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Committee approves new K‑12 interpreter license to address workforce shortage
Summary
House Bill 39 creates a separate license for sign language interpreters focused on K‑12 educational settings to address a statewide shortage; sponsors said the license preserves an educational assessment still in use even though it lost national recognition in 2017.
The Senate committee passed House Bill 39, which establishes a third, distinct license for sign language interpreters who work in K‑12 schools, sponsors said, with the aim of addressing a shortage of school interpreters across Kentucky.
Rep. Amy Neighbors and Rep. Derek Lewis presented the bill. Lewis said a testing measure used for educational…
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