Dyslegia: A Legislative Information Site
New US & State Laws about Dyslexia and Reading Education
Establishes pilot projects for dyslexia screening and intervention and teacher training. Each project will be implemented in three school districts selected by the state superintendent of education. Continue reading “West Virginia - 2012 - SB662 - Dyslexia Screening and Intervention”
Designates October of each year as “Dyslexia Awareness Month” in New Jersey. Continue reading “New Jersey - 2012-2013 - AJR49 - Dyslexia Awareness Month”
Establishes a pilot program for testing for dyslexia and related learning disorders. Requires county boards to provide specified services to students with dyslexia. Continue reading “Maryland - 2012 - HB1252 - Dyslexia Testing and Services”
An act to establish the Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for students with dyslexia. Provides for terms of scholarship and student eligibility requirements. Requires that all school-age children be screened for dyslexia between kindergarten and first grade. Continue reading “Mississippi - 2012 - HB1031 - Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship”
This resolution would create a seventeen (17) member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to assess the educational needs of children with reading disabilities and dyslexia. Continue reading “Rhode Island - 2012 - H7542 - Legislative Commission on Dyslexia”
This act would enact the Rhode Island dyslexia act to establish policies and treatment for students with dyslexia in Rhode Island schools. Provides that local education agencies must consider symptoms and diagnosis of dyslexia in developing literacy intervention plans and individual education plans. Continue reading “Rhode Island - 2012 - H7541 - Dyslexia Diagnosis and Treatment”
AN ACT relating to reading assessment and intervention; requiring assessment and early intervention for dyslexia and other reading difficulties; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date. Continue reading “Wyoming - 2012 - SF52 - Dyslexia Screening and Response”
Schools; providing for the establishment of a dyslexia training pilot program through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; effective date; emergency. Continue reading “Oklahoma - 2012 - HB3073 - Dyslexia Training Pilot Program”
Schools - establishing dyslexia teacher training pilot program - requiring State Regents to promulgate rules. Continue reading “Oklahoma - 2012 - SB 1565 - Dyslexia Teacher Training”
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot project to provide early screening and intervention services for children with risk factors for dyslexia, subject to appropriation. Requires the State Superintendent of Education to select 3 school districts to participate in the pilot project. Continue reading “Illinois - 2011-2012 - HB4084 - Dyslexia Pilot Project”