New York S 395: Requires a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for certain incarcerated individuals

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S00395 Summary:

BILL NOS00395 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01325

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSRASHBY, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS,
 STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §137-a, Cor L

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Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.

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BILL NOS00395 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

02/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

03/17/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 395

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, ASHBY, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, GOUNARDES,
 HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to a reading proficiency
 level assessment and dyslexia screening for incarcerated individuals

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 137-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 137-a. Reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening.
 4 1. As part of the intake process, an incarcerated individual who does
 5 not have a high school diploma or its equivalent shall receive a reading
 6 proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening administered by the
 7 department, provided however, nothing in this section shall preclude the
 8 incarcerated individual from completing a department-provided screening
 9 that is intended to be self-administered. If an incarcerated individual
 10 demonstrates that such individual is below the proficiency level
 11 required to be a high-functioning reader, such individual shall be
 12 provided with dyslexia intervention that is evidence-based, effective,
 13 and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to
 14 addressing dyslexia.
 15 2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of educa-
 16 tion, shall promulgate rules and regulations that require, but are not
 17 limited to the following:
 18 (a) Teachers at all correctional facilities shall have and demonstrate
 19 awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction;
 20 (b) Each incarcerated individual who does not have a high school
 21 diploma or its equivalent shall receive a reading proficiency level
 22 assessment and a dyslexia screening; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01711-01-5

 S. 395 2

 1 (c) A process be established in which incarcerated individuals, upon
 2 intake, are assessed and administered a dyslexia screening by the
 3 department, and provided with dyslexia intervention by the department
 4 that is evidence-based, effective, and consistent with science-based
 5 research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia. The department
 6 shall ensure that such intervention services are provided by licensed
 7 professionals in permanent competitive positions in the classified
 8 service employed by the department.
 9 3. Each superintendent shall submit a plan to the department that
 10 allows incarcerated individuals to voluntarily receive a reading profi-
 11 ciency level assessment, dyslexia screening, and reading instruction
 12 that is evidence-based, effective, and consistent with science-based
 13 research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the nin