Full Text of HB4369 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 2-3.161 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.161) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.161. Definition of dyslexia; reading instruction | 8 | | advisory group ; handbook . | 9 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall incorporate, in both | 10 | | general education and special education, the following | 11 | | definition of dyslexia: | 12 | | Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is | 13 | | neurobiological in origin.
Dyslexia is characterized by | 14 | | difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word
recognition | 15 | | and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These | 16 | | difficulties
typically result from a deficit in the | 17 | | phonological component of language
that is often | 18 | | unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the
| 19 | | provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary | 20 | | consequences may
include problems in reading comprehension | 21 | | and reduced reading experience that
can impede growth of | 22 | | vocabulary and background knowledge. | 23 | | (b) Subject to specific State appropriation or the |
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| 1 | | availability of private donations, the State Board of Education | 2 | | shall establish an advisory group to develop a training module | 3 | | or training modules to provide education and professional | 4 | | development to teachers, school administrators, and other | 5 | | education professionals regarding multi-sensory, systematic, | 6 | | and sequential instruction in reading. This advisory group | 7 | | shall complete its work before December 15, 2015 and is | 8 | | abolished on December 15, 2015. The State Board of Education | 9 | | shall reestablish the advisory group abolished on December 15, | 10 | | 2015 to complete the abolished group's work. The reestablished | 11 | | advisory group shall complete its work before December 31, 2016 | 12 | | and is abolished on December 31, 2016. The provisions of this | 13 | | subsection (b), other than this sentence, are inoperative after | 14 | | December 31, 2016.
| 15 | | (c) The State Board of Education shall develop and maintain | 16 | | a handbook to be made available on its Internet website that | 17 | | provides guidance for pupils, parents or guardians, and | 18 | | teachers on the subject of dyslexia. The handbook shall | 19 | | include, but is not limited to: | 20 | | (1) guidelines for teachers and parents or guardians on | 21 | | how to identify signs of dyslexia; | 22 | | (2) a description of educational strategies that have | 23 | | been shown to improve the academic performance of pupils | 24 | | with dyslexia; and | 25 | | (3) a description of resources and services available | 26 | | to pupils with dyslexia, parents or guardians of pupils |
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| 1 | | with dyslexia, and teachers. | 2 | | The State Board shall review the handbook once every 4 | 3 | | years to update, if necessary, the guidelines, educational | 4 | | strategies, or resources and services made available in the | 5 | | handbook. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 99-65, eff. 7-16-15; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-602, | 7 | | eff. 7-22-16; 99-603, eff. 7-22-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.
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