A qualifying multisensory structured language education training program must meet listed accreditation, staffing, facility, instruction, and lesson requirements for license applicants.
Sec. 403.106. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS. (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: (1) be accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization; (2) have in writing defined goals and objectives, areas of authority, and policies and procedures; (3) have the appropriate financial and management resources to operate the training program, including a knowledgeable administrator and standard accounting and reporting procedures; (4) have a physical site, equipment, materials, supplies, and environment suitable for the training program; (5) have a sufficient number of instructional personnel who have completed the requirements for certification in multisensory structured language education; (6) have been reviewed by multisensory structured language education professionals who are not affiliated with the training program; (7) have developed and followed procedures to maintain and improve the quality of training provided by the program; (8) have provided direct instruction in the principles and in each element of multisensory structured language education for a minimum of: (A) 200 contact hours of course work for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia therapist license; and (B) 45 contact hours of course work for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia practitioner license; (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: (A) 700 hours for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia therapist license; and (B) 60 hours for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia practitioner license; (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 (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. (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. (c) The department shall determine whether a training program meets the requirements of this section. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1255 (H.B. 461), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 4007), Sec. 4.001, eff. September 1, 2017.