BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1886 |
By: Miller |
Public Education |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note the prevalence of dyslexia in school-aged children, but express concern that some children miss early opportunities for assistance by not being tested soon enough. C.S.H.B. 1886 seeks to provide for the early identification of and intervention for a child with dyslexia to improve the child’s academic success.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1886 amends the Education Code to require each regional education service center to employ as a dyslexia specialist a person licensed as a dyslexia therapist to provide school districts served by the center with support and resources that are necessary to assist students with dyslexia and the families of students with dyslexia. The bill requires the State Board of Education program for the screening and treatment of dyslexia and related disorders to include, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, screening at the end of the school year of each student in kindergarten and each student in the first grade. The bill requires the Texas Education Agency to annually develop a list of training opportunities regarding dyslexia that satisfy certain continuing education requirements and requires the list to include at least one opportunity that is available online. The bill requires a training opportunity included in the list to comply with the knowledge and practice standards of an international organization on dyslexia and to enable an educator to understand and recognize dyslexia and implement instruction that is systematic, explicit, and evidence-based to meet the educational needs of a student with dyslexia.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1886 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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