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House Bill 5769
119th Congress(2025-2026)
21st Century Dyslexia Act
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H. R. 5769 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5769


To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 17, 2025

Mrs. Houchin (for herself, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Mrvan, and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “21st Century Dyslexia Act”.

SEC. 2. Dyslexia.

(a) Definitions.—Section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking “or specific learning disabilities” and inserting “specific learning disabilities, or dyslexia”;

(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

“(4) DYSLEXIA.—The term ‘dyslexia’ means an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused by a difficulty in the phonological processing (the appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken language), which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, and spell.”; and

(3) in paragraph (30)—

(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking “dyslexia,”; and

(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking “or of environmental” and all that follows and inserting “or dyslexia”.

(b) Provision of accommodations and services.—The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is amended by inserting after section 608 (20 U.S.C. 1407) the following:

“SEC. 608A. Provision of accommodations and services.

“In determining eligibility for, or providing, an accommodation or service under this title, a local educational agency or other agency shall provide equal access, to the accommodation or service, to all eligible children, including eligible children who are—

“(1) children from low-income families;

“(2) children from families with low socioeconomic status; and

“(3) children who are limited English proficient.”.