New York S 7472: Requires school districts to conduct mandatory early screening for dyslexia for all children

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S07472 Summary:

BILL NOS07472 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01186

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRCLEARE, GALLIVAN, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HELMING, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §319, Ed L

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Requires school districts to conduct mandatory early screening for dyslexia for all children commencing in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten and continuing thereafter on an annual basis until each child successfully completes second grade; requires school districts to designate an individual to maintain complete and accurate records containing early screening reports for each child, and to provide resources and materials to the parent and/or guardian of any child who displays indications of dyslexia.

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BILL NOS07472 

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04/17/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7472

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, CLEARE, GALLIVAN, GOUNARDES, HELMING,
 JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory early
 screening for dyslexia

 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 319 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 319. Mandatory early screening for dyslexia. 1. All school districts
 4 shall be required to conduct full and individual screenings in accord-
 5 ance with this section for purposes of early identification, support,
 6 intervention and accommodation of children with dyslexia and other
 7 learning disabilities. For purposes of this section, the term "dyslexia"
 8 means a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin
 9 and that is characterized by unexpected difficulties with accurate or
 10 fluent word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities, which
 11 difficulty typically results from a deficit in the phonological compo-
 12 nent of language and that is inconsistent with the person's intelli-
 13 gence, motivation, and sensory capabilities and the provision of effec-
 14 tive instruction.
 15 2. Mandatory early screening for dyslexia shall be conducted by each
 16 school district using an assessment tool that includes targeted ques-
 17 tions and student tasks designed to quickly and reliably gather certain
 18 relevant functional and developmental information consistent with the
 19 research findings in this area and supported by the findings in the
 20 Report of the National Reading Panel from 2000, from all children
 21 screened pursuant to this section. Such questions and tasks shall be
 22 aligned with developmental benchmarks in specific precursors correlated
 23 with reading acquisition based on the recognized reading science.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02870-01-5

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 1 Mandatory early screening shall commence during pre-kindergarten or
 2 kindergarten, whichever is earlier, and shall continue thereafter on an
 3 annual basis until such child has successfully completed the second
 4 grade. The assessment tools used shall be selected from an approved
 5 list of tools deemed to be valid and reliable, with training and subse-
 6 quent coaching provided to teachers to ensure fidelity to the assessment
 7 model as per the research methodology provided in the development of
 8 such tools.
 9 3. Upon completion of the administration of each mandatory early
 10 screening, a copy of each early screening report and any other findings
 11 shall be given to the parent and/or guardian and teachers and teaching
 12 assistants of each child identified as at risk for reading failure, and
 13 the individual designated in subdivision four of this section.
 14 4. Each school district shall designate an individual to maintain
 15 complete and accurate records, inc