���There are a lot of people that are still teaching basically children to guess words, instead of sounding them out,��� said Terri Collins, a supporter of the legislation. ���We would like to ban that, and hopefully that would help ban it in our colleges of education that maybe be still teaching that a little bit and then letting it get in the classroom.���

The bill has passed the Senate and will be considered by the House.

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When adjusted to current benchmarks, about 88% of third-grade students are reading on or above grade level, compared to 86% last year.

Students are getting better at phonics, decoding words and reading comprehension, officials say.

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The bill by Rep. Pebblin Warren, D-Tuskegee, would require the state Board of Education to adopt a model policy prohibiting students in K12 from possessing or using cell phones during classroom instructional time.

The model policy would include an escalating discipline scale, including fines for students who are repeat offenders.

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In 2022, Kimble had taught various grades in the district for 25 years. She knew, though, that local middle school students were struggling academically. And she wanted to change that trajectory.

That May, Kimble had just finished working with a fifth grade class. She wanted to stick with those students for another year, and accelerate their progress.

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HB129, called the CHOOSE Act, would create education savings accounts, or ESAs, for families of students to use toward eligible education expenses.

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State Superintendent Eric Mackey told board members in December that they couldn���t outright ban cell phones from schools, but he would like to give some additional guidance to districts.

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The legislation, HB25, sponsored by Rep. Jeremy Gray, D-Opelika, would be a name, image and likeness (NIL) bill for high school athletes. The bill is limited to the athlete and does not allow the use of ���marks, including a school logo, school name, school mascot, or trademarked logo or acronym of an athletic association,��� alongside some other restrictions.

���Because it���s already happening on a college level and what better way to get kids trained to the mindset of NIL by starting in high school,��� Gray said in an interview on Monday.

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Board members reviewed science standards during Thursday���s work session in Montgomery. There were few changes from the 2015 version and little to no discussion of what students will actually learn.

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