Identifying children and youth who are deafblind
Title III — IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAFBLIND › Subtitle A — General Provisions
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(a) Serving all children who are deafblind regardless of classification Section 612(a)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(3)), as amended by sections 101(a) and 201(a) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (E) Serving children who are deafblind When a State classifies children by disability, the State, in complying with subsection (a)— (i) identifies, locates and evaluates children with concomitant vision and hearing losses who are, or may be, classified in a disability category other than deafblindness; and (ii) provides (without prejudice to such classification) special education and related services to such children, including the specific services determined appropriate based on proper evaluation as would be provided to children classified in the State as having deafblindness.. (b) Data collection and reporting Section 618 (20 U.S.C. 1418), as amended by sections 101(b) and 201(b) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Accounting for children who are deafblind In addition to the other data collection and reporting requirements of this section and subject to such provisions, the State and the Secretary of the Interior shall, with respect to children classified in a disability category other than deafblindness, include the number and percentage of such children in each disability category who are also deafblind.. (c) Child with a disability Section 602(3)(A)(i) (20 U.S.C. 1401(3)(A)(i)), as amended by sections 101(c) and 201(c) of this Act, is further amended by inserting deafblindness, before serious.