Bill
Number: S.B. 1318
Boyer Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed bill
Amendment drafted by: Laura Benitez
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Requires the Arizona Department of Education to develop the proposed dyslexia plan by December 31, 2019.
2. Specifies that training opportunities relating to dyslexia must enable teachers to implement structured literacy instruction and adds that the instruction must be multisensory.
3. Adds phonemic awareness, nonsense word repetition and sound symbol recognition to the factors that must be included in the screening tests.
First Regular Session S.B. 1318
BOYER FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1318
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, line 23 after “implement” insert “structured literacy”
Line 24, after “explicit” insert “, multisensory”
Line 26, after the period insert "On or before december 31, 2019,"
Line 39, after "phonological" insert "and phonemic"
Between lines 41 and 42, insert:
"(d) nonsense word repetition.
(e) sound symbol recognition."
Reletter to conform
Amend title to conform