Senator CROMER proposed the following amendment (419R083.SP.RWC):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, PART III, Read to Succeed Initiative, by striking SECTION 13, relating to requirements for scientific and evidence-based interventions, and inserting:

/ SECTION13. Section 59-155-130(3) and (4) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(3) working collaboratively with institutions of higher learning education offering courses in reading and writing and those institutions of higher education offering accredited master's degrees in reading-literacy to design coursework leading to a literacy teacher add-on endorsement by the State. The coursework must be founded on evidence-based interventions, including the use of data to identify struggling readers and to inform instruction;

(4) providing professional development on evidence-based interventions, including the use of data to identify struggling readers and to inform instruction in reading and coaching for already certified reading/literacy coaches and literacy teachers;" /