Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to education |
May 24, 2021 | held for consideration in education |
May 20, 2021 | print number 2283a |
May 20, 2021 | amend and recommit to education |
Jan 14, 2021 | referred to education |
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Co-Sponsors
John T. McDonald III
Multi-Sponsors
Jake Ashby
Harry B. Bronson
Robert C. Carroll
Charles Fall
A2283 - Details
A2283 - Summary
Requires school districts to conduct mandatory early screening for dyslexia for all children commencing in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten and continuing thereafter on an annual basis until each child successfully completes second grade; requires school districts to designate an individual to maintain complete and accurate records containing early screening reports for each child, and to provide resources and materials to the parent and/or guardian of any child who displays indications of dyslexia.
A2283 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2283 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ASHBY, BRONSON, CARROLL, FALL, GLICK, GRIFFIN, HUNTER, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, NORRIS, QUART, STECK, TAGUE, TAYLOR, THIELE, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory early screening for dyslexia THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read as follows: § 319. MANDATORY EARLY SCREENING FOR DYSLEXIA. 1. ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT FULL AND INDIVIDUAL SCREENINGS IN ACCORD- ANCE WITH THIS SECTION FOR PURPOSES OF EARLY IDENTIFICATION, SUPPORT, INTERVENTION AND ACCOMMODATION OF CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA AND OTHER LEARNING DISABILITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DYSLEXIA" MEANS A SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY THAT IS NEUROBIOLOGICAL IN ORIGIN AND THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES WITH ACCURATE OR FLUENT WORD RECOGNITION AND POOR SPELLING AND DECODING ABILITIES, WHICH DIFFICULTY TYPICALLY RESULTS FROM A DEFICIT IN THE PHONOLOGICAL COMPO- NENT OF LANGUAGE AND THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE PERSON'S INTELLI- GENCE, MOTIVATION, AND SENSORY CAPABILITIES AND THE PROVISION OF EFFEC- TIVE INSTRUCTION. 2. MANDATORY EARLY SCREENING FOR DYSLEXIA SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT USING A DIGITAL ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT INCLUDES TARGETED QUESTIONS DESIGNED TO QUICKLY AND RELIABLY GATHER CERTAIN RELEVANT FUNC- TIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL INFORMATION FROM ALL CHILDREN DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. MANDATORY EARLY SCREENING SHALL COMMENCE DURING PRE- KINDERGARTEN OR KINDERGARTEN, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER, AND SHALL CONTINUE THEREAFTER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS UNTIL SUCH CHILD HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE SECOND GRADE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01110-01-1
Co-Sponsors
John T. McDonald III
Demond Meeks
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Multi-Sponsors
Jake Ashby
Harry B. Bronson
Robert C. Carroll
Charles Fall
A2283A (ACTIVE) - Details
A2283A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires school districts to conduct mandatory early screening for dyslexia for all children commencing in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten and continuing thereafter on an annual basis until each child successfully completes second grade; requires school districts to designate an individual to maintain complete and accurate records containing early screening reports for each child, and to provide resources and materials to the parent and/or guardian of any child who displays indications of dyslexia.
A2283A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2283--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, McDONALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ASHBY, BRONSON, CARROLL, FALL, GLICK, GRIFFIN, HUNTER, LUPARDO, McDO- NOUGH, NORRIS, QUART, SILLITTI, STECK, TAGUE, TAYLOR, THIELE, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory early screening for dyslexia THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read as follows: § 319. MANDATORY EARLY SCREENING FOR DYSLEXIA. 1. ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT FULL AND INDIVIDUAL SCREENINGS IN ACCORD- ANCE WITH THIS SECTION FOR PURPOSES OF EARLY IDENTIFICATION, SUPPORT, INTERVENTION AND ACCOMMODATION OF CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA AND OTHER LEARNING DISABILITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DYSLEXIA" MEANS A SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY THAT IS NEUROBIOLOGICAL IN ORIGIN AND THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES WITH ACCURATE OR FLUENT WORD RECOGNITION AND POOR SPELLING AND DECODING ABILITIES, WHICH DIFFICULTY TYPICALLY RESULTS FROM A DEFICIT IN THE PHONOLOGICAL COMPO- NENT OF LANGUAGE AND THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE PERSON'S INTELLI- GENCE, MOTIVATION, AND SENSORY CAPABILITIES AND THE PROVISION OF EFFEC- TIVE INSTRUCTION. 2. MANDATORY EARLY SCREENING FOR DYSLEXIA SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT USING AN ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT INCLUDES TARGETED QUES- TIONS AND STUDENT TASKS DESIGNED TO QUICKLY AND RELIABLY GATHER CERTAIN RELEVANT FUNCTIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL INFORMATION CONSISTENT WITH THE RESEARCH FINDINGS IN THIS AREA AND SUPPORTED BY THE FINDINGS IN THE REPORT OF THE NATIONAL READING PANEL FROM 2000, FROM ALL CHILDREN SCREENED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH QUESTIONS AND TASKS SHALL BE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.