Bill Text: CT SB00317 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 317 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Dyslexia.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-01 - Signed by the Governor [SB00317 Detail]

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General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 317*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 1867
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING DYSLEXIA.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 10-145d of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):

(i) On and after [September 1, 2013] July 1, 2016, any (1) certified employee applying for a remedial reading, remedial language arts or reading consultant endorsement, or (2) applicant for an initial, provisional or professional educator certificate and a remedial reading, remedial language arts or reading consultant endorsement shall (A) achieve a satisfactory score on the reading instruction examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, or a comparable reading instruction examination with minimum standards that are equivalent to the examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, and (B) have completed a course in the diagnosis and remediation of reading and language arts that includes instruction in the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2016	10-145d(i)

Statement of Purpose:

To require any person applying for a remedial reading, remedial language arts or reading consultant endorsement to have completed a course that includes instruction on dyslexia.

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