New US & State Laws about Dyslexia and Reading Education
Feb 23, 2011
Relating to the education of public school students with dyslexia, the education and training of educators who teach students with dyslexia, and the assessment of students with dyslexia attending an institution of higher education.
…continue reading Texas -2011 – HB 1672 – Public School Students with Dyslexia
Feb 17, 2011
AN ACT relating to early education assessment and intervention. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define “aphasia,” “dyscalculia,” “dysgraphia,” “dyslexia,” “phonemic awareness,” and “scientifically based research”;
…continue reading Kentucky – 2011 – SB 160 – Early Education Assessment
Feb 17, 2011
Specifies that dyslexia is a specific learning disability and requires a pilot project to provide early screening and intervention services for children with dyslexia.
Feb 05, 2011
Amends the School Code. Creates the Committee on the Retention of Students. Provides that, prior to retention in a grade, a school district must submit the names of all students determined by the school district to not qualify for promotion to the next higher grade and the reason for that determination.
…continue reading Illinois – 2011-2012 – HB 287 – Limits on Grade Retention
Feb 05, 2011
The state board of education shall adopt rules and regulations to ensure that students enrolled in public schools are screened or tested to identify those students with reading disabilities, including, but
not limited to, dyslexia.
…continue reading Kansas – 2011-2012 – SB 75 – Dyslexia Screening
Jan 23, 2011
An Act relating to schools; defining terms; requiring students enrolled in public school to be tested for dyslexia and related disorders; requiring board of education of each school district to provide for treatment of any students determined to have dyslexia or related disorder;
…continue reading Oklahoma – 2011 – HB 1997 – Dyslexia Screening
Jan 10, 2011
AN ACT relating to early education assessment and intervention. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define “aphasia,” “dyscalculia,” dyslexia,” “phonemic awareness,” and “scientifically based research”; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for district-wide reporting on the use of K-3 response-to-intervention implementation in reading by August 1, 2012, in mathematics by August 1, 2013, and behavior by August 1, 2014;
…continue reading Kentucky – 2011 – HB 17 – Early Education Assessment
Jan 06, 2011
AN ACT relating to early education assessment and intervention. 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 for district reporting on implementation of a response-to-intervention system in grades K-3 in reading and writing by August 1, 2012,
…continue reading Kentucky – 2011 – HB 86 – Early Education Assessment
Jan 06, 2011
A joint resolution to create the South Carolina dyslexia taskforce, to provide for the composition of the taskforce, and to provide that the taskforce shall report its findings to the general assembly.
Relating to public school students who have dyscalculia. Establishes a program for testing students for dyslexia and related disorders and for dyscalculia.
