Texas Education Code

§ 135.05 — SERVICES FOR THE DEAF

ED § 135.05Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM · Ch. 135. TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The system shall provide qualified interpreters for deaf students in attendance at each campus. In order to be qualified, an interpreter must:

(1)be capable of giving verbatim transliteration or interpretation of the spoken word through finger spelling, the language of signs, or speaking without voice;

(2)be capable of sign-to-voice interpretation from the language of signs to the spoken word; and Text of (3) as amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 287, Sec. 5

(3)hold a certificate from the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or an equivalent certificate issued by the Texas Commission for the Deaf. Text of (3) as amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 345, Sec. 3

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1034, ch. 379, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 287, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 345, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.