21st Century Dyslexia Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3010 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3010

  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve
        provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 15, 2025

 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Hickenlooper, and Mr. Reed) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
               on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve
        provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Dyslexia Act''.

SEC. 2. DYSLEXIA.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``or specific learning
        disabilities'' and inserting ``specific learning disabilities,
        or dyslexia'';
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Dyslexia.--The term `dyslexia' means an unexpected
        difficulty in reading for an individual who has the
        intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused
        by a difficulty in the phonological processing (the
        appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken language),
        which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, and
        spell.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (30)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``dyslexia,'';
                and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or of
                environmental'' and all that follows and inserting ``or
                dyslexia''.
    (b) Provision of Accommodations and Services.--The Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act is amended by inserting after section 608
(20 U.S.C. 1407) the following:

``SEC. 608A. PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES.

    ``In determining eligibility for, or providing, an accommodation or
service under this title, a local educational agency or other agency
shall provide equal access, to the accommodation or service, to all
eligible children, including eligible children who are--
            ``(1) children from low-income families;
            ``(2) children from families with low socioeconomic status;
        and
            ``(3) children who are limited English proficient.''.
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