California Code of Regulations
Title 5 - Education
Division 1 - California Department of Education
Chapter 3 - Individuals with Exceptional Needs
Subchapter 1 - Special Education
Article 5 - Implementation (Program Components)
Section 3051.16 - Specialized Services for Low-Incidence Disabilities
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Specialized services for low-incidence disabilities may include:
(b) An "educational interpreter" provides communication facilitation between students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and others, in the general education classroom and for other school-related activities, including extracurricular activities, as designated in a student's IEP.
(c) An educational interpreter shall be certified by the national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), or equivalent; in lieu of RID certification or equivalent, an educational interpreter must have achieved a score of 4.0 or above on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA), the Educational Sign Skills Evaluation-Interpreter and Receptive (ESSE-I/R), or the National Association of the Deaf/American Consortium of Certified Interpreters (NAD/ACCI) assessment. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a transliterator shall possess Testing/Evaluation and Certification Unit (TECUnit) certification, or have achieved a score of 4.0 or above on the EIPA - Cued Speech.
(d) Specialized services for pupils with low-incidence disabilities shall be provided only by personnel who possess a credential that authorizes services in special education or clinical rehabilitation services in the appropriate area of disability.
1. New section filed 3-21-88; operative 4-20-88 (Register 88, No. 15).
2. Editorial correction of first sentence (Register 98, No. 33).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 7-29-2002; operative 8-28-2002 (Register 2002, No. 31).
4. Repealer and new subsection (b)(1), new subsections (b)(2)-(c) and amendment of NOTE filed 2-22-2008; operative 3-23-2008 (Register 2008, No. 8).
5. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 5-5-2014; operative 7-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 56100 and 56366.1, Education Code. Reference: Section 56363, Education Code; and 34 C.F.R. Sections 300.34 and 300.156(b)(1).