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Transcript of Legislative Bills Session
Onwards and Upwards���
Kim Bianco Majeri ���
State Legislative Affairs Program
Legislative Training���
Assistance with Legislative Process���
Monitoring Bills During Session���
State Legislative Affairs Program
• Interpreters
• Deaf Schools
• EHDI/Early Intervention
• Mental Health
Top Issues
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. ���
~ Lao Tzu
Positive Changes
• Mental Health
• LEAD-K
• Deaf Child Bill of Rights
• Language Deprivation Mandate
Mental Health• Access to Mental Health services through
direct communication
• Cultural and linguistic affirmative approaches
• Uses of technology
• Training/Development
• Establish a continuum of options/services
• Statewide coordinator
Language Acquisition and Education for Deaf Kids
( LEAD-K)
• ASL Benchmarks/assessments
• Monitoring/tracking language development
• If child is not progressing, change strategies
• Publish data
Deaf Child Bill of Rights• Right to acquire language, ASL and English,
at the earliest possible age
• Right to appropriate assessments at regular intervals
• Parents to get full information, including school options
• Qualified professionals and direct instruction
• Tracking and decision making
Language Deprivation Mandate
• LEAD-K Bill
• Deaf Child Bill of Rights
• Mental Health Bill
• sep Fed and state laws
Additional ideas
• Interpreter licensure
• State Commissions
• Communication Access Funds
Where our people are
They’re here too!
All politics is local. ���
Big challenges
Step back, survey, reflect and find a way!