Bill Text: IL HB3700 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to distribute to each school board information on screening instruments available to identify students who exhibit potential indicators of dyslexia and other reading disabilities. Requires a school board to select and implement age-appropriate screening instruments for the early diagnosis of dyslexia and other reading disabilities and to ensure that each kindergarten student enrolled in the school district is screened for dyslexia and other reading disabilities. Requires the State Board to develop and distribute to each school board guidance on appropriate intervention strategies for students diagnosed with dyslexia or other reading disabilities. Provides that, in the event that a student is determined to exhibit potential indicators of dyslexia or another reading disability, the school board shall ensure that the student receives a comprehensive assessment for the learning disorder and, in the event that a diagnosis is confirmed, the school board shall provide appropriate intervention strategies to the student. Sets forth requirements concerning professional development related to reading disabilities, the incorporation of the International Dyslexia Association's definition of dyslexia into administrative rules, and an additional written test for certain educator licensure candidates. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-14)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0705 [HB3700 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3700-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 098-0705 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||
2-3.160 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.160 new) | ||||
Sec. 2-3.160. Definition of dyslexia in rules; reading | ||||
instruction advisory group. | ||||
(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that | ||||
incorporate an international definition of dyslexia into Part | ||||
226 of Title 23 of the Illinois Administrative Code. | ||||
(b) Subject to specific State appropriation or the | ||||
availability of private donations, the State Board of Education | ||||
shall establish an advisory group to develop a training module | ||||
or training modules to provide education and professional | ||||
development to teachers, school administrators, and other | ||||
education professionals regarding multi-sensory, systematic, | ||||
and sequential instruction in reading. This advisory group | ||||
shall complete its work before July 31, 2015 and is abolished | ||||
on July 31, 2015.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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