06/18/2026
I'm very proud to have served as House Chair on the conference committee that reached this compromise agreement on the Early Literacy. I'm grateful to Speaker Ron Mariano, State Representative Aaron Michlewitz, and their staff for their support and for making early literacy a priority this session.
Thank you as well to Leader Alice Peisch, State Representative Simon Cataldo and State Representative Dan Sena, the House and Senate conference committee members, and State Senator Sal DiDomenico and his staff for their partnership and contributions throughout this process.
This legislation will ban the use of three-cueing, an instructional method that hinders young students' ability to learn how to read by replacing the focus from the letters of a word to guessing a word based on pictures and context clues. Instead, school districts will be required to use evidence-based literacy curriculum in grades K-3 that emphasize phonics, teaching students to connect letters and sounds and develop strong reading skills.
Check out the graphic below for more highlights of the compromise bill.
