Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
Filed: 3/21/2014
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3700
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3700 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 2-3.160 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.160 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-3.160. Definition of dyslexia in rules; reading | ||||||
| 8 | instruction advisory group. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that | ||||||
| 10 | incorporate an international definition of dyslexia into Part | ||||||
| 11 | 226 of Title 23 of the Illinois Administrative Code. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) Subject to specific State appropriation or the | ||||||
| 13 | availability of private donations, the State Board of Education | ||||||
| 14 | shall establish an advisory group to develop a training module | ||||||
| 15 | or training modules to provide education and professional | ||||||
| 16 | development to teachers, school administrators, and other | ||||||
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| 1 | education professionals regarding multi-sensory, systematic, | ||||||
| 2 | and sequential instruction in reading. This advisory group | ||||||
| 3 | shall complete its work before July 31, 2015 and is abolished | ||||||
| 4 | on July 31, 2015.
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.".
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