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type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the commissioner of education to issue a guidance memorandum to school districts and BOCES to inform them of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia"
description: "Directs the commissioner of education to issue a guidance memorandum in cooperation with stakeholders and other interested parties, to every school district and board of cooperative educational services to inform them of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8262"
citation: "New York A 8262 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-02"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b401b9a-4662-4fed-9dec-509d0eb5e595"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8262"
source_hash: "c5c6bcdca66e472f038fb2b1fcc4ccc02a08c58fd8d5347cfb0e0d5937efa34d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---
# New York A 8262 (2017-2018) — Directs the commissioner of education to issue a guidance memorandum to school districts and BOCES to inform them of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia
Directs the commissioner of education to issue a guidance memorandum in cooperation with stakeholders and other interested parties, to every school district and board of cooperative educational services to inform them of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A8262 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8262&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8262 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8262)
## Votes
- Floor Vote — **620** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **1420** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- SIMON — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- BENEDETTO — cosponsor (person)
- CROUCH — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER ML — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAN — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- TITONE — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-02** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** REPORTED
- **2017-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.195
- **2017-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.195
- **2017-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6581
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1971
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.216 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b401b9a-4662-4fed-9dec-509d0eb5e595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).