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She graduated with a 3.87 GPA but could barely read, now she's suing a school district in Washington state Makena Simonsen graduated with a 3.87 GPA but could only read at a 1st grade level. Now she's suing the school district in Washington state.

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11 new laws that will impact California schools in 2026 California students will see fewer cellphones and more gender-neutral bathrooms, as well as other new laws related to immigration, antisemitism, truancy, and college admissions taking effect in the new year.

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Center for Literacy and Disability Studies Writing is undeniably an essential component of literacy instruction for students without disabilities. Without question it is a part of their daily instruction. In order for students with significant disabilities to develop as readers and writers, daily writing is equally, if not, more important. H...

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Why We Must Protect IDEA—and What Eleven States Get Right About Helping Kids with Dyslexia

COPAA and partners in the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) have sent a letter to Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Representative Erin Houchin (R-IN) to raise concerns and express opposition to the 21st Century Dyslexia Act (S.3010/H.R. 5769) as currently written. The issues raised range from consternation with the timing of a bill that proposes to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) "when oversight and accountability for the nation's core law that protects students with disabilities is under threat", along with specific issues regarding the bill's proposal to add back a mandate for states to use the IQ-discrepancy model as part of a Dyslexia evaluation. The letter points out that due to IDEA's current flexibility, eleven states have eliminated the requirement for districts to use IQ achievement discrepancy and 39 states still allow it.

COPAA's federal policy advisor Laura Kaloi -who has firsthand experience as a parent with the use of IQ-discrepancy to determine Dyslexia- has written a blog for COPAA about the need to prevent this particular change to IDEA.

LINK: https://www.copaa.org/blogpost/895540/515715/Why-We-Must-Protect-IDEA-and-What-Eleven-States-Get-Right-About-Helping-Kids-with-Dyslexia

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