Dyslegia: A Legislative Information Site

Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for dyslexia awareness. An act to authorize the issuance of a distinctive dyslexia awareness motor vehicle license tag; to prescribe the fee for such tag and to provide for the distribution of such fee; and for related purposes.

Directs the Secretary of Education 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 – S3895 – Keeping All Students Safe Act

This bill directs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to develop or adopt a screening device to identify pupils in grades kindergarten to five who are at risk of reading failure due to deficits in phonemic awareness or rapid naming.
…continue reading Wisconsin – 2009-2010 – AB 584 – Screening for Phonemic Awareness

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Day of Recognition for Parents of Special Needs Children should be established.
…continue reading US – 2009-2010 – H.Res.1576 – Recognizing Parents of Special Needs Children

Requests BESE to study and review the clarity of board regulations and guidelines relative to the education of dyslexic students and the effectiveness of procedures for monitoring the compliance of public schools and school districts when implementing such regulations and related state law.

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to study issues relative to dyslexia and related disorders including current methods for the identification of students with dyslexia or related disorders,
…continue reading Louisiana – 2010 – HR 185 – Dyslexia Study

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to study issues relative to dyslexia and related disorders including current methods for the identification of students with dyslexia or related disorders, the adequacy of educational programs and services provided to such
students,
…continue reading Louisiana – 2010 – SR 164 – Dyslexia Study

Declares the week of April 16-30, 2010 as Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Week in the State of Illinois.

Provides for (i) early reading intervention services for students in grades K-3 who demonstrate deficiencies; (ii) mathematics intervention services to students in grades 6, 7, 8, and 9 who are at risk of failing the Algebra I end-of-course test; and (iii) local school division flexibility in the use of state funding designated for Standards of Learning Algebra Readiness; Standards of Quality Prevention, Intervention, and Remediation; Early Reading Intervention; and instructional technology resource teachers.
…continue reading Virginia – 2010 – HB 558 – Early Intervention

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide that lottery funds may be used for programs within the public schools to assist children with diagnosed learning disabilities.