§70-13-115.1. Purpose of act.
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It is essential for the well-being and educational growth of deaf and hard-of-hearing students that education programs recognize the unique nature of deafness and ensure that all deaf and hard-of- hearing students have appropriate, ongoing, and fully accessible educational opportunities. It is essential that deaf and hard-of- hearing students, like all students, are provided an education in which their unique communication mode is respected, utilized, and developed to an appropriate level of proficiency. Added by Laws 2002, c. 220, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002.