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 im-
perfect 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, dys-
lexia, and developmental aphasia; and 
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•HRES 794 IH 
(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 dis-
turbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic dis-
advantage. 
Whereas a specific learning disability is the most prevalent 
disability of students who are served under the Individ-
uals 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 pro-
ficient 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 pro-
ficient in math in academic year 2022; 
Whereas National Assessment of Educational Progress Math 
and Reading scores indicate that Black and Hispanic stu-
dents 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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•HRES 794 IH 
Whereas research rooted in the science of reading establishes 
an evidence base of effective instructional methods for de-
veloping reading skills for students with and at risk for 
specific learning disabilities: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House calls on State and local 
educational agencies to continue to meet the needs of stu-
dents with specific learning disabilities through a free ap-
propriate public education. 
Resolved, That the House recognizes the significance 
of ‘‘National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month’’. 
Æ 
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