{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-20-35.5-2-6","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 20-35.5-2-6","heading":"Adoption of rules to ensure students screened for risk factors of dyslexia","body":"Sec. 6. The state board shall adopt rules to ensure that students will be screened as provided under this article for risk factors of dyslexia using a screening tool described in section 1 of this chapter:\n(1) in kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2;\n(2) when a student in kindergarten through grade 2:\n(A) transfers to a new school; and\n(B) has not been screened previously during the school year;\n(3) when a student in grade 3 or higher has difficulty, as noted by a classroom teacher, in:\n(A) phonological and phonemic awareness;\n(B) sound symbol recognition;\n(C) alphabet knowledge;\n(D) decoding skills;\n(E) rapid naming skills; and\n(F) encoding skills; and\n(4) when a student from another state enrolls for the first time in kindergarten through grade 2 in Indiana unless the student presents documentation that the student:\n(A) had the dyslexia screening or a similar screening during the school year; or\n(B) is exempt from screening.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","ARTICLE 35.5. DYSLEXIA SCREENING AND INTERVENTION","Chapter 2. Required Screening and Intervention"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_20.html#20-35.5-2-6","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-01T01:34:30Z","sha256":"d2175f7e39a6f9d3a11ecfe7e7418b946a3c6fb2c4a6cb8362b2b995c097f482","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-20-35.5-2-5","next":"us-in/ic-20-35.5-2-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}