Dyslexia screening — Science of reading — Intervention services

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-311 — under Inmates of State Facilities.

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-311

(1) The Superintendent of the Arkansas Correctional School District shall:(1) Promulgate rules that require that:(A) Teachers within the Arkansas Correctional School District have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429;(B) Each inmate who does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent receive:(i) A reading proficiency-level assessment; and(ii) (a) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602. (b) If the district 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 district provides shall be evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and(C) A process be established by which new-intake inmates are:(i) Assessed and administered a dyslexia screening with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and(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) Submit a plan to the Division of Correction that allows inmates to voluntarily receive:(A) A reading proficiency-level assessment;(B) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and(C) Reading instruction that is consistent with the science of reading, as provided under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429.

(1) Promulgate rules that require that:(A) Teachers within the Arkansas Correctional School District have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429;(B) Each inmate who does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent receive:(i) A reading proficiency-level assessment; and(ii) (a) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602. (b) If the district 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 district provides shall be evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and(C) A process be established by which new-intake inmates are:(i) Assessed and administered a dyslexia screening with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and(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

(A) Teachers within the Arkansas Correctional School District have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429;

(B) Each inmate who does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent receive:(i) A reading proficiency-level assessment; and(ii) (a) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602. (b) If the district 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 district provides shall be evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and

(i) A reading proficiency-level assessment; and

(ii) (a) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602. (b) If the district 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 district provides shall be evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and

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

(b) If the district 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 district provides shall be evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and

(C) A process be established by which new-intake inmates are:(i) Assessed and administered a dyslexia screening with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and(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

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

(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) Submit a plan to the Division of Correction that allows inmates to voluntarily receive:(A) A reading proficiency-level assessment;(B) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and(C) Reading instruction that is consistent with the science of reading, as provided under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429.

(A) A reading proficiency-level assessment;

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

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