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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 902

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 2377

                                                   By Akbari, Yarbro, White

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 2257

                               By White, Glynn, Cepicky, Powell, Bricken, Alexander

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

                    (a) The state board of education shall establish a qualified dyslexia interventionist
          endorsement to allow an educator to provide targeted instructional intervention, academic
          support, behavioral support, or related services to students demonstrating characteristics of
          dyslexia.

                    (b) To be eligible to receive a qualified dyslexia interventionist endorsement, an
          educator must:

                              (1) Hold a Certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist (C-SLDI)
                    credential issued by the Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI), in
                    partnership with the International Dyslexia Association (IDA); and

                              (2) Satisfy any other requirements established by the state board of education,
                    which may include completing additional coursework or successfully completing an
                    assessment.

                    (c) This section does not prohibit an educator who does not hold a qualified dyslexia
          interventionist endorsement from providing targeted instructional intervention, academic
          support, behavioral support, or related services to students demonstrating characteristics of
          dyslexia if the educator is otherwise authorized to do so.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2377

PASSED:  April 16, 2026

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                                 RANDY McNALlv

                               SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                         CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this s-tQ... day o f ~  2026

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR