S.Amdt. 6288

SA 6288. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. 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 “dyslexia, or specific learning disabilities”;

(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)--

(i) by striking “or of” and inserting “of”; and

(ii) by inserting before the period the following: “, or of 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--

“(1) children from low-income families or from families with low socioeconomic status; and

“(2) other children.”.