The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce has a longstanding commitment to supporting language and literacy development as part of the state’s overarching strategic plan for education.
Since 1992, Kansas educators have received special funding to provide additional intervention for at-risk students who are not reading or working at grade level so they can be successful in school and life.
In November 2021, the Oregon State Department of Education updated its Early Literacy Framework to create a stronger foundation for K–5 readers and writers.
In 2019, The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) adopted a Structured Literacy initiative based on the science of reading as the approach to literacy instruction statewide.