Bill Text: IL SR1642 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the national observance of Dyslexia Awareness Week during the last week of October in 2014. Designates the week of December 8, 2014 as Dyslexia Awareness Week in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-04 - Resolution Adopted [SR1642 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1642-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability | ||||||
| 3 | and the most common cause of reading, writing, and spelling | ||||||
| 4 | difficulties; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dyslexia affects 70%-80% of people with reading | ||||||
| 6 | difficulties and is more common than autism, attention deficit | ||||||
| 7 | disorder, and attention deficit hyperactive disorder; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, At least 2 million people in Illinois show | ||||||
| 9 | symptoms of dyslexia; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dyslexia is a neurological and genetic disorder, | ||||||
| 11 | affecting all ethnicities and socio-economic statuses equally; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Students with dyslexia face difficulty learning | ||||||
| 14 | to read and, if left undiagnosed, often become frustrated with | ||||||
| 15 | academic study; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, With the help of intervention before 1st grade, | ||||||
| 17 | students with dyslexia can learn to read and write at grade | ||||||
| 18 | level; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, If children with dyslexia are poor readers in 3rd | ||||||
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| 1 | grade, they will likely remain poor readers into their adult | ||||||
| 2 | lives; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Globally, great strides have been made to raise | ||||||
| 4 | awareness about dyslexia to promote early diagnosis, including | ||||||
| 5 | the designation of October as National Dyslexia Awareness Month | ||||||
| 6 | in the United States of America; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the | ||||||
| 9 | national observance of Dyslexia Awareness Week during the last | ||||||
| 10 | week of October in 2014; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That we designate the week of December 8, 2014 as | ||||||
| 12 | Dyslexia Awareness Week in the State of Illinois; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That we recognize the importance of improving | ||||||
| 15 | awareness and encouraging early diagnosis of dyslexia; and be | ||||||
| 16 | it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That we wholeheartedly support a State, | ||||||
| 18 | national, and global commitment to improving the reading | ||||||
| 19 | abilities of children and adults who struggle with dyslexia.
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