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Feb 13, 2023 | referred to education |
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Demond Meeks
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Multi-Sponsors
Harry B. Bronson
Robert C. Carroll
Charles Fall
Deborah Glick
A4198 (ACTIVE) - Details
A4198 (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.
A4198 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4198 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, MEEKS, JEAN-PIERRE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRONSON, CARROLL, FALL, GLICK, HUNTER, LUPARDO, McDO- NOUGH, NORRIS, SILLITTI, 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 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 ALIGNED WITH DEVELOPMENTAL BENCHMARKS IN SPECIFIC PRECURSORS CORRELATED WITH READING ACQUISITION BASED ON THE RECOGNIZED READING SCIENCE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02702-01-3