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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Read by Grade Three Law Update</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-35 (COVID-19), specifically Section IX(C), strict compliance with rules and procedures around MCL 380.1280f(5) is
<b><u>temporarily suspended</u></b>. This compiled law is best known as the Read by Grade Three Law.
<b>Section IX(C) of Executive Order 2020-35 relieves a district of the obligations imposed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year to retain a pupil in grade three.</b> The Read by Grade Three law has as its foundation state testing, which is not taking
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<p class="MsoNormal">* To access all COVID-19 Updates, go to the MDE website at <a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.bkE3R4ofwvYjictbp2Ho9mkNT0Qt4x7zjN9MvD2tZLA%2Fbr%2F78039885941-l&data=02%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7C84bf5dd198b14492445e08d7ed04855e%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C1%7C637238475989044088&sdata=eGvW%2Bfzc%2FEQD%2Bp7dJF5yw8zooaeAVfLnJyxfqWePN8s%3D&reserved=0">www.michigan.gov/mde</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Cathy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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