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2009 SESSION

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HB 2224 Braille; certification of instructors.

Introduced by: Barry D. Knight | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Braille; certification of instructors.  Requires the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure, in consultation with the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, to make recommendations regarding the certification of Braille instructors.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Braille; certification of instructors.  Requires the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, together with the Department of Education, to promulgate regulations for the certification of individuals providing Braille instruction in the Commonwealth.  This bill provides that such regulations shall include a requirement that all individuals providing Braille instruction be certified as having passed the National Literary Braille Competency Test by July 1, 2011.