Arkansas Code
Subchapter 3 - Education
§ 12-29-311. Dyslexia screening — Science of reading — Intervention services

The Superintendent of the Arkansas Correctional School shall:
(1) Promulgate rules that require that:
(A) Teachers within the Arkansas Correctional School have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429;
(B) Each inmate who does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent receive:
(i) A reading proficiency-level assessment; and
(ii)
(a) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602.
(b) If the Arkansas Correctional School provides dyslexia intervention to an inmate who demonstrates under subdivision (1)(B)(ii)(a) of this section that the inmate is reading below the proficiency level required to be a high-functioning reader, the dyslexia intervention the Arkansas Correctional School provides shall be evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and

(C) A process be established by which new-intake inmates are:
(i) Assessed and administered a dyslexia screening with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and
(ii) Provided dyslexia intervention with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602, that is evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and

(2) Submit a plan to the Division of Correction that allows inmates to voluntarily receive:
(A) A reading proficiency-level assessment;
(B) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and
(C) Reading instruction that is consistent with the science of reading, as provided under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429.