(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) 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 IEP.
- (c) An educational interpreter shall be certified by the national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), or equivalent; in lieu of RID certification or equivalent, an educational interpreter must have achieved a score of 4.0 or above on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA), the Educational Sign Skills Evaluation-Interpreter and Receptive (ESSE-I/R), or the National Association of the Deaf/American Consortium of Certified Interpreters (NAD/ACCI) assessment. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a transliterator shall possess Testing/Evaluation and Certification Unit (TECUnit) certification, or have achieved a score of 4.0 or above on the EIPA - Cued Speech.
- (d) Specialized services for pupils with low-incidence disabilities shall be provided only by personnel who possess a credential that authorizes services in special education or clinical rehabilitation services in the appropriate area of disability.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 56100 and 56366.1, Education Code. Reference: Section 56363, Education Code; and 34 C.F.R. Sections 300.34 and 300.156(b)(1).
History
1. New section filed 3-21-88; operative 4-20-88 (Register 88, No. 15).
2. Editorial correction of first sentence (Register 98, No. 33).
3. Amendment of section and Note filed 7-29-2002; operative 8-28-2002 (Register 2002, No. 31).
4. Repealer and new subsection (b)(1), new subsections (b)(2)-(c) and amendment of Note filed 2-22-2008; operative 3-23-2008 (Register 2008, No. 8).
5. Amendment of section and Note filed 5-5-2014; operative 7-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 19).