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Jul 02, 2009
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New US & State Laws about Dyslexia and Reading Education
Jul 02, 2009
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Feb 07, 2010
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.
Jan 31, 2010
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
Jan 23, 2010
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
Jan 22, 2010
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
Jan 21, 2010
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 - Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act
Jan 15, 2010
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
Jan 15, 2010
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
Jan 14, 2010

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
Nov 15, 2009
Relating to public education; providing for an intensive neuroscience-driven language development and reading proficiency intervention pilot research program; making an appropriation.
Nov 14, 2009
Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act or the LEARN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states for comprehensive planning to improve the literacy of children from birth through grade 12.
…continue reading US - 2009-2010 - HR4037 - LEARN Act (Literacy Education for All)