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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1124 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.161105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new Amends the School Code. Provides that the dyslexia handbook developed by the State Board of Education shall include guidelines on the administration of a universal screener and dyslexia screening, the interpretation of data from these screeners, and the resulting appropriate instruction within a multi-tiered system of support framework. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary to ensure that a student will be screened for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener. Sets forth which students are required to be screened. Provides that no later than January 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall employ at least 5 dyslexia specialists or dyslexia therapists with a minimum of 5 years of field experience in screening, identifying, and treating dyslexia and related disorders. Provides that beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school district must screen students in grades kindergarten through 2 for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener approved by the State Board of Education. Provides that if a student is determined to be either at risk or at some risk for dyslexia after the universal screener has been administered, the school district must administer a dyslexia screening of the student. Provides that if a student's dyslexia screening indicates that the student has characteristics of dyslexia, the dyslexia intervention services provided to the student must utilize a structured literacy approach as outlined in the State Board of Education's handbook. Makes other changes. LRB103 05755 RJT 50775 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1124 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.161105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.161 105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new Amends the School Code. Provides that the dyslexia handbook developed by the State Board of Education shall include guidelines on the administration of a universal screener and dyslexia screening, the interpretation of data from these screeners, and the resulting appropriate instruction within a multi-tiered system of support framework. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary to ensure that a student will be screened for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener. Sets forth which students are required to be screened. Provides that no later than January 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall employ at least 5 dyslexia specialists or dyslexia therapists with a minimum of 5 years of field experience in screening, identifying, and treating dyslexia and related disorders. Provides that beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school district must screen students in grades kindergarten through 2 for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener approved by the State Board of Education. Provides that if a student is determined to be either at risk or at some risk for dyslexia after the universal screener has been administered, the school district must administer a dyslexia screening of the student. Provides that if a student's dyslexia screening indicates that the student has characteristics of dyslexia, the dyslexia intervention services provided to the student must utilize a structured literacy approach as outlined in the State Board of Education's handbook. Makes other changes. LRB103 05755 RJT 50775 b LRB103 05755 RJT 50775 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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1515 1 AN ACT concerning education.
1616 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1717 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1818 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
1919 5 2-3.161 and by adding Sections 10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as
2020 6 follows:
2121 7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.161)
2222 8 Sec. 2-3.161. Definition of dyslexia; reading instruction
2323 9 advisory group; handbook; screening rules; employment of
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2525 11 (a) In this Section, "universal screener" means an
2626 12 assessment used to aid educators in understanding the causes
2727 13 for student performance, learning strengths, and the needs
2828 14 that underlie student performance. The assessment is conducted
2929 15 to identify or predict which students may be at risk for poor
3030 16 learning outcomes and is typically brief and conducted with
3131 17 all students at a particular grade level.
3232 18 (a-5) The State Board of Education shall incorporate, in
3333 19 both general education and special education, the following
3434 20 definition of dyslexia:
3535 21 Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is
3636 22 neurobiological in origin. Dyslexia is characterized by
3737 23 difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition
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4646 Amends the School Code. Provides that the dyslexia handbook developed by the State Board of Education shall include guidelines on the administration of a universal screener and dyslexia screening, the interpretation of data from these screeners, and the resulting appropriate instruction within a multi-tiered system of support framework. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary to ensure that a student will be screened for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener. Sets forth which students are required to be screened. Provides that no later than January 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall employ at least 5 dyslexia specialists or dyslexia therapists with a minimum of 5 years of field experience in screening, identifying, and treating dyslexia and related disorders. Provides that beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school district must screen students in grades kindergarten through 2 for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener approved by the State Board of Education. Provides that if a student is determined to be either at risk or at some risk for dyslexia after the universal screener has been administered, the school district must administer a dyslexia screening of the student. Provides that if a student's dyslexia screening indicates that the student has characteristics of dyslexia, the dyslexia intervention services provided to the student must utilize a structured literacy approach as outlined in the State Board of Education's handbook. Makes other changes.
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8282 1 and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These
8383 2 difficulties typically result from a deficit in the
8484 3 phonological component of language that is often
8585 4 unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and
8686 5 the provision of effective classroom instruction.
8787 6 Secondary consequences may include problems in reading
8888 7 comprehension and reduced reading experience that can
8989 8 impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.
9090 9 (b) (Blank).
9191 10 (c) The State Board of Education shall develop and
9292 11 maintain a handbook to be made available on its Internet
9393 12 website that provides guidance for pupils, parents or
9494 13 guardians, and teachers on the subject of dyslexia. The
9595 14 handbook shall include, but is not limited to:
9696 15 (1) guidelines for teachers and parents or guardians
9797 16 on how to identify signs of dyslexia;
9898 17 (2) a description of educational strategies that have
9999 18 been shown to improve the academic performance of pupils
100100 19 with dyslexia; and
101101 20 (3) a description of resources and services available
102102 21 to pupils with dyslexia, parents or guardians of pupils
103103 22 with dyslexia, and teachers; and .
104104 23 (4) guidelines on the administration of a universal
105105 24 screener and dyslexia screening, the interpretation of
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118118 1 framework.
119119 2 The State Board shall review the handbook on or before
120120 3 January 1, 2024 and at least once every 4 years to update, if
121121 4 necessary, the guidelines, educational strategies, or
122122 5 resources and services made available in the handbook.
123123 6 (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules
124124 7 necessary to ensure that a student will be screened, as
125125 8 provided under Section 10-20.85 or 34-18.82, for the risk
126126 9 factors of dyslexia using a universal screener. A student
127127 10 shall be screened:
128128 11 (1) if a student is enrolled in a public school in any
129129 12 of grades kindergarten through 2;
130130 13 (2) if a student in any of the grades kindergarten
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132132 15 (A) transfers to a new public school; and
133133 16 (B) has not been screened previously during the
134134 17 school year;
135135 18 (3) if a teacher, parent, or guardian of a student in
136136 19 grade 3 or higher requests the student be screened for the
137137 20 risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener; and
138138 21 (4) if a student from another state enrolls for the
139139 22 first time in any of grades kindergarten through 2 in a
140140 23 school district in this State, unless the student, the
141141 24 student's parent, or the student's guardian presents
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143143 26 (A) was screened for dyslexia using the screening
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154154 1 under this Section or was screened using another
155155 2 similar screening during the school year; or
156156 3 (B) is exempt from screening.
157157 4 (e) The universal screener must include, as
158158 5 developmentally appropriate, all of the following:
159159 6 (1) phonological and phonemic awareness;
160160 7 (2) sound symbol recognition;
161161 8 (3) alphabet knowledge;
162162 9 (4) decoding skills;
163163 10 (5) rapid naming skills;
164164 11 (6) encoding skills; and
165165 12 (7) oral reading fluency.
166166 13 (f) No later than January 1, 2024, the State Board of
167167 14 Education shall employ at least 5 dyslexia specialists or
168168 15 dyslexia therapists with a minimum of 5 years of field
169169 16 experience in screening, identifying, and treating dyslexia
170170 17 and related disorders to provide both of the following:
171171 18 (1) technical assistance for dyslexia and related
172172 19 disorders to the State Board of Education and school
173173 20 districts; and
174174 21 (2) training to school district employees in:
175175 22 (A) administering a universal screener and
176176 23 dyslexia screening;
177177 24 (B) analyzing and interpreting screening data; and
178178 25 (C) determining, within the multi-tiered system of
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190190 1 services in accordance with Sections 10-20.85 and
191191 2 34-18.82.
192192 3 (g) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules
193193 4 necessary to ensure that a student receives dyslexia
194194 5 intervention services under Section 10-20.85 or 34-18.82.
195195 6 (Source: P.A. 102-539, eff. 8-20-21.)
196196 7 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
197197 8 Sec. 10-20.85. Dyslexia screening and support.
198198 9 (a) In this Section:
199199 10 "Dyslexia screening" means a process, as determined by a
200200 11 school district, for gathering additional information to
201201 12 determine if the characteristics of dyslexia are present.
202202 13 "Universal screener" means an assessment used to aid
203203 14 educators in understanding the causes for student performance,
204204 15 learning strengths, and the needs that underlie student
205205 16 performance. The assessment is conducted to identify or
206206 17 predict which students may be at risk for poor learning
207207 18 outcomes and is typically brief and conducted with all
208208 19 students at a particular grade level.
209209 20 (b) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school
210210 21 district must screen students in grades kindergarten through 2
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212212 23 approved by the State Board of Education.
213213 24 (c) If a student is determined to be either at risk or at
214214 25 some risk for dyslexia after the universal screener has been
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225225 1 administered under subsection (b), the school district must
226226 2 administer a dyslexia screening of the student. Through the
227227 3 dyslexia screening, the school district must gather additional
228228 4 information to determine if the student has the
229229 5 characteristics of dyslexia. The additional information may
230230 6 include, but is not limited to, information from progress
231231 7 monitoring data, work samples, additional age and grade
232232 8 appropriate assessments related to dyslexia, teacher
233233 9 questionnaires, parent interviews, information regarding the
234234 10 student's family history related to dyslexia, and speech and
235235 11 language assessments.
236236 12 (d) If the universal screener or the dyslexia screening
237237 13 indicates that a student has some risk factors for dyslexia or
238238 14 the characteristics of dyslexia, the school must use a
239239 15 multi-tiered system of support framework to address the needs
240240 16 of the student.
241241 17 (e) Before a school district administers a dyslexia
242242 18 screening to a student, the parent or guardian of the student
243243 19 must consent to the screening. A school district is not
244244 20 required to administer a dyslexia screening to a student if:
245245 21 (1) the parent or guardian of the student objects to
246246 22 the screening; or
247247 23 (2) the student is already receiving dyslexia
248248 24 intervention services.
249249 25 (f) If a student's performance on a dyslexia screening
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261261 1 school district must:
262262 2 (1) notify the student's parent or guardian of the
263263 3 results of all screenings; and
264264 4 (2) provide the student's parent or guardian with
265265 5 information and resource material that includes all of the
266266 6 following:
267267 7 (A) the characteristics of dyslexia;
268268 8 (B) the appropriate classroom interventions and
269269 9 accommodations for students with dyslexia; and
270270 10 (C) a statement that the parent or guardian may
271271 11 elect to have the student receive an educational
272272 12 evaluation by the school.
273273 13 (g) If a student's dyslexia screening indicates that the
274274 14 student has characteristics of dyslexia, the dyslexia
275275 15 intervention services provided to the student must utilize a
276276 16 structured literacy approach as outlined in the State Board of
277277 17 Education's handbook under subsection (c) of Section Sec.
278278 18 2-3.161. The dyslexia intervention services must:
279279 19 (1) provide explicit, direct, systematic, sequential,
280280 20 and cumulative instruction that adheres to a logical plan
281281 21 about the alphabetic principle and is designed to
282282 22 accommodate the needs of each individual student without
283283 23 presuming prior skills or knowledge;
284284 24 (2) implement evidence-based practices that have been
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297297 1 learning techniques;
298298 2 (4) include phonemic awareness activities to enable
299299 3 the student to detect, segment, blend, and manipulate
300300 4 sounds in the spoken language;
301301 5 (5) provide graphophonemic knowledge for teaching the
302302 6 letter sound plan of the English language;
303303 7 (6) teach the structure and patterns of the English
304304 8 language, including linguistic instruction in morphology,
305305 9 semantics, syntax, and pragmatics, that are directed
306306 10 toward proficiency and fluency with the patterns of
307307 11 language so that words and sentences are the carriers of
308308 12 meaning;
309309 13 (7) develop strategies that advance the student's
310310 14 ability in decoding, encoding, word recognition, fluency,
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312312 16 (8) provide meaning-based instruction directed at
313313 17 purposeful reading and writing, with an emphasis on
314314 18 comprehension and composition.
315315 19 (h) On or before July 1, 2024 and on or before each July 1
316316 20 thereafter, each school district must report to the State
317317 21 Board of Education:
318318 22 (1) the number of students who were administered a
319319 23 universal screener under this Section for the risk factors
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321321 25 (2) the number of students who were determined to be
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333333 1 (3) the number of students identified with the
334334 2 characteristics of dyslexia during the school year;
335335 3 (4) the number of students during the previous school
336336 4 year who received dyslexia intervention under this
337337 5 Section; and
338338 6 (5) the dyslexia intervention services that were used
339339 7 during the previous school year under this Section.
340340 8 The State Board of Education shall publish the information
341341 9 collected from the report on its Internet website.
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343343 11 Sec. 34-18.82. Dyslexia screening and support.
344344 12 (a) In this Section:
345345 13 "Dyslexia screening" means a process, as determined by the
346346 14 school district, for gathering additional information to
347347 15 determine if the characteristics of dyslexia are present.
348348 16 "Universal screener" means an assessment used to aid
349349 17 educators in understanding the causes for student performance,
350350 18 learning strengths, and the needs that underlie student
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352352 20 predict which students may be at risk for poor learning
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354354 22 students at a particular grade level.
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368368 1 approved by the State Board of Education.
369369 2 (c) If a student is determined to be either at risk or at
370370 3 some risk for dyslexia after the universal screener has been
371371 4 administered under subsection (b), the school district must
372372 5 administer a dyslexia screening of the student. Through the
373373 6 dyslexia screening, the school district must gather additional
374374 7 information to determine if the student has the
375375 8 characteristics of dyslexia. The additional information may
376376 9 include, but is not limited to, information from progress
377377 10 monitoring data, work samples, additional age and grade
378378 11 appropriate assessments related to dyslexia, teacher
379379 12 questionnaires, parent interviews, information regarding the
380380 13 student's family history related to dyslexia, and speech and
381381 14 language assessments.
382382 15 (d) If the universal screener or the dyslexia screening
383383 16 indicates that a student has some risk factors for dyslexia or
384384 17 the characteristics of dyslexia, the school must use a
385385 18 multi-tiered system of support framework to address the needs
386386 19 of the student.
387387 20 (e) Before the school district administers a dyslexia
388388 21 screening to a student, the parent or guardian of the student
389389 22 must consent to the screening. The school district is not
390390 23 required to administer a dyslexia screening to a student if:
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404404 1 intervention services.
405405 2 (f) If a student's performance on a dyslexia screening
406406 3 indicates a need for dyslexia intervention services, the
407407 4 school district must:
408408 5 (1) notify the student's parent or guardian of the
409409 6 results of all screenings; and
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411411 8 information and resource material that includes all of the
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413413 10 (A) the characteristics of dyslexia;
414414 11 (B) the appropriate classroom interventions and
415415 12 accommodations for students with dyslexia; and
416416 13 (C) a statement that the parent or guardian may
417417 14 elect to have the student receive an educational
418418 15 evaluation by the school.
419419 16 (g) If a student's dyslexia screening indicates that the
420420 17 student has characteristics of dyslexia, the dyslexia
421421 18 intervention services provided to the student must utilize a
422422 19 structured literacy approach as outlined in the State Board of
423423 20 Education's handbook under subsection (c) of Section Sec.
424424 21 2-3.161. The dyslexia intervention services must:
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440440 1 (2) implement evidence-based practices that have been
441441 2 proven effective in the treatment of dyslexia;
442442 3 (3) engage the student in multi-modal language
443443 4 learning techniques;
444444 5 (4) include phonemic awareness activities to enable
445445 6 the student to detect, segment, blend, and manipulate
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447447 8 (5) provide graphophonemic knowledge for teaching the
448448 9 letter sound plan of the English language;
449449 10 (6) teach the structure and patterns of the English
450450 11 language, including linguistic instruction in morphology,
451451 12 semantics, syntax, and pragmatics, that are directed
452452 13 toward proficiency and fluency with the patterns of
453453 14 language so that words and sentences are the carriers of
454454 15 meaning;
455455 16 (7) develop strategies that advance the student's
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457457 18 and comprehension; and
458458 19 (8) provide meaning-based instruction directed at
459459 20 purposeful reading and writing, with an emphasis on
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461461 22 (h) On or before July 1, 2024 and on or before each July 1
462462 23 thereafter, the school district must report to the State Board
463463 24 of Education:
464464 25 (1) the number of students who were administered a
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476476 1 of dyslexia during the school year;
477477 2 (2) the number of students who were determined to be
478478 3 at risk or at some risk for dyslexia;
479479 4 (3) the number of students identified with the
480480 5 characteristics of dyslexia during the school year;
481481 6 (4) the number of students during the previous school
482482 7 year who received dyslexia intervention under this
483483 8 Section; and
484484 9 (5) the dyslexia intervention services that were used
485485 10 during the previous school year under this Section.
486486 11 The State Board of Education shall publish the information
487487 12 collected from the report on its Internet website.
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