2015 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 35. SPECIAL EDUCATION CHAPTER 11. CENTER FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING EDUCATION
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Chapter 11. Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
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Applicability
Sec. 1. This chapter applies after June 30, 2013.
As added by P.L.109-2012, SEC.16.
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"Center"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "center" refers to the center for
deaf and hard of hearing education established under section 3 of this
chapter.
As added by P.L.109-2012, SEC.16.
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Center for deaf and hard of hearing education; establishment;
purpose
Sec. 3. (a) The center for deaf and hard of hearing education is
established.
(b) The purpose of this article is to support parental choice,
including the full continuum of communication options (including
American sign language, other forms of sign language, cued speech,
listening and spoken language (oral), or any combination of these
skills).
As added by P.L.109-2012, SEC.16.
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Duties
Sec. 4. The center shall carry out the following duties in an
unbiased manner to ensure that children who are deaf and children
who are hard of hearing acquire optimal language skills and academic
abilities, regardless of the mode of communication used:
(1) Monitoring and tracking the identification, early
intervention, education, and successful transitions of children
who are deaf and hard of hearing from birth through twenty-one
(21) years of age and who are enrolled or preparing to enroll in
early intervention services, preschool, elementary, or secondary
school.
(2) Developing student learning opportunities.
(3) Providing family support.
(4) Developing child assessment service models, consistent with
federal and state early childhood intervention and special
education law, for the following:
(A) Audiological assessments.
(B) Social and developmental assessments.
(C) Communication (including language) assessments.
(D) Academic achievement assessments.
(5) Providing classroom assessments of instruction, acoustics,
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and other environmental aspects.
(6) Assessing professionals who provide students with sign
language interpreting, oral interpreting, cued speech
transliteration, and captioning services.
(7) Providing consultation to school corporations in providing
services to students who are deaf and students who are hard of
hearing.
(8) Acting as a liaison with all state agencies that provide
services to individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing,
including the department of education, the state department of
health, the family and social services administration, and the
Indiana School for the Deaf.
As added by P.L.109-2012, SEC.16.
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Services provided directly or through contract
Sec. 5. The center may provide the services set forth in section 4
of this chapter directly or through contract with other entities.
As added by P.L.109-2012, SEC.16.
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