{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-403.106","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 403.106","heading":"REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS.","body":"(a) For purposes of determining whether an applicant satisfies the training requirements for a license under this chapter, a multisensory structured language education training program completed by the applicant must:\n(1) be accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization;\n(2) have in writing defined goals and objectives, areas of authority, and policies and procedures;\n(3) have the appropriate financial and management resources to operate the training program, including a knowledgeable administrator and standard accounting and reporting procedures;\n(4) have a physical site, equipment, materials, supplies, and environment suitable for the training program;\n(5) have a sufficient number of instructional personnel who have completed the requirements for certification in multisensory structured language education;\n(6) have been reviewed by multisensory structured language education professionals who are not affiliated with the training program;\n(7) have developed and followed procedures to maintain and improve the quality of training provided by the program;\n(8) have provided direct instruction in the principles and in each element of multisensory structured language education for a minimum of:\n(A) 200 contact hours of course work for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia therapist license; and\n(B) 45 contact hours of course work for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia practitioner license;\n(9) have required training program participants to complete a program of supervised clinical experience in which the participants provided multisensory structured language education to students or adults, either individually or in small groups for a minimum of:\n(A) 700 hours for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia therapist license; and\n(B) 60 hours for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia practitioner license;\n(10) have required training program participants to demonstrate the application of multisensory structured language education principles of instruction by completing demonstration lessons observed by an instructor and followed by a conference with and a written report by the instructor; and\n(11) have provided instruction based on the Texas Education Agency publication \"The Dyslexia Handbook: Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders (2007),\" or a revised version of that publication approved by the department.\n(b) A training program must require a training program participant who seeks a licensed dyslexia practitioner license to have completed at least five demonstration lessons described by Subsection (a)(10) and a participant who seeks a licensed dyslexia therapist license to have completed at least 10 demonstration lessons.\n(c) The department shall determine whether a training program meets the requirements of this section.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1255 (H.B. 461), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 4007), Sec. 4.001, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA","CHAPTER 403. LICENSED DYSLEXIA PRACTITIONERS AND LICENSED DYSLEXIA THERAPISTS","SUBCHAPTER C. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.403.htm#403.106","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"4db5b0b51c4b1b8890addc34db62bd91b4ba24bb061b394bf8c2c51bff587549","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-403.105","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-403.107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}