AN ACT relating to dyslexia. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "dyslexia" and "qualified dyslexia screening tool"; require the Department of Education to make available a dyslexia toolkit that includes guidance on the instruction of students displaying characteristics of dyslexia; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky Collaborative Center for Literacy Development to update professional development for teachers related to dyslexia; require each local board of education to develop policies for identifying and assisting students in kindergarten through grade three with dyslexia and other learning disabilities; require school districts to report data to the Department of Education regarding dyslexia screening and results; require teacher preparation programs to include instruction on dyslexia; require the commissioner of education to select three school districts to serve as dynamic laboratories of learning. Amend KRS 158.305 to revise the definition of "dyslexia"; require local boards of education to develop policies related to the implementation of response-to-intervention; require the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics, to report to the Interim Joint Committees on Education and Health and Welfare by November 30 of each year regarding school districts' implementation of response-to-intervention.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
Signed into Law
Apr 2018
Introduced Jan 11, 2018
Signed Apr 2, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Apr 2, 2018
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 88)
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed 87-0
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Committee
To Rules (H)
lower
Mar 15, 2018
Committee
To Education (S)
upper
Mar 8, 2018
Committee
To Rules (H)
lower
Feb 22, 2018
Committee
Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
lower
Feb 15, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted in committee
lower
Jan 17, 2018
Committee
To Education (H)
lower
Jan 11, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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