STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7003

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  all  school
          districts to screen all students for dyslexia and dysgraphia

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

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 60 to read as follows:
     3    60. a. The commissioner shall require all school districts  to  screen
     4  all  students  for  dyslexia  and dysgraphia. Students shall be screened
     5  prior to entering kindergarten.
     6    b. School districts shall provide notice of  such  screening  to  each
     7  student  and  to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in such
     8  school district. The notice shall:
     9    (i) be printed in a clear and conspicuous manner  and  shall  describe
    10  such screening methods; and
    11    (ii)  give  the  parent or guardian of such student the opportunity to
    12  opt out of such screening by checking the box "do not screen my child".
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    14  it shall have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11468-01-3