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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-202" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Evaluation and Graduation of Students">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Board shall require a minimum level of reading ability for each grade 2 through 12 that rises for each succeeding grade.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a county board, based on local assessment of student progress and in conjunction with the Maryland education accountability program, finds that a student in grade 3, 7, or 9 through 11 who is not moderately, severely, or profoundly intellectually limited has not met either a minimum grade level competency or the minimum reading level as required by the State Board for the previous grade, the student shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Kept in the current grade; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Enrolled in an appropriate reading assistance program as part of his instructional program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The provisions of this section may not be the sole reason for withholding grade advancement more than once in grades 2 through 7.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The State Board shall adopt bylaws to implement this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
