Indiana § 20-26-12-24.5 - Reading curriculum requirements
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§ 20-26-12-24.5. Reading curriculum requirements
Sec. 24.5. (a) This section applies to a public school, including a charter school.
(b) As used in this section, "three-cueing model" refers to the three-cueing model of reading that uses meaning drawn from the context, pictures, or syntax as the primary basis for teaching word recognition.
(c) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a superintendent, advisory committee, or governing body or the equivalent for a charter school, in adopting curriculum or supplemental materials for reading under section 24 of this chapter:
(1) shall adopt curriculum or supplemental materials for reading that are aligned:
(A) with the science of reading; and
(B) to the student's reading proficiency; and
(2) may not adopt curriculum or supplemental materials for reading that are based on the three-cueing model.
As added by P.L.243-2023, SEC.5.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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