AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION WORKING GROUP AND INCREASING STATE ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND DEAF.

Summary

The bill directs the state education commissioner to launch a three‑year pilot that funds up to five school districts to offer high‑school American Sign Language courses that can earn college credit. It also allows the aging and disability commissioner to spend up to $14,000 per year for each person who is both blind or visually impaired and deaf to provide community‑inclusion services. The measures aim to build a pipeline of ASL interpreters and improve support for dual‑disability individuals.

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