Missouri SB1442 modifies literacy provisions for elementary students, focusing on reading deficiencies and dyslexia.

Missouri SB1442, known as the "Reading Instruction Act," modifies provisions to improve literacy among elementary school students. The bill mandates that all public schools and charter schools establish reading programs in kindergarten through grade five, emphasizing phonics, fluency, comprehension, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary. It requires teacher training on evidence-based reading instruction, excluding the three-cueing system.

Missouri SB1442 modifies literacy provisions for elementary students, focusing on reading deficiencies and dyslexia.

Missouri SB1442, known as the "Reading Instruction Act," modifies provisions to improve literacy among elementary school students. The bill mandates that all public schools and charter schools establish reading programs in kindergarten through grade five, emphasizing phonics, fluency, comprehension, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary. It requires teacher training on evidence-based reading instruction, excluding the three-cueing system.