North Dakota Century Code Title 15.1. Elementary and Secondary Education § 15.1-32-26. Dyslexia screening and intervention--Report to legislative management--Professional development

a. For enrolled children seven years of age and younger, provide a universal screening for dyslexia including core components of phonemic awareness, decoding, and spelling, which must be approved by the superintendent of public instruction;

b. Include a process to further evaluate identified risk factors;

c. Describe the intervention services for the identified dyslexia risk factors;

d. Provide reading intervention services to students with dyslexia characteristics;

e. Administer assessments, approved by the superintendent of public instruction, to determine the effectiveness of the intervention services in improving the reading and learning skills of the child; and

f. Provide professional development on dyslexia characteristics and interventions related to phonological and phonemic awareness, sound and symbol relationships, alphabet knowledge, rapid naming skills, and encoding and decoding skills, to appropriate kindergarten through grade three personnel of the school district and special education unit. Professional development may meet the requirements for continuing education credits for license renewal.