AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

EDUCATION AND HEALTH

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Pursuant to § 22.1-305.2, the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure, in consultation with the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, shall make recommendations to the Board of Education, and in turn the Board of Education, pursuant to  § 22.1-298.1, shall promulgate regulations governing the qualifications, examinations, licensure, endorsement, and regulation of school personnel who provide instruction to students who are blind or who have visual impairments, including school personnel who provide instruction in Braille. The regulations for individuals seeking an initial license with an endorsement in special education visual impairments preK-12 shall include the requirement that the individual pass the National Literary Braille Competency Test.

EDUCATION AND HEALTH

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For those individuals who provide instruction in Braille but who are not required to be licensed by the Board of Education, the

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or a comparable proof of competency of Braille