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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
52-3.161 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.161)
7    Sec. 2-3.161. Definition of dyslexia in rules; reading 
8instruction advisory group. 
9    (a)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that 
10incorporate an international definition of dyslexia into Part 
11226 of Title 23 of the Illinois Administrative Code.
12    (b)  Subject to specific State appropriation or the 
13availability of private donations, the State Board of Education 
14shall establish an advisory group to develop a training module 
15or training modules to provide education and professional 
16development to teachers, school administrators, and other 
17education professionals regarding multi-sensory, systematic, 
18and sequential instruction in reading. This advisory group 
19shall complete its work before December 15, 2015 and is 
20abolished on December 15, 2015. The State Board of Education 
21shall reestablish the advisory group abolished on December 15, 
222015 to complete the abolished group's work.  The reestablished 
23advisory group shall complete its work before December 31, 2016 
 
 
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1and is abolished on December 31, 2016.  The provisions of this 
2subsection (b), other than this sentence, are inoperative after 
3December 31, 2016.

4(Source: P.A. 98-705, eff. 7-14-14; 99-65, eff. 7-16-15; 99-78, 
5eff. 7-20-15.)
 
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.