Requires a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for certain incarcerated individuals

Latest action Mar 17, 2026

Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A1325, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Correction Law.

Committee

Correction · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Crime Victims, Crime And Correction · New York State Senate, Finance · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To amend the correction law, in relation to a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for incarcerated individuals.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And CorrectionMar 17, 2026Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Committee vote · Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And CorrectionFeb 4, 2025Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

The sponsor's argument

Why Zellnor Myrie says this is needed

The prevalence of dyslexia in the general population is about 20%; the prevalence of dyslexia among the incarcerated population is more than twice that, or 48% according to a scientific study by the University of Texas Medical Branch in conjunction with the Texas Department of Crimi- nal Justice (2000). Given that illiteracy is a risk factor for criminal behavior, and that dyslexia is one of the most common causes of reading illiteracy, screening our state's incarcerated population and conducting risk-and-needs assessment for every offender will identify this learning disability. Initiating interventions that are evidence-based, effective, and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to address dyslexia will help prepare these individuals while incarcerated for a more productive life upon release.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Mar 17, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 12, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Jan 12, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 12, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Senate
DIED IN SENATE
NY Senate

Show full history (12 earlier events)

Jan 7, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.48
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.48
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate
Apr 30, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Apr 30, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Apr 30, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Apr 30, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Apr 30, 2025
Rules Report CAL.157
RULES REPORT CAL.157
NY Assembly
Apr 29, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
Mar 25, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Feb 4, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 9, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
NY Assembly
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate

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