Sec. 301. Identifying children who are deaf-blind
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Section 612(a)(3) ( 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(3) ), as amended by sections 101 and 201 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: When a State classifies children by disability, the State, in complying with subsection (a), identifies, locates and evaluates children with concomitant vision and hearing losses who are, or may be, classified in a disability category other than deaf-blindness, meaning concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that adversely affect a child’s educational performance (and including children who are deaf-blind with additional disabilities), and provides (without prejudice to such classification) special education and related services to such children, including such services determined appropriate based on proper evaluation as would be provided to children classified in the State as having deaf-blindness. .
Section 618 ( 20 U.S.C. 1418 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In addition to the data collection and reporting requirements of subsections
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(d)and subject to such provisions, the State and the Secretary of the Interior shall, with respect to children classified in a disability category other than deaf-blindness, include the number and percentage of such children in each disability category who are also deaf-blind. . Section 602(3)(A)(i) ( 20 U.S.C. 1401(3)(A)(i) ) is amended by adding after visual impairments (including blindness) the term deaf-blindness, and continuing with serious emotional disturbance … .
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