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Amends Georgia Code relating to the scholarship program for special needs students, so as to expand eligibility for the program; to rename the scholarship the “Georgia Early HOPE Scholarship”; to revise definitions; to provide for additional notification of the program; to provide for additional state funds to be included in the scholarship payment;
…continue reading Georgia – 2010 – SB361 – Georgia Early HOPE Scholarship

Resolution requesting the establishment of a working group to develop a comprehensive plan to improve awareness of and strengthen support for persons with dyslexia.
…continue reading Hawaii – 2010 – SCR 110 – HCR 129 – Students with Dyslexia; Working Group

Subject to funding by the State Board of Education, provides that a school board shall require a school to provide recordings for its blind and dyslexic students. Effective immediately.

An act relating to special education; requiring interventions for students displaying characteristics of dyslexia. Defines dyslexia and requires schools to provide research-based interventions for all students showing characteristics of dyslexia and experiencing difficulty in learning to read or write.
…continue reading New Mexico – 2010 – HB 230 – Dyslexic Student Intervention

Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to establish minimum standards that: (1) prohibit elementary and secondary school personnel from managing any student by using any mechanical or chemical restraint, physical restraint or escort that restricts breathing, or aversive behavioral intervention that compromises student health and safety;
…continue reading US – 2009-2010 – S2860 – Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act

The purpose of this Act is to support students with dyslexia by:
(1) Making technical assistance and training available by the 2010-2011 school year to educators, education officials, and employees providing instruction or special services for the education, therapy, and training of exceptional children; and
…continue reading Hawaii – 2010 – SB 2217 – DOE Technical Assistance and Training; Dyslexia

Formerly called “Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act”. Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to establish minimum standards that: (1) prohibit elementary and secondary school personnel from managing any student by using any mechanical or chemical restraint, physical restraint or escort that restricts breathing, or aversive behavioral intervention that compromises student health and safety;
…continue reading US – 2009-2010 – HR4247 – Keeping All Students Safe in School Act

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define “aphasia,” dyscalculia,” “dysgraphia,” “dyslexia,” “phonemic awareness,” and “scientifically based research”; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to implement district-wide use of K-3 response-to-intervention system in reading by August 1, 2011, in mathematics by August 1, 2012, and behavior by August 1, 2013;
…continue reading Kentucky 2010 HB109 Early Education Assessment and Intervention

Study; dyslexia screening in kindergarten; report. Requests the Department of Education to study dyslexia screening for kindergarteners.
…continue reading Virginia 2010 SJR 87 Dyslexia Screening

Provides for instruction in dyslexia awareness and methods of teaching students with dyslexia for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals.
…continue reading New Jersey 2010-2011 AB 811 Dyslexia Awareness Instruction