§ 20-35-12-15 — Approval of tools and assessments; requirements

Indiana § 20-35-12-15

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 35: SPECIAL EDUCATION
• Ch. 12: Language Development for Children Who Are Deaf or

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(a) Not later than July 1, 2020, the center
shall approve applicable tools and assessments to assess, as applicable,
the spoken English, written English, or ASL development of children
who are:
(1) less than eleven (11) years of age; and
(2) deaf or hard of hearing.
(b) The tools and assessments approved under subsection (a) must
meet the following requirements:
(1) Be presented in a form that shows the stages of language
development.
(2) Be selected to track the following for deaf or hard of hearing
children:
(A) The development of expressive and receptive language
acquisition.
(B) The developmental stages toward English literacy.
(3) Be selected from applicable instruments, tools, or assessments
used to assess the development of all children who are less than
eleven (11) years of age.
(4) Be appropriate, in both content and administration, for use
with children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.260-2019, SEC.1.