Provides for instruction in dyslexia awareness and methods of teaching students with dyslexia for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals.
Failed to Pass
Relating to public education; providing for an intensive neuroscience-driven language development and reading proficiency intervention pilot research program; making an appropriation.US - 2009-2010 - HR4037 - LEARN Act (Literacy Education for All)
Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act or the LEARN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states for comprehensive planning to improve the literacy of children from birth through grade 12.
US - 2009-2010 - S2740 - LEARN Act (Literacy Education for All)
Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act (LEARN Act) - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states for comprehensive planning to improve the literacy of children from birth through grade 12.
Iowa 2009-2010 HF 129 - Grade promotion and proficiency
An Act relating to requirements for the promotion of student from kindergarten through grade twelve based on grade-level proficiency in reading and mathematics.
US 2009-2010 HR 2740 - IDEA Fairness Restoration Act
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to permit a prevailing party in an action or proceeding brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses.
Kansas 2009-2010 HB 2199 - Early identification and intervention
Requires screening of children in grades K-2 for dyslexia and other reading disabilities. Requires schools to accept a diagnosis of dyslexia by a psychologist or medical doctor. Requires the school district to implement a reading instruction program commensurate with the student’s reading deficiencies, whether or not the student has an individualized education plan.
Iowa 2009-2010 SB 384 - Mandatory Grade Retention
This bill requires the board of directors of a school district, beginning august 1, 2009, to adopt a student promotion policy that facilitates collaboration among teachers, parents, and guardians of the student, and the school district, to support student reading at grade level. Beginning july 1, 2012, the bill prohibits a school district from promoting a student enrolled in grade three to grade four if the student is more than one year below grade level in reading, unless retention at the current grade level is determined not to be in the best interest of the child.
