bill Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/bill/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png bill Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/bill/ 32 32 North Dakota’s Deaf Children’s Bill of Rights Went Into Effect This Year https://deafniche.com/north-dakotas-deaf-childrens-bill-rights-went-effect-year/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 06:32:02 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9666 After several proposals from Deaf educators, parents of deaf children, and advocates in 2015, North Dakota’s Legislature passed the House Bill 1366: Deaf and HOH Children’s Bill of Rights. HB 1366 went into effect this year, requiring all hearing schools to provide accommodations for deaf children who attend their schools. If they cannot do so, […]

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]]> Florida Senate Pass Bill for Deaf Symbol on Driver Licenses https://deafniche.com/florida-senate-pass-bill-deaf-symbol/ https://deafniche.com/florida-senate-pass-bill-deaf-symbol/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2016 06:46:33 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9131 Starting July 1, 2016, all deaf residents of Florida will be able to get the international symbol for “deaf” on their driver licenses. The Florida Senate passed the bill CS/HB 487 “Persons Who Are Deaf” with the identical bill SB 740. Both proposed the use of the international deaf symbol for driver licenses to assist […]

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