IAD Offering Two Legislative Training Sessions in Early 2017

Are you an Illinois Association of the Deaf (IAD) member interested in learning more about IAD’s legislative priorities and how you can take action? Then the upcoming Legislative Training sessions in January and February are for you! During the training sessions, the presenters will provide an in-depth review of the legislative process, including how a bill […]

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Vloggers Wanted

Are you the Vlogger Tom Bruhn is looking for? We’re looking for community members to share their experiences with Deaf Education in Illinois. If you’re a student, parent of a DHH child, educator or interpreter and want to share your story, please email Tom today at TBruhn@iadeaf.org!

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Legislative Committee Updates

The IAD Legislative Committee has very exciting plans for the next two years! Legislative Chair Jason Altmann shares in this VLOG what the committee has been working on and the numerous goals they plan to accomplish! Thank you, IAD Legislative Committee, for all you do for IAD! ***Editorial Correction: Two names were incorrectly spelled, the […]

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HB2657 Signed into Law

HB2657 Signed into Law IAD is very pleased to share HB2657 has been signed into law by Governor Rauner! Thank you to all those who called and wrote the Governor. HB2657 makes several significant changes to the School Code. This legislation will have an impact on the educators at ISD as there are changes concerning a provisional […]

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SB220 Signed into Law

IAD is very pleased to share SB220 has been signed into law by Governor Rauner! With the passing of this bill, all applicants who apply for ISD (Illinois School for the Deaf) and ISVI (Illinois School for the Visually Impaired) teaching positions will only need to submit their applicants to ISD and ISVI directly instead of through […]

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