Excludes the three-cueing reading method from federally funded comprehensive literacy instruction and steers federal literacy grant money toward programs aligned to the science of reading.

• Bars comprehensive literacy instruction from using the three-cueing model, which teaches word recognition mainly through meaning, context, pictures, or visual memory.
• Defines the science of reading as evidence-based research that treats phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing as essential skills.
• Makes alignment with the science of reading a priority for state literacy grants and for subgrants covering birth through kindergarten and kindergarten through grade 12.
• Requires state literacy plans to describe how closely they align with the science of reading and applies to funds awarded on or after enactment. Does not alter rights under IDEA, Section 504, or the ADA, and does not let federal officials control state or local curricula, standards, or instruction.

• Education and Workforce Committee (House)
• Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (Senate)

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