IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 794 

Recognizing the significance of ‘‘National Learning Disabilities Awareness 

Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 18, 2023 

Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CROCKETT, 

and Mr. TAKANO) submitted the following resolution 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the significance of ‘‘National Learning 

Disabilities Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

U.S.C 1401(30)) defines a specific learning disability 

as— 

(1) a disorder in 1 or more of the basic psychological 

processes involved in understanding or in using language, 

spoken or written, which may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, 

or do mathematical calculations; 

(2) such term includes such conditions as perceptual 

disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia; and 


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(3) such term does not include a learning problem 

that is primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor 

disabilities, of intellectual disabilities, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage. 

Whereas a specific learning disability is the most prevalent 

disability of students who are served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004, impacting 

34 percent of all students who received special education 

services; 

Whereas the National Assessment of Educational Progress 

indicates that more than 95 percent of 4th and 8th grade 

students with a specific learning disability were not proficient in reading in academic year 2022; 

Whereas the National Assessment of Educational Progress 

indicates that more than 93 percent of 4th and 8th grade 

students with a specific learning disability were not proficient in math in academic year 2022; 

Whereas National Assessment of Educational Progress Math 

and Reading scores indicate that Black and Hispanic students with a specific learning disability experience even 

greater opportunity gaps than their White and Asian 

peers; 

Whereas research shows that students with specific learning 

disabilities can achieve commensurate with their peers, if 

given appropriate instruction and support; 

Whereas developmentally appropriate universal screening 

should begin as early as possible to assess which students 

demonstrate the most pervasive risk factors for specific 

learning disabilities; and 


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Whereas research rooted in the science of reading establishes 

an evidence base of effective instructional methods for developing reading skills for students with and at risk for 

specific learning disabilities: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House calls on State and local 

2 educational agencies to continue to meet the needs of stu3 dents with specific learning disabilities through a free ap4 propriate public education. 

5 Resolved, That the House recognizes the significance 

6 of ‘‘National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month’’. 

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