Establishes the Office of Special Education within the Public Education Department to oversee special education policy and programs.
The bill creates the Office of Special Education within the Public Education Department, headed by a deputy secretary for special education. The office is tasked with ensuring students with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education, providing teacher training, and developing a statewide system for individualized education programs. It also mandates dyslexia screening for first-grade students and requires school districts to implement evidence-based reading interventions for students displaying characteristics of dyslexia.
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