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Legislative Update: 2015 and Beyond
Dr. Diane Cordry GoldenPolicy Coordinator, MO-CASE
What Passed
SB 107 – Changes SLP Licensure and SLP-A Registration
SB 174 - Establishes MO ABLE Act
HB 42 – Transfer Bill (vetoed)
What Did Not Pass – will be back in 2016
Braille Assessment & Instruction
Dyslexia Task Force and DESE staff
Dyslexia Screening and Intervention
Special Education Procedures
SLP Licensure Changes
Eliminates provisional license Masters Degree + passing Praxis = full license New graduates able to bill Medicaid9 month clinical fellowship only for ASHA CCC
January 1, 2016 no public school exception Aligns with current DESE licensure to certification rulesDoes not impact existing stand-alone DESE certificate holders
SLP-A Registration Changes
DESE only certified SLPs can supervise One year experience required to supervise
Practical hour requirements can be outside of bachelors degree program/college transcript
Designation of supervisor after registration
CEU’s can be required for SLP-A registration renewal
Braille Assessment & Instruction
Original bill ◦ required Braille instruction based on
assessment◦ Assessment was National Reading Media
Assessment or other DESE approved assessment
Last version aligned with IDEA◦ IEP team shall provide for instruction in Braille
. . . unless the IEP team determines, after an evaluation of the child's reading and writing skills, needs, and appropriate reading and writing media (including an evaluation of the child's future need for instruction in Braille or the use of Braille), that instruction in Braille or the use of Braille is not appropriate for the child
Why Current Dyslexia Focus?
Federal funding through NIH ◦Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
◦Phonological processing deficits, not visual deficits are the marker of dyslexia
◦At least 20% of children have dyslexia
◦Used MRI to identify brain area of deficit
◦Support National Reading Panel & Orton-Gillingham - explicit, systematic phonics instruction
Current Dyslexia Advocacy
Decoding Dyslexia◦ Grassroots parent organization in most all
states, see http://decodingdyslexia-mo.org/
◦ Goals A universal definition of “dyslexia” in the law Mandatory teacher training on dyslexia Mandatory early screening for dyslexia Mandatory dyslexia remediation programs –
for both general and special education populations
Access to appropriate assistive technology
Federal Dyslexia Initiatives
ESEA Reauthorization ◦Teacher training on dyslexia ◦Charter schools for students with dyslexia◦Literacy instruction & grants (in Senate bill)
Requests for “dyslexia” in IEP◦CCD letter and House legislators letter ◦Request ED issue guidance to schools to
use “dyslexia” instead of “LD in basic reading skills” to ensure appropriate services
◦CASE lead coalition letter of concern
State Dyslexia Legislation
Mandated Screening and Intervention ◦Fiscal note concerns last session
Dyslexia Legislative Task Force ◦ Recommend system for identification
and intervention for students w dyslexia◦18 members
DESE dyslexia specialist ◦Professional development statewide
Things to Prepare Yourself Learn about dyslexia research, the NRP
recommendations and Orton-Gillingham methodology
Focus on reading instruction and ask ◦ Does the reading curriculum provide direct,
explicit instruction in basic reading skills consistent with NRP?
◦ Do general education teachers have the expertise to provide quality core and supplemental reading instruction?
◦ Are multi-tiered systems of support available so all students who need more intensive levels of instruction, e.g. Orton-Gillingham based approaches, receive it?
◦ Are special education teachers trained in and able to provide a wide range of techniques and intensive levels of instruction when needed by IDEA eligible students?
Special Education ProceduresEvaluate every 24 months per parent request –
negate IDEA action refused All special education decisions must be proven in
compliance with IDEA ◦ Shifts burden of proof to schools (under Supreme Ct is
party that initiated proceeding
◦ Negate IDEA provision that procedural errors do not constitute denial of FAPE
Prohibits schools from using attorney for due process if involved previously with case, e.g. advising on notice
Requires schools to have policy allowing parents to “record” any conversation or proceeding with 24 hour advance notice
Get Engaged Invite elected officials to school
Show them great things you are doingMTSS, especially reading (dyslexia)
Explain how IDEA evaluations are done
Emphasize how IDEA is regulation heavy
Suggest we do not need state laws added
Stay in touch with them during session Share concerns about specific bills