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S. 3010119th CongressEducation
21st Century Dyslexia Act
Sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) · 5 active : 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542.
Where it standsBefore the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.gov21st Century Dyslexia Act
This bill addresses the education of children with disabilities, with a particular focus on children with dyslexia.
Currently, dyslexia is listed as one of the disabilities under the definition of
specific learning disability
in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This bill instead removes dyslexia from the definition of
specific learning disability
and establishes a stand-alone definition for
dyslexia
within the IDEA.
Specifically, the bill defines
dyslexia
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for purposes of the IDEA as 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.
Additionally, the bill requires a local educational agency or other agency, in determining eligibility for or providing an accommodation or service under the IDEA, to provide equal access to (1) children from low-income families, (2) children from families with low socioeconomic status, and (3) children who are limited English proficient.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Language arts
- Special education
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 59Middle 30–70
- 33Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
5 activeShow all 5 cosponsors
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
