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A01645 Summary:

BILL NOA01645A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02304-A
 
SPONSORSimon (MS)
 
COSPNSRTaylor, Forrest, Colton, Kelles, Shimsky, Glick, Levenberg, Otis, Raga, Burdick
 
MLTSPNSRCruz, Dickens, Epstein, Hunter, Lupardo, Ra, Reyes, Sayegh, Thiele, Weprin
 
Add 137-a, Cor L
 
Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.
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A01645 Actions:

BILL NOA01645A
 
01/17/2023referred to correction
05/15/2023amend and recommit to correction
05/15/2023print number 1645a
05/24/2023reported referred to ways and means
06/01/2023reported referred to rules
06/05/2023reported
06/05/2023rules report cal.485
06/05/2023ordered to third reading rules cal.485
06/05/2023passed assembly
06/05/2023delivered to senate
06/05/2023REFERRED TO RULES
01/03/2024DIED IN SENATE
01/03/2024RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
01/03/2024ordered to third reading cal.48
01/17/2024passed assembly
01/17/2024delivered to senate
01/17/2024REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
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A01645 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A1645A
 
SPONSOR: Simon (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for incarcerated individuals   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: to amend the correction law, in relation to a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for incarcerated individuals.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section § 137-a.   JUSTIFICATION: The prevalence of dyslexia in the general population is about 20%; the prevalence of dyslexia among the incarcerated population is more than twice that, or 48% according to a scientific study by the University of Texas Medical Branch in conjunction with the Texas Department of Crimi- nal Justice (2000). Given that illiteracy is a risk factor for criminal behavior, and that dyslexia is one of the most common causes of reading illiteracy, screening our state's incarcerated population and conducting risk-and-needs assessment for every offender will identify this learning disability. Initiating interventions that are evidence-based, effective, and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to address dyslexia will help prepare these individuals while incarcerated for a more productive life upon release.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-2022: A.2062 Simon/S.307 Myrie - referred to crime victims, Crime and Correction 2020: A.7822 (Simon)   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined   EFFECTIVE DATE: this act shall take effect on the nineteenth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
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A01645 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1645--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, TAYLOR, FORREST, COLTON, KELLES, SHIMSKY,
          GLICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRUZ, DICKENS, EPSTEIN,  HUNT-
          ER,  LUPARDO,  RA,  REYES,  SAYEGH,  THIELE,  WEPRIN  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Correction -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to a reading proficiency
          level assessment and dyslexia screening for incarcerated individuals
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 137-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  137-a. Reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening.
     4  1. As part of the intake process, an incarcerated  individual  who  does
     5  not have a high school diploma or its equivalent shall receive a reading
     6  proficiency  level assessment and dyslexia screening administered by the
     7  department, provided however, nothing in this section shall preclude the
     8  incarcerated individual from completing a department-provided  screening
     9  that  is intended to be self-administered. If an incarcerated individual
    10  demonstrates that he or she is below the proficiency level  required  to
    11  be  a  high-functioning  reader,  such individual shall be provided with
    12  dyslexia intervention that is evidence-based, effective, and  consistent
    13  with  science-based  research specifically tailored to addressing dysle-
    14  xia.
    15    2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner  of  educa-
    16  tion,  shall  promulgate rules and regulations that require, but are not
    17  limited to the following:
    18    (a) Teachers at all correctional facilities shall have and demonstrate
    19  awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01960-02-3

        A. 1645--A                          2
 
     1    (b) Each incarcerated individual who  does  not  have  a  high  school
     2  diploma  or  its  equivalent  shall  receive a reading proficiency level
     3  assessment and a dyslexia screening; and
     4    (c)  A  process be established in which incarcerated individuals, upon
     5  intake, are assessed  and  administered  a  dyslexia  screening  by  the
     6  department,  and  provided  with dyslexia intervention by the department
     7  that is evidence-based, effective,  and  consistent  with  science-based
     8  research  specifically  tailored to addressing dyslexia.  The department
     9  shall ensure that such intervention services are  provided  by  licensed
    10  professionals  in  permanent  competitive  positions  in  the classified
    11  service employed by the department.
    12    3. Each superintendent shall submit a  plan  to  the  department  that
    13  allows  incarcerated individuals to voluntarily receive a reading profi-
    14  ciency level assessment, dyslexia  screening,  and  reading  instruction
    15  that  is  evidence-based,  effective,  and consistent with science-based
    16  research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    18  have  become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    19  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    20  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    21  on or before such date.
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