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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 556 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HENDERSON. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2107S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To repeal section 170.014, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to models |
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| 9 | 9 | | of reading instruction. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Section 170.014, RSMo, is rep ealed and one new 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 170.014, 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 170.014. 1. This section shall be known as the 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | "Reading Instruction Act" and is enacted to ensure that all 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | public schools including charter sch ools establish reading 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | programs in kindergarten through grade five based in 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | scientific research. "Evidence-based reading instruction" 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | includes practices that have been proven effective through 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | evaluation of the outcomes for large numbers of students a nd 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | are highly likely to be effective in improving reading if 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | implemented with fidelity. Such programs shall include the 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | essential components of phonemic awareness, phonics, 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, and all new teachers 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | who teach reading in kindergarten through grade three shall 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | receive adequate training in these areas. 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2. (1) For purposes of this subsection, a "three - 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | cueing system" is any model of teaching students to read 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | based on meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cue s, 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | which may also be known as "MSV". 17 SB 556 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) A public school district shall not use a three - 18 |
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| 33 | 33 | | cueing system or any practice or intervention program that 19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | is based on a three-cueing system to teach students in 20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | kindergarten through grade twelve. 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3. Every public school in the state shall offer a 22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | reading program as described in subsection 1 of this section 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | for kindergarten through grade five. 24 |
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