
Read by Grade Three Law Update 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 temporarily suspended. This compiled law is best known as the Read by Grade Three Law. 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. The Read by Grade Three law has as its foundation state testing, which is not taking place this spring. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/RBG3_Law_Update_688895_7.pdf<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.QtFm-RJm_zyMHvIAtSTKU_imE0UWSCEm7lzsT5zz3Mg%2Fbr%2F78039885941-l&data=02%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7C84bf5dd198b14492445e08d7ed04855e%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C1%7C637238475989044088&sdata=QmC6NyXlO%2Fa9Wlx4N9R%2BXmW1NcOUDQa1dlbwRPM67VE%3D&reserved=0> * To access all COVID-19 Updates, go to the MDE website at www.michigan.gov/mde<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>. Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 LancasterC5@michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov> | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/libraryofmich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/> You have the power to shape your future, and the future of all children, by counting everyone in your home in the 2020 Census<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy2020census.gov%2F&data=02%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7Ce7ec159400914a99c42d08d7d5c450e1%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637212911501026538&sdata=36MZM9sO5tT5ZigbuumDz5GSqQJekKv5FaHJtxa1tZI%3D&reserved=0>. [A close up of a sign Description automatically generated]