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Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #447 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)

S2607  ·  Senate roll call No. 447  ·  2018-07-18  ·  190th General Court (2017 to 2018)
37 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 1, moved by Senate Committee on Ways and Means  ·  Adopted

An Act relative to students with dyslexia

SECTION 1. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 57 the following section:- Section 57A. The department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the department of early education and care, shall, subject to appropriation, issue guidelines to assist districts in developing screening procedures or protocols for students that demonstrate 1 or more potential indicators of a neurological learning disability including, but not limited to, dyslexia. SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 287 of the acts of 2012 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “education”, in line 8, the second time it appears, the following words:- ; provided furt…

yea · 37

An asterisk marks a vote the sheet records as entered after the roll closed. A member shown as "not linked" is a name on the sheet that did not resolve to exactly one member of the session's roster; it is left as printed rather than guessed.