First Regular Session H.B. 2202
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2202
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
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"1. IS NEUROLOGICAL IN ORIGIN.
2. IS CHARACTERIZED BY DIFFICULTIES WITH ACCURATE OR FLUENT WORD RECOGNITION AND BY POOR SPELLING AND DECODING ABILITIES, INCLUDING DIFFICULTIES THAT TYPICALLY RESULT FROM A DEFICIT IN THE PHONOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF LANGUAGE THAT IS OFTEN UNEXPECTED IN RELATION TO OTHER COGNITIVE ABILITIES AND TO THE PROVISION OF EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
3. MAY INCLUDE SECONDARY CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS PROBLEMS WITH READING COMPREHENSION AND REDUCED READING EXPERIENCE THAT MAY IMPEDE THE GROWTH OF VOCABULARY AND BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE.”
Amend title to conform