2018 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 254
BY SENATOR APPEL
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:392.2, relative to dyslexia screening and intervention; to require the State
3 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop criteria for
4 dyslexia-related ancillary certificates; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:392.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง392.2. Dyslexia practitioner; dyslexia therapist; ancillary certificates
8 A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall
9 develop the criteria whereby a teacher may be issued a dyslexia practitioner
10 ancillary certificate or a dyslexia therapist ancillary certificate.
11 B. In addition to any other criteria established by the board, in order to
12 be issued an ancillary certificate pursuant to this Section, a teacher shall:
13 (1) Hold a valid Louisiana teaching certificate.
14 (2) Demonstrate completion of a multisensory structured language
15 training program accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting
16 organization, which shall include:
17 (a) For the dyslexia practitioner ancillary certificate, forty-five hours of
18 coursework and sixty hours of clinical work that is observed and monitored by
19 a qualified professional.
20 (b) For the dyslexia therapist ancillary certificate, two hundred hours of
21 coursework and seven hundred hours of clinical work that is observed and
22 monitored by a qualified professional.
23 (3) Pass a multisensory structured language education-related
24 competency examination that is administered by a nationally recognized
25 professional organization that issues national certifications.
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1 C. The board shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this
2 Section in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act not later than
3 July 1, 2019.
4 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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