Title 5. EDUCATION
Chapter 3. Handicapped Children
Subchapter 1. Special Education
Article 5. Implementation (Program Components)
§ 3051.16. Specialized Services for Low-Incidence Disabilities.
(a) Specialized Services for low-incidence disabilities may include:
(1) Specially designed instruction related to the unique needs of pupils with low-incidence disabilities provided by teachers credentialed pursuant to Education Code section 44265.
(2) Specialized services related to the unique needs of pupils with low-incidence disabilities provided by qualified individuals such as interpreters, notetakers, readers, transcribers, and other individuals who provide specialized materials and equipment.
(b) Certification
requirements for educational interpreters for deaf and hard of hearing pupils.
(1) Any educational
interpreter for deaf and hard of hearing pupils employed as of January 1, 2007,
must be certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) or
equivalent, or if providing cued speech interpreting services, by any certifying
body recognized by the National Cued Speech Association (NCSA). By July
1, 2007, an educational interpreter shall be certified by the national Registry
of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID); have achieved a score of 3.0 or above on the
Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA), the Educational Sign
Skills Evaluation-Interpreter (ESSE-I), or the National Association of the
Deaf/American Consortium of Certified Interpreters (NAD/ACCI) assessment; or
have met comparable requirements. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a
transliterator shall possess Testing/Evaluation and Certification Unit (TECUnit)
certification, or have achieved a score of 3.0 or above on the EIPA – Cued
Speech or have met comparable requirements.
(2) By July 1, 2008, an educational interpreter shall be certified by the national RID; have achieved a score of 3.5 or above on the EIPA, the ESSE-I, or the NAD/ACCI assessment or have met comparable requirements. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a transliterator shall possess TECUnit certification, or have achieved a score of 3.5 or above on the EIPA – Cued Speech or have met comparable requirements.
(3) By July 1, 2009, an educational interpreter shall be certified by the national RID; have achieved a score of 4.0 or above on the EIPA, the ESSE-I, or the NAD/ACCI assessment or have met comparable requirements. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a transliterator shall possess TECUnit certification, or have achieved a score of 4.0 or above on the EIPA – Cued Speech or have met comparable requirements.
(c) An “educational interpreter” provides communication facilitation between students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and others, in the general education classroom and for other school related activities, including extracurricular activities, as designated in a student’s Individualized Educational Program (IEP).
NOTE: Authority cited: Section
56100(a) and (i), Education Code. Reference: Section 56363, Education Code; and
Section 300.23 300.34 and 300.156 (b)(1), Title 34, Code of
Federal Regulations.
Article 6. Nonpublic, Nonsectarian School and Agency Services
Amend section 3065 and renumber subdivisions (h) – (w) to read:
§ 3065. Staff Qualifications - Related Services including Designated Instruction and Services.
…
(h)(t)
Specialized An “educational interpreting interpreter” or
transcribing services for pupils with low incidence disabilities provides
communication facilitation between students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and
others, in the general education classroom and for other school related
activities, including extracurricular activities, as designated in a student’s
IEP. shall be provided only by the following personnel:
(1) Interpreters for deaf
and hard of hearing pupils shall possess certification issued by the Registry
of Interpreters for the Deaf or equivalent, or if providing cued speech
services, by any certifying body recognized by the National Cued Speech
Association; and meet the following qualification standards:
(A) By July 1, 2007, an educational interpreter shall be certified by the national RID; have achieved a score of 3.0 or above on the EIPA, the ESSE-I, or the NAD/ACCI assessment or have met comparable requirements. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a transliterator shall possess TECUnit certification, or have achieved a score of 3.0 or above on the EIPA – Cued Speech or have met comparable requirements.
(B) By July 1, 2008, an educational interpreter shall be certified by the national RID; have achieved a score of 3.5 or above on the EIPA, the ESSE-I, or the NAD/ACCI assessment or have met comparable requirements. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a transliterator shall possess TECUnit certification, or have achieved a score of 3.5 or above on the EIPA – Cued Speech or have met comparable requirements.
(C) By July 1, 2009, an
educational interpreter shall be certified by the national RID; have achieved a
score of 4.0 or above on the EIPA, the ESSE-I, or the NAD/ACCI assessment or
have met comparable requirements. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a
transliterator shall possess TECUnit certification, or have achieved a score of
4.0 or above on the EIPA – Cued Speech or have met comparable requirements;
and
(i)(h)(1)
"Health and nursing services" means: …
(j)(i)(1)
"Home and hospital services" means…
(k)(j)(1)
"Language and speech development and remediation" means…
(l)(k)(1)
"Occupational therapy" means…
(m)(l)(1)
"Orientation and mobility instruction" means…
(n)(m)(1)
"Parent counseling and training" means…
(o)(n)(1)
"Physical therapy" means…
(p)(o)(1)
"Psychological services" means…
(q)(p)(1)
"Recreation services" means…
(r)(q)(1)
"Social worker services" means…
(s)(r)(1)
"Specialized driver training instruction" means…
(t)(s)(1)
"Specially designed vocational education and career development" means…
(u)(1) "Specialized services for low-incidence disabilities" means…
(v)(2)
Transcribers for visually impaired pupils shall have a certificate issued by the
Library of Congress as a Braille Transcriber.
(w)(v)(1)
"Vision services" means…
(x)(w) Other
designated instruction and services not identified in this section shall only be
provided by staff who possess a license issued by a licensing agency with the
Department of Consumer Affairs authorizing the licensee to provide the specific
service or possess a credential authorizing the service or is qualified to
provide the service.
NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 33031, 56100 and 56366(e), Education Code.
Reference: Section 17505.2, Business and Professions Code; Section 56366.1,
Education Code; and Sections 300.136 and 300.23 300.34 and 300.156
(b)(1), Title 34, Code of Federal Regulations.
11-6-06 [California Department of Education]