FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 556
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HENDERSON.
2107S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 170.014, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to models
of reading instruction.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 170.014, RSMo, is rep ealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 170.014, 2
to read as follows:3
170.014. 1. This section shall be known as the 1
"Reading Instruction Act" and is enacted to ensure that all 2
public schools including charter sch ools establish reading 3
programs in kindergarten through grade five based in 4
scientific research. "Evidence-based reading instruction" 5
includes practices that have been proven effective through 6
evaluation of the outcomes for large numbers of students a nd 7
are highly likely to be effective in improving reading if 8
implemented with fidelity. Such programs shall include the 9
essential components of phonemic awareness, phonics, 10
fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, and all new teachers 11
who teach reading in kindergarten through grade three shall 12
receive adequate training in these areas. 13
2. (1) For purposes of this subsection, a "three - 14
cueing system" is any model of teaching students to read 15
based on meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cue s, 16
which may also be known as "MSV". 17 SB 556 2
(2) A public school district shall not use a three - 18
cueing system or any practice or intervention program that 19
is based on a three-cueing system to teach students in 20
kindergarten through grade twelve. 21
3. Every public school in the state shall offer a 22
reading program as described in subsection 1 of this section 23
for kindergarten through grade five. 24