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Superintendent makes case for Utah School for Deaf and Blind
he superintendent for Utah's School for the Deaf and Blind made his case for continued funding to a legislative committee Tuesday morning.
Last week the Utah board of education announced that eliminating the school, and putting the students from the school back into their respective districts, was one idea the board was investigating to save money.
"I think it goes without saying I was shocked last Friday when the state board announced they were examining moving the USDB kids to the school districts," said USDB superintendent Steven Noyce.
Noyce explained to the committee that 80 percent of the students at his school choose a learning program that teaches speaking language to the students and integrates them into their proper local school by the third grade, but that 20 percent still choose to learn American Sign Language and that those students stay with USDB mostly until they graduate from high school.
Noyce argued that the state needs to continuing funding to those students.
"I truly believe it would be a tragic mistake for the Legislature and the state board of education to look at another way of serving the children who are deaf, blind and deaf and blind," Noyce said.
All the appropriations committees have been assigned the task of cutting their budgets this year by 7 percent to accommodate the shortfall is this year's state budget. Final budgets are still being worked on by the Legislature.
he superintendent for Utah's School for the Deaf and Blind made his case for continued funding to a legislative committee Tuesday morning.
Last week the Utah board of education announced that eliminating the school, and putting the students from the school back into their respective districts, was one idea the board was investigating to save money.
"I think it goes without saying I was shocked last Friday when the state board announced they were examining moving the USDB kids to the school districts," said USDB superintendent Steven Noyce.
Noyce explained to the committee that 80 percent of the students at his school choose a learning program that teaches speaking language to the students and integrates them into their proper local school by the third grade, but that 20 percent still choose to learn American Sign Language and that those students stay with USDB mostly until they graduate from high school.
Noyce argued that the state needs to continuing funding to those students.
"I truly believe it would be a tragic mistake for the Legislature and the state board of education to look at another way of serving the children who are deaf, blind and deaf and blind," Noyce said.
All the appropriations committees have been assigned the task of cutting their budgets this year by 7 percent to accommodate the shortfall is this year's state budget. Final budgets are still being worked on by the Legislature.