A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to preserve the eligibility of certain children for assistance through grade three, notwithstanding improvements in their reading aptitude.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires each State receiving financial assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 which is operating a program designed to insure reading readiness for educationally deprived preschool children or children in grades 1, 2, or 3 to continue such programs at their present level. Prohibits the exclusion of children enrolled in such program from further participation on the ground that such child has achieved a reading aptitude equal to or greater than the normal reading aptitude for the grade in which the child is enrolled.…