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| 1 | 1 | 25 LC 49 2358S | |
| 2 | - | Senate Bill 93 | |
| 3 | - | By: Senators Kemp of the 38th, Hickman of the 4th, Jones II of the 22nd, Dolezal of the | |
| 4 | - | 27th, Esteves of the 35th and others | |
| 5 | - | AS PASSED | |
| 2 | + | The House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to SB 93: | |
| 6 | 3 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 4 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | - | To amend Code Section 20-2-153.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia | |
| 9 | - | 1 | |
| 5 | + | To amend Code Section 20-2-153.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia1 | |
| 10 | 6 | Early Literacy Act," so as to provide for criteria for core curricula for state approved educator2 | |
| 11 | 7 | preparation programs aligned to the science of reading to guide curricula and instruction; to3 | |
| 12 | 8 | provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 | |
| 13 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 | |
| 14 | 10 | SECTION 1.6 | |
| 15 | 11 | Code Section 20-2-153.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Early7 | |
| 16 | 12 | Literacy Act," is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:8 | |
| 17 | - | "(d.1) The Professional Standards Commission shall adopt rules which establish criteria | |
| 18 | - | 9 | |
| 13 | + | "(d.1) The Professional Standards Commission shall adopt rules which establish criteria9 | |
| 19 | 14 | for core curricula for each state approved educator preparation program. Such rules shall10 | |
| 20 | 15 | include, but shall not be limited to, the following:11 | |
| 21 | 16 | (1) The use of content standards established by the State Board of Education that are12 | |
| 22 | 17 | aligned to the science of reading to guide curricula and instruction;13 | |
| 23 | 18 | (2) Evidence based standards for the teaching of reading that:14 | |
| 24 | 19 | (A) Are exclusively aligned with the science of reading;15 | |
| 25 | - | S. B. 93 | |
| 20 | + | S. B. 93 (SUB) | |
| 26 | 21 | - 1 - 25 LC 49 2358S | |
| 27 | 22 | (B) Prepare teachers to provide explicit, systematic, sequential, and cumulative16 | |
| 28 | 23 | approaches to teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and text17 | |
| 29 | 24 | comprehension; and18 | |
| 30 | 25 | (C) Employ multisensory and multimodal intervention strategies;19 | |
| 31 | 26 | (3) Content literacy and mathematics practices;20 | |
| 32 | 27 | (4) Strategies appropriate for the instruction of English language learners;21 | |
| 33 | 28 | (5) Strategies appropriate for the instruction of students with disabilities;22 | |
| 34 | 29 | (6) Strategies to differentiate instruction based on student needs;23 | |
| 35 | 30 | (7) Strategies and practices to support research based content aligned to state standards24 | |
| 36 | 31 | and grading practices;25 | |
| 37 | 32 | (8) Strategies appropriate for the early identification of a student with a reading26 | |
| 38 | 33 | deficiency; and27 | |
| 39 | 34 | (9) Strategies to support the use of technology in education and distance learning."28 | |
| 40 | 35 | SECTION 2.29 | |
| 41 | 36 | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30 | |
| 42 | - | S. B. 93 | |
| 37 | + | S. B. 93 (SUB) | |
| 43 | 38 | - 2 - |