§ 16-67.2-4. Dyslexia and related disorder education in teacher preparation programs.
No later than the 2021-2022 school year, the department of elementary and secondary education (the “department”) shall collaborate with the board of education to require that all department-approved undergraduate educator preparation programs for licensure as a teacher of elementary education and as a reading specialist/consultant include instruction in:
(1) Dyslexia professional awareness of the characteristics of dyslexia and related disorders;
(2) Evidence-based interventions and accommodations for dyslexia and related disorders; and
(3) Completion of a classroom educator program providing instruction in the use of specific dyslexia- and related disorder-targeted methods of teaching.
History of Section.
P.L. 2019, ch. 112, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 155, § 2.