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To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to add dyslexia as a specific disability category and defines dyslexia as an unexpected reading difficulty caused primarily by phonological processing problems that affects speaking, reading, and spelling abilities. The bill requires local educational agencies and other agencies to ensure equal access to accommodations and services for all eligible children, including those from low-income families, families with low socioeconomic status, and children with limited English proficiency. The amendments clarify dyslexia's status as a recognized disability under federal special education law.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
5 cosponsors
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK)
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Bill Cassidy’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $59,100
- GENERAL ATLANTIC $37,700
- WELSH CARSON ANDERSON & STOWE $33,870
- OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM $33,250
- RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $30,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Bill Cassidy → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Oct 15, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Oct 15, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 15, 2025
Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Hickenlooper, and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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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