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California : Senate Bill 114 (Education Omnibus Trailer Bill) on K-2 Screening for Reading Difficulties, including Risk of Dyslexia. Will require testing in the 2025-26 school year. Screening instruments are selected in 2024.
Decoding Dyslexia has conveniently pulled the text from the omnibus and it can be found here:
https://decodingdyslexiaca.org/senate-bill-114-assembly-bill-114/
Minnesota has some new laws!
MN passed the Dyslexia Specialist bill in 2017 – Statute 120B.122
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=120B.122
In 2016, a statute was amended to state that districts must report their efforts to screen and identify students with dyslexia {120b.12, Subd. 2. (1)} and must be provided alternative instruction that is multisensory, systematic, sequential, cumulative, and explicit. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=120B.12
Dear Colleagues,
Virginia just past a Law
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=161&typ=bil&val=HB842&submit=GO
Hope this helps 🙂 and keep up the excellent work!!
Hans
Hi,
New York now has legislations that are now both in the Senate and Assembly.
A04330A / S05439
Requires the certification or training of teachers, administrators, and instructors in area of dyslexia and related disorders. This legislation will also institute” dyslexia” as a single category to be listed on Independent Educational Programs. This will also encourage early screening and make sure that educators have the tools to help students with dyslexia and all children who struggle to read.
A09116 / S07063
AN ACT to establish a pilot program to provide early screening and intervention services for children with risk factors for dyslexia.
Thank you for reporting this bill, Helen! The bill is currently in committee and will be added to our tracking site in the near future.
Illinois Rep. JoAnn Osmond has just introduced HB3700.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3700&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=77226&SessionID=85&GA=98
Thank you so much for sharing this information!
WV- Senate Bill No. 111 was introduced on Feb. 13, 2013