Bill Summaries: H317 (2013-2014 Session)

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  • Bill H 317 (SL 2013-119) (2013-2014)
    Summary date: Jun 24 2013 - View summary

    AN ACT TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING. Enacted June 19, 2013. Effective June 19, 2013.

     
     
    Education, Department of Health and Human Services, State Board of Education
    UNCODIFIED
  • Bill H 317 (2013-2014)
    Summary date: May 29 2013 - View summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following change to the 2nd edition.

    Makes a technical correction in Section 1, subsection (4), changing "deaf and hard of hearing" to "deaf or hard of hearing."

     
    Education, Department of Health and Human Services, State Board of Education
    UNCODIFIED
  • Bill H 317 (2013-2014)
    Summary date: Mar 27 2013 - View summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Clarifies that the State Board of Educationis torequire an IEP team to use the Communication Plan Worksheet for Student Who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing (was, also use the Comprehensive Exceptional Children Accountability System). Amends the documentation requirements to specify that the IEP team consider the language and communication needs of the individual child as the IEP is developed, reviewed, or revised and that the documentation contain data to be used in making the placement decisions for the child.
    Education, Department of Health and Human Services, State Board of Education
    UNCODIFIED
  • Bill H 317 (2013-2014)
    Summary date: Mar 13 2013 - View summary

    Identical to S 320, filed 3/13/13.

    Requires the State Board of Education to do at least the following to improve educational outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing: (1) develop assessment procedures and protocols to measure, at least annually or more frequently if required in a child's Individualized Education Program (IEP), the acquisition of language skills necessary for literacy, with the results used to determine whether further support and services are needed; (2) require an IEP team to use the specified worksheet to document consideration of the language and communication needs of the child as the IEP is developed, the placement decisions made for the child, and the team's review of the child's placement and needs; (3) ensure that personnel highly qualified in the education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing are available to meet the needs of each child; and (4) develop and implement strategies to ensure that parents of a child who is deaf and hard of hearing know they can request that the child's IEP team consider placement in a residential setting, and that if requested, a representative from one of the state's residential/day program schools for the deaf will be a member of the IEP team.

    Requires the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies and organizations, at the request of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), to make available databases containing information on children under age 22 who are deaf or hard of hearing. Requires that DPI use the information for a statewide data tracking system to coordinate with other agencies and organizations and ensure literacy achievement for all children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
    Education, Department of Health and Human Services, State Board of Education
    UNCODIFIED

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