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.
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