LCO No. 3000 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6830 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 3000 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. MILLER P., 145th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER PREPARATION FOR EARLY LITERACY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-145a of the general statutes be amended to require 1 that any program of teacher preparation leading to professional 2 certification shall include twelve credit hours of instruction on the 3 science of reading and its application. 4 Statement of Purpose: To require that any program of teacher preparation leading to professional certification shall include twelve credit hours of instruction on the science of reading and its application.