Schools across state to start screening students for dyslexia

ATLANTA — The state of Georgia will soon screen students for dyslexia.

The state board of education just approved the idea.

Schools will screen kids from kindergarten through third grade.

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The new rule says school districts must do “universal screening” for students who “may be at risk for low learning outcomes” because they have “characteristics of dyslexia.”

Schools must provide academic intervention for, and at least monthly monitoring of, students deemed to have characteristics of dyslexia.

Screenings will begin in two years so districts will have some time to train staff to identify and teach students with dyslexia.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contributed to this article.

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