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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
52-3.161 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.161)
7    Sec. 2-3.161. Definition of dyslexia; reading instruction 
8advisory group; handbook. 
9    (a)  The State Board of Education shall incorporate, in both 
10general education and special education, the following 
11definition of dyslexia:
12        Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is 
13    neurobiological in origin.
Dyslexia is characterized by 
14    difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word
recognition 
15    and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These 
16    difficulties
typically result from a deficit in the 
17    phonological component of language
that is often 
18    unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the

19    provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary 
20    consequences may
include problems in reading comprehension 
21    and reduced reading experience that
can impede growth of 
22    vocabulary and background knowledge.
23    (b)  Subject to specific State appropriation or the 
 
 
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1availability of private donations, the State Board of Education 
2shall establish an advisory group to develop a training module 
3or training modules to provide education and professional 
4development to teachers, school administrators, and other 
5education professionals regarding multi-sensory, systematic, 
6and sequential instruction in reading. This advisory group 
7shall complete its work before December 15, 2015 and is 
8abolished on December 15, 2015. The State Board of Education 
9shall reestablish the advisory group abolished on December 15, 
102015 to complete the abolished group's work.  The reestablished 
11advisory group shall complete its work before December 31, 2016 
12and is abolished on December 31, 2016.  The provisions of this 
13subsection (b), other than this sentence, are inoperative after 
14December 31, 2016.

15    (c) The State Board of Education shall develop and maintain 
16a handbook to be made available on its Internet website that 
17provides guidance for pupils, parents or guardians, and 
18teachers on the subject of dyslexia. The handbook shall 
19include, but is not limited to:
20        (1) guidelines for teachers and parents or guardians on 
21    how to identify signs of dyslexia;
22        (2) a description of educational strategies that have 
23    been shown to improve the academic performance of pupils 
24    with dyslexia; and
25        (3) a description of resources and services available 
26    to pupils with dyslexia, parents or guardians of pupils 
 
 
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1    with dyslexia, and teachers.
2    The State Board shall review the handbook once every 4 
3years to update, if necessary, the guidelines, educational 
4strategies, or resources and services made available in the 
5handbook. 
6(Source: P.A. 99-65, eff. 7-16-15; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-602, 
7eff. 7-22-16; 99-603, eff. 7-22-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
9becoming law.