Assembly Bill A8786A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a dyslexia task force and implementing the findings of such task force

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2019-A8786 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7093
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§4407-a & 4407-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2185, S441
2023-2024: A133, S2599

2019-A8786 - Summary

Relates to establishing a dyslexia task force and implementing the findings of such task force.

2019-A8786 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8786
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a  dysle-
   xia task force and implementing the findings of such task force
 
   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  two  new  sections
 4407-a and 4407-b to read as follows:
   § 4407-A. DYSLEXIA; TASK FORCE. 1. THE TASK FORCE ON DYSLEXIA IS HERE-
 BY CREATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROPRI-
 ATE  SCREENING  OF  STUDENTS FOR DYSLEXIA AND RELATED DISORDERS, PROVIDE
 GUIDELINES REGARDING THE APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS AND CLASSROOM SUPPORT
 FOR STUDENTS DEEMED AT RISK, AND TO  DEVELOP  A  PROGRAM  OF  STUDY  FOR
 TEACHERS TO BETTER HELP STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA.
   2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) THE TERM "DYSLEXIA" SHALL MEAN A DISORDER THAT IS NEUROLOGICAL  IN
 ORIGIN,  CHARACTERIZED  BY  DIFFICULTIES  WITH  ACCURATE AND FLUENT WORD
 RECOGNITION AND POOR SPELLING  AND  DECODING  ABILITIES  THAT  TYPICALLY
 RESULT  FROM  A DEFICIT IN THE PHONOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF LANGUAGE, OFTEN
 UNEXPECTED IN RELATION TO OTHER COGNITIVE ABILITIES AND THE PROVISION OF
 EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, AND OF WHICH SECONDARY CONSEQUENCES MAY
 INCLUDE PROBLEMS IN READING COMPREHENSION AND REDUCED READING EXPERIENCE
 THAT CAN IMPEDE GROWTH OF VOCABULARY AND BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS
 OTHER RELATED DISORDERS.
   (B) THE TERM "SCREENING  PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN  A  DYSLEXIA  SCREENING
 PROGRAM  WHICH  IS:  (I)  EVIDENCE  BASED  WITH PROVEN PSYCHOMETRICS FOR
 VALIDITY; (II) EFFICIENT AND LOW COST; AND (III) READILY AVAILABLE.
   (C) THE TERM "RELATED DISORDERS" SHALL MEAN DISORDERS  SIMILAR  TO  OR
 RELATED TO DYSLEXIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEVELOPMENTAL AUDITO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14035-01-9
              

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2019-A8786A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7093
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§4407-a & 4407-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2185, S441
2023-2024: A133, S2599

2019-A8786A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a dyslexia task force and implementing the findings of such task force.

2019-A8786A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8786--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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 establishing a dysle-
   xia task force and implementing the findings of such task force

   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 two new sections
 4407-a and 4407-b to read as follows:
   § 4407-A. DYSLEXIA; TASK FORCE. 1. THE TASK FORCE ON DYSLEXIA IS HERE-
 BY CREATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROPRI-
 ATE SCREENING OF STUDENTS FOR DYSLEXIA AND  RELATED  DISORDERS,  PROVIDE
 GUIDELINES REGARDING THE APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS AND CLASSROOM SUPPORT
 FOR  STUDENTS  DEEMED  AT  RISK,  AND  TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR
 TEACHERS TO BETTER HELP STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) THE TERM "DYSLEXIA" SHALL MEAN AN UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTY IN READING
 FOR  AN  INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS THE INTELLIGENCE TO BE A MUCH BETTER READER,
 MOST COMMONLY CAUSED BY A DIFFICULTY IN THE PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSING, THE
 APPRECIATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE, WHICH  AFFECTS
 THE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK, READ, AND SPELL.
   (B)  THE  TERM  "SCREENING  PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN A DYSLEXIA SCREENING
 PROGRAM WHICH IS: (I)  EVIDENCE  BASED  WITH  PROVEN  PSYCHOMETRICS  FOR
 VALIDITY; (II) EFFICIENT AND LOW COST; AND (III) READILY AVAILABLE.
   (C)  THE  TERM  "RELATED DISORDERS" SHALL MEAN DISORDERS SIMILAR TO OR
 RELATED TO DYSLEXIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEVELOPMENTAL AUDITO-
 RY IMPERCEPTION, DYSPHASIA, SPECIFIC  DEVELOPMENTAL  DYSLEXIA,  DEVELOP-
 MENTAL DYSGRAPHIA, AND DEVELOPMENTAL SPELLING DISABILITY.
   (D)  THE  TERM  "SUPPORT" SHALL MEAN LOW-COST AND EFFECTIVE BEST PRAC-
 TICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  ORAL  EXAMINATIONS  AND  EXTENDED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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