[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5807-S5808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6288. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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:

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       ``(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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