Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 403.104 - Eligibility for Licensed Dyslexia Practitioner License(a) To be eligible for a licensed dyslexia practitioner license, an applicant must have: (1) earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited public or private institution of higher education;(2) successfully completed at least 45 hours of course work in multisensory structured language education from a training program that meets the requirements of Section 403.106;(3) completed at least 60 hours of supervised clinical experience in multisensory structured language education;(4) completed at least five demonstration lessons of the practice of multisensory structured language education, each observed by an instructor from a training program that meets the requirements of Section 403.106 and followed by a conference with and a written report by the instructor; and(5) successfully completed a national multisensory structured language education competency examination approved by the department and administered by a national certifying professional organization.(b) Clinical experience required under Subsection (a)(3) must be obtained under:(1) the supervision of a qualified instructor or an instructor from an accredited training program that meets the requirements of Section 403.106; and(2) guidelines approved by the department.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1255, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.