HB 2781 Summary

• Appropriates $280,000 and three FTE positions to the Department of Education to hire a dyslexia specialist, an early literacy specialist, and a move-on-when-reading specialist.

• Appropriates $990,000 in one-time funding for statewide educator training related to dyslexia screening and education.

• Appropriates $65,000 in one-time funding for data collection.

• Exempts these appropriations from lapsing provisions under Arizona Revised Statutes section 35-190.

• Designates the $280,000 and three FTE positions as ongoing funding to continue in future fiscal years.