Provides that a student with learning disabilities who fails to satisfy the requirements of the competency determination may nonetheless receive a high school diploma if specified requirements are met.
Failed to Pass
Arkansas - 2011 - SB 749 - Children with Dyslexia
An act to ensure that children with dyslexia have their needs met by the public school system; and for other purposes. Requires that all public school children in grades K-2 be screened for dyslexia; and that school districts implement strategies for treating dyslexia and related disorders.
Texas - 2011 - HB 1673 - Adult Testing Accommodations
Relating to testing accommodations for a person with dyslexia taking a licensing examination administered by a state agency.
Texas -2011 - HB 1672 - 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.
Kentucky - 2011 - SB 160 - Early Education Assessment
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”;
Illinois - 2011-2012 - HB 287 - Limits on Grade Retention
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.