Section NEW-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Kansas blueprint for literacy](a) Sections 2 through 8, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas blueprint for literacy.(b) Each provision of sections 2 through 8, and amendments thereto, that requires the expenditure of moneys shall be subject to legislative appropriations therefor.(c) As used in sections 2 through 8, and amendments thereto: (1) "In-service" means a licensed individual who is employed by a school district or accredited nonpublic school as a teacher.(2) "Postsecondary educational institution" means: (A) A state educational institution as defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto;(B) a municipal university; and(C) any not-for-profit institution of postsecondary education that has its main campus or principal place of operation in Kansas, is operated independently and not controlled or administered by a state agency or subdivision of this state, maintains open enrollment and is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency for higher education in the United States.(3) "Pre-service" means an individual who is receiving the education and training to become a licensed teacher but is not yet licensed.(4) "Science of reading" means the teaching of reading using evidence-based research that includes phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.(5) "Structured literacy" means the application of knowledge from the science of reading that teaches reading in an evidence-based and systematic way.Added by L. 2024, ch. 82,§ 2, eff. 5/2/2024.