TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DYSLEXIA EDUCATION PROGRAM

Joan A. Mele-McCarthy, Ph.D., Chair (chosen by Governor)

Appointed by Governor: Lisa K. Blottenberger; Lavaunda R. Roundtree; Laura Snyder Schultz; Benjamin L. Shifrin; Amy M. Siracusano; Martha H. Sweeney; two vacancies.

Appointed by Senate President: Joan Carter Conway

Appointed by House Speaker: Anne R. Kaiser

Appointed by Executive Director, Maryland Association of Boards of Education: Teresa Milio Birge

Appointed by President, Maryland School Psychologists' Association: Valerie Wilder, Ph.D.

Appointed by Executive Director, Maryland State Education Association: Robin L. Szymanski

Appointed by Executive Director, Public School Superintendents Association of Maryland: James Scott Smith

Ex officio: Marcella E. Franczkowski, designee of State Superintendent of Schools

Staff: Carmen A. Brown

c/o Division of Special Education & Early Intervention Services
State Department of Education
Nancy S. Grasmick State Education Building, 200 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-7197
e-mail: carmen.brown1@maryland.gov
web: http://archives.marylandpublicschools.org/dyslexiaeducation/index.html

In June 2015, the Task Force to Study the Implementation of a Dyslexia Education Program was formed (Chapter 411, Acts of 2015). Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual with the intelligence and motivation to read well.

The Task Force charge was to determine how Maryland public school students currently are identified and treated for dyslexia; how other states identify and treat students with dyslexia; and what the appropriate structure would be for a dyslexia education program. Further, the Task Force made recommendations on the feasibility of funding a dyslexia education program either through the State Department of Education or other sources; methodologies for testing and identifying dyslexia and predyslexia in students; the appropriate age to begin testing students for dyslexia; and current best practices for treating and educating students identified as dyslexic or predyslexic. Next, the Task Force developed a pilot program to be implemented in a limited geographical area. Finally, the Task Force recommended definitions for "dyslexia" and "targeted students," and determined the components and costs of successful dyslexia programs in other states (Chapter 235, Acts of 2016).

Originally to end on June 30, 2016, authorization for the Task Force in 2016 was extended to June 30, 2017, and two members added (Chapter 235, Acts of 2016).

Authorization for the Task Force ended June 30, 2017.

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