[Nfb-idaho] This is one of the fact sheets for the legislative banquet. Please read in prreparation for the event.

[Sean Malone]

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> On Jan 14, 2016, at 8:04 AM, Dana Ard via Nfb-idaho <nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>               FACT SHEET
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> The Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind (IESDB)
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> The Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind (IESDB) is the
> state agency responsible for providing educational services for blind and
> visually impaired children from birth to age 21. These services are provided
> in two ways. The Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind, located in Gooding,
> provides residential services to eligible blind and visually impaired
> students from kindergarten through high school graduation. Currently the
> residential school program serves approximately 40 blind and visually
> impaired children. The majority of blind and visually impaired students are
> served by the IESDB outreach program. Outreach teachers provide consultative
> services for blind students who are being served by their local school
> districts. Generally the IESDB consultants work with paraprofessionals who
> provide instruction to the students. 
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> The National Federation of the Blind of Idaho requests your support for the
> IESDB budget proposal. This proposal will
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> .        Provide funds for IESDB to hire an on campus teacher for grades
> 3-5.
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> .        Hire an assistive technology teacher to work both on campus and
> with the consultants who work with the school districts.
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> .        Provide salary increases for teachers based on performance and
> years of experience. 
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> Currently, students who are in grades 3-5, and who would benefit from
> education in a residential setting, must be placed on a waiting list for
> services, since there is not a teacher for those grades on the ISDB campus. 
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> An assistive technology teacher is needed to ensure that blind students
> receive the most appropriate assistive technology for their educational
> needs, along with the training to use it. This position will serve both the
> on-campus and the regional programs. 
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> Many of the IESDB teachers should receive salary increases commensurate with
> their performance and experience. Such salary increases will encourage these
> excellent teachers to remain in Idaho, and save the state the costs and time
> of finding and training new teachers. 
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