Fifty-third Legislature                                                 Education

First Regular Session                                                   H.B. 2202

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2202

(Reference to House engrossed bill)

 


Page 4, line 35, after "that" insert a colon and strike remainder of line

Strike lines 36 through 43, insert:

"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


 

 

 

 

2202EDU

03/01/2017

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