Committee approves temporary council to study language assessment for deaf children
Senator Massey's amended bill would create a nine-member Tennessee Council for Research of Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing Children attached to the Department of Health; the council would operate through 2029 and develop language-evaluation protocols and a data system because current counts of deaf children in Tennessee are unknown.
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The Government Operations Committee approved an amended bill to create the Tennessee Council for Research of Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing Children and recommended it to the Health Committee. Senator Massey said the council would be administratively attached to the Department of Health, composed of nine members, begin meeting on Aug. 31, 2026, and be repealed on July 1, 2029.
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