Madam Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment in support of teacher training for deaf and blind children. Madam Chair, the Department of Education has provided funding from within its special education national activities account aimed at children who are both deaf and blind, commonly referred to as "deafblindness." This money trains teachers who have such children in their classes on how to educate and include them in daily classroom activities. This modest $12 million program has not received an increase in nearly two decades. Today over 110,000 people rely on this important program. Expanding this program will allow us to identify more children in need and increase the number of on-site technical assistance personnel.
Kenny Marchant: “Madam Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment in support of teacher training for deaf and blind children. Madam…”
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