Signed by Governor Tony Evers

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires dyslexia guidebooks be available to parents, teachers, and school administrators for public school students who struggle with reading.

Highlights:

• Requires the International Dyslexia Association - Wisconsin Branch, and the Wisconsin State Reading Association to review and update the guidebook related to dyslexia and related conditions developed under this 2019 Wisconsin act (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the Department of Education’s internet site shall provide free access to the guidebook related to dyslexia (Sec. 2).

• Defines “dyslexia” as a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin, characterized by difficulties with accurate and fluent word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes the state superintendent of public instruction to establish a 19 member advisory committee to develop a draft guidebook related to dyslexia and related conditions (Sec. 3).

• Requires the International Dyslexia Association - Wisconsin Branch submit to the state superintendent of public instruction a list of 3 individuals it recommends to serve as co-chairperson of the advisory committee no later than 30 days after the effective date of this act (Sec. 3).

• Requires the state superintendent to within 60 days of the effective date of this act, choose from the list of 3, an individual to serve as the co-chairperson of the advisory committee (Sec. 3).

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