Arkansas § 12-29-311 - Dyslexia screening — Science of reading — Intervention services.

§ 12-29-311. Dyslexia screening — Science of reading — Intervention services.

The Superintendent of the Arkansas Correctional School shall: Promulgate rules that require that: Teachers within the Arkansas Correctional School have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429; Each inmate who does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent receive: A reading proficiency-level assessment; and Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602. If the Arkansas Correctional School provides dyslexia intervention to an inmate who demonstrates under subdivision (1)(B)(ii)(a) of this section that the inmate is reading below the proficiency level required to be a high-functioning reader, the dyslexia intervention the Arkansas Correctional School provides shall be evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and A process be established by which new-intake inmates are: Assessed and administered a dyslexia screening with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and Provided dyslexia intervention with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602, that is evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and Submit a plan to the Division of Correction that allows inmates to voluntarily receive: A reading proficiency-level assessment; Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and Reading instruction that is consistent with the science of reading, as provided under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429.