Request for Approval
Alternative Literacy Curriculum
The Right to Read Act, A
rk. Code Ann. § 6-17-429, states that a public school district or open-enrollment public charter
school that chooses to purchase a curriculum program that is not from the department's approved list of curriculum
programs shall submit the following to the department for approval of the alternative curriculum program:
(A) A rationale for choosing an alternative curriculum program; and
(B) Evidence-based research regarding the alternative curriculum program.
The
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Rules Governing the Right to Read Act specify that a
public school district receiving Level 3 - coordinated support, Level 4 - directed support, or Level 5 - intensive support for
reading, may only select an approved curriculum program from the list and may not choose an alternative curriculum
program.
District requests shall include a signed letter from the Superintendent and School Board President requesting approval of
the alternative curriculum program as required by the DESE Rules Governing the Right to Read Act.
District Information
District Name: District LEA#:
Name of alternative curriculum program:
Program provider:
Publication date:
Supplemental
Reading Intervention Dyslexia Intervention
Program purpose (Per A.C.A. § 6-41-604, dyslexia interventions are delivered from a dyslexia interventionist at the school district.):
Core
Delivery mode:
Digital Face-to-face
Component(s) of literacy or tenet(s) of the law (dyslexia intervention):
Justification for use of the alternative curriculum (attach additional pages as needed):
Evidence-based research shall include documentation that the alternative curriculum program is aligned to the science of
reading (attach additional pages as needed).
Hybrid
