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Legislative Task Force to Examine Help for Kids with Dyslexia

Thursday, July 12th, 2018, by Kansas News Service

Thousands of Kansas children with dyslexia may not be getting the help they need to learn to read. A new legislative task force that kicked off today (THUR) aims to fix that. Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service has more.

 

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