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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1905 By: Pugh
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to teacher preparation; amending 70
66	66	O.S. 2021, Section 1210.508F, which relates to
67	67	reading competencies for certain teache rs; modifying
68	68	agency responsible for ensuring certain competencies
69	69	are included for special education teachers; removing
70	70	certain agency from certain collaboration; directing
71	71	certain training in the science of reading; modifying
72	72	five elements of reading; mo difying date by which
73	73	teacher candidates enrolled in certain programs must
74	74	pass certain assessment; requiring teacher candidates
75	75	in early childhood education and elementary education
76	76	programs to pass certain assessment; modif ying
77	77	institutions of higher edu cation responsible for
78	78	administering certain assessment; requiring certain
79	79	results to be electronically reported; updating
80	80	statutory reference; updating statutory language;
81	81	providing an effective date; and declaring an
82	82	emergency.
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87	87	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
88	88	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Secti on 1210.508F,
89	89	is amended to read as follows:
90	90	Section 1210.508F. A. The State Board of Education Commission
91	91	for Educational Quality and Accountabili ty shall ensure that the
92	92	reading competencies for elementary teachers are included in the
93	93	competencies for special education teachers.
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145	145	B. The State Board of Education and the Commission for
146	146	Educational Quality and Accountability in collabo ration with the
147	147	Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall ensure that all
148	148	teachers of early childhood education, el ementary education, and
149	149	special education are provided quality training in intervention,
150	150	instruction, and remediation strategies in order to meet the needs
151	151	of students in kindergarten through third grade who are determined
152	152	to be at risk of reading difficulties in the science of readi ng to
153	153	provide explicit and systematic instruction in phonological
154	154	awareness, decoding, fluency, vocabular y, and comprehension and
155	155	implement reading strategies that research has shown to be
156	156	successful in improving reading among s tudents with reading
157	157	difficulties. In addition, quality education for prospective
158	158	teachers shall be provided in research -based instructional
159	159	strategies for instruction, assessment , and intervention for
160	160	literacy development for all students , including advanced readers,
161	161	typically developing readers , and struggling readers who are coping
162	162	with a range of challenges , including, but not limi ted to, English
163	163	learners and learners with handicapping conditions and learning
164	164	disabilities (including dyslexia). Quality training shall include
165	165	guidance from profess ional resources such as the Report of the
166	166	National Reading Panel, Response to Intervention guidelines , and
167	167	professional organizations such as the Council for Exceptional
168	168	Children, International Dyslexia Association, International Literacy
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220	220	Association, National Council of Teachers of English , and National
221	221	Association for the Education of Young Children.
222	222	C. All institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
223	223	Education that offer elementary, early childhood education , or
224	224	special education programs appr oved by the Commission for
225	225	Educational Quality and Accountability shall incorporate into those
226	226	programs the requirement that teacher candidates study the five
227	227	elements of reading instruction which are phonemic phonological
228	228	awareness, phonics decoding, reading fluency, vocabulary, and
229	229	comprehension. Teacher candidates shall study strategies including,
230	230	but not limited to, instruction that is explicitly taught,
231	231	sequenced, multimodal (re ading, writing, speaking, listening, hands -
232	232	on, etc.), multidisciplinary , and reflective to adapt for individual
233	233	learners.
234	234	D. Effective July 1, 2010 2025, teacher candidates enr olled in
235	235	an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education
236	236	in a special education , early childhood education, or elementary
237	237	education program approved by the Commission for Educational Quality
238	238	and Accountability shall pass, prior to gra duation, a comprehensive
239	239	assessment to measure their teaching skills in the area of reading
240	240	instruction. The assessment shall be developed and administered by
241	241	the institutions that offer special educati on, early childhood
242	242	education, and elementary education programs that lead to
243	243	certification. The assessment shall measure the knowledge and
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295	295	understanding of the teacher candidate in the teaching of the five
296	296	elements of reading instruction which are phonemic phonological
297	297	awareness, phonics decoding, reading fluency, vocabulary, and
298	298	comprehension. The results of the assessment shall be
299	299	electronically reported annually by the institution to the
300	300	Commission for Educational Quality and Acc ountability as a part of
301	301	the required annual report for the institution. The Commission
302	302	shall include the data in the annual report to the Oklahoma
303	303	Legislature as required pursuant to Section 6 -186 of this title. It
304	304	is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that teachers graduating
305	305	from institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
306	306	Education have the knowledge and skills to effectively teach read ing
307	307	to all children.
308	308	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
309	309	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
310	310	of the public peace, healt h, or safety, an emergency is hereby
311	311	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
312	312	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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