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A07822 Summary:

A07822 Actions:

A07822 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORRECTION   Chair:Weprin      
DATE:07/14/2020AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weprin
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Finch
Excused
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Davila
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Blake
Aye
Walker
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Quart
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:07/21/2020AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Excused
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Excused
Norris
Aye
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye

A07822 Floor Votes:

A07822 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7822
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 23, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to a reading proficiency
          level assessment and dyslexia screening for incarcerated individuals
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 137-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  137-a. Reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening.
     4  1. As part of the intake process, an incarcerated  individual  who  does
     5  not have a high school diploma or its equivalent shall receive a reading
     6  proficiency  level assessment and dyslexia screening. If an incarcerated
     7  individual demonstrates that he or she is below  the  proficiency  level
     8  required  to  be  a  high-functioning  reader,  such individual shall be
     9  provided with dyslexia intervention that is  evidence-based,  effective,
    10  and  consistent  with  science-based  research  specifically tailored to
    11  addressing dyslexia.
    12    2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner  of  educa-
    13  tion,  shall  promulgate rules and regulations that require, but are not
    14  limited to the following:
    15    (a) Teachers at all correctional facilities shall have and demonstrate
    16  awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction;
    17    (b) Each inmate who does not have a high school diploma or its  equiv-
    18  alent  shall receive a reading proficiency level assessment and a dysle-
    19  xia screening; and
    20    (c) A process be established in which incarcerated  individuals,  upon
    21  intake, are assessed and administered a dyslexia screening, and provided
    22  with  dyslexia  intervention  that  is  evidence-based,  effective,  and
    23  consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to address-
    24  ing dyslexia.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11644-03-9
        A. 7822                             2
 
     1    3. Each superintendent shall submit a  plan  to  the  department  that
     2  allows  incarcerated individuals to voluntarily receive a reading profi-
     3  ciency level assessment, dyslexia  screening,  and  reading  instruction
     4  that  is  evidence-based,  effective,  and consistent with science-based
     5  research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.
     6    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     7  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment  and/or
     8  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
     9  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    10  on or before such date.