2020 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 164 - State universities and colleges -- regional education -- archaeology
164.304 Teacher preparation programs for elementary and secondary regular education to include instruction on dyslexia and other learning disabilities and core elements of response-to-intervention system.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 164.304 (2020)

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164.304 Teacher preparation programs for elementary and secondary regular education to include instruction on dyslexia and other learning disabilities and core elements of response-to-intervention system. By the 2019-2020 academic year, postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs for elementary and secondary regular education shall, subject to available funds, include instruction on: (1) The definition and characteristics of dyslexia; (2) Processes for identifying dyslexia; (3) Evidence-based interventions and accommodations for dyslexia and other disorders defined in KRS 158.305 and related literacy and learning challenges; and (4) Core elements of a response-to-intervention framework addressing reading, writing, mathematics, and behavior, including; (a) Universal screening; (b) Evidence-based research interventions; (c) Progress monitoring of the effectiveness of interventions on student performance; (d) Data-based decision-making procedures related to: 1. Determining intervention effectiveness on student performance; and 2. Determining the need to continue, alter, or discontinue interventions or conduct further evaluation of student needs; and (e) Application and implementation of response-to-intervention and dyslexia instructional practices in the classroom setting. Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2018. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2018). 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 4 provides that 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 88 shall be known and may be cited as the "Ready to Read Act." This statute was created in Section 3 of that Act.

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