2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 9, Chapters 326 - 365
ORS Chapter 342
342.153 Proficiency in Braille required for teaching license to provide education to blind students.


OR Rev Stat § 342.153 (through Leg Sess 2011) What's This?

(1) Any applicant for a teaching license to provide education to students who are blind, as defined in ORS 343.565, shall be required to demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing Braille, as defined in ORS 343.565.

(2) Any applicant for a teaching license to provide education to students who are blind shall be required to demonstrate proficiency by completion of grade I and grade II Braille coursework at a college level.

(3) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall adopt procedures to assess the proficiencies developed through workshops and courses in grade I and grade II Braille that are consistent with standards set by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at the Library of Congress. [1993 c.380 8; 1995 c.798 2]

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