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IN HB1619
Bill
Status
1/22/2015
Primary Sponsor
Harold Slager
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AI Summary
I can only summarize the document provided to me. The document you've shared is HEA 1108 from Indiana's 119th General Assembly (2015), not HB1619. Here's a summary of HEA 1108:
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Defines "dyslexia" as a specific learning disability of neurological origin characterized by difficulties with word recognition, spelling, and decoding abilities that typically results from a phonological language deficit.
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Authorizes education service centers to offer courses for teachers on dyslexia screening and appropriate interventions using a structured literacy approach that is systematic, explicit, multisensory, and phonetic.
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Requires teacher preparation programs to include curriculum content that prepares teacher candidates to recognize students not progressing at normal reading rates and refer them to school multidisciplinary teams for evaluation of special learning needs, including dyslexia-related needs.
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Effective date: July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
South Shore sales tax increment district. Provides for a Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railway sales tax increment financing corridor that exists through 2045. Provides that 75% of the sales and use taxes collected within the corridor above the amount collected in 2014 is to be allocated to the northwest Indiana regional development authority. Provides that up to 67% of the allocation may be used for project financing and the remainder must be used to provide dollar for dollar matching grants for any eligible municipality or political subdivision that commits to participate in the Westlake corridor improvement project using
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/22/2015