74-32,296.

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74-32,296. Establishment of a plan for regional centers of excellence in reading; requirements of plan. The literacy advisory committee shall develop a plan to establish six regional centers of excellence in reading. The plan shall:

(a)Require postsecondary educational institutions to collaborate with colleges or schools of education, the center for reading at Pittsburg state university and community-based literacy organizations;

(b)include options that would allow centers for excellence in reading to be co-located in an existing building or school of a school district, postsecondary educational institution, community facility or other facility or building, as appropriate; and

(c)require such centers to:

(1)Provide evaluation and identification of reading difficulties and reading disabilities, including, but not limited, dyslexia;

(2)collaborate with school districts to develop strategic literacy plans for individual students;

(3)collaborate with the state department of education, state board of regents and postsecondary educational institutions to support pre-service and in-service teacher training;

(4)support the professional development and training of school-based instructional coaches;

(5)pilot structured reading applied learning simulation laboratories for pre-service and in-service teachers;

(6)pilot a literacy education simulation training laboratory for pre-service elementary teachers as a controlled environment for the application of the science of reading;

(7)identify projected cost, staffing and budget impacts to develop, expand and sustain the centers for excellence and reading simulation laboratories; and

(8)make recommendations and provide progress reports to the literacy advisory committee.