{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-221l","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-221l","heading":"State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute.","body":"The Department of Education shall develop, within available appropriations, a State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute for educators based on the review completed by the Early Reading Success Panel pursuant to section 10-221j and the assessments conducted pursuant to section 10-221k. The institute shall commence operation in the 2000-2001 school year. The institute shall use a training curriculum that incorporates comprehensive instruction in reading as determined by the Early Reading Success Panel pursuant to section 10-221j, to include, but not be limited to: (1) Instructional strategies that can be adapted for each student's needs; (2) early screening and ongoing assessment to determine which individual students need additional instruction; (3) teaching of oral language competencies, including phonological awareness, vocabulary, listening comprehension and grammatical skills; (4) systematic teaching of word identification skills including phonics instruction and instruction in phonemic awareness; and (5) teaching of comprehension competencies, including the use of context to infer meaning.","path":["TITLE 10. EDUCATION AND CULTURE","CHAPTER 170*. BOARDS OF EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_170.htm#sec_10-221l","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:58Z","sha256":"19b916668c1489083e4dabec7e183be3d6d0dc22b53861c56bd4aa88fd62e5ee","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-221k","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-221m"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}