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Committee backs statewide dyslexia-sensitive screening, estimates $750,000 annual cost
Summary
Lawmakers voted to pass SB421 with amendments requiring a dyslexia-sensitive universal screener for kindergarten through grade 3, continued universal ELA screening through grade 9, structured literacy components, collaboration with teacher prep programs, and an appropriation estimated at $750,000 per year.
Senators on the Education committee voted to pass Senate Bill 421 with amendments that require the Department of Education to administer a dyslexia-sensitive universal screening for students in kindergarten through grade 3, continue a universal English language arts screening through grade 9, and collaborate with teacher preparation programs to ensure candidates receive training in evidence-based literacy instruction.
Heidi Armstrong, DOE assistant superintendent, recommended replacing the bill’s text with SB1001 language to better reflect the Department’s ongoing literacy work but said the department stands in support. Witnesses from charter-school leadership, advocacy organizations, and the State…
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