Section NEW-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Director of literacy education](a) On or before July 1, 2024, the executive officer of the state board of regents shall appoint a director of literacy education.(b) The director of literacy education shall be an employee of the state board of regents in the unclassified service who serves at the pleasure of the state board of regents. The compensation of the director shall be determined by the executive officer of the state board of regents.(c) The director of literacy education shall: (1) Serve as chairperson of the literacy advisory committee established in section 3, and amendments thereto;(2) implement and administer the Kansas blueprint for literacy;(3) provide executive support to the literacy advisory committee;(4) appoint nonvoting members of the literacy advisory committee as the director deems necessary;(5) work with the state board of education and the state board of regents to ensure: (A) Progress on the initiatives, objectives and desired outcomes in the Kansas blueprint for literacy;(B) the development and utilization of the comprehensive assessment system; and(C) state educational institutions and elementary and secondary schools are using tier I literacy methodologies;(6) encourage independent institutions referred to in section 2(c) (2)(C), and amendments thereto, to use such tier I methodologies;(7) establish a program to track the science of reading and structured literacy training progression of in-service and pre-service early childhood and elementary teachers, special education teachers and paraprofessionals, reading specialists and early childhood and elementary administrators for all school districts in the state;(8) on or before January 15 of each year, prepare and present a report to the senate standing committee on education and the house of representatives standing committee on education, or any successor committees, on the implementation and administration of the Kansas blueprint for literacy, including, but not limited to, an implementation timeline, progress of initiatives, development and utilization of the comprehensive assessment system, progress toward the goal established in section 3(c), and amendments thereto, use of tier I methodologies, outcomes and any proposed changes; and(9) report to the house of representatives standing committee on education and the senate standing committee on education on or before January 31, 2025, on the progress of the state board of regents on utilization of the science of reading, elimination of discredited methodologies, use of universal screening measures and assessments in elementary and secondary schools in the state.Added by L. 2024, ch. 82,§ 4, eff. 5/2/2024.