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A01645 Summary:

A01645 Actions:

A01645 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORRECTION   Chair:Dilan      
DATE:05/24/2023AYE/NAY:13/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Dilan
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Burgos
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Burdick
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Gibbs
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Levenberg
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/01/2023AYE/NAY:35/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:06/05/2023AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Excused
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Excused
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A01645 Floor Votes:

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.