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Committee adopts amendment to require dyslexia training for renewing teachers
Summary
The Minnesota Senate State and Local Government Committee adopted an amendment and recommended Senate File 1842 — a rule-making change to require two hours of dyslexia professional development during teacher license renewal — and referred the bill to education finance.
Senator Bolden and the State and Local Government Committee adopted an amendment to Senate File 18-42 and recommended the bill be referred to Education Finance. The bill would direct the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) to adopt rules requiring licensed teachers who renew their license to complete two hours of professional development on dyslexia.
The measure’s sponsor said the training would cover "the effects of dyslexia on the development of foundational reading skills, effective…
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