HB189 Alabama 2018 Session

This bill would require the State Department of Education and the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services in consultation with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind to jointly select language developmental milestones from existing standardized norms for purposes of developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children's expressive and receptive language acquisition and developmental stages toward English literacy

This bill would establish and provide for the membership of an advisory committee

This bill would require the departments to select existing tools or assessments for educators to use in assessing the language and literacy development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children

This bill would require the departments to jointly produce a report that is specific to language and literacy development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing and have other disabilities, relative to their peers who are not deaf or hard of hearing

This bill would also state that the act not be interpreted or construed to prefer a specific language or modality

Relating to deaf and hard-of-hearing children; to require the State Department of Education and the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services in consultation with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind to jointly select language developmental milestones to monitor and track expressive and receptive language acquisition and developmental stages toward English literacy; to establish and provide for the membership of an advisory committee; to require the departments to select existing tools or assessments for educators to use; to require the departments to annually and jointly produce a report; and to state that the act not be interpreted or construed to prefer a specific language or modality.