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21st Century Dyslexia Act

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.

Introduced Oct 17, 2025

Latest action (Oct 17, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Education
Issues
Education
Legislative subjects (3)
Education of the disadvantagedLanguage artsSpecial education

Summary
  • Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to add dyslexia as a recognized disability category.
  • Defines dyslexia as an unexpected reading difficulty caused primarily by difficulty in phonological processing that affects speaking, reading, and spelling ability.
  • Removes dyslexia from an exemption list and clarifies that dyslexia-related disabilities fall under the act's definition of special education.
  • Requires local educational agencies to provide equal access to accommodations and services for children from low-income families, families with low socioeconomic status, and limited English proficient children.

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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Oct 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. Oct 17, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • S 3010 — 21st Century Dyslexia Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 3121 — UBER Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 4689 — READ Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 9610 — Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5658 — Child Care for Every Community Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 2939 — Child Care for Every Community Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1331 — Teacher and School Leader Quality Partnership Grants Act (shares 2 subjects)

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Oct 17, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 17, 2025

Mrs. Houchin (for herself, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Mrvan, and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “21st Century Dyslexia Act”.

SEC. 2. 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 “specific learning disabilities, or dyslexia”;

(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), by striking “or of environmental” and all that follows and inserting “or 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 all eligible children, including eligible children who are—

“(1) children from low-income families;

“(2) children from families with low socioeconomic status; and

“(3) children who are limited English proficient.”. <all>

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