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.
Alabama State Board of Education (2020 revision) 31 pages
(9 pages)
Arizona Department of Education, 2018. 50 pages
Arkansas Department of Education, December 2017 (66 pages)
California Department of Education, 2017. 132 pages.
Colorado Department of Education - 2020 - 90 pages
A Handbook for Parents, Educators, and Students | ISBE Division of Special Education Services — July 2019
Illinois State Board of Education Web Resource Page (Archived Page)
Kansas State Department of Education web page
Louisiana Department of Education - 5 pages
Title 28 - Bulletin 1903—Regulations and Guidelines for Implementation of the Louisiana Law for the Education of Dyslexic Students (September 2021) 6 pages
SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY & SUPPLEMENT (Focus On: Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dysgraphia). Maryland State Department of Education (November 7, 2016) 12 pages
Minnesota Department of Education (April 2015) 42 pages
Mississippi Department of Education, 2022. 70 pages
Nebraska Department of Education, Office of Special Education (April 2021) 71 pages
Nevada Department of Education (October 2015) 38 pages
A Resource Guide for Dyslexia and Other Related Disorders. New Hampshire Department of Education.
A Guide to Early Literacy Development & Reading Struggles (September 2017) 53 pages
South Carolina Department of Education (September 2020) 69 pages
South Dakota Department of Education (Revised March 2017) 30 pages
Guidance on the "Say Dyslexia" Law. Tennessee Department of Education (Updated April 2018) 44 pages
Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders. Texas Education Agency, September 2021. 83 pages.
Prepared by Washington Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (WABIDA) in collaboration with OSPI Reading Office. November 2011. 75 pages
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 March 25, 2023
This table lists new laws related to dyslexia that were enacted in 2021. The table includes a global search utility, allowing search by state, keyword, status, or bill number.
Table updated November 8, 2021
This table lists bills that are pending or being acted upon in various state legislatures during 2021. The table includes a global search utility, allowing search by state, keyword, status, or bill number.
Table updated November 20, 2021
School Funding Bill includes specific allotment for funding of dyslexic students.
Additional funding is provided to support students with Dyslexia. School districts and open-enrollment charter schools will receive a weight of 0.10 multiplied against the Basic Allotment for each student that has been identified as having Dyslexia or a related disorder.
Students may qualify for both SPED and Dyslexia Allotments.
Relating to public school compliance with dyslexia screening, reading instrument requirements, and a requirement that a school district notify certain parents or guardians of a program providing students with reading disabilities the ability to borrow audiobooks free of charge.
Update: The Dyslexia Amendment has been removed from HB 2847 during the Senate Committee Hearing Process. The Senate Committee Substitute and the Conference Committee report no longer contain any provisions that would impact or change dyslexia services or licensing in Texas.
HB 3244 2847 as currently previously written would have outlawed the provision of private services for dyslexia of any kind except by persons licensed as multisensory structured language education (MSLE) therapists. We are strongly opposed to any law that would impose unprecedented state licensing requirements on providers of services for dyslexia. Fortunately these provisions were removed from the final version of the bill.
