Title 17. Education

Chapter 1. General School Law

Part VI-B. Dyslexia

17:392.12      Dyslexia practitioner; dyslexia therapist; ancillary certificates

A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop the criteria whereby a teacher may be issued a dyslexia practitioner ancillary certificate or a dyslexia therapist ancillary certificate. 

B. In addition to any other criteria established by the board, in order to be issued an ancillary certificate pursuant to this Section, a teacher shall: 

(1) Hold a valid Louisiana teaching certificate. 

(2) Demonstrate completion of a multisensory structured language training program accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization, which shall include: 

(a) For the dyslexia practitioner ancillary certificate, forty-five hours of coursework and sixty hours of clinical work that is observed and monitored by a qualified professional. 

(b) For the dyslexia therapist ancillary certificate, two hundred hours of coursework and seven hundred hours of clinical work that is observed and monitored by a qualified professional. 

(3) Pass a multisensory structured language education-related competency examination that is administered by a nationally recognized professional organization that issues national certifications. 

Added by Acts 2023, No. 266, § 1.