Dyslexia
Summary
Dyslexia; Requiring public schools to screen all students in kindergarten through grade 3 for dyslexia within a certain timeframe; requiring public school students with a substantial deficiency in reading to be placed in an intensive remedial intervention program; requiring public schools to have at least one person on staff with specified certification in reading instruction for students with dyslexia; creating the Dyslexia Task Force within the Department of Education, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/03/20, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gayle Harrell
RRepublican
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