Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
Filed: 4/20/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1779 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1779 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by renumbering and 
5changing Section 2-3.160, added by Public Act 98-705, and  by 
6adding Section 27-23.11 as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.161)
8    Sec. 2-3.161 2-3.160. Definition of dyslexia in rules; 
9reading instruction advisory group. 
10    (a)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that 
11incorporate an international definition of dyslexia into Part 
12226 of Title 23 of the Illinois Administrative Code.
13    (b)  Subject to specific State appropriation or the 
14availability of private donations, the State Board of Education 
15shall establish an advisory group to develop a training module 
16or training modules to provide education and professional 
 
 
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1development to teachers, school administrators, and other 
2education professionals regarding multi-sensory, systematic, 
3and sequential instruction in reading. This advisory group 
4shall complete its work before December 15 July 31, 2015 and is 
5abolished on December 15 July 31, 2015.

6(Source: P.A. 98-705, eff. 7-14-14; revised 10-14-14.)
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/27-23.11  new)
8    Sec. 27-23.11. Screening. School districts shall be 
9required to screen all students enrolled in kindergarten and 
10grade one in the following components of  letter naming, letter 
11sound, phoneme segmentation, phonemic awareness, and rapid 
12naming. School districts shall evaluate each student's family 
13history of learning disabilities.  School districts shall be 
14required to screen all students enrolled in grade 2 in the 
15components of  oral reading fluency, oral reading accuracy, and 
16spelling.  School districts may include additional components 
17in each screening.  If a student demonstrates a deficiency in 
18any one or more of the components screened, then that student 
19may be provided evidence-based instruction through a 
20multi-tiered system of support.  Parents and guardians of 
21students must be informed of the results of screenings required 
22under this Section.

 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.".