IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 793 
Expressing support for the designation of October 2025 as ‘‘National 
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2025 
Ms. BROWNLEY
(for herself, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. 
MCBATH, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. MANNION, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SIMON, Ms. 
CRAIG, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TLAIB, and 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of October 2025 as 
‘‘National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1401) 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) including such conditions as perceptual disabil-
ities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, 
and developmental aphasia; and 
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(3) not including a learning problem that is pri-
marily 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 Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 
seq.), affecting 32 percent of all students who received 
special education services; 
Whereas the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
indicates that more than 96 percent of students in grade 
4 and students in grade 8 with a specific learning dis-
ability were not proficient in reading in academic year 
2023–2024; 
Whereas the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
indicates that more than 92 percent of students in grade 
4 and students in grade 8 with a specific learning dis-
ability were not proficient in math in academic year 
2023–2024; 
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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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 of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National 
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month’’; and 
(2) calls on State educational agencies and local 
educational agencies to continue to meet the needs 
of students with specific learning disabilities through 
a free appropriate public education. 
Æ 
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