SB 580 Florida Senate · 2021 Regular Session

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; establishing the Dyslexia Task Force within the Department of Education; requiring the task force members to be appointed by the Commissioner of Education; requiring the task force to consist of nine members having certain backgrounds, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Committee
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Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Gayle Harrell
Gayle Harrell
RRepublican
FL
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