Bill Amendment: IL HB1779 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

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Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH

Status: 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1779 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB1779-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Filed: 4/20/2015

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1779
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1779 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by renumbering and
changing Section 2-3.160, added by Public Act 98-705, and by
adding Section 27-23.11 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.161)
Sec. 2-3.161 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

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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 July 31, 2015 and is
abolished on December 15 July 31, 2015.
(Source: P.A. 98-705, eff. 7-14-14; revised 10-14-14.)
(105 ILCS 5/27-23.11 new)
Sec. 27-23.11. Screening. School districts shall be
required to screen all students enrolled in kindergarten and
grade one in the following components of letter naming, letter
sound, phoneme segmentation, phonemic awareness, and rapid
naming. School districts shall evaluate each student's family
history of learning disabilities. School districts shall be
required to screen all students enrolled in grade 2 in the
components of oral reading fluency, oral reading accuracy, and
spelling. School districts may include additional components
in each screening. If a student demonstrates a deficiency in
any one or more of the components screened, then that student
may be provided evidence-based instruction through a
multi-tiered system of support. Parents and guardians of
students must be informed of the results of screenings required
under this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".