OK HB2551

Allows one or more Oklahoma higher education institutions to establish a comprehensive dyslexia teacher training pilot program, shifting authority from the State Regents for Higher Education to individual institutions

Requires contractors to demonstrate a minimum of 5 years of published, peer-reviewed research evidence of positive outcomes before implementing the program

Trains higher education faculty to teach teacher candidates in elementary, early childhood, and special education programs how to identify dyslexia indicators and provide structured multisensory reading instruction

Mandates participating institutions submit an evaluation report by June 30 of the pilot program's third year to the State Regents, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Governor, Speaker of the House, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Adds statutory definition of "structured multisensory reading education" as explicit, direct, cumulative, intensive instruction using visual, auditory, and kinesthetic-tactile pathways simultaneously