Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB2257: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
Status: Chaptered, May 18, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 2, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2377, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require the state board of education to 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. 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. This amendment 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.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
House Education 1 Amendment No. 1 to HB2257 White Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 2377* House Bill No. 2257 by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: 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. HA1015