Senate Bill 1672 requires public school districts to conduct early literacy screening testing and report data for students in kindergarten through third grade. Supporters say the mandate will catch reading problems earlier, while critics argue it risks mislabeling students as dyslexic instead of fixing flawed reading instruction.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.