An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2223 By: Randleman, Dobrinski and
Davis of the House
and
Pemberton and Stephens of
the Senate
An Act relating to schools; directing the State
Department of Education to maintain the dyslexia
handbook; requiring annual review and necessary
revisions of the handbook with specified
stakeholders; prescribing revisions to include
certain information; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Schools
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE O F OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.517 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Department of Educati on shall maintain the
dyslexia handbook created by the Dyslexia and Education Task Force
pursuant to Section 1, Chapter 261, O.S.L. 2017 that includes
guidance, technical assistance and training to assist all local
school systems, students and families in the implementation of
evidence-based practices for instructing students with
characteristics of dyslexia.
B. The Department shall review the handbook and make revisions,
as necessary, but at a minimum of every three (3) years , with
stakeholders, includin g, but not limited to, previous members of the
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created pursuant to Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act. Previous members of the Task Force shall be
consulted when making revisions to the handbook. Each member of the
Task Force not available for the review shall be replaced by an
individual meeting the criteria of the original appointment in order
to maintain the original composition of the Task Force.
C. Any revisions to the handbook shall include, but not be
limited to, the following information for school districts screening
students in kindergarten and grades one through three who have been
identified through the response -to-intervention process as having
characteristics of dyslexia:
1. Evidence-based practices designed specifically for students
with characteristics of dyslexia;
2. Characteristics of targeted instruction for dyslexia;
3. Guidance on developing instructional plans for students with
characteristics of dyslexia;
4. Best practices for reading and writing instruction aligned
with the science of reading ;
5. Guidance for selecting instructional materials that address
dyslexia and other reading difficulties ;
6. Suggested training programs; and
7. Guidance on dysgraphia and dyscalculia.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 21st day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: ___________________ ______________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________