Texas Education Code

§ 28.0062 — READING STANDARDS FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE

ED § 28.0062Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 28. COURSES OF STUDY; ADVANCEMENT · Art. A. ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS; CURRICULUM

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(a)Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall:

(1)provide for the use of a phonics curriculum that uses systematic direct instruction in kindergarten through third grade to ensure all students obtain necessary early literacy skills;

(2)ensure that:

(A)not later than the 2022-2023 school year, each classroom teacher in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade and each principal at a campus with kindergarten or first, second, or third grade has attended a teacher literacy achievement academy developed under Section 21.4552; and

(B)each classroom teacher and each principal initially employed in a grade level or at a campus described by Paragraph (A) for the 2022-2023 school year or a subsequent school year has attended a teacher literacy achievement academy developed under Section 21.4552 by the end of the teacher's or principal's first year of placement in that grade level or campus; and

(3)certify to the agency that the district or school:

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Legislative history

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1045 (S.B. 1267), Sec. 12, eff. June 18, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 1605), Sec. 10, eff. June 13, 2023.