Dyslexia screening — Science of reading — Intervention services

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The Superintendent of the Arkansas Correctional School shall:

  1. (1) Promulgate rules that require that:

    1. (A) 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;

    2. (B) Each inmate who does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent receive:

      1. (i) A reading proficiency-level assessment; and

      2. (ii)

        1. (a) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602.

        2. (b) 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

    3. (C) A process be established by which new-intake inmates are:

      1. (i) Assessed and administered a dyslexia screening with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and

      2. (ii) 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

  2. (2) Submit a plan to the Division of Correction that allows inmates to voluntarily receive:

    1. (A) A reading proficiency-level assessment;

    2. (B) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and

    3. (C) Reading instruction that is consistent with the science of reading, as provided under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429.


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