Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1046

BY: Senator(s) Tollison

     AMEND by striking lines 72 through 78 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

          (g)  "School" means any public or state, regional or nationally accredited nonpublic * * * special purpose school located in the State of Mississippi or in a state adjacent to the State of Mississippi that provides a specific learning environment that provides comprehensive dyslexia therapy instruction delivered by dyslexia therapists licensed by the department providing highly qualified education and intervention services to children diagnosed with the primary learning disability of dyslexia.

     FURTHER AMEND by inserting the following after line 173 and renumbering subsequent paragraphs:

(a)  The parent or legal guardian shall be a resident as the State of Mississippi;

     FURTHER amend by striking the sentence beginning on line 188 and substituting:

(1)  (a)  Each school district shall adopt a policy to ensure the students will be screened by a screener approved by the State Board of Education in the spring of kindergarten and the fall of Grade 1.

     FURTHER AMEND line 305 by inserting the following after "2017" "and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2017"