H.R. 9196
Helen Keller Education Act
Sponsor: Morgan McGarvey
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I General Provisions
(a) Serving all children who are deafblind regardless of classification. Section 612(a)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(C) 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) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(e) 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)) is amended by inserting deafblindness, before serious.
II Improving the Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deafblind and Their Families
III National Activities To Improve the Education of Children With Disabilities