NRS388.477. Pupils with hearing impairment: Requirements for consideration in development of individualized education program; additional considerations for best feasible instruction.

      1.  When developing an individualized education program for a pupil with a hearing impairment in accordance with NRS 388.520, the pupil’s individualized education program team shall consider, without limitation:

      (a) The related services and program options that provide the pupil with an appropriate and equal opportunity for communication access;

      (b) The pupil’s primary communication mode;

      (c) The availability to the pupil of a sufficient number of age, cognitive, academic and language peers of similar abilities;

      (d) The availability to the pupil of adult models who are deaf or hearing impaired and who use the pupil’s primary communication mode;

      (e) The availability of special education teachers, interpreters and other special education personnel who are proficient in the pupil’s primary communication mode;

      (f) The provision of academic instruction, school services and direct access to all components of the educational process, including, without limitation, advanced placement courses, career and technical education courses, recess, lunch, extracurricular activities and athletic activities;

      (g) The preferences of the parent or guardian of the pupil concerning the best feasible services, placement and content of the pupil’s individualized education program; and

      (h) The appropriate assistive technology necessary to provide the pupil with an appropriate and equal opportunity for communication access.

      2.  When determining the best feasible instruction to be provided to the pupil in his or her primary communication mode, the pupil’s individualized education program team may consider, without limitation:

      (a) Changes in the pupil’s hearing or vision;

      (b) Development in or availability of assistive technology;

      (c) The physical design and acoustics of the learning environment; and

      (d) The subject matter of the instruction to be provided.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 742)