Current Dyslexia legislation in Oregon 2018

1. Dyslexia Legislation Oregon
By Cat Monroy
April 2018

2. SB 612 updated to SB 1003
 Enacted July 2015 (SB 612); SB 1003 July 2017
 Department of Education will:
 Hire a Dyslexia Specialist to develop a plan with a group of experts on
dyslexia to ensure every kindergarten and first grade student receive a
universal screening for risk factors of dyslexia
 Create Oregon Dyslexia Advisory Council for input and guidance
 One teacher from each elementary school building will receive training
to understand and recognize dyslexia
 Universal testing will begin 2018-19 school year

3. Training for Teachers
Trainings must be vetted by Oregon Department of
Education (ODE)
Must be approved by Teacher Standards and
Practices Commission
Teachers must be trained by July 2018
Form a committee to assist with vetting process

4. Universal Screening
 Districts will use screeners using traditional measures of Rapid
Automatized Naming
 Letter name fluency
 DIBELS 6th Edition, AIMSweb, and easyCBM are examples of
screeners
 Screeners should have: strong predictive validity; classification
accuracy, and norm-referenced scoring
 Subtests should include phonological awareness