Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 523, after line 19, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/ (GP: Certified Sign Language Interpreters) In the current fiscal year, any agency of this state or political subdivision thereof, including school districts, that is appropriated or is distributed funds pursuant to this act, may only expend funds on hiring a sign language interpreter if the interpreter is certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. An interpreter for a public school district or special school of this state only must have achieved an EIPA of 3.5 or higher. For purposes of this proviso, EIPA means a proficiency assessment K-12 educational interpreting based on a five-point Likert scale, including several distinct language variations as offered by the Boys Town National Research Hospital. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend sections, totals and title to conform.