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HB 5081: Mandate every school district have a teacher trained in “Orton-Gillingham approach principles”
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Introduced September 26, 2025
Official text and analysis
Education: special education; at least 1 teacher trained in Orton-Gillingham approach principles; require each school district to employ. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1253.

Sponsor: Kathy Schmaltz
Cosponsors: Douglas Wozniak, John Roth, Angela Rigas, Alicia St. Germaine, Matt Bierlein, Bill Schuette, Mike Hoadley, Mike Harris, Joseph Pavlov, Brian BeGole, Rylee Linting, Timothy Beson, Jay DeBoyer, Luke Meerman, Jason Woolford, Pat Outman, Jerry Neyer, Gregory Markkanen, Nancy Jenkins-Arno, Nancy DeBoer, Joseph Fox, Cameron Cavitt, Denise Mentzer, Jason Morgan, Julie Rogers, William Bruck, Regina Miller, David Prestin, Curtis VanderWall
Referred to House Education and Workforce Committee

 Votes on this bill
 
06/18/26  House roll call vote #229 On passage: Passed 66 – 40
For
AlexanderAndrewsAragonaBeGole
BesonBierleinBohnakBollin
BortonBrixieBruckCavitt
CoffiaDeBoerDeBoyerFairbairn
FarhatFoxFrisbieGreen
GreeneHallHarrisHoadley
Jenkins-ArnoJohnsenKellyKuhn
KunseLiberatiLightnerLinting
LongjohnMaddockMarkkanenMartin
MartusMeermanMentzerMueller
NeyerOutmanPaquettePavlov
PosthumusPrestinRigasRobinson
RothSchmaltzSchriverSchuette
SlaghSmitSt. GermaineSteele
TateTisdelVanWoerkomVanderWall
WendzelWitwerWoolfordWortz
WozniakXiong
Against
ArbitBreenByrnesCarra
Carter, B.Carter, T.ConlinDeSana
DievendorfEdwardsFitzgeraldForeman
GlanvilleGrantHerzbergHope
HoskinsKoleszarMacDonellMcFall
McKinneyMorganMyers-PhillipsNeeley
O'NealPaizPohutskyPrice
PuriRheingansRogersScott
SkaggsSnyderSteckloffTsernoglou
WegelaWilsonWoodenYoung
Not Voting
MillerThompsonWeissWhitsett
 



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