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Services for deaf and blind see rising enrollments; agency requests staff and campus capacity growth
Summary
Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind reported rising campus and outreach enrollments and asked for career‑ladder equivalents and additional positions to reduce caseloads; the agency also plans new residential cottages to address a student housing wait list.
Representatives of Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind (IESDB) told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on March 4 that both campus and outreach programs have seen steady enrollment growth and that staff recruitment and caseload pressure are persistent challenges.
Jared Tetrault summarized IESDB’s enrollment trends, saying the campus population has grown from about 77 students in 2010 to roughly 122 in the most recent year while the outreach program served about 2,600 students (birth to 21). He noted…
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