NC S320

State Board of Education must develop annual assessment procedures using linguistically and culturally appropriate tools to measure language acquisition and literacy skills for deaf and hard of hearing children, with results determining what additional support is needed.

IEP teams must use a Communication Plan Worksheet to document consideration of each child's language and communication needs, placement decisions, and conduct annual reviews of placement and communication needs.

State must ensure highly qualified personnel in deaf education are available to meet each child's unique needs, including interactions in the child's communication modality for academic and social goals.

Parents of deaf or hard of hearing children must be informed they can request residential school placement, and if requested, a representative from one of North Carolina's two residential/day program schools for the deaf must be included on the IEP team.

Department of Public Instruction must establish a statewide data tracking system using information from health and human services databases to coordinate with other state agencies and monitor literacy achievement for children under 22 who are deaf or hard of hearing.