Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 5.djvu/848

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106 STAT. 4486 PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 blind individuals" each place the term appears and inserting "individuals who are deaf-blind". (b) DEAF-BLIND INDIVIDUAL.— Section 203(b)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1902(b)(l)) (as so redesignated by section 902(2)) is amended by striking "deaf-blind individual" and inserting "individual who is deaf-blind". (c) DEAF-BLIND YOUTHS AND ADULTS. — Nomenclature. (1) Sections 202(4), 203(a) (as so redesignated by section 902(2)), and 206(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1901(4), 1902(a), and 1905(1)) are amended by striking "Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults" each place the term appears and inserting "Youths and Adults who are Deaf-Blind". (2) Section 203 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1902) is amended in the section heading by striking "DEAF -BLIND YOUTHS AND ADULTS" and inserting "YOUTHS AND ADULTS WHO ARE DEAF- BLIND". Subtitle B—Other Programs SEC. 911. COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED. Nomenclature. (a) WAGNER-O'DAY ACT.—Section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to Create a Committee on Purchases of Blind-made Products, and for other purposes", approved June 25, 1938 (commonly known as the Wagner-ODay Act; 41 U.S.C. 46) is amended by striking "from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped" and inserting " From People Who Are Blind and Severely Disaoled". (b) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.— Section 15(c)(l)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(c)(l)(A)) is amended by striking "from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped" and inserting "From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled". SEC. 912. INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. (a) TRAINING OR RETRAINING. — Section 631(a) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(8) In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide for the training or retraining of regular education teachers who are involved in providing instruction to individuals who are deaf, but who are not certified as teachers of such individuals, to meet the commimications needs of such individuals.". (b) NOTICE.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall issue a Notice of Inquiry concerning the definition of the term "serious emotional disturbance" as iised in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (2) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretary of Education shall provide a public comment period of at least 90 days and shall request and consider— (A) comments from the public on the need to revise the definition of the term in the regulations implementing such Act; and (B) comments from the public on whether the term as used in such Act should be changed and on whether the substitution of the term "emotional and behavioral