Ind. Code § 20-35.5-2-6

Adoption of rules to ensure students screened for risk factors of dyslexia

As added by P.L.95-2018, SEC.2.

The state board shall adopt rules to ensure that students will be screened as provided under this article for risk factors of dyslexia using a screening tool described in section 1 of this chapter:

  1. (1) in kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2;
  2. (2) when a student in kindergarten through grade 2:

    1. (A) transfers to a new school; and
    2. (B) has not been screened previously during the school year;
  3. (3) when a student in grade 3 or higher has difficulty, as noted by a classroom teacher, in:

    1. (A) phonological and phonemic awareness;
    2. (B) sound symbol recognition;
    3. (C) alphabet knowledge;
    4. (D) decoding skills;
    5. (E) rapid naming skills; and
    6. (F) encoding skills; and
  4. (4) when a student from another state enrolls for the first time in kindergarten through grade 2 in Indiana unless the student presents documentation that the student:

    1. (A) had the dyslexia screening or a similar screening during the school year; or
    2. (B) is exempt from screening.

As added by P.L.95-2018, SEC.2.

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