Bill Text: NY A02283 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A02283 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02283-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2283

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
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        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:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 319. Mandatory early screening for dyslexia. 1. All school districts
     4  shall be required to conduct full and individual screenings  in  accord-
     5  ance  with  this  section for purposes of early identification, support,
     6  intervention and accommodation  of  children  with  dyslexia  and  other
     7  learning disabilities. For purposes of this section, the term "dyslexia"
     8  means  a  specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin
     9  and that is characterized by unexpected difficulties  with  accurate  or
    10  fluent  word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities, which
    11  difficulty typically results from a deficit in the  phonological  compo-
    12  nent  of  language  and  that is inconsistent with the person's intelli-
    13  gence, motivation, and sensory capabilities and the provision of  effec-
    14  tive instruction.
    15    2.  Mandatory  early screening for dyslexia shall be conducted by each
    16  school district using a digital assessment tool that  includes  targeted
    17  questions designed to quickly and reliably gather certain relevant func-
    18  tional and developmental information from all children described in this
    19  subdivision.  Mandatory  early  screening  shall  commence  during  pre-
    20  kindergarten or kindergarten, whichever is earlier, and  shall  continue
    21  thereafter  on  an  annual  basis  until  such  child  has  successfully
    22  completed the second grade.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01110-01-1
        A. 2283                             2

     1    3. Upon completion of  the  administration  of  each  mandatory  early
     2  screening,  a copy of each early screening report and any other findings
     3  shall be given to the parent and/or guardian and teachers  and  teaching
     4  assistants  of  each child, and the individual designated in subdivision
     5  four of this section.
     6    4.  Each  school  district  shall  designate an individual to maintain
     7  complete and accurate records, including copies of each early  screening
     8  report,  for  all  children for the duration of each child's educational
     9  pursuit or until such child reaches the age  of  sixteen,  whichever  is
    10  later.  The  designated individual shall provide resources and materials
    11  to the parent and/or guardian of any child  who  displays  low  phonemic
    12  awareness and other indications of dyslexia.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.