| 8 | | - | Sponsors: Representatives Blackwell, Wheatley, Paré, and Schietzelt (Primary Sponsors). |
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| 9 | | - | For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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| 10 | | - | Referred to: Education - K-12, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, |
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| 11 | | - | and Operations of the House |
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| 12 | | - | April 10, 2025 |
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| 13 | | - | *H854 -v-1* |
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| 9 | + | Sponsors: Representative Blackwell. |
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| 10 | + | Referred to: |
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| 11 | + | |
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| 12 | + | *DRH10386 -NN-31* |
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| 14 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AN ACT TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FOR EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETERS OR 2 |
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| 16 | 15 | | TRANSLITERATORS FROM THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NORTH 3 |
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| 17 | 16 | | CAROLINA INTERPRETER AND TRANSLITERATOR LICENSURE ACT . 4 |
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| 18 | 17 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 |
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| 19 | 18 | | SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 90D-3 reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 20 | 19 | | "§ 90D-3. Definitions. 7 |
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| 21 | 20 | | The following definitions apply in this Chapter: 8 |
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| 22 | 21 | | … 9 |
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| 23 | 22 | | (3) Educational interpreter or transliterator. – A person who provides accessible 10 |
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| 24 | 23 | | communication, using the most understandable language model, to 11 |
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| 25 | 24 | | individuals in prekindergarten through grade 12 or in any institution of higher 12 |
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| 26 | 25 | | education. 13 |
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| 27 | 26 | | … 14 |
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| 28 | 27 | | (9) Transliterator. – A person who practices the art of transliterating as defined in 15 |
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| 29 | 28 | | this section. The term includes an educational interpreter or transliterator as 16 |
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| 30 | 29 | | defined in subdivision (3) of this section." 17 |
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| 31 | 30 | | SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 90D-4(b) reads as rewritten: 18 |
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| 32 | 31 | | "(b) The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to: 19 |
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| 33 | 32 | | … 20 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (5) Educational interpreters or transliterators. 21 |
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| 35 | 34 | | …." 22 |
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| 36 | 35 | | SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 115C-110.2 reads as rewritten: 23 |
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| 37 | 36 | | "§ 115C-110.2. Interpreters/transliterators. 24 |
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| 38 | 37 | | Each interpreter or transliterator employed by a local educational agency to provide services 25 |
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| 39 | 38 | | to hearing-impaired students must annually complete 15 hours of job-related training that has 26 |
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| 40 | 39 | | been approved by the local educational agency. Continuing education hours required for license 27 |
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| 41 | 40 | | renewal under Chapter 90D of the General Statutes may be applied toward the 15 hours of 28 |
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| 42 | 41 | | job-related training, to the extent those hours are relevant to the interpreter's or transliterator's 29 |
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| 43 | 42 | | job-based duties and approved by the local educational agency." 30 |
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| 44 | 43 | | SECTION 1.(d) The North Carolina Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board 31 |
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| 45 | 44 | | and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction may adopt rules to implement the 32 |
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| 46 | 45 | | provisions of this section. 33 |
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| 47 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2026. 34 |
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