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Public Act 098-0705 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||
2-3.160 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.160 new) | ||||
Sec. 2-3.160. 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 July 31, 2015 and is abolished | ||||
on July 31, 2015.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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