Plain-English Definition
The ability to understand the steps, rules, timelines, roles, and expectations of a process.
Legal Meaning
Procedural literacy is one of SRI's core pillars because meaningful participation requires knowing how the process works.
Etymology Review
"Procedural" comes from procedere, "to go forward." "Literacy" comes from Latin littera, meaning "letter." Together, the phrase means being able to read and understand how a process moves forward.
Boundary Note
Educational context only.