Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1331 – Statewide Programs for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind …
(a) In addition to staff otherwise authorized, the Delaware School for the Deaf may employ supportive staff as follows:
(1) Specialist. — Resource teacher for a period of 10 months at the rate of 1 for each 60 children enrolled in the Delaware School for the Deaf;
(2) Interpreter/tutors for a period of 10 months at the rate of 1 for each 4 pupils enrolled in the Delaware School for the Deaf and served in the regular education classroom.
(3) Specialist. — Literacy (English and American Sign Language) for a period of 10 months at the rate of 1 for every 60 children enrolled in the Delaware School for the Deaf.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1331
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- State Board: consists of 9 members who are citizens of this State andappointed as follows:
(1) The Governor shall appoint, with Senate confirmation, 7 voting members. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 104
(b) Interpreter/tutors are to be certified according to standards prescribed by the Department with the approval of the State Board of Education and paid according to the salary schedule contained in § 1305(a) of this title.
(c) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, the Statewide Programs for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind may employ an early intervention teacher who will work with parents and families in New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties.
(1) The teacher shall be a certified teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing.
(2) Provision for salary of the teacher and for expenses required for this job shall be made a part of the appropriation for the Delaware School for the Deaf.
(d) In addition to staff otherwise authorized, the Statewide Programs for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind may employ the following:
(1) Director;
(2) Statewide coordinator;
(3) Dean of students (assistant principal rank);
(4) One elementary school leader and one secondary school leader compensated at the assistant principal rank (in lieu of a principal allocated pursuant to § 1307(2) of this title);
(5) Educational audiologist;
(6) Speech therapist;
(7) Residential advisors not to exceed 6;
(8) Residential monitoring aides not to exceed 4.
These shall be considered state unit positions and paid according to this title, with appropriate local supplement.
60 Del. Laws, c. 628, § ?1; 61 Del. Laws, c. 407, § ?3; 61 Del. Laws, c. 409, § ?106; 61 Del. Laws, c. 513, § ?1; 62 Del. Laws, c. 68, § ?42(e); 62 Del. Laws, c. 277, § ?11; 63 Del. Laws, c. 80, § ?11(f); 63 Del. Laws, c. 322, § ?11(f), (g); 64 Del. Laws, c. 90, § ?11(d)(xiii); 64 Del. Laws, c. 220, § ?6(a); 64 Del. Laws, c. 334, § ?11(j)(14); 65 Del. Laws, c. 87, § ?11(k)(8); 65 Del. Laws, c. 348, § ?12(r)(13); 71 Del. Laws, c. 132, § ?352; 71 Del. Laws, c. 180, § ?81; 73 Del. Laws, c. 74, §§ ?366-368; 74 Del. Laws, c. 307, § ?332; 75 Del. Laws, c. 89, §§ ?369, 370; 78 Del. Laws, c. 5, §§ ?27-31; 78 Del. Laws, c. 262, § ?1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 79, § 19;