Title 16 — Title 16
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Ala. Code § 16-6G-1 Short Title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Literacy Act. History: (Act 2019-523, §1.)
Ala. Code § 16-6G-2 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE. The ability to accurately apply knowledge of the relationship between letters and sounds during the acts of encoding and decoding. (2) COMPREHENSION. The ability to read a…
Ala. Code § 16-6G-3 Literacy Task Force; Membership; Meetings; Approved Assessment
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Systems. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing Literacy Task Force by December 1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading intervention programs, a state continuum of teacher development for approved science of readi…
Ala. Code § 16-6G-4 Use of Funds in Support of Alabama Reading Initiative; Literacy and
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Reading Specialists. (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be allocated to support and implement, in accordance with this chapter, the following: (1) Local education agencies to support local reading specialists. (2) The Alab…
Ala. Code § 16-6G-5 Reading and Intervention Programs; Individual Reading Improvement
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Plan; Summer Reading Camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; Retention of Students; Reporting Requirements. (a) Commencing with the 2022-2023 school year, to ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the end of third grade, each local educa…
Ala. Code § 16-6G-6 Dyslexia Therapist Certification Endoresement; Accreditation of Teacher
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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 31, 2019. (1) K-12 a…
Ala. Code § 16-6G-7 Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading
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(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall consist of four members appointed from each State Board of Education district. The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representa…
Ala. Code § 16-6G-8 Technical Assistance; Rulemaking Authority
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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 rules as necessary to implement and enforce this chapter. History: (Act 2019-523, §8.)