S.Amdt. 2930

SA 2930. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 end of part I of subtitle F of title V, insert the
following:

SEC. 578. INTERVENTIONS RELATING TO DYSLEXIA AT SCHOOLS
OPERATED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION
ACTIVITY.

(a) Dyslexia Screening Program.--The Director of the
Department of Defense Education Activity shall establish a
dyslexia screening program, under which each school operated
by the Activity screens--
(1) each student enrolled in the school for dyslexia near
the end of kindergarten and near the end of first grade; and
(2) screens new enrollees in the school regardless of year,
unless the new enrollee has already been diagnosed with
dyslexia.
(b) Other Interventions.--The Director shall--
(1) develop and implement a plan for comprehensive literacy
instruction;
(2) provide high-quality training for school personnel,
particularly specialized instructional support personnel
related to dyslexia; and
(3) ensure that each district of schools operated by the
Activity employs at least one specialized instructional
support personnel who specializes in dyslexia.
(c) Reports Required.--Not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days
thereafter, the Director shall submit to Congress a report on
the implementation of the dyslexia screening program required
by subsection (a) and on the high-quality training for school
personnel required by subsection (b) that includes the number
of students identified as having dyslexia under the program.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Comprehensive literacy instruction.--The term
``comprehensive literacy instruction'' has the meaning given
that term in section 2221(b)(1) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6641(b)(1)).
(2) 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.
(3) Dyslexia screening program.--The term ``dyslexia
screening program'' means a screening program for dyslexia
that is--
(A) evidence-based (as defined in section 8101(21)(A)(i) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801(21)(A)(i))) with proven psychometrics for validity;
(B) efficient and low-cost; and
(C) readily available.
(4) Specialized instructional support personnel.--The term
``specialized instructional support personnel'' means
personnel described in section 8101(47)(A)(ii) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801(47)(A)(ii)).
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