Sec. 131.004. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. (a) The college shall offer, but is not limited to offering, the following courses, programs, and services for hearing-impaired post-secondary students:

(1) learning development services, including academic counseling, tutorial services, reading instruction, services to counter learning disabilities, and library-related services;

(2) communications services, including interpreters for academic and nonacademic functions, speech therapy, and auditory evaluation and training;

(3) academic college preparatory courses;

(4) career analysis services designed to assist each student in identifying a career interest, considering the student's aptitudes, abilities, and skills;

(5) regular college courses, including vocational and technical education and liberal arts courses;

(6) extracurricular activities, including intramural athletics; and

(7) postgraduation services, including job placement services and services designed to orient employers to hearing-impaired workers.

(b) The course work offered by the college shall emphasize self-contained classrooms with instruction conducted by instructors who are trained and qualified to work with hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual communication skills. Hearing-impaired students may enroll in integrated classes that are regular classes offered to students with unimpaired hearing enrolled in the junior college.

(c) The programs, services, and facilities of the college shall be designed to be appropriate to the needs of hearing-impaired students.

(d) The executive director shall determine which courses offered by the college are appropriate for an electronic display on a screen or terminal, with less than 30 seconds delay, of a speaker's spoken message. The college shall implement the electronic display in those courses.

Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 1981. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 345, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (H.B. 1101), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.