Sec. 6. The state board shall adopt rules to ensure that students will be screened as provided under this article for risk factors of dyslexia using a screening tool described in section 1 of this chapter: (1) in kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2; (2) when a student in kindergarten through grade 2: (A) transfers to a new school; and (B) has not been screened previously during the school year; (3) when a student in grade 3 or higher has difficulty, as noted by a classroom teacher, in: (A) phonological and phonemic awareness; (B) sound symbol recognition; (C) alphabet knowledge; (D) decoding skills; (E) rapid naming skills; and (F) encoding skills; and (4) when a student from another state enrolls for the first time in kindergarten through grade 2 in Indiana unless the student presents documentation that the student: (A) had the dyslexia screening or a similar screening during the school year; or (B) is exempt from screening.
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