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Leger HR No. 3
Abstract: Revises terminology in House Rules referring to persons with disabilities and other
persons with exceptionalities.
Present House Rule provides that legislative instruments relative to the following educational
institutions serving students with special needs shall be referred to the House Committee on
Education:
(1)"Schools for the Blind".
(2)"Schools for the Deaf".
(3)"Crippled Children's Schools".
Proposed House Rule retains the substance and effect of present House Rule. Amends present
House Rule to reflect the consolidation of institutions formerly known as "Schools for the Blind",
"Schools for the Deaf", and "Crippled Children's Schools" into the single successor classification
"Special Schools" as provided in present law.
Present House Rule relative to referral of instruments to the House Committee on Health and
Welfare features the term "mentally retarded".
Proposed House Rule amends present House Rule to delete the term "mentally retarded" and
substitute therefor its successor clinical term "intellectual disability".
(Amends House Rule 6.6(F) and (G)(4) and (5))