HB5827 Summary

• State Board of Education must develop and maintain a dyslexia handbook including guidelines on universal screeners, dyslexia screening administration, data interpretation, and structured literacy instruction within multi-tiered support frameworks.

• Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, school districts must screen all students in kindergarten through grade 2 for dyslexia risk factors using a State Board-approved universal screener; students showing at-risk indicators receive additional dyslexia screening with parental consent.

• Students identified with dyslexia characteristics must receive intervention services using structured literacy approaches that include explicit phonemic awareness, phonics, morphology, and evidence-based practices proven effective for dyslexia treatment.

• State Board of Education must employ at least 5 dyslexia specialists or therapists with minimum 5 years field experience by January 1, 2024 to provide technical assistance and training to school districts on screening, identification, and treatment.

• School districts must report annually to the State Board on screening numbers, at-risk student counts, identified dyslexia cases, and intervention services provided; State Board publishes this data on its website.