MA H463

Bill

MA H463

Relative to providing screening for dyslexia

Introduced
01/20/2015

In Committee
01/20/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to ensure that each student enrolled in a school district is screened for potential indicators of dyslexia or other reading disabilities. Education.

AI Summary

This bill mandates that every school district in Massachusetts must screen each enrolled student for potential indicators of dyslexia, which is defined as a specific learning disability of neurological origin that can manifest as difficulties with language acquisition, comprehension, rhyming, letter recognition and sounds, sight words, and number or letter reversals, no later than the first semester of the second grade. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will be responsible for creating the necessary regulations and screening tools to identify students showing these signs of dyslexia or other reading disabilities.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (8)

Alice Peisch (D)*, Cory Atkins (D), Jennifer Benson (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Sean Garballey (D), Colleen Garry (D), Louis Kafka (D), Chris Walsh (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4406 (on 06/16/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H463

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H463
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H463.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H4406	Relative to dyslexia	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Replaced by
H452	Relative to dropout prevention and recovery	Accompanied a new draft, see H4011	Similar To
H453	Relating to high school graduation requirements for students with learning disabilities	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H454	Relative to school attendance	Accompanied a new draft, see H4011	Similar To
H458	To assist parental choice concerning special education placements	Accompanied S250	Similar To
H460	Relative to special education finance	Accompanied a new draft, see H4141	Similar To
H4749	Exempting all police officers in the police department in the town of Wayland from the civil service law	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 413 of the Acts of 2016	Similar To

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