[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3121 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3121

  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

                            October 25, 2023

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper) 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 ``specific learning disabilities, 
        or dyslexia'';
            (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), by striking ``or of 
                environmental'' and all that follows and inserting ``or 
                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 all 
eligible children, including eligible children who are--
            ``(1) children from low-income families;
            ``(2) children from families with low socioeconomic status; 
        and
            ``(3) children who are limited English proficient.''.
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