{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-17-392.12","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 17:392.12","heading":"Dyslexia practitioner; dyslexia therapist; ancillary certificates","body":"A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop the criteria whereby a teacher may be issued a dyslexia practitioner ancillary certificate or a dyslexia therapist ancillary certificate.\nB. In addition to any other criteria established by the board, in order to be issued an ancillary certificate pursuant to this Section, a teacher shall:\n(1) Hold a valid Louisiana teaching certificate.\n(2) Demonstrate completion of a multisensory structured language training program accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization, which shall include:\n(a) For the dyslexia practitioner ancillary certificate, forty-five hours of coursework and sixty hours of clinical work that is observed and monitored by a qualified professional.\n(b) For the dyslexia therapist ancillary certificate, two hundred hours of coursework and seven hundred hours of clinical work that is observed and monitored by a qualified professional.\n(3) Pass a multisensory structured language education-related competency examination that is administered by a nationally recognized professional organization that issues national certifications.","path":["3046.5 Terminated July 9, 1998. See Acts 1992, No. 938, §1, and Acts 1995, No. 1296, §1."],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1337951","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:02Z","sha256":"c29d4ff8952792bc820f024b6715ec0dae6ed81288fef309281add1ee4e02d21","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-17-392.11","next":"us-la/rs-17-392.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}