2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 158 - CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS 158.282 Instruction of all blind students in the use of braille -- Assessment for blind students in program -- Exceptions.
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158.282 Instruction of all blind students in the use of braille -- Assessment for
blind students in program -- Exceptions.
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The purpose of KRS 156.476, 158.281, 161.051, and this section shall be to
assure, to the maximum extent possible, that all blind students shall be
instructed in the use of braille.
The written individualized education program for each exceptional student, as
promulgated by administrative regulation, shall also include the following
assessment for blind students:
(a) A braille skills inventory, including an assessment of the student's
strengths and weaknesses;
(b) A statement as to whether the use of braille shall be that student's
primary mode of communication;
(c) The date on which braille instruction shall begin;
(d) The length of the period of instruction, and the frequency and duration of
each instructional session; and
(e) The level of competency in braille reading and writing to be achieved, and
the assessment measures to be used in determining if that level has been
achieved.
Braille instruction and use shall not be required by this section if, during the
course of developing the blind student's individualized educational program,
the members of the Administrative Admission and Release Committee as
established for this purpose, pursuant to administrative regulations, concur that
the student shall not be required to learn to read and write braille. In reaching
its decision, the committee shall consider the student's reading readiness,
functional reading skills, reading comprehension rate and stamina, functional
writing skills, communication skills, eye condition and prognosis, and functional
vision and tactile discrimination skills. Upon reaching this determination the
committee shall write into the individualized education program of a blind
student, the factors and evidence considered by the committee in reaching its
decision.
Nothing in this section shall require the exclusive use of instruction in braille if
other methods of reading and writing may also be learned by the student.
Effective:July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 382, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992.
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