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Educational Support for Dyslexic Children Bill 2007 No , 2007 A Bill for An Act to include dyslexia within the disability criteria of the NSW Department of Education and Training in respect of the Special Education Initiative for students with disabilities.
Clause 1 Educational Support for Dyslexic Children Bill 2007 The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1 1 Name of Act 2 This Act is the Educational Support for Dyslexic Children Act 2007. 3 2 Commencement 4 This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 5 3 Amendment of Education Act 1990 No 8 6 The Education Act 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule 1. 7 4 Repeal of Act 8 (1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act 9 commences. 10 (2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 11 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act. 12 Page 2
Educational Support for Dyslexic Children Bill 2007 Amendment of Education Act 1990 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendment of Education Act 1990 1 (Section 3) 2 Section 20A 3 Insert after section 20: 4 20A Educational support for dyslexic children 5 (1) For the purposes of section 20, dyslexia is to be recognised as a 6 disability. 7 (2) Accordingly, dyslexia must be included within the disability 8 criteria in respect of any special or additional assistance 9 (including the Special Education Initiative of the Department of 10 Education and Training) that is provided under section 20 to 11 government school children with disabilities. 12 Page 3
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