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S1427................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
DEAF - BLIND - EDUCATION SERVICES - Amends existing law relating to the
School for the Deaf and the Blind to authorize special education services
for students who qualify, pursuant to state or federal law, as a result of
a hearing or visual impairment to be conducted statewide rather than just
on the Gooding campus.
03/02 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/03 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/14 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/15 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsors - Marley & Bunderson
Title apvd - to House
03/17 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/30 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,
Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McKague,
Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence,
Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler,
Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30),
Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black, Henderson, McGeachin, Smylie, Mr.
Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Pence
Title apvd - to Senate
03/31 To enrol
04/03 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
04/04 To Governor
04/07 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 383
Effective: 07/01/06
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1427
BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND; AMENDING SECTION
3 33-3401, IDAHO CODE, TO ALLOW FOR EDUCATION SERVICES TO BE DELIVERED TO
4 STUDENTS RESIDING OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS AREA IN GOODING AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL
5 CORRECTIONS; AND AMENDING SECTION 33-3407, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE THE DEFI-
6 NITION OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, TO REVISE PROCEDURES FOR OFFERING THE
7 SCHOOL'S SERVICES AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 33-3401, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 33-3401. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND. The estab-
12 lishment by law of a school for the to provide supplemental education services
13 to deaf and blind at Gooding, Idaho, students statewide is hereby ratified and
14 affirmed., said These services may include residential and day campus programs
15 and an outreach program, intended to provide services to students outside the
16 campus area, as well as early intervention and family consultation. The
17 school is to be called the Idaho Sschool for the Ddeaf and the Bblind, and its
18 operation continued. It is further provided that wherever the term "State
19 School for the Deaf and the Blind" shall appear in the Idaho Code it shall
20 mean "Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind."
21 SECTION 2. That Section 33-3407, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
22 amended to read as follows:
23 33-3407. DEFINITION OF THE DEAF AND THE BLIND -- EXAMINATION OF APPLI-
24 CANTS -- ADMISSION AND RELEASE OF PUPILS. All children between the ages of six
25 (6) and twenty-one (21) years who are too deaf or too blind to be educated in
26 the public schools qualify to receive special education services pursuant to
27 state or federal law as a result of a hearing or visual impairment, shall be
28 deemed deaf or blind for the purposes of this chapter.
29 Children who are under the age of six (6) years, but otherwise qualified,
30 may be admitted served, when, in the discretion of the superintendent but sub-
31 ject to the approval of the board of trustees, they are proper subjects to
32 receive training and education available in the school and the facilities of
33 the school are adequate for proper care, training and education from the
34 school, and the adequate facilities for proper education, training and/or care
35 are available. When it has been ascertained by the superintendent that any
36 pupil has ceased to make progress, or is no longer being benefited by attend-
37 ing the school's services, upon recommendation of the superintendent and the
38 approval of the board of trustees such pupil may be released from the school
39 and/or school services may be discontinued.
40 The board of trustees is authorized to provide for the careful examination
41 of all applicants for admission to the school, and the expense of such exami-
2
1 nation is a lawful use of the moneys available to the board of trustees.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16097
The purpose of this legislation is to remove outdated language
applicable to the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind (ISDB)
that has been in place for nearly 100 years and replacing it with
language that provides clearer definitions. This includes making
the statute consistent with historical practices of ISDB offering
education services to eligible students residing outside the campus
area.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact to the general fund.
CONTACT
Name: Harvey Lyter, Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind/State
Board of Education
Number: 208-934-4457
Name: Karen Echeverria, Idaho School for the Deaf and the
Blind/State Board of Education
Number: 208-332-1567
Name: Senator Hal Bunderson
Phone: 208-332-1320
Name: Representative Wendy Jaquet
Phone: 208-332-1211
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1427