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All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30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