005.28.19 Ark. Code R. § 016 Rules Governing the Right to Read Act
Library | Arkansas Administrative Code |
Edition | 2023 |
Currency | Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, December, 2023 |
Year | 2023 |
Citation | 005.28.19 Ark. Code R. § 016 |
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1.01 The State Board of Education enacted
these rules pursuant to its authority as set forth in Ark. Code Ann
§§ 6-11-105, 6-17-402, 6-17-429, and 25-15-201 et
seq.
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2.01 "Division"
means the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education of the Arkansas
Department of Education.
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"Prescribed pathway" means approved professional development that meets the
criteria established by the Division.
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2.03 "Public school district" includes
traditional public schools, open-enrollment charter schools, and district
conversion charter schools.
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"Science of reading" is the study of the relationship between cognitive science
and educational outcomes, also referred to as scientific reading
instruction.
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2.05 "Structured
literacy" is the approach by which licensed personnel teach reading in an
explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic manner.
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3.01
By the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, a public school district shall
establish the professional development program as required by Section 3.03 and
the program shall be provided on an annual basis after the professional
development in Section 4.02 is complete.
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3.02 A public school district shall provide
the following professional development in scientific reading instruction
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3.03 A
public school district shall include a literacy plan in the annual school-level
improvement plan that shall include without limitation a curriculum program and
a professional development program that is:
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4.01 By the beginning of the
2021-2022 school year:
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4.02 All teachers who begin employment in the
2021-2022 school...
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