Brian Aldridge, who is a Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, continues to seek ways to fund a initiative that will screen young children for reading problems, according to Ginny Miller of the Northeast Mississippi (MS, US) Daily Journal from June of 2007. As noted earlier, the problem is not getting the legislation, but getting the funding.
Aldridge drafted legislation modeled after a program in the Lee County Schools that screens children in grades K-2. With statewide screening of K-3 students, he said, “you’re able to identify a wide range of learning disabilities.”
Although the legislation was approved, Aldridge declared the results of his efforts to be “a half step in the Legislature” because lawmakers were unable to agree on funding.
Link to Ms. Miller’s article. Links here and here to earlier coverage of this story on LD Blog.
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