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Purpose

�һ�������Ƶ has a long history of supporting the fundamental skill of reading. This history includes a focus on early identification and intervention for students with dyslexia. This page includes resources to assist in identifying and providing services for students with dyslexia and related disorders in �һ�������Ƶ schools. In addition to this page, information is available through the State Dyslexia Coordinator, , the dyslexia contacts at each of the 20 regional education service centers and the helpline. We welcome any suggestions you may have that will improve this page.

Dyslexia Handbook

The �һ�������Ƶ Dyslexia Handbook is developed and adopted into administrative rule by the �һ�������Ƶ State Board of Education (SBOE). The SBOE requires that each district and open-enrollment charter school implement the SBOE’s strategies for screening, individualized evaluation, and techniques for treating dyslexia and related disorders through its approved “Dyslexia Handbook: Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders” []

In effect as of June 30, 2024. At the April 12, 2024 State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting, the SBOE approved for second reading and final adoption changes to 19 �һ�������Ƶ Administrative Code (TAC) 74.28. Included as a figure in 19 TAC 74.28 is the SBOE’s Dyslexia Handbook. The rule was filed in the �һ�������Ƶ Register on June 1, which makes the rule and handbook effective on June 30, 2024. 

• The Dyslexia Handbook - Updated on August 9, 2024 (The handbook linked here includes the Dyslexia Handbook Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), also linked below as a standalone document)
• Manual Sobre Dislexia (The Dyslexia Handbook - Spanish) - Updated on October 2, 2024 (The handbook linked here includes the Dyslexia Handbook Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), also linked below as a standalone document)

Dyslexia Resources

• TEA Resource List of Evidence-Based Dyslexia Programs (New as of November 13, 2024)
• The Dyslexia Handbook Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (New as of August 9, 2024) 
  • The Dyslexia Handbook Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (Spanish) (New as of October 2, 2024)
• Dyslexia and Related Disorders: Information for �һ�������Ƶ (New as of September 26, 2024) 
  • Dyslexia and Related Disorders: Information for �һ�������Ƶ (Spanish) (New as of October 3, 2024) 
• House Bill 3 Dyslexia Allotment Spending Guidance (Updated October 18, 2024)
• Dyslexia TSDS PEIMS Overview (Updated October 17, 2024)
• Overview of Special Education for �һ�������Ƶ (Updated August 24, 2023)
  • Overview of Special Education for �һ�������Ƶ (Spanish) (Updated August 24, 2023)
  • The form is also available in 25 other languages on the .
• Technology Integration for Students with Dyslexia & Related Disorders

To The Administrator Addressed Correspondence (TAA):

• TAA: Dyslexia Rule and Handbook Effective June 30 - June 27, 2024
• TAA: HB 3928: Dyslexia Evaluation, Identification, and Instruction - August 3, 2023