NO. 8 BY SENATOR BEGICH, entitled:                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
           "An Act relating to early education programs                                                                         
           provided by school districts; relating to school                                                                     
           age eligibility; relating to funding for early                                                                       
           education programs; establishing early education                                                                     
           programs and a voluntary parent program;                                                                             
           relating to the duties of the Department of                                                                          
           Education and Early Development; relating to                                                                         
           certification of teachers; establishing a reading                                                                    
           intervention program for public school students                                                                      
           enrolled in grades kindergarten through three;                                                                       
           establishing a reading program in the                                                                                
           Department of Education and Early                                                                                    
           Development; establishing a teacher retention                                                                        
           working group; and providing for an effective                                                                        
           date."                                                                                                               
           (Prefile released January 8, 2021)                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Education and Finance                                                               
Committees.