S395 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Requires a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for certain incarcerated individuals
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-03-17
- In committee
- Finance
- Introduced
- 2024-12-30
- Same as
- A1325
- Law section
- Correction Law
Sponsors
- Zellnor Myrie State Senator, District 20
Co-sponsors
- Andrew Gounardes State Senator, District 26
Heard in committee
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction NY State Senate committee
- Finance NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A1325 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction, 2026-03-17 Referred to committee; referred to Finance
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction, 2025-02-04 Referred to committee; referred to Finance