Albany, NY – Assemblymember Robert Carroll (D/WF-Brooklyn) issued the following statement on Dyslexia Advocacy Day in Albany, where families and advocates came together to lobby for legislation and programming to meet the needs of students with dyslexia.

“Dyslexia Advocacy Day organized by Assemblymember Simon and her team is a great opportunity for people with dyslexia, their families, and other stakeholders to come together to advocate in Albany for the needs and rights of students with dyslexia. This year I am very pleased to announce that the just Enacted State Budget includes $250,000 to jump start a Center for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia within the State Education Department. The Center was a recommendation of the State Task Force on Dyslexia and Dysgraphia and my bill A.2687, now in the Education Committee, would enshrine this Center in law. There has also been forward movement on my bill A.5835, which passed the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology that I Chair. This bill calls on the Office of the State Librarian working with SED to provide guidance to libraries throughout the State promoting the awareness and use of evidence-based literacy practices and programming for both children and adults.”