Dyslegia: A Legislative Information Site
New US & State Laws about Dyslexia and Reading Education
Listed below are current state laws related to dyslexia. You can click on column heads to re-order the list. as needed.
If you know of a specific statute that should be added to the list, please leave a comment below.
You will also find reports and publications issued by various states here: Resource Links: State Educational Resources.
Academic & Legal Analysis of the impact of legislation geared to dyslexia.
Jo Worthy, Doris Villarreal, Vickie Godfrey, Sam DeJulio, Angela Stefanski, Amy Leitze, Jennifer Cooper. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice. Vol 66, Issue 1, 2017.
Gearin, B., Turtura, J., Anderson, K. et al. Annals. of Dyslexia (Published 10 June 2023).
Timothy Shanahan. Reading Research Quarterly. First published online: 01 August 2021
Johnston, Peter, and Donna Scanlon. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, vol. 70, no. 1, Nov. 2021, pp. 107–128.
Odegard, T. N., Farris, E. A., Middleton, A. E., Oslund, E., & Rimrodt-Frierson, S. (2020). Journal of Learning Disabilities.
Gabriel, Rachael E. American Educational Research Journal. Vol 57, Issue 1, 2020.
Stevens, Elizabeth A., Christy Austin, Clint Moore, Nancy Scammacca, Alexis N. Boucher, and Sharon Vaughn. Exceptional Children, (February 2021)
Gearin, B., Petscher, Y., Stanley, C., Nelson, N. J., & Fien, H. (2021) Learning Disability Quarterly.
By Nora W. Schlesinger Kennesaw State University, Georgia Journal of Literacy, Vol 43, No. 1 (2020)
Youman, M., Mather, N. Annals of Dyslexia 63, 133–153 (2013).
Martha Youman and Nancy Mather, Perspectives on Language and Literacy, Spring 2018
Perry A. Zirkel. Communiqué | May 2022, Volume 50, Number 7, pages 19-21. (National Association of School Psychologists)
Literacy Research and Instruction. Published online: 29 Apr 2022.
Phillips, B.A.B., Odegard, T.N. Annals of Dyslexia 67, 356–368 (2017).
Odegard, T. N., Hutchings, T., Farris, E. A., & Oslund, E. L. Annals of dyslexia, 71 (1), 50–59. (2021).
Zirkel, P. A. (2020). Learning Disability Quarterly, 43(3), 127–139.
Seidenberg, M. S., Borkenhagen, M. C., & Kearns, D. M. (2020, July 6).
Gabriel R.E., Woulfin S. (2017) In: Lester J., Lochmiller C., Gabriel R. (eds) Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Yaacov Petscher, Hank Fien, Chris Stanley, Brian Gearin, Nadine Gaab, Jack Fletcher, and Evelyn Johnson, National Center on Improving Literacy (2019)
Roop, Teddy D. and Howe, Kathleen S. (2022) Literacy Practice and Research: Vol. 47: No. 3, Article 4.
Jeannene M. Ward-Lonergan and Jill K. Duthie. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages: 810-816. October 2018
Worthy, J., Svrcek, N., Daly-Lesch, A., & Tily, S. Journal of Literacy Research, 50(3), 2018.
Evidence-Based Practice: Research Summaries, Literature Reviews, & Meta-Analyses
Timothy Shanahan. Reading Research Quarterly. First published online: 01 August 2021
Johnston, P., & Scanlon, D. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice (2021)
Stevens, Elizabeth A., Christy Austin, Clint Moore, Nancy Scammacca, Alexis N. Boucher, and Sharon Vaughn. Exceptional Children, (February 2021)
These research summaries covering instructional strategies and interventions offer information that includes level of effectiveness as well as the age groups for which a given strategy or intervention is designed. Links to the original reports are also provided for those who might wish to explore further.
Seidenberg, M. S., Borkenhagen, M. C., & Kearns, D. M. (2020, July 6).
This tools chart reviews studies about academic intervention programs.
Yaacov Petscher, Hank Fien, Chris Stanley, Brian Gearin, Nadine Gaab, Jack Fletcher, and Evelyn Johnson, National Center on Improving Literacy (2019)
Worthy, J., Svrcek, N., Daly-Lesch, A., & Tily, S. Journal of Literacy Research, 50(3), 2018.
This table lists bills that are pending or being acted upon in various state legislatures during 2023. The table includes a global search utility, allowing search by state, keyword, status, or bill number.
Table updated November 4, 2023
This table lists new laws related to dyslexia that have been enacted in 2023. The table includes a global search utility, allowing search by state, keyword, status, or bill number.
Table updated September 26, 2023
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide for identification of and support for students in pre-kindergarten through second grade with dyslexia; to provide for definitions; to require the Department of Education to make a dyslexia informational handbook available to local school systems; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
This table lists bills that are pending or being acted upon in various state legislatures during 2020. The table includes a global search utility, allowing search by state, key word, status, or bill number.
Table updated February 7, 2022
This table lists more than 75 bills that are pending or being acted upon in various state legislatures during 2019. The table includes a global search utility, allowing search by state, key word, status, or bill number.
Table updated November 19, 2019
