The Illinois Association for the Deaf (IAD) is providing a legislative training session on January 28th from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Jacksonville Community Center for the Deaf (JCCD) in Jacksonville. The training will provide information on legislation including understanding legislative bills, finding representatives and meeting with legislators as well as community advocacy […]
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 […]
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!
Senate Bill 2038 is currently on Governor Rauner’s desk for his signature and veto. The bill affects social service and CIL funding so we need the Deaf community to contact Rauner and tell him that he needs to sign the bill. Illinois Legislature has passed Senate Bill 2038 and the bill is currently on Governor […]
The Illinois Association of the Deaf would like to thank all those who came to the increase awareness of the various barriers Deaf and Hard of Hearing citizens face on a daily basis! More than 150 Deaf and Hard of Hearing citizens came to the rally on May 4th at the State Capital and roughly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
