Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to education |
Mar 05, 2019 |
print number 5259a |
Mar 05, 2019 |
amend and recommit to education |
Feb 08, 2019 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A5259A
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Aravella Simotas
2019-A5259 - Details
2019-A5259 - 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.
2019-A5259 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5259 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, GALEF, SIMOTAS -- 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 DIAGNOSIS, SUPPORT, INTER- VENTION AND ACCOMMODATION OF CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA AND OTHER LEARNING DISABILITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DYSLEXIA" MEANS A SPECIFIC LEARNING DISORDER THAT IS NEUROLOGICAL IN ORIGIN AND THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES WITH ACCURATE OR FLUENT WORD RECOGNITION AND POOR SPELLING AND DECODING ABILITIES NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE PERSON'S INTELLIGENCE, MOTIVATION, AND SENSORY CAPABILITIES, WHICH DIFFICULTY TYPICALLY RESULTS FROM A DEFICIT IN THE PHONOLOGICAL COMPO- NENT OF LANGUAGE. 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. 3. UPON COMPLETION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF EACH MANDATORY EARLY SCREENING, A COPY OF EACH EARLY SCREENING REPORT AND ANY OTHER FINDINGS SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE PARENT AND/OR GUARDIAN AND TEACHERS AND TEACHING EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08780-01-9
co-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Aravella Simotas
Mike LiPetri
Fred Thiele
multi-Sponsors
Chris Tague
Al Taylor
Mary Beth Walsh
2019-A5259A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A5259A (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.
2019-A5259A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5259--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, GALEF, SIMOTAS, LiPETRI, THIELE -- 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 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. LBD08780-04-9
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