SB454 (2020) Detail

Relative to the screening date for dyslexia.


SB 454  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2853

06/10

 

SENATE BILL 454

 

AN ACT relative to the screening date for dyslexia.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. Rooney, Straf. 1; Rep. Hayward, Straf. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Education and Workforce Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill changes the date for screening for dyslexia.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2853

06/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to the screening date for dyslexia.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Education; Screening for Dyslexia.  Amend RSA 200:59, I to read as follows:

I.  School districts shall screen all public school students, including English learners, using the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) or an equivalent cost effective screener for the identification of potential indicators or risk factors of dyslexia and related disorders upon enrollment in public school kindergarten or first grade, and at appropriate times thereafter, to monitor progress.  Beginning in 2017, such screening shall be completed no later than [November 30] February 28 of each school year.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 21, 2020 Senate Hearing
Jan. 30, 2020 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

SB454 Revision: 7664 Date: Dec. 20, 2019, 11:04 a.m.

Docket


Jan. 30, 2020: Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 01/30/2020; SJ 2


Jan. 30, 2020: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Vote 5-0; CC; 01/30/2020; SC 4


Jan. 21, 2020: Hearing: 01/21/2020, Room 103, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 3


Jan. 8, 2020: To Be Introduced 01/08/2020 and Referred to Education and Workforce Development; SJ 1