House File 114 



                                   HOUSE FILE       
                                   BY  STRUYK, BAUDLER, DRAKE,
                                       RAYHONS, GREINER, WINDSCHITL,
                                       DOLECHECK, HUSER, DE BOEF,
                                       FORRISTALL, L. MILLER, UPMEYER,
                                       HOFFMAN, SANDS, TYMESON,
                                       RAECKER, SODERBERG, MAY, CLUTE,
                                       GRASSLEY, TJEPKES, KAUFMANN,
                                       HUSEMAN, VAN ENGELENHOVEN,
                                       ARNOLD, JACOBS, GRANZOW,
                                       ANDERSON, and WATTS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the division of vocational rehabilitation of the
  2    department of education to provide, or reimburse community
  3    colleges for, certain services for hearing=impaired
  4    individuals.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1488YH 82
  7 kh/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 259.4, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  Utilize in the rehabilitation of individuals with
  1  4 disabilities existing educational and other facilities as are
  1  5 advisable and practicable, including public and private
  1  6 educational institutions, community rehabilitation programs,
  1  7 public or private establishments, plants, factories, and the
  1  8 services of individuals specially qualified for the
  1  9 instruction and vocational rehabilitation of individuals with
  1 10 disabilities.  If a resident student enrolled in a community
  1 11 college requires interpreting or transliterating services for
  1 12 hearing=impaired individuals, the division shall provide the
  1 13 services to the student or shall reimburse the community
  1 14 college for the cost of providing the services.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill requires the division of vocational
  1 17 rehabilitation of the department of education to either
  1 18 provide interpreting or transliterating services or pay a
  1 19 community college's costs for providing the services if a
  1 20 resident student enrolled in the community college requires
  1 21 the services.
  1 22 LSB 1488YH 82
  1 23 kh:nh/je/5.1