Sec. 24.5. (a) This section applies to a public school, including a charter school.

     (b) As used in this section, “three-cueing model” refers to the three-cueing model of reading that uses meaning drawn from the context, pictures, or syntax as the primary basis for teaching word recognition.

     (c) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a superintendent, advisory committee, or governing body or the equivalent for a charter school, in adopting curriculum or supplemental materials for reading under section 24 of this chapter:

(1) shall adopt curriculum or supplemental materials for reading that are aligned:

(A) with the science of reading; and

(B) to the student’s reading proficiency; and

(2) may not adopt curriculum or supplemental materials for reading that are based on the three-cueing model.

As added by P.L.243-2023, SEC.5.