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HB 1265 Education preparation programs; reading specialists, dyslexia.
Introduced by: Benjamin L. Cline | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Education preparation programs; reading specialists; dyslexia. Requires each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education that leads to a degree, concentration, or certificate for reading specialists to include a program of coursework or other training in the identification of and the appropriate interventions, accommodations, and teaching techniques for students with dyslexia or a related disorder. The bill requires such programs to (i) include coursework in the constructs and pedagogy underlying remediation of reading, spelling, and writing and (ii) require reading specialists to demonstrate mastery of an evidence-based, structured literacy instructional approach that includes explicit, systematic, sequential, and cumulative instruction. This bill is identical to SB 368.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103455D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106288D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107215D-S1 pdf
- 02/19/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107296D-S2 (Newman) pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1265ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103455D
- 01/10/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/29/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106288D-H1
- 02/02/18 House: Read first time
- 02/05/18 House: Read second time
- 02/05/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18106288D-H1
- 02/05/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1265H1
- 02/06/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/15/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107215D-S1
- 02/16/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18107215D-S1
- 02/19/18 Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 18107215D-S1
- 02/19/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107296D-S2 (Newman)
- 02/19/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/18 Senate: Substitute by Senator Newman agreed to 18107296D-S2
- 02/19/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1265S2
- 02/19/18 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/18 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107296D-S2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1265ER)
- 02/26/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- 03/02/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- 03/09/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 282 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/09/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282)