By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press Manitoba’s poor literacy rate has prompted MLAs of all political stripes to unanimously endorse a private member’s bill to increase teacher monitoring and support for struggling readers. Bill 225 requires elementary schools to systematically screen elementary students for early signs of struggle, immediately act on warning signs and document findings in report cards. Tyndall Park MLA Cindy Lamoureux first tabled the legislation — now named the Public Schools Amendment Act (Early Reading Screening) — on March 26. Lamoureux, the lone elected official representing the Manitoba Liberals, drafted it with parents and dyslexia advocates. On Tuesday, following repeated pleas for the government to collaborate on adjustments, an updated version of it passed third reading. “Unfortunately, here in Manitoba, literacy rates are…
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