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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 601

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Relating to: requiring an online dyslexia awareness training for school district employees. (FE)

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  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction, in consultation with

the International Dyslexia Association–Wisconsin Branch, Inc., to develop or adopt

an online dyslexia awareness training. The training must cover the indicators of

dyslexia and evidence-based interventions and adaptations for dyslexia.

Additionally, if DPI develops the online dyslexia awareness training, the bill requires

DPI to design the training so that it can be completed in no more than two hours.

Under the bill, in the 2020-21 school year, each school board must require each

teacher, supervisor, administrator, professional staff member, and paraprofessional

staff member in the school district to complete the online dyslexia awareness

training. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, the bill requires each school board

to require each newly hired teacher, supervisor, administrator, professional staff

member, and paraprofessional staff member to complete the online dyslexia training

within six months of becoming an employee of the school district.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Kerkman (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Quinn (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

1 cosponsors

Tiffany (R)

Full history

  1. Nov 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kulp, Quinn, Wittke, Tusler, Mursau, Skowronski, Wichgers, Krug, Kerkman, Murphy and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senator Tiffany

  2. Nov 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Nov 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1