Public Hearing on Dyslexia Bills Scheduled

The Senate Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families is holding a public hearing on two of the Dyslexia package bills on Wednesday, January 22.

SB 578 requires school boards starting in the 2020-21 school year to assess students in 4 year-old kindergarten to second grade on literary fundamentals. The assessment selected by the school district must include phonological and phonemic awareness, rapid automatized naming, letter-word reading and picture-naming vocabulary.   It also requires schools to provide a voluntary questionnaire about reading difficulties in the student’s family history.

SB 579 requires each CESA to employ a dyslexia specialist who has at least 5 years of experience in screening, identifying, and treating dyslexia and related conditions.

Senate

PUBLIC HEARING

Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families

The committee will hold a public hearing on the following items at the time specified below:

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

9:30 AM

412 East

Time restrictions will be imposed to allow for a high volume of testimony. The committee will adjourn no later than 5 pm to account for the State of the State Address.

Holton Sr., Douglas A.

Of Milwaukee, as a Public Member on the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2025.

Assembly Bill 47

Relating to: guardianships of children.

By Joint Legislative Council.

Senate Bill 609

Relating to: qualified residential treatment programs, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority.

By Senators Darling, Johnson, Bewley, Olsen, Wanggaard and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Billings, Bowen, Considine, Emerson, Horlacher, Krug, Ohnstad, Ramthun, Snyder, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Tittl, Tusler and Dittrich.

Senate Bill 668

Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law.

By Senators Darling and Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg and Billings.

Senate Bill 610

Relating to: disclosure of child abuse and neglect reports and records.

By Senators Testin and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Krug, James, Kulp, Ramthun, Tusler and Skowronski. - 2 -

Senate Bill 343

Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition.

By Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Pronschinske, Kerkman, Felzkowski, Ramthun and Zimmerman.

Senate Bill 578

Relating to: assessments to evaluate reading readiness.

By Senators Bernier and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Kulp, Bowen, Dittrich, Kitchens, Krug, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Quinn, Ramthun, Skowronski, Tusler and Wittke.

Senate Bill 579

Relating to: requiring each cooperative educational service agency to employ a dyslexia specialist.

By Senator Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Kulp, Bowen, Kitchens, Krug, Murphy, Mursau, Ramthun, Skowronski, Tusler, Wichgers and Wittke.

Senate Bill 403

Relating to: free expression within the University of Wisconsin System, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority.

By Senators Kapenga, Stroebel, Bernier, Craig and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Vos, Murphy, Allen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, James, Katsma, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Macco, Magnafici, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Sortwell, Steffen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Tusler.

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Senator Dale Kooyenga

Chair