A. The State Department of Education shall maintain the dyslexia handbook created by the Dyslexia and Education Task Force pursuant to Section 1, Chapter 261, O.S.L. 2017 that includes guidance, technical assistance and training to assist all local school systems, students and families in the implementation of evidence-based practices for instructing students with characteristics of dyslexia.
B. The Department shall review the handbook and make revisions, as necessary, but at a minimum of every three (3) years, with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, previous members of the Dyslexia and Education Task Force and the State Advisory Panel created pursuant to Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Previous members of the Task Force shall be consulted when making revisions to the handbook. Each member of the Task Force not available for the review shall be replaced by an individual meeting the criteria of the original appointment in order to maintain the original composition of the Task Force.
C. Any revisions to the handbook shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for school districts screening students in kindergarten and grades one through three who have been identified through the response-to-intervention process as having characteristics of dyslexia:
1. Evidence-based practices designed specifically for students with characteristics of dyslexia;
2. Characteristics of targeted instruction for dyslexia;
3. Guidance on developing instructional plans for students with characteristics of dyslexia;
4. Best practices for reading and writing instruction aligned with the science of reading;
5. Guidance for selecting instructional materials that address dyslexia and other reading difficulties;
6. Suggested training programs; and
7. Guidance on dysgraphia and dyscalculia.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 325, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.