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21st Century Dyslexia Act

S. 3010 To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.

Introduced Oct 15, 2025

Latest action (Aug 5, 2026) Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542.

Referred to
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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 difficulty in reading caused by difficulty in phonological processing, affecting the ability to speak, read, and spell.
  • Requires schools and agencies to provide equal access to accommodations and services for children with dyslexia regardless of income level or English proficiency status.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Actions (5)
  1. Aug 5, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542. · senate
  2. Aug 5, 2026 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy without amendment. Without written report. · senate
  3. Jul 30, 2026 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
  4. Oct 15, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
  5. Oct 15, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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 3121 — UBER Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5769 — 21st Century Dyslexia 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 (2)
  • Reported to Senate · Aug 5, 2026
  • Introduced in Senate · Oct 15, 2025

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 15, 2025

Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Reed, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Banks) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

August 5, 2026

Reported by Mr. Cassidy, without amendment

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.”. Calendar No. 542

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 3010

A BILL

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

August 5, 2026

Reported without amendment

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