Sheet music? Sight reading?

Hey all,
I’m a mandolin player and have been coming to RG for ten years, but this is my first year at the academy. I’m doing advanced mando, and I’m wondering how important it is that I know how to read music fairly well by the time I get there. Is it a fairly big part of the classes?

Cheers,
-Sol

Generally all of the handouts are in tablature.  If you can read tab then you're fine.