Bill Text: NY A00438 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 438

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes schools dedicated to teaching dyslexic students in certain school districts.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A00438 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00438-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           438

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, THIELE, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO, J. A. GIGLIO,
          WILLIAMS, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, LUPARDO, DICKENS, EPSTEIN, DAVILA,
          TAYLOR, McMAHON, REYES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, HYNDMAN
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to establishing schools
          dedicated to teaching dyslexic students in certain school districts

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.    The  education  law  is amended by adding a new section
     2  1527-b to read as follows:
     3    § 1527-b. School for the dyslexic. The board of education or  trustees
     4  of  each  community   school district located within a city with a popu-
     5  lation of one million or more shall establish at least  one  school  for
     6  the teaching of students with dyslexia and other phonemic language based
     7  learning  differences. Each such school shall include the utilization of
     8  multi-sensory sequential phonics  techniques  in  their  elementary  and
     9  secondary education curriculum. Teachers and instructors at such schools
    10  shall  have  a minimum of twenty hours of training in the area of multi-
    11  sensory sequential phonics techniques.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    13  the date on which it shall have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00143-01-3