Section NEW-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Practices based on science of reading through structured literacy; comprehensive reading and literacy assessment system](a) Postsecondary educational institutions shall designate practices based on the science of reading through structured literacy as the official tier I literacy methodology and shall prohibit the use or teaching of any discredited methodologies, such as the three-cueing system.(b)(1) The state board of regents, in collaboration with postsecondary educational institutions and research experts, shall establish a comprehensive reading and literacy assessment system with universal screening measures, diagnostic, formative and summative assessments to be used in teacher preparation programs in the state. Such assessment system shall allow teachers to adjust instruction to meet the specific needs of students, including with regard to reading difficulties and the remediation of reading and literacy skill gaps. The state board of regents shall make recommendations to the state board of education on such assessment system and ensure that such assessment system is available on or before May 1, 2025. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to include the English language arts statewide assessment.(2) The state board of regents shall: (A) Develop training modules for the assessments on or before July 1, 2025;(B) support state board of education action to officially designate the science of reading as the official tier I literacy methodology;(C) support elementary and secondary schools as necessary to eliminate any discredited methodologies;(D) recommend literacy-specific universal screening measures and diagnostic, formative and summative assessments to the state board of education; and(E) approve reading instruction methodologies recommended by the literacy advisory committee for state educational institutions.(3) On and after July 1, 2025, no school district shall use any textbooks or instructional materials that utilize: (A) The three-cueing system model of reading as the primary basis for teaching word recognition;(B) visual memory as the primary basis for teaching word recognition; or(C) the three-cueing system model of reading based on meaning, structure and syntax and visual cues, commonly known as MVS.(c) The director of literacy education shall 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,§ 5, eff. 5/2/2024.