Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act

• Section 16-6G-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Literacy Act.
• Section 16-6G-2 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE. The ability to accurately apply knowledge of the...
• Section 16-6G-3 Task force to make recommendations; membership; meetings; approved systems
  (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing task force by December 1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading...
• Section 16-6G-4 Use of funds in support of Alabama Reading Initiative; literacy and reading specialists
  (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be allocated to support the following: (1) Local education agencies to...
• Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan; summer reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting requirements
  (a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the end of third grade, each local education...
• Section 16-6G-6 Dyslexia therapist certification endoresement; accreditation of teacher preparation programs; licensure and certification of teachers; professional learning
  (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall develop, and the State Board of Education shall approve, a dyslexia therapist certification endorsement on or before December...
• Section 16-6G-7 Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading
  (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall consist of three members appointed from each...
• Section 16-6G-8 Technical assistance; rulemaking authority
  The State Superintendent of Education shall provide technical assistance to local education agencies in complying with this chapter. The State Board of Education shall adopt...

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