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.
Enacted - Past Sessions
Oklahoma - 2012 - SB 1565 - Dyslexia Teacher Training
Schools - establishing dyslexia teacher training pilot program - requiring State Regents to promulgate rules.
Kentucky – 2012 – HB 69 – Early Education Assessment
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”;
Ohio - 2011-2012 - HB 157 - Teacher Professional Development
Authorizes educational service centers to provide teacher professional development on dyslexia.
Provides that the governing board of any educational service center may engage the services of a dyslexia specialist to provide training for teachers of grades kindergarten to four on the indicators of dyslexia and the types of instruction that children with dyslexia need to learn, read, write, and spell.
Texas - 2011 - SB 867 - Adult Testing Accommodations
Relating to testing accommodations for a person with dyslexia taking a licensing examination administered by a state agency.
Texas - 2011 – SB 866 – Public School Students with Dyslexia
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.