A first reading is when a bill is introduced to a legislature. Typically in the United States, the bill is assigned a tracking number and immediately assigned to a committee, and is amended by committee between the first and second readings. In most British influenced legislatures (see: Westminster system), the committee consideration occurs between second and third readings.
Reading must come first, and focused, federal initiatives will provide effective and meaningful support to states and districts in their crucial efforts to make all children successful, fluent readers by the end of third grade.
First, improving the reading skills of children is a top national and state priority.
ReadingFirst is a bold, new national initiative squarely aimed at helping every child in every state become a successful reader.
ReadingFirst funds may be used for personnel; however, the emphasis will be to build the capacity of the school and district to sustain reading improvement beyond the period of the award.
ReadingFirst is not intended to be a pull-out program in which students are taken out of their classes to receive reading instruction from a teacher who works in isolation from the rest of the teaching staff.
ReadingFirst funds may be used for professional development to train teachers already in the schools so that, when ReadingFirst funds run out, those teachers will have the knowledge and expertise to continue the program.
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