A07822 Summary:
BILL NO | A07822 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06787 |
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SPONSOR | Simon |
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COSPNSR | Sayegh, Thiele, Blake, Dickens, Reyes, D'Urso, Ashby, Barron, Gottfried, Cruz, Epstein, Glick, Abbate, Pichardo, Lupardo, Arroyo, Jaffee, Mosley, O'Donnell, Ryan, Hunter, Ra, Weprin |
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MLTSPNSR | Taylor |
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Add §137-a, Cor L | |
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Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency-level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake; and requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with dyslexia intervention that is evidence-based effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia. |
A07822 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A7822 SPONSOR: Simon
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for incar- cerated individuals   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: to amend the correction law, in relation to a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for incarcerated individuals.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section § 137-a.   JUSTIFICATION: The prevalence of dyslexia in the general population is about 20%; the prevalence of dyslexia among the incarcerated population is more than twice that, or 48% according to a scientific study by the University of Texas Medical Branch in conjunction with the Texas Department of Crimi- nal Justice (2000). Given that illiteracy is a risk factor for criminal behavior, and that dyslexia is one of the most common causes of reading illiteracy, screening our state's incarcerated population and conducting risk-and-needs assessment for every offender will identify this learning disability. Initiating interventions that are evidence-based, effective, and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to address dyslexia will help prepare these individuals while incarcerated for a more productive life upon release.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: to be determined   EFFECTIVE DATE: the act shall take effect on the nineteenth day after it shall have become a law