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;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 164.304

  • Literacy: means an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in English and compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society to achieve one's goals and develop one's knowledge and potential. See Kentucky Statutes 164.001
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(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.