Public Act 099-0603
 
HB4367 EnrolledLRB099 15830 SXM 40182 b


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

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