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SB 368 Education preparation programs; reading specialists, dyslexia.
Introduced by: Stephen D. Newman | 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 HB 1265.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103163D pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107508D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB368ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103163D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/24/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/01/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/18 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/18 House: Read first time
- 02/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/20/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/26/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107508D-H1
- 03/02/18 House: Read second time
- 03/05/18 House: Read third time
- 03/05/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18107508D-H1
- 03/05/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB368H1
- 03/05/18 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
- 03/06/18 Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 Senate: Title replaced 18107508D-H1
- 03/08/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB368ER)
- 03/08/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 16, 2018
- 03/16/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/30/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 588 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588)