Alexandra Güílamo suggests how dual language program leaders can best integrate science of reading legislation Literacy is the right of every child, and our target must be literacy rates of 100%. However, how best to realize that goal continues to be debated by districts across the country, giving states good reason to take action. In the last ten years, early literacy policies and science of reading (SOR) mandates have swept the nation, aiming to enact much-needed literacy reform. Between 2013 and 2025, over 200 policies (Schwartz, 2022) were passed nationwide, with the vast majority of states joining the charge in 2023. While nuanced from state to state, most mandates include requirements around (pre)teacher professional learning, assessment and screening, and the use of evidence-based curricular materials (those with clear alignment to cognitive science). And, with much debate, many states have included third-grade retention mandates for students not yet reading at grade level.…