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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 195
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1602
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
REP. CURREY, 11th Dist.
REP. WOOD, 141st Dist.
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DYSLEXIA ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to establish the 1
dyslexia advisory council, which will be responsible for (1) building 2
consensus relative to what literacy content knowledge and pedagogy 3
preservice candidates should obtain to be able to effectively and 4
consistently meet the needs of students at risk for reading failure, 5
including students with dyslexia, (2) developing a Connecticut reading 6
standards matrix that reflects national standards, current research on 7
the science of reading, Connecticut Common Core State Standards, 8
Connecticut Academic Standards, content covered by the Foundations 9
of Reading Assessment and any Connecticut regulations pertaining to 10
reading, (3) exploring methods to ensure that teachers possess an 11
appropriate level of knowledge to teach the literacy content knowledge 12
and pedagogy referenced within the standards matrix, (4) exploring 13
supervised practicum methods to provide the knowledge a professor 14
would need to supervise preservice teachers in a practicum with an at-15 Proposed Bill No. 195
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risk reader and to be a qualified coach or mentor to preservice 16
candidates during practicum, (5) examining and determining whether 17
the Department of Education's "Approved Menu of Research Based 18
Grades K-3, Universal Screening Reading Assessments (June 2018)" 19
meets the requirements of section 10-14f of the general statutes, (6) 20
determining whether the screeners listed are appropriate and 21
represent current research on the science of reading and assessments, 22
(7) measuring all of the components needed to assist and identify, in 23
whole or in part, students at risk for dyslexia, or other reading-related 24
learning disabilities, (8) determining if reporting screening data for all 25
school districts would be beneficial, (9) examining whether institutions 26
of higher education in the state are complying with the licensure 27
requirements set forth in subsection (f) of section 10-145a of the general 28
statutes, specifically as it relates to the twelve o'clock hours of 29
instruction in the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based 30
structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia, (10) 31
examining whether institutions of higher education in the state are 32
complying with the licensure requirements set forth in subsection (i) of 33
section 10-145d of the general statutes, specifically as it relates to a 34
program of study in the diagnosis and remediation of reading and 35
language arts that includes supervised practicum hours and 36
instruction in the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based 37
structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia, (11) 38
examining whether institutions of higher education in the state are 39
complying with the licensure requirements set forth in subsection (i) of 40
section 10-145d of the general statutes, specifically as it relates to a 41
program of study in the diagnosis and remediation of reading and 42
language arts that includes supervised practicum hours and 43
instruction in the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based 44
structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia, and (12) 45
examining the in-service training and professional development 46
models appropriate to provide in-service training and professional 47
development for teachers with the knowledge and understanding to 48
meet the needs of dyslexic students in accordance with subsection (a) 49
of section 10-220a of the general statutes and section 10-148a of the 50 Proposed Bill No. 195
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general statutes. 51
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a Dyslexia Advisory Council.