Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to education |
May 24, 2021 |
print number 1293a |
May 24, 2021 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jan 11, 2021 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S1293A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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
(R) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(D) 26th Senate District
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
2021-S1293 - Details
2021-S1293 - 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.
2021-S1293 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1293 SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory early screening for dyslexia PURPOSE: This act will establish a pilot program to provide early screening and intervention services for children with risk factors for dyslexia SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. amends education law by adding a new section 319 which estab- lishes mandatory early screening for dyslexia. Section 2. is the enacting clause.
2021-S1293 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1293 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BROOKS, BOYLE, GALLIVAN, GOUNARDES, HELMING, JACK- SON, KAMINSKY, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, SKOUFIS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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
(R) Senate District
(D) 30th Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(D) 26th Senate District
2021-S1293A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S1293A (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.
2021-S1293A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1293A SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory early screening for dyslexia PURPOSE: This act will establish a pilot program to provide early screening and intervention services for children with risk factors for dyslexia SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. amends education law by adding a new section 319 which estab- lishes mandatory early screening for dyslexia. Section 2. is the enacting clause. JUSTIFICATION:
2021-S1293A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1293--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BROOKS, BOYLE, GALLIVAN, GOUNARDES, HELMING, JACK- SON, KAMINSKY, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, MYRIE, SKOUFIS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 ALIGNED WITH DEVELOPMENTAL BENCHMARKS IN SPECIFIC PRECURSORS CORRELATED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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