Vice Chair Linton narrows training scope, extends compliance deadline in HB 5697 substitute

Vice Chair Linton presented the H-1 substitute to House Bill 5697 and explained changes intended to make statewide training feasible and sustainable. The substitute extends the compliance deadline to the 2030–31 school year and narrows the set of required recipients: only administrators with direct supervision of reading instruction would be required to receive the training, and long-term substitutes would no longer be required to participate.