House Bill 314 Summary

• Revises terminology throughout Idaho Code sections related to education, audiology, and telecommunications to replace "hearing impaired" with "deaf" or "hard of hearing" as appropriate.

• Updates definitions in education statutes (sections 33-1001, 33-2001, 33-3402) to use "hearing loss" instead of "hearing impairment" when describing children with disabilities.

• Modifies telecommunications relay services provisions (sections 61-1301, 61-1302) to use "deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired" instead of "hearing-impaired" terminology.

• Amends the Idaho State Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing statutes (sections 67-7301 through 67-7308) to update terminology, remove obsolete definitions, and revise council composition requirements and responsibilities.

• Makes technical corrections and standardizes language across multiple code sections to reflect preferred terminology for describing individuals with hearing loss.