SB 556 - This act prohibits school districts from using a three-cueing system to teach students to read. The act defines a "three-cueing system" as any model of teaching students to read based on meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cues, also known as "MSV".

This act is similar to HCS/HB 941 (2025) and provisions in CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 68 (2025), SCS/HCS/HB 607 (2025), SS/SCS/HCS/HB 711 (2025), and SCS/HCS/HB 1569 (2024).

OLIVIA SHANNON

Statutes affected:
Introduced (2107S.01): 170.014

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Senate Committee Minutes:
SENATE COMMITTEE MINUTES Bill No.: SB 556
Sponsor: Henderson
Hearing Date: 3/11/2025


COMMITTEE: Education

CHAIRMAN: Brattin

DATE REFERRED: 2/27/2025 DATE HEARING REQUESTED: 3/6/2025



STAFF:
Tom Estes
Heidi Kolkmeyer
Olivia Shannon


WITNESSES GIVING INFORMATION:
Otto Fajen - Missouri NEA
Perry Gorrell - DESE
Heather Knight - DESE


WITNESSES FOR:
Jordan Zakary - Excel in Ed in Action
Jim Make - Aligned


WITNESSES AGAINST:
Craig Carson