Vermont Dyslexia Legislation
Current dyslexia legislation in the state of Vermont
Vermont Legislation
Signed by the Governor on May 30, 2024, S. 204, Act 139; this act creates several requirements related to evidence-based literacy instruction and training for educators. IDA-NNEA Board Member, Brittany Lovejoy wrote an article in the IDA-NNEA May 2024 newsletter providing a quick summary of the legislation. You can access it here.
As Vermont seeks a new Secretary of Education, parents, teachers, an community members advocate to pass legislation to ensure effective dyslexia screening and structured-literacy curriculum and instruction.See Alison’s Novak’s extensive news story, Reading Reckoning, in Seven Days on the state’s reading crisis, published 10/6/23.
Watch the WCAX TV interview with Ms. Novak, released 10/4/23.
Peter D’Auria, The education reporter in VTDigger, Vermont’s online news outlet, has published a story on the need for a new Vermont Secretary of Education with expertise in the science of reading.
This is an unprecedented, exciting development in a state whose media has heretofore ignored the problem. IDA-NNEA urges all Vermonters who care about student reading to contact their State Senators and Representatives about the need for structured literacy legislation, and to contact their local School Board and Superintendent to find out how reading is taught in their own backyard. Vermont members of IDA-NNEA are organizing together to advance effective screening and reading instruction at the local and state levels. To get involved, contact Mack and Cynthia Gardner-Morse at teach.vt2read@gmail.com or (802) 223-5738.
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VT S0224
An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education laws
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VT HCR274
House concurrent resolution honoring Stephen Stearns for his artistic and community contributions at the New England Youth Theatre
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Early Literacy Assessments for Vermont