By the 2019-2020 academic year, postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs for elementary and secondary regular education shall, subject to available funds, include instruction on:
(1) The definition and characteristics of dyslexia;
(2) Processes for identifying dyslexia;
(3) Evidence-based interventions and accommodations for dyslexia and other disorders defined in KRS 158.305 and related literacy and learning challenges; and (4) Core elements of a response-to-intervention framework addressing reading, writing, mathematics, and behavior, including;
(a) Universal screening;
(b) Evidence-based research interventions;
(c) Progress monitoring of the effectiveness of interventions on student performance;
(d) Data-based decision-making procedures related to:
1. Determining intervention effectiveness on student performance; and 2. Determining the need to continue, alter, or discontinue interventions or conduct further evaluation of student needs; and (e) Application and implementation of response-to-intervention and dyslexia instructional practices in the classroom setting.