Albany, NY – Assemblymember Robert Carroll (D/WF-44) announced that his bill A.2687 establishing a Center for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia in the State Education Department passed the New York State Assembly today.

“Since being elected to the Assembly in 2016, I have spearheaded multiple efforts to address New York’s childhood literacy crisis and the special challenges facing children with dyslexia and their families. The passage of my bill A.2687 establishing a Center for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia within the State Education Department marks a big step forward in ensuring all our children become fluent readers and successful students,” said Assemblymember Robert Carroll. “The Center is one of the fourteen recommendations in the final report of NYSED’s Task Force on Dyslexia and Dysgraphia issued last December. Enshrining the Center in law means best practices for addressing the needs of children with Dyslexia and related disorders will be maintained over time. As someone who struggled with Dyslexia as a child, I know firsthand how important early identification and intervention is to remediating dyslexia.

Creating the Dyslexia Center will do just that and ensure that more of our children are as fortunate as I was.”

The bill now must be passed in the Senate - S.5569 (Fahy) before being sent to Governor Hochul to be signed into law.