California Bill Requiring Dyslexia Screening for Young Children Advances in Senate Committee

An elementary school student writes on her notebook in Brea, Calif. on May 24, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A California Senate bill that would require schools to screen young children for dyslexia passed the state Senate Education Committee last week.

The committee unanimously voted to pass state Senate Bill 691 during a March 29 hearing and sent it to the Senate Appropriations Committee for a vote on April 10.