New Jersey § 18a:40-5
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§ 18a:40-5.
a. A board of education shall ensure that each student enrolled in the school district
who has exhibited one or more potential indicators of dyslexia or other reading disabilities
is screened for dyslexia and other reading disabilities using a screening instrument
selected pursuant to section 2 of this act 1 no later than the student's completion of the first semester of the second grade. b. In the event that a student who would have been enrolled in kindergarten or grade
one or two during or after the 2014-2015 school year enrolls in the district in kindergarten
or grades one through six during or after the 2015-2016 school year and has no record
of being previously screened for dyslexia or other reading disabilities pursuant to
this act, the board of education shall ensure that the newly-enrolled student is screened
for dyslexia and other reading disabilities using a screening instrument selected
pursuant to section 2 of this act 1 at the same time other students enrolled in the student's grade are screened for
dyslexia and other reading disabilities or, if other students enrolled in the student's
grade have previously been screened, within 90 calendar days of the date the student
is enrolled in the district. c. The screening shall be administered by a teacher or other teaching staff member
properly trained in the screening process for dyslexia and other reading disabilities. 1
N.J.S.A. § 18A:40-5.2.
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