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Introduced Version Senate Bill 413 History

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Senate Bill No. 413

(By Senators Unger, Miller and McCabe)

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[Introduced January 22, 2014; referred to the Committee on Education.]

 

 

 

 

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-36, relating to the State Board of Education; the professional development opportunities for dyslexia and other reading disabilities; and requiring certain school personnel annually complete two hours of such training.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-36, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-2-36. Professional development opportunities for dyslexia and reading disabilities; requirements.

    (a) The Department of Education shall provide professional development opportunities related to reading disabilities, including dyslexia, to appropriate school personnel. The professional development shall be made available to teachers, instructional staff, administrators and supervisors. The professional development opportunities shall be designed to account for the various manners in which different school personnel interact with, or develop instructional programs for, students with reading disabilities.

    (b) The department shall, as part of the professional development requirement established by the department for public school teaching staff, require teaching staff to annually complete at least two hours of professional development instruction on the screening, intervention, accommodation and use of technology for students with reading disabilities, including dyslexia.

 

 

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Education to provide professional development opportunities regarding dyslexia and other reading disabilities; and requiring teaching staff to receive two hours of such training annually.

 

    §18-2-36 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

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