 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           838
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CARROLL,  BARRON, THIELE, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO,
          J. M. GIGLIO, WILLIAMS, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, RODRIGUEZ,  LUPARDO,
          DICKENS, EPSTEIN, TAYLOR, DAVILA, McMAHON, REYES -- Multi-Sponsored by
          --  M.  of  A.  COOK,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  FRONTUS, HYNDMAN -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  establishing  schools
          dedicated to teaching dyslexic students in certain school districts
 
          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
     2  1527-a to read as follows:
     3    §  1527-a. School for the dyslexic. The board of education or trustees
     4  of each community  school district located within a city  with  a  popu-
     5  lation  of  one  million or more shall establish at least one school for
     6  the teaching of students with dyslexia and other phonemic language based
     7  learning differences. Each such school shall include the utilization  of
     8  multi-sensory  sequential  phonics  techniques  in  their elementary and
     9  secondary education curriculum. Teachers and instructors at such schools
    10  shall have a minimum of twenty hours of training in the area  of  multi-
    11  sensory sequential phonics techniques.
    12    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    13  the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05350-01-1
Relates to students with dyslexia

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