Oklahoma § 70-1210.520 - Reading Sufficiency Act – Screening for dyslexia

§ 70-1210.520. Reading Sufficiency Act – Screening for dyslexia

A. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year and for each school

year thereafter, any student enrolled in kindergarten, first,

second, or third grade in a public school in this state who is

assessed through the Strong Readers Act pursuant to Section

1210.508C of this title and who is not meeting grade-level targets

in reading after the beginning-of-the-year assessment shall be

screened for dyslexia. Screening also may be requested for a

student by his or her parent or legal guardian, teacher, counselor,

speech-language pathologist, or school psychologist.

B. No later than July 1, 2021, the State Board of Education

shall develop policies for dyslexia screening required under this

subsection and shall include, but not be limited to:

1. The definition and characteristics of dyslexia and related

language disorders;

2. The process for referring students in kindergarten and

grades one through three for screening;

3. A process for providing notification to parents or legal

guardians of the use of a qualified dyslexia-screening tool and

notification of the results of the screening;

4. A process for providing the parents or legal guardians of

students screened for dyslexia with information and resource

material regarding dyslexia;

5. A process for monitoring the student’s progress after the

positive identification of characteristics of dyslexia or other

disorders; and

6. Requirements and qualifications for screeners that

demonstrate an understanding of and training to administer the

screening instrument.

C. The Board shall adopt a list of approved qualified dyslexia

screening tools that address the following components, as

developmentally appropriate:

1. Phonological awareness;

2. Advanced phonemic awareness;

3. Sound symbol recognition;

4. Alphabet knowledge;

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5. Decoding skills;

6. Encoding skills;

7. Rapid naming; and

8. Developmental language.

D. Screening shall be conducted in accordance with the policies

developed by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection B

of this section and the Oklahoma Dyslexia Handbook including

policies and information developed relating to universal screening

of kindergarten students for characteristics of dyslexia.

E. Beginning June 30, 2023, and for each year thereafter,

school districts shall provide the following data to the State

Department of Education:

1. The number of students by grade level in kindergarten

through grade three who were screened for dyslexia in a school year;

2. The number of students by grade level in kindergarten

through grade three who were newly identified as having

characteristics of dyslexia in a school year;

3. The process or tools used to evaluate student progress;

4. The number of trained school system personnel or licensed

professionals used to administer the qualified dyslexia screening

tool;

5. The number of students in kindergarten through grade three

who were participating in interventions within the school setting

and the number of students participating in interventions outside

the school setting; and

6. The programs used by districts for intervention within the

school setting.

F. By December 31, 2023, and for each year thereafter, the

State Department of Education shall provide a report electronically

containing all of the information provided in subsection E of this

section to the Governor and Legislature and make the report

available on the Department’s website.

G. As funds are available, beginning with the 2021-2022 school

year, the Department shall provide training on the best practices

for screening for dyslexia.

H. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules necessary

to implement the provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 2020, c. 45, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020. Amended by Laws

2024, c. 411, § 10, eff. July 1, 2024.