[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3302 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3302

  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve 
        provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2021

Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Graham, and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve 
        provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Dyslexia Act''.

SEC. 2. DYSLEXIA.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``or specific learning 
        disabilities'' and inserting ``dyslexia, or specific learning 
        disabilities'';
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Dyslexia.--The term `dyslexia' means an unexpected 
        difficulty in reading for an individual who has the 
        intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused 
        by a difficulty in the phonological processing (the 
        appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken language), 
        which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, and 
        spell.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (30)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``dyslexia,''; 
                and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``or of'' and inserting 
                        ``of''; and
                            (ii) by inserting before the period the 
                        following: ``, or of dyslexia''.
    (b) Provision of Accommodations and Services.--The Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act is amended by inserting after section 608 
(20 U.S.C. 1407) the following:

``SEC. 608A. PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES.

    ``In determining eligibility for, or providing, an accommodation or 
service under this title, a local educational agency or other agency 
shall provide equal access, to the accommodation or service, to--
            ``(1) children from low-income families or from families 
        with low socioeconomic status; and
            ``(2) other children.''.
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