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SB 126

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State Department of Education - Early Literacy and Dyslexia Practices - Guidance and Assistance

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 1/27 at 11:00 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Department of Education to establish, by October 1, 2021, a stakeholder advisory group to develop a reading and dyslexia handbook to guide local school systems in the implementation of best practices for early literacy and dyslexia; requiring a completed handbook be made available to the public by June 1, 2022; requiring the development of tools and materials to address the needs of at-risk and struggling students with dyslexia; requiring the Department to update the handbook every 3 years; etc.

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Testimony (26)

MGA witness list
FAV 22FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVParker, ErinDecoding DyslexiaOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSpitulnik, KarleenDecoding Dyslexia MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVGetsinger, ElizabethJemicy SchoolWritten (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDillahunt, AdrianneMaryland State Conference NAACPWritten (PDF)
FAVWard, LindsayNational Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Chesapeake ChapterWritten (PDF)
FAVConner, CharleslobbyistOffice of the Baltimore County ExecutiveWritten (PDF)
FAVMurray, DavidlobbyistPrince George's County School BoardOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFaulkner, RachaelPublic Policy PartnersWritten (PDF)
FAVKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Written (PDF)
FAVCarr, StephanieIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCeruolo, RichIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVEmerson, CorinneIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVFidler, SaraIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVGable, NicoleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVGibson, EdwardIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHankins, LauraIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMcClenney-Rosenstein, LaurenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMurphy, AlexIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPeterson, MattIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWABrocato, BarbaralobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAFlook, WilliamIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOOrtiz, JeanettelobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
FAVConner, CharlesOffice of the Baltimore County ExecutiveRegistered for: MedStar Health
FAVMurray, DavidPrince George's County School BoardRegistered for: TurningPoint Energy
UNFWoolums, JohnRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
FWABrocato, BarbaraRegistered for: Acorn Health; American Physical Therapy Association Maryland - APTA MD; Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, P.C.; Associates in Radiation Medicine; League for People with Disabilities, The; Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
INFOOrtiz, JeanetteRegistered for: Johns Hopkins