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(11) Beginning on July 1, 1998, the state superintendent may not issue
5or renew a license that authorizes the holder to teach reading or language arts to
6pupils in any prekindergarten class or in any of the grades from kindergarten to 8
7unless the applicant has successfully completed instruction preparing the applicant
8to teach reading and language arts using intensive systematic phonics. In this
9subsection, "intensive systematic phonics" means a method of teaching beginners to
10read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups and
11syllables.