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Committee approves literacy measure to add dyslexia to Early Literacy Act and ban "three‑cueing"
Summary
The committee approved LC492249S, a bill that aligns state literacy policy, adds dyslexia to the Georgia Early Literacy Act, requires unified screening for reading difficulties and dyslexia three times per year, and bans the instructional practice known as "three‑cueing." The measure passed by committee voice vote.
A House committee approved LC492249S, a bill sponsors described as a streamlining and alignment of Georgia’s literacy laws that adds dyslexia to the Georgia Early Literacy Act, requires unified screening for reading difficulties and dyslexia three times each school year and prohibits the instructional strategy commonly called "three‑cueing."
The bill’s presenter said the measure removes outdated language, prevents three‑cueing curricula from being included in high-quality instructional materials and implements recommendations from the Georgia Council on Literacy. "It removes some outdated language of…
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