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Board adopts resolution to apply for waiver so an educational ASL interpreter can work while seeking certification
Summary
The board passed a resolution authorizing an application to the State Board of Education for a waiver that allows an employee to serve as an educational American Sign Language interpreter while pursuing certification; HR director described required mentoring and documentation.
Amy Ramos, director of human resources, briefed trustees on the State Board of Education's waiver process for educational American Sign Language interpreter certification. Ramos said the certification exam is rigorous, that many candidates need multiple attempts to pass, and that the State Board requires an individual waiver application, plus a mentoring plan and board resolution.
"We have to go through a pretty comprehensive application process to apply for a waiver on behalf of 1 of our staff for them to work as an interpreter until they are able to, pass the exam for certification," Amy Ramos said. She explained the State Board often asks for a mentoring plan tying the provisional worker to a certified interpreter and noted waivers sometimes require renewal.
Trustees asked how many interpreters are employed; HR said the county has roughly "a half dozen or so" currently and that another waiver request will come forward for a different employee whose exam score was high enough to qualify for a waiver request. The board moved, seconded and adopted the resolution by roll call vote.
